Blockade calculations [0.4.6+ build 2017-02-14.c2e2bb0]
Posted: Mon Feb 20, 2017 5:13 pm
(Windows 10)
I'm noticing some problems with how trade routes are open/blocked in the last few test releases. Essentially, I'm seeing blockades implemented incorrectly in situations where I am allied with another empire. If I'm at peace, I shouldn't have my trade routes blocked by my ally, and nor should their trade be blocked by me. This used to work properly, but now it doesn't make sense.
Example 1
Here, we can see that, in spite of the fact that I am at peace with the Domination, my outpost on Phecda is blocked from the trade network by the Domination. This in spite of the fact that I have a warship in orbit there and they have no military ships further up the warp line. This situation has been ongoing for several turns, so it's not a case of having just colonized and the trade route hasn't recalculated yet.
Example 2
Here, we can see that my ships are blocking the Order's colonies in Haleth δ. Again, we're at peace, so this shouldn't be occuring. I don't even have any colonies farther along that warp line.
These are just two examples of the most annoying cases with blockades, but I've also seen trade routes frequently interrupted by the presence of NONMILITARY (i.e. no offensive armament) enemy ships that manage to slip past my border defenses. In older versions of the game, trade routes would overlap when the empires in question were at peace, but apparently that is not happening correctly any more.
I'm noticing some problems with how trade routes are open/blocked in the last few test releases. Essentially, I'm seeing blockades implemented incorrectly in situations where I am allied with another empire. If I'm at peace, I shouldn't have my trade routes blocked by my ally, and nor should their trade be blocked by me. This used to work properly, but now it doesn't make sense.
Example 1
Here, we can see that, in spite of the fact that I am at peace with the Domination, my outpost on Phecda is blocked from the trade network by the Domination. This in spite of the fact that I have a warship in orbit there and they have no military ships further up the warp line. This situation has been ongoing for several turns, so it's not a case of having just colonized and the trade route hasn't recalculated yet.
Example 2
Here, we can see that my ships are blocking the Order's colonies in Haleth δ. Again, we're at peace, so this shouldn't be occuring. I don't even have any colonies farther along that warp line.
These are just two examples of the most annoying cases with blockades, but I've also seen trade routes frequently interrupted by the presence of NONMILITARY (i.e. no offensive armament) enemy ships that manage to slip past my border defenses. In older versions of the game, trade routes would overlap when the empires in question were at peace, but apparently that is not happening correctly any more.