SP Seige bug.

[LordLeto]

Im playing Byz in SP, doing quite well, Spain annex venice, which proply rebles and takes Istra with it the sneaky buggers. So I declare war on Venice to get my recently convert province back. Spain is also at war, bringing its allie Naples into the fray as well. I beseige Venice after taking Istra, but Naples sends 2,000+ men to the seige as well, for some reason this forces both our armys to retreat to Istra abandoning the seige. This continues for some time, marching back and forth not being able to settle down for the seige. Rather annoying.

 

[Owen]

This bug has been known for some time. I'm pretty sure it's the bug where an all cavalry army automatically retreats from a siege, taking the human ally's army away as well.

I haven't heard anything here about whether the bug will be fixed. AndrewT, anything you can add?

 

[Alyosha]

As long as you have a full force to siege the province, it shouldn't happen. IE its a level 3 fortress (requiring 15k men to besiege), and you have 13k, the 2k cavalry will take you with it. If you have all the men necessary, it shouldn't happe, or at least that's how it is in my experience.

 

[Owen]

Well, it's not my experience, I'm afraid. I haven't been playing with ai allies much recently though, either through playing MP or Zimbabwe.

 

[unmerged(6147)]

I believe we can nail this down now!

I endured this evil bug just yesterday. I immediately made a save file and I believe the bug is eminently repeatable. I will check tonight.

Andrew, if the bug is repeatable, should I then send you a zipped file? I have forgotten your email.

I'm on 1.07 latest patch, SF.

 

[AndrewT]

If it's the known bug, no, I don't need a save.

 

[unmerged(6147)]

OK. I assume it means Johan has all the info/data he needs to fix this dreadful bug.

BTW, I had some trouble getting this forced retreat when I loaded the save. I loaded it several times and only once did the bug occur. Pity, when I played it originally the besiegeing forces just went to and back between two adjacent provinces that both were besieged by me and other nations not in the same alliance and I could not do anything about it. As soon as they reached the other province they raised the white flag and went back. Extremely frustrating.