Midair refueling bug!

[Peteus]

Someone suggested they thought this would work, and I confirmed it. Playing with the v 1.16f patch (Dec 9 5pm):

My WWII bombers can execute bombing missions anywhere in the world!

Try it - select your bomber, move your view somewhere off the screen (say an enemy capitol on another continent.) Hold down the (b)omb key. The cursor will start flashing between a bomb symbol and a "can't do it" symbol. Click while the bomb symbol is up! (You might have to try a couple of times.) Your bomber will happily circumnavigate the globe and unleash hell - much to the surprise of your enemy!

Another huge bug to deal with in the next patch - at least the AI can't use it! (It can't reach that b key!)

 

[Maugan]

Just confirmed this works. Wow, that is quite a big bug. I would biotch about the beta testers, but if no one in the community noticed this by now, I chalk it up to mass-stupidity.

 

[KloePoek]

guys... this was already known from the start.. now just control yourself and just DON'T press that b button while clicking... if you can't you might as well stop playing right away

as long as they have this fixed before mp

 

[Maugan]

Heh, I never heard of this one before this. It was widely reported before the patch?

You can also recon and rebase ANYWHERE using this. I just made my bomber land in the ocean. (It sunk). But, i rebased my fighter in a mountain in the middle of enemy territory and rebased my bomber in a desert, and reconed a city on the other side of the earth.

Maybe the real reason multiplayer didn't ship with CivIII is the ammount of bugs that would be easily exploitable in a multiplayer game.

 

[pagh80]

Yeah i tried it and it works perfektly. Furthermore i discovered that your SHIPS AND ARTILLERY CAN FIRE AT ANY POINT ON EARTH. Just hold down the bomb key and click on the spot where you will bombard. Imagine having 50 artillery units in the middle of your empire, and then bombard a spot on the other side of the planet.... A VERY HUGE BUG!!!

I will NOT use this bug while it makes the game less fun to play. But it is fun that fireaxis not have discovered it yet... well before now.

 

[jju_57]

This bug works for destroying improvements but does not work for hurting other units. I tried it with 20 artillery and 10 bombers. A ship was visible and I bombed it but not a single hit showed up. However, almost all hits against improvements worked. I won't use it except for the stealth bomber which I feel should have a much longer range and the editor limits the range to 8 squares.