Lag + GS = super cheating bug

[MadDjinn]

MP bug:

As long as there is minor lag, you can gain a number of free techs via a single GS.

'bulb' the GS and then keep selecting techs until the game catches up. you get all techs that were selected.


just figured I'd get that out there, so that if you see a massive jump in tech pace really early in the game, this is likely why. (if your game is very laggy)

 

[Tabarnak]

Weird. I never seen such thing yet.

 

[Rinnero]

Maybe.... 'cause I personally had similar bug. I used two GSs, but due to lag received only one tech. So now I prefer choosing things slowly.

If you use one GS you cannot lose anything, so that can be pretty nasty bug. Strange that game allows such actions without "out of synch" happening.

 

[tommynt]

MP bug:

As long as there is minor lag, you can gain a number of free techs via a single GS.

'bulb' the GS and then keep selecting techs until the game catches up. you get all techs that were selected.


just figured I'd get that out there, so that if you see a massive jump in tech pace really early in the game, this is likely why. (if your game is very laggy)

think its been in some patchnotes that they fixed that - seems same was possible also with sp.

Still I dont think I have faced any1 doing this stuff

 

[MadDjinn]

it happened to me in a friendly game yesterday, so it's definitely not patched for MP.

I bulbed the GS, selected a tech, realized I hit the wrong tech, so I hit the 'right' tech. This was in a 3-4s lag period. once the lag cleared, I got both techs.

@ Rinnero

That happened to someone in the same game as the above. Except it was Scientific Revolution that was used. He was looking for 2 techs, but only got 1.

 

[CanuckSoldier]

I bug for sure, but not really something that can be used to cheat on a planned basis, as it requires a specific set of conditions that are not something a player can reproduce on demand. 'll make sure the devs know about though.

CS