Hi,

I recently watched a battle where only a little part of the fleet was shown on the coordinates. http://prntscr.com/lp998m

https://xcraft.net/battle/index.php?battle_id=ff906c9a85b09313bedff42a72ab4291

The fighters and recyclers seem to have entered the battle after ~2 minutes and then the fleet from before isn't shown on the coordinates anymore.

After the battle all of his fleets were visible. http://prntscr.com/lp99p5

Tii, 
It would be nice to have the actual time of the screenshots (we have the time of the battle).
Those steps might justify your observation:

Timestamp 1: Launch the attack of the 1st group from the coordinates
Timestamp 2: You take the screenshot of the fleet on coordinates before the battle
Timestamp 3: Launch the attack of the 2nd group from coordinates
Timestamp 4: 1st group engages in attack
Timestamp 5: 2nd group enters the battle (+ ~3mins from battle start)
Timestamp 6: Battle end, so both groups unite to return at their starting point
Timestamp 7: Returned at coordinates
Timestamp 8: You take the screenshot of the fleet on coordinates after the battle

Timestamps #3 and #4 may be with different sequence (#4 and then #3).

No,
As you can see in the first screenshot: The battle is IN PROGRESS. there still are enemies (1 mudkip) and the fleet.
In the battle report you can see that this battle did NOT finish with a draw.

So I took the screenshot right BEFORE THE END of the battle. Therefore screenshot 1 needs to be located between 3:48 and 3:54 in battle. All units should've been shown there.


There actually is not a single moment where screenshot 1 should show only the 5 fighters and 20 recyclers. They came later and the other fleet should've been visible under any circumstances.
If I would have taken screenshot 1 after the battle - how should the 1 mudkip come there. it's not possible.

Thank you for information but we cannot reproduce the issue. Please, give use more details and describe the steps to replay the situation.

It happens to me too under the same conditions.


Reproduction steps:

Send a standard ATTACK to a pirate without recyclers. (screenshot 1)

Send a standard RECYCLING mission with 5 small ships and 100 recyclers to the same pirate and let it arrive 2 minutes later. (screenshot 1) (make sure the battle is long enough)
-> "Aggression"- and "return after no more debris"-settings doesn't matter.

Wait for the attack fleet to arrive. -> fleet not seen on coordinates at all while fighting!!! (screenshot 2)

Wait for the recycling fleet to arrive. -> fleet is seen on coordinates. (screenshot 3)

Wait until the battle is over. -> Both fleets are seen on the coordinates. (screenshot 4)


The screenshots:

1) Initial condition: http://prntscr.com/lr12kq

2) After battle started (1 fleet arrived): http://prntscr.com/lr15sn

3) With both fleets arrived: http://prntscr.com/lr18df

4) Battle is over: http://prntscr.com/lr19x1


Result:

I have to guess that it's a problem with the standard attack mission because it has nothing to do with the recycling mission. The fleet doesn't show when the recycling mission is still underway.
Maybe only step 1 of reproduction is required - I just documented the full example which I tried and where it happened.

Tii, 

Now I get it.

Ships which enter the battle are not yet considered as "being at coordinates", so are not shown at coordinates.

Upon end of battle, and during the warm-up time for their return, those ARE at coordinates, so are shown there.

Snoopy,

why do I see the recycling mission on coordinates when it is in battle (together with the other fleet) and the other fleet cannot be seen on the coordinates?
I only see 1 of 2 missions on the coordinates.

So either the attack mission should show on the coordinates during battle or the recycling mission shouldn't show on coordinates during a battle. One of these seems to be wrong - no matter which way around.

Tii, 
I am not defending the designers.
It is a bug.

Side-effect of a "balance" action... the warmup implementation.

It's not a bug. The attack mission starts at the moment of the end of fly and fleet not stays on coordinates. In recycling and defense mission fitst fleet stays on coordinates and then the battle starts. So in attack mission fleet formally not on coordinates and not showed in this panel.