Confirmed [griffon beta] Observer needed to 'embark' on water despite being a flying unit

[mystic sphinx]

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Summary​

[griffon beta] Observer needed to 'embark' on water despite being a flying unit

Description​

Note: This is not a confusion about the Empire tree Seafaring unlock.

Floating and flying units are not supposed to need to embark. As of the current version, my Observers (a flying unit) lost all movement points and gained the Embarked (-2 Resist, -2 Defense) status on entering water.

Steps to reproduce​

The order here is critical. If you unlock Basic Seafaring first, or move the Observer over land before trying to embark, you will not see the issue:

1. Build Reaver Observer unit and park it on the shore, directly adjacent to water
2. Unlock Seafaring
3. Try to embark the Observer onto water

It seems like this is an issue with dirty state. If you move the observer onto another land tile before going onto the water, something updates and it figures out that it should behave like a flying unit. Likewise, reloading the save after unlocking the technology fixes the issue.

Platform​

Steam

Game Version​

v1.011.001.109825 (griffon beta)

Owned DLCs​

• Dragon Dawn
• Empires and Ashes
• Primal Fury
• Eldritch Realms
• Herald of Glory
• Ways of War
• Giant Kings

Optional​

Affected Feature​

• World_Map

Attachments​

 

[Triumph Jordi]

Hey mystic sphinx, thanks for reaching out. I'd seen this reported before but so far I've had no luck reproducing it, not even with your provided steps. Can you try again on the latest Beta build and let me know if you can still get the behavior to occur?

 

[mystic sphinx]

Yep, I was able to replicate it on the latest version just now and I've attached my save. If you load the Quick Save from this file, you should be able to see the issue if you unlock Basic Seafaring and then try to move the Observer onto the water.

Here were the steps I followed:
1. Start new game as Reavers on an island map for easy access to water
2. Move Observer to shore
3. CTRL-ALT-C to open console, enter 'Oldenbarneveldt' and 'Huygens' cheats to access empire tree faster
<< Here is where I made my Quick Save >>
4. Unlock Basic Seafaring
5. Move Observer onto water

 

[mystic sphinx]

I was curious if this was something specific to Reavers or the Observer, so I tried it again with a Dragon Lord and the issue replicated (flying, yet embarked).