Game freeze near Alexandria - reinforcing army would enter to water)
Egyptian army has besieged Alexandria from the west. One turn later my (Seleukid) army came from Memphis to commence relieving attack. I was able to place relieving army but on start of battle game frozen. I guess it was due to fact that there was no way how reinforces could enter the battle(they did not shown up at all).
Re: Game freeze near Alexandria - reinforcing army would enter to water)
Re: Game freeze near Alexandria - reinforcing army would enter to water)
Savegame:
http://www.axifile.com/?4463035
(sorry I did not zipped it)
To reproduce the problem: There are two Seleukid armies to the south-east from Besieged Alexandria, but they cover each other(like it happens sometimes - this time it happened when I tried to maneuver them in position to act as reinforcing army which is often not feasible due to siege graphics of EB - neverthless this is not the problem). Combine them(one army is troops other is just family member), and commence an attack on Ptolemaioi army south-west to lake near Alexandria. They will retreat. Attack the besieging army, set the garrison of Alexandria to manually-controlled reinforcements(other alternatives not tried). You will be able to deploy the troops, when start battle button is pressed, game freezes(or is pathfinding indefinatelly). I guess it can happen that game freezes much later if reinforcements would be delayed, however I can not confirm this now.
EDIT: The game does not crash to desktop(which would lead to "crash to BSOD" on my 64-bit Vistas). It will just freeze.
In case it would be doubtfull, EB version is release 1.0.
EDIT2:fixed typo byt/but
EDIT3:Attacking from port hex after defeating the repelled small army is same problem.
Re: Game freeze near Alexandria - reinforcing army would enter to water)
I've tried it and you're right, the game freezes. I expect that the AI has trouble placing its troops when there is water nearby and hangs in a loop somewhere, or possibly it's only for the reinforcing army's placement, as you say.
We'll have to change the map, probably for the next release. For a workaround, I suggest you use autoresolve on the battle. If you like you can cheat to win, as I'm sure you would win on the battle map.
Re: Game freeze near Alexandria - reinforcing army would enter to water)
Don't worry, I did autoresolve same day I posted it. Thanks for verifying.
