Annexed the Yoral without firing a shot

[Chasm]

Crazy bug, please see game 1370 uploaded. Annexed colony as yoral scout went into orbit. Entire yoral empire become mine. Also, was able to open diplomatic talks and full trade agreement with the yoral, even though they have no stars... On a positive note , computer colony design seems more balanced now.

[sven]

Crazy bug, please see game 1370 uploaded. Annexed colony as yoral scout went into orbit. Entire yoral empire become mine. Also, was able to open diplomatic talks and full trade agreement with the yoral, even though they have no stars...

Thanks for the upload. This looks like a new flavor of an older bug. Basically, what happened here is that the Yoral attempted to annex the colony at the same time that you did, and the result was that they annexed the colony, and then you annexed them. I should be able to untangle the issue later on today, but, um, until then, enjoy your new empire

On a positive note , computer colony design seems more balanced now.

Yeah, they're playing more honestly now. I haven't played enough games with the most recent builds to have a good sense of how it's affecting the difficultly level for human players. My general bet would be that because the AI is more honest, games are generally a bit easier overall, but I hope it's not too dramatic a balance shift.

[sven]

Crazy bug, please see game 1370 uploaded. Annexed colony as yoral scout went into orbit. Entire yoral empire become mine.

Bugs of this sort should no longer occur as of r1421. Thanks again for all the testing help.