How is this combat result possible?

[MagicMissile]

I dont think I have seen it yet maybe in the screenshot below. 7:1 attack 9 attacker losses seems very high.
I have no idea what changed in patch 19 that could make this happen but I am pretty sure I have not seen these kind of results that have been posted here in earlier patches.

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[AlvaroSousa]

So far I can't replicate it.

[PanzerMike]

I am 100 percent sure I never saw this before the last patch. So it must be a very recent change in the code.

[AlvaroSousa]

It happened before. I found an error and fixed it. But this is new since the fix

[sveint]

If it happens again I'll stop playing my turn so the savegame can be used to test.

Offer for code review still stands.

[ncc1701e]

It has just happened to our game (1.00.20 beta).

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But I can't save it, the PBEM++ does not respond...

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[ncc1701e]

This is new to me. I did perform a Ground Strike. Move a Pz in a contested hex. And did this attack.

[PanzerMike]

It keeps happening to me too every once in a while, still no pattern as far as I can see. It is a very disrupting bug though

[AlvaroSousa]

I run manual tests and A.I. tests and I can't find it yet. I go over the code and nothing.

It happens to attack and defender. Will work on it more this week. I didn't change the combat routines.

[AlvaroSousa]

Silly question here. Is it happening with a specific opponent in PBEM? Or vs the computer?

[PanzerMike]

I was playing versus the AI

[battlevonwar]

I have had 5-6-7 instances of it. Look for Exponential Damage taken from attacking Infantry of any kind where you get an impossible number of casualties. Like 17 against a 1 HP near dead Div or 30-65 against an Infantry Corp.

I took more screenies of it and I have never seen it till the new patch .19

[AlvaroSousa]

I am running sims over and over. Nothing so far I can trace. The damage is normal. Rechecked code.

[stjeand]

Al any possibility of code overlap with the extra damage to ships from air units?

I think it is critical damage...IF it happens once you have another chance to happen and so forth....

A COMPLETE guess here.

[AlvaroSousa]

This is all land combat. They use the same functions. I know I recently added a retreat modifier so full units don't explode because it made no sense for them to stand and die.

That is what I am looking into. So far nothing. I kept running sims last not and even made a special scenario with low polish units see if that was the issue.

Will keep working on it. Went over functions and I just can't see what is causing this.

[stjeand]

I do see air units involved...
As I said...was a complete guess and more the reverse issue

BUT the issue is more the attacker being wiped out for the most part.

Not seen anything like this in WPP at the moment with multiple games going...all normal combat so far

[AlvaroSousa]

Same code for combat. This is an anomoly

[MorningDew]

Any detailed logging the people getting the error could turn on? If no, perhaps add it work with one of them? If they get the error and it cannot be recreated, why not try using logging to isolate the issue?

[AlvaroSousa]

I am using logging to show the values. It just hasn't come up in my testing.

[AlvaroSousa]

Ok I finally figured it out. It has to do with the new rule I put in about slamming units with overwhelming damage.

Basically if a unit has more than 33% of its max health and takes 50%+ of its health in damage it auto-retreats, does 50% damage and stops taking more damage.

This represents a fully capable unit understanding it is getting overrun and does a delayed retreat before getting surrounded and destroyed.

Unlike a low strength unit barely functioning it doesn't have the force available to hold its line effectively. Those units get overrun.

Running more tests to make sure it is working as it should showing variables. Then I will put up a beta.