Frustrating
eaglec
Join Date: 2002-11-25 Member: 9948Members, Constellation
Join Date: 2002-11-25 Member: 9948Members, Constellation
<div class="IPBDescription">to lose to electronic bugs</div> Actually it was a good game, even though at the start no one wanted to comm, then some one got it, dropped some stuff, waited... stayed silent... then left. This was 3-4 minutes into the game and I took the chair fully expecting to be slaughtered. The aliens realized how disorganised we were and hit us hard. I had 1 guy in engine room hive so I dropped the res tower, by then we were losing base so I recycled all that was save-able and relocated to Engine Room Hive (Bast).
Got us armour lvl1, and we continually pushed at the aliens and managed to slow them down for me to build res. I clicked for the armoury to upgrade, second level guns, jetpacks, then saved 100 res long before refinery went up. I wanted to send hmg/jp to clear refinery. It was at this point I found although I could select HMG's and GL's I could not drop them anywhere.
Initially I thought, damn, I haven't upgraded. So I clicked upgrade again, and noticed that <b>it took 35 res and didn't upgrade.</b>
I waited in case it just wasn't showing the upgrade progress bar but we never got them - I did 3rd level weapons after that and gave shotguns but we fell to a fade attack with nothing to clear lame or get through umbra it was game over.
The aliens earnt their win, but it was anoying that this is the 2nd time this has happened to me. I know about the no-siege upgrade area's and the selection errors but at least they don't steal the res first.
Any one else had this - or know how to avoid it ?
Got us armour lvl1, and we continually pushed at the aliens and managed to slow them down for me to build res. I clicked for the armoury to upgrade, second level guns, jetpacks, then saved 100 res long before refinery went up. I wanted to send hmg/jp to clear refinery. It was at this point I found although I could select HMG's and GL's I could not drop them anywhere.
Initially I thought, damn, I haven't upgraded. So I clicked upgrade again, and noticed that <b>it took 35 res and didn't upgrade.</b>
I waited in case it just wasn't showing the upgrade progress bar but we never got them - I did 3rd level weapons after that and gave shotguns but we fell to a fade attack with nothing to clear lame or get through umbra it was game over.
The aliens earnt their win, but it was anoying that this is the 2nd time this has happened to me. I know about the no-siege upgrade area's and the selection errors but at least they don't steal the res first.
Any one else had this - or know how to avoid it ?
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Got us armour lvl1, and we continually pushed at the aliens and managed to slow them down for me to build res. I clicked for the armoury to upgrade, second level guns, jetpacks, then saved 100 res long before refinery went up. <!--QuoteEnd--> </td></tr></table><span class='postcolor'> <!--QuoteEEnd-->
This sounds familiar. I think I was there. In fact, I think I was the guy who jumped in the chair, dropped some stuff and left. If by "left" you mean "left the chair", i didn't leave the game. I left the chair because my cc was being eaten, and I then got eaten myself.
Happend to me a couple of time, just ignore it, the upgrade is running, you just can't see it. Wait the proper time and it'll be activated <!--emo&;)--><img src='http://www.unknownworlds.com/forums/html/emoticons/wink.gif' border='0' style='vertical-align:middle' alt='wink.gif'><!--endemo-->
Happend to me a couple of time, just ignore it, the upgrade is running, you just can't see it. Wait the proper time and it'll be activated <!--emo&;)--><img src='http://www.unknownworlds.com/forums/html/emoticons/wink.gif' border='0' style='vertical-align:middle' alt='wink.gif'><!--endemo--> <!--QuoteEnd--> </td></tr></table><span class='postcolor'> <!--QuoteEEnd-->
No, very different bugs, the bug you're describing is just a simple doesn't-show-the-progress-bar bug, the one we're discussing is where the upgrade takes place but the armoury still acts like an unupgraded armoury and you can't drop the hmg's anywhere.
I myself Have faced my share of "bugs" that cost the team, including being disconnected by my lovely isp randomly while being a gorge just when I was about too put up a hive. I come back (when my isp finally reconnected) and everyone was in the readyroom. Kharaa had lost D:
aobve the vent system, outside computer core on eclipse seems to not alow TF upgrades quite regularly, yet you can still spend money trying.
and everyone knows EC is bugged.
Nope wasn't you this time, I meant left the game - maybe it was a parallel universe ?
Well I'm glad to hear NS isn't victimising me alone - lets hope it's sorted on 2.0.
I wondered if it was because I'd stacked some of the buildings - I was clustering them and I got the Adv. Armoury on top of the Command chair and Armoury. The last time I had this problem the advanced armoury and armoury were touching with another structure in there too.
Started to upgrade for jetpacks and an advanced armoury. waited for ages then looked back and found I could only get jetpacks,**** me right off but non of my squad complained...they were just bots.
And before you say something you should know the only connection I can play NS on at home is my brothers computer and that 56k connection is gota be cursed or something. It stays connected for about two mins then flickers of for about five.
Its really funny to get stuck on a wall for ages while your trying to get back to a base under attack.
Thats why playing with things that run around enemy buildings with their knifes out is my only option untill I get my broadband.