[bug] Black market ripping me off

+ research refund issue

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A.) I've had several (at least 8) cases of buying metal or crystal using the new black market window that took my money but didn't give me the reasource. It did it several times in a row so I know I'm not imagining it. should I upload the save, the replay, or something else?


B.) This happened with the advent but I'm gona test it with the others in a sec. If you start a research and cancel it after it has started researching, you don't get back the full cost. The longer you let it research the less you get back. Is this on purpose or a bug? Maybe I just never noticed it before.

edit: it does apply to TEC and Vassari as well.

 

C.) slight issue. The area just below the black market window is unresponsive. Even though there is no "menu" there I can't click on any ships that are there or start a selection drag box there. Several times I've been trying to select my ships and had to either move my camera or start from the lower left and drag up to select them. I'm rather used to draging from the upper right to the lower left. Can you add a button to the black market window so that it can be minimised? It would be greatly appreciated.

edit: after checking. The space that is unresponsive is the space that is normaly blocked by the bounty bid spot. I was playing with pirates inactive but the invisible bid menu still obstructs clicking.

 

Thanks for your time.

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Reply #1 from Sins Forums Top

should I upload the save, the replay, or something else?
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If the show the bug, yes.
If you start a research and cancel it after it has started researching, you don't get back the full cost. The longer you let it research the less you get back.
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I think that applies to everything that costs money.

 

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Reply #2 from Sins Forums Top

Well, after trying to watch the replay and find a spot that it didn't work I gave up on that. A 5 hour long replay with no way of telling what deductions are for what turns out to be rather hard to spot a mismatch. Instead I figured I'd play a couple matchs and see if it showed back up. I think it did. However, if this is the case then its just user error. I was trying to buy metal once and thought it was happening again. Turns out I was clicking on the buy crystal button. I'll keep an eye on it but object A can probably be ignored from here on.

 

Since B was normal then I guess that just leaves C. I've also noticed that it blocks the button on replays that lets you see what the other players are doing.

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Reply #3 from Sins Forums Top

I've also noticed that it blocks the button on replays that lets you see what the other players are doing.
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You can toggle the window off in the options.

 

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Reply #4 from Sins Forums Top

yeah, it wasn't that big a deal. I could have pressed Ctrl + Shift + X as well to get rid of it. I just thought I'd mention it since it seemed like it should work but didn't.