GALAXY Bug ! All GMs should read this

From: graeme@discreet.co.uk (Graeme Griffiths)

Date: Fri, 13 Jun 1997 00:00:00 +0000

One of my players, bless him, just reported a bug in the 3.5 code.

It allows you to use the R command (with colonists) to explore planets using
the turn forecaster. The problem is that when the checker processes the
turns it shouldn't set the ownership of any new planets. If it does the
player gets to know the size and resources of the planet before the turn
runs. If the planets a tiddler they can simply move the route and re-send
the orders. I've fixed this by #ifndef'ing out the part of unloadcol (in
phase.c) that sets the ownership.

This fix does mean the player may misunderstand the forecast and think their
route doesn't work but the groups that move do actually show up as such in
the Your Groups section so this can be explained to them.

Feel free to mail me if you need more info. I'm sorry I have had to post
this here but I've had no success with the GPDG list (is it still working ?)
and I thought it was important enough to mention now.

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