Units stuck at edge of map.

[kringled]

I wanted to post to see if this is something I should report as a bug or not. While playing the campaign, a group of hover units (under a commander) drifted to the extreme edge of the screen, into the "darkened" area. I cannot get them out of this area by any normal means - disconnecting them from the commander and ordering the units at the edge to return to the normal map does not work. I'm happy to officially report it if it's not part of another bug; fortunately for me this mission is an away mission, so as long as I don't want that group for my first group out it does seem like I can retrieve them via the transport interface.
While searching for this bug, I found about the "droid frustration" feature, which does explain why every so often my groups randomly fire on a tree, etc.

Keith

[Per]

Sounds like a new bug. Can you post a savegame with instructions on how to reproduce on the bug tracker, please?

[i-NoD]

I've noticed similar problems with off-map reinforcements in trunk (bug in "continents" part of path-finding code), but it should be in 2.2/2.3. So, which version do you have?

[kringled]

This is in 2.3 beta 10. I'll post a savegame or two on the bug tracker later tonight. I can certainly post the game where the problem has occurred and the units are now stuck; I'll have to see if I can get the sticking condition to reproduce again on that same level or not. I would not be at all surprised if the map (gamma 8/home map for gamma 9) is a significant piece of the problem.
Once I have stuff posted in tracker, I'll update the thread.

Keith

[kringled]

Bug is posted as 1608. I'm fairly sure that it's primarily a specific map problem; there's a certain amount of the map at the northern edge that is accessible in gamma 8 but darkened in gamma 9 (and my units had happened to drift there, as clusters of hover units sometimes do). I also have a research facility and artillery emplacements that are clickable but that no units can get to. Thankfully I no longer have a factory up there.

Keith

[Zarel]

It's definitely an existing problem... That part has always been really weird...