Endless "opponents are moving"

[Wintermute]

Turn 114. I started doomsday countdown, so everybody is at war with me. Lost 2 battles against roaming neutrals invading my sectors - after the second fight the game just hangs there with "opponents are moving message", not resolving the turn. How do I fix this?

Edit: turns out it's not just end of turn - I can't quit the game or load saves either without restaring the game. Endless loading.

[Dark_Presence]

Something similar happened to me when playing the first Ellen Shaw mission. Went to war with Chax and everyone is allied to me fighting against him. About 5 Turns after the game just freezes on Chax'es turn. Endless "Opponents are moving." I can reload saves though. I Don't have a turn saved though where it doesnt freeze.

EDIT: Interestingly i just changed something now by declaring war to someone i didnt have war with and tried changing what i was building and it worked again....don't know what made it bug out but it works again!

[Wintermute]

Yeah. Had to roll back that one save, but got another scenario to stuck at turn 15 or so, after yet another rather heavy manual battle. Made a save there, rolled back and did some stuff differently, then tried to load the save again. Now it works fine.

Strange stuff.

[Tzyder]

try tabing out and back in. When the game get stuck thinking tapping that windows key seems to unstick it

[Hyndis]

I've also been seeing this. Sometimes it resolves itself but you have to wait a long time. Other times it never resolves and just hangs forever.

The longer the game is playing the more likely this seems to happen. By around turn 100 it just drags. Sometimes its a 3-4 minute wait between turns while opponents are moving.

Its like the AI is trying to do something, can't do it, and eventually whatever it is times out.

[DireDave [Triumph]]

Hey there, thanks for the reports. This is a very specific AI bug that happens under very specific circumstances; however we have yet to reproduce this locally.

If any of you still have a savegame where this consistently happens in it would be very much appreciated if you could send it to [e-mail] with a link to this thread! If we have a save we might be able to resolve it very quickly! Thanks!

[Wintermute]

Will send it to you guys next time it happens. Cheers.

[neoadorable]

Can confirm it's a huge problem, pretty much ruins the game. Playing as Shae Mara, turn 174 or so. Opponents require nearly five minutes to complete their turns, mine takes less than a minute. That's not gameplay, it's about as much joy as waiting at the dentist's.

[Commander Shepard]

Still having this issue in 2020, why isn't this fixed?

[Råb!d]

Yup.

[WiseCog]

Yes this still happens. Guys there is a "temporary" fix for this. Load a save game 2 turns back instead of one turn. This usually resolved the issue for at least 10 turns, then it usually happens again. Sometimes i can play way more turns though, like 30+ before it happens again.

PS: Sadly though, once it has happened it will always happen in that playthrough once in a while, and you have to repeat loading two turns back when it does.

[Akazury]

Originally posted by Legacy.熊猫:

Still having this issue in 2020, why isn't this fixed?

Because it isn't one issue, there are thousands of reasons why a 'endless turn' might occur. Usually it's because the AI is trying to do something it isn't able to do or shouldn't be able to do, which is why as Greenpakto states, that in some cases you can go back a few turns and it will continue.

These are unique edge cases that should always be reported on their forums or through their mail with a save so that it can get fixed.

[Raz415]

Originally posted by DireDave:

Hey there, thanks for the reports. This is a very specific AI bug that happens under very specific circumstances; however we have yet to reproduce this locally.

If any of you still have a savegame where this consistently happens in it would be very much appreciated if you could send it to [e-mail] with a link to this thread! If we have a save we might be able to resolve it very quickly! Thanks!

I've sent a savegame to that email address, hope it helps!

[sukme]

Having this issue in 2024

[DasaKamov]

Originally posted by sukme:

Having this issue in 2024

Game is finished and there will not be any more patches. Here's the solution:

Originally posted by WiseCog:

Load a save game 2 turns back instead of one turn.

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Originally posted by Wintermute:

Turn 114. I started doomsday countdown, so everybody is at war with me. Lost 2 battles against roaming neutrals invading my sectors - after the second fight the game just hangs there with "opponents are moving message", not resolving the turn. How do I fix this?

Edit: turns out it's not just end of turn - I can't quit the game or load saves either without restaring the game. Endless loading.

THE : *endless loading* was never fixed it seems nobody knows the cause.