0 damage bug

[Galorian]

I created this account specifically to complain about the (apparently very common at least a year old) 0 damage bug.

In case you haven't heard of it for some reason what it does is instantly kill off an entire stack, regardless of strength, size or level, by doing 0 damage to it, usually but not necessarily via secondary damage effects (poison/fire/frost/chain lightning). The bug is most common in artifact suppression and hero fights, but accrues in regular battles as well and exponentially increases in frequency as the game progresses.

This bug is downright gamebreaking. I am at the Greenwart continent area at the moment and it's gotten to the point where I've lost two stacks (68 Horsemen and 66 Maidens) in under one hour of gameplay, the latter of which was lost to the poison arrow of a single surviving skeleton archer almost half an hour after the last time I saved the game, which compelled me to quit the game in disgust and seek out your forum specifically to complain about it.

I don't know if I can bring myself to keep on playing the game in this state, which is a damn shame since it is otherwise a great game. Yesterday I've had a battle in which I lost 2 whole stacks worth roughly 9000 leadership each to the ricochet of a single lightning bolt spell while trying to upgrade a level 1 staff.

Doing a quick Google search reveals complaints of this bug as far back as February 2013, so I'm far less inclined to be forgiving about this bug then I usually would be...

[camelotcrusade]

That sounds horrible and I hope you report it ASAP. Speaking of, the mods really need to sticky how to report a bug. Send the bug report and an impacted savegame to: support(@)1cpublishing.eu.

I've done this for many bugs and gotten several replies so they are definitely receiving the messages. Whether they result in fixes, time will tell, but we have more hope than last time since before there was no reporting process.

[Galorian]

Originally Posted by camelotcrusade

That sounds horrible and I hope you report it ASAP. Speaking of, the mods really need to sticky how to report a bug. Send the bug report and an impacted savegame to: support(@)1cpublishing.eu.

I've done this for many bugs and gotten several replies so they are definitely receiving the messages. Whether they result in fixes, time will tell, but we have more hope than last time since before there was no reporting process.

Reported along with a save game directly after the battle as well as the last save prior to it.

[Boogle]

Hi,

Did you get any response to your report? I'm at a point in the game where any keeper fight, or boss fight I enter, I get the 0 damage bug, and the full stack dies.

I've been trying to find the .lua files to see if I can detect the error in the code since it only seems to be boss/keeper fights but I can't find them in my Steam folder - any ideas where to find them?

Thanks

Edit: I have now played a normal creep battle where my stack of Ice Dragons (supposed to impervious to spells???), got poisoned by a dying troop of 2 royal snakes, and upon their turn when the poison does damage it deals 0 and they all die.

[camelotcrusade]

I've gotten replies right after reporting, but all they say is they pass it along to devs and that they will work on a patch. Maybe you should report this bug, too, and send in a savegame. Might get more attention with more reports.