Can't move ships in combat.

[dk8290]

During manual combat, I can't move my ships. I have selected a ship with left click (and it has brackets around it) and then left click within it's range and my ships just won't move.

If I choose "flee" , they will turn and leave the scene but actually moving them just doesn't seem to work.

I might try setting the game exe to compatibility to some other windows version.

(I found one reference to this problem but no solution)

[Death&Taxes]

Cannot Move Ships in Tactical Combat, Bug?

I am unable to move ships once in tactical combat. From the videos I've seen there should be a movement box to pick a spot for a ship to move - but I don't have it. Only a cursor. I have all the overlays turned on and can see where my ship movement range is, but cannot issue a move command. I tried reinstalling the game, but it didn't work.

Is this a bug, or something else?

[Adam Solo]

Hi,

I replied to you on this topic in the thread[interstellarspacegame.com] you opened on our forums for this same issue.

Let me know if my reply helped here or on the forum thread, as you prefer.

[thanis]

Hi, I have the same issue. Everything works, except for movement in tactical combat. I am using Parsec to "stream" my GamePC.

Update: Tested with Steam streaming and then the movement works. In parsec the small reticle for movement that follows the cursor is not visible ! Strange that it is only this game having issues, not having any issues with any other game.

[Adam Solo]

Originally posted by thanis:

Hi, I have the same issue. Everything works, except for movement in tactical combat. I am using Parsec to "stream" my GamePC.

Update: Tested with Steam streaming and then the movement works. In parsec the small reticle for movement that follows the cursor is not visible ! Strange that it is only this game having issues, not having any issues with any other game.

Hi thanis,

so, you don't see the reticle that follows the cursor in combat when using Parsec to stream the game. However, can you still give movement orders to your ships, even if you don't see the reticle?

[kraut]

Hi, I have the same issue when playing on a virtual machine (VMWare Workstation), there are no symbols shown and clicking anywhere does not help. On a physical machine combat runs nicely.

[Adam Solo]

Originally posted by kraut:

Hi, I have the same issue when playing on a virtual machine (VMWare Workstation), there are no symbols shown and clicking anywhere does not help. On a physical machine combat runs nicely.

It may be a limitation of the engine on virtual machines, due to some driver issue perhaps. You could try updating your graphics card drivers and see if that resolves the issue. I'm afraid we'll not be able to have a look at this as it would probably not be an easy thing to test on our side. At least you can play on your physical machine. I hope you understand.

[Adam Solo]

Originally posted by dk8290:

During manual combat, I can't move my ships. I have selected a ship with left click (and it has brackets around it) and then left click within it's range and my ships just won't move.

If I choose "flee" , they will turn and leave the scene but actually moving them just doesn't seem to work.

I might try setting the game exe to compatibility to some other windows version.

(I found one reference to this problem but no solution)

Hi, I merged your topic in this thread since it seems to be about the same issue.

Can you check this post[interstellarspacegame.com] in our official forums and the video referenced in that post to see if that solves the issue for you?

If not, can you confirm if you're using Parsec or some other streaming service or perhaps playing the game in a virtual machine?

[dk8290]

Thanks for the reply.

What is really weird is that I can move my ships in manual combat.

All I remember doing was clicking off compatibility mode (which I had set for the exe file to try to fix this) and shut down Steam and restart it the next day. Other than that , I have no clue why it would show up and things work properly - (moving ships works and Natural Law shows up in game)

[Adam Solo]

Originally posted by dk8290:

Thanks for the reply.

What is really weird is that I can move my ships in manual combat.

All I remember doing was clicking off compatibility mode (which I had set for the exe file to try to fix this) and shut down Steam and restart it the next day. Other than that , I have no clue why it would show up and things work properly - (moving ships works and Natural Law shows up in game)

Ok, I'm glad to hear all is sorted out! Cheers.