Newbie to OOB - Couple of Mac bugs?

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Newbie to OOB - Couple of Mac bugs?

Post by GottaLove88s »

As an avid player/occasional map designer for BA/BA2, I've just taken the tentative step into OOB Pacific and am loving the depth of this one. Ok it doesn't have quite the same cutesy detailed 3D animations of BA/BA2 but OOB's game engine oozes potential.

A few questions please gents, all for Mac v1.8.3 running on OS 10.10.4

1. Sometimes when I press the 'next unit' key, the map screen goes blank (black). Is there a way to recover from this? I've tried to send my turn (multiplayer) when this happens, but it won't allow me to do that either? All I can do is quit the game and redo all of my moves

2. I'm not sure if this is an OOB thing, or a special thing related to Erik's (awesome) Coral Sea MP map. I can't land Allied planes at Port Moresby. For some reason, the 'airfield' becomes a 'city' type hexagon. There are aircraft stored there (in the usual hanger, so I can launch these no problem) but I can't land adjacent aircraft back into the airfield. The hanger shows lots of free space.

3. Is there a way to put units to 'sleep' so that they stay where they are and do not activate when I press 'next unit' (useful for AA guns that have moved but are now where I want them)?

Thanks guys
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Re: Newbie to OOB - Couple of Mac bugs?

Post by bebro »

GottaLove88s wrote: 3. Is there a way to put units to 'sleep' so that they stay where they are and do not activate when I press 'next unit' (useful for AA guns that have moved but are now where I want them)?
Not having a Mac myself, but unless there is a difference in this regard to the PC version:

There should be a small "zZ" button in the lower left part of the UI, next to "purchase". Pls. see this pic:

http://orderofbattle.slitherine.com/images/6x.jpg
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Re: Newbie to OOB - Couple of Mac bugs?

Post by GottaLove88s »

Thanks Bebro, That little 'Zz' button works great. Can't believe I missed it!
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Seelow'45 -> www.slitherine.com/forum/viewtopic.php?f=313&t=55132
Normandy'44 -> www.slitherine.com/forum/viewtopic.php?f=87&t=42094
Dieppe'42 -> www.slitherine.com/forum/viewtopic.php?f=87&t=42347
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Re: Newbie to OOB - Couple of Mac bugs?

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2) Is there a land unit deployed on the airfield? This will block any air units from landing.
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Re: Newbie to OOB - Couple of Mac bugs?

Post by GottaLove88s »

Sorry to a couple of the guys I'm playing... The when I click the 'next unit' (arrow) key too fast, the screen goes black, and the game won't let me send my turn bug is still happening... so sometimes I'm making lots of moves in MP, then my screen is going black, not sending my turn, and it's driving me NUTS!!!... The only way to recover is to exit the game and do it all over again. Not happy!!!... Has anyone managed to solve this?... Mac OS X 10.10.5 running OOB v1.8.3
SCENARIO LINKS
Seelow'45 -> www.slitherine.com/forum/viewtopic.php?f=313&t=55132
Normandy'44 -> www.slitherine.com/forum/viewtopic.php?f=87&t=42094
Dieppe'42 -> www.slitherine.com/forum/viewtopic.php?f=87&t=42347
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Re: Newbie to OOB - Couple of Mac bugs?

Post by adherbal »

Can you send a log file from when this happens?
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