[1.6 Beta] Ship Upgrade Problem

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This is a new game with the latest version of 1.6 with Mercenaries.

When one of my ships is finished upgrading, its class includes the word "Upgrading" as shown in this screenshot.

It stays that way for as long as I have checked.  The worst part of this is that a ship that has "Upgrading" in its class can no long attack anything belonging to a Race I am at war with.  Nothing happens - it doesn't attack, and there is no notification of any kind about why it can't.  If I try to attack anything of a Race I am not at war with, I get a notice that we are not at war, and do I want to do this.  When I choose yes, I can't attack.  The ships seem to be correctly upgraded and will fight with all weapons and hit points if attacked, but they cannot attack.

Enemy ships also have this problem as shown in this screenshot.

When they are this way, they have never attacked me and seem to be confused about what to do.  They eventually run away.

When I was getting ready to submit a ticket on this, I loaded a save game with the problem ships to verify they still had problems.  They didn't!  They were completely normal.

I did some experimenting and found that it doesn't occur if the ship is upgraded at a starbase, a shipyard or a planet.  It only occurs when the ship is upgraded in space.  The problem can be eliminated by saving the game and reloading the save, which is a nuisance.

I submitted Ticket #AQQ-756-44721 with the saved game and information on how I think the problem can be duplicated.

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Reply #1 from GalCiv3 Forums Top

I've seen the same issue, FWIW.

Reply #2 from GalCiv3 Forums Top

I have the same problem you do.

If you cancel the upgrading, it will kick you out of the game like I did me.

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Reply #3 from GalCiv3 Forums Top

i have this problem as well.... but my game is a saved game from before the patch!

 

Anyhow, in the early game, i wanted to upgrade one of my experimental sensor ships. But i had zero extra Thalium.... so i first have to upgrade my sensor ship to a constructor ship to recover the thalium and then upgrade it again to the upgrade i really wanted all along.

 

Then it kept refusing to let me upgrade from the constructor ship and i could not work out why at that time?

 

Later on in the game i did a very expensive fleet upgrade because of an approaching enemy fleet. When i went into battle i noticed all the upgraded ships behaving like support ships, except refusing to shoot even at the end... and i lost the battle!

 

So there it is, the little 'upgrading' ship category, i finally noticed it, and that status never changes no matter how many turns,,, it is only when you restart the entire game that it completes the upgrade.