If the hero dies before the ransom cooldown expires, the cooldown will disapear from the UI after the hero's death while still working in the "background" as code

EasedCobra66732 · October 26, 2022, 1:59pm

GAME INFORMATION

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GAME BUILD #: 100.13.29985.0 PUP
GAME PLATFORM: Steam / Microsoft Store
OPERATING SYSTEM: Windows 10 / Windows 8 / Windows 7 / Mac / Linux

ISSUE EXPERIENCED

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The newly added cooldown animation from the UI can be misleading in a certain situation: If the hero dies before the ransom cooldown expires, the cooldown will disapear from the UI after the hero’s death while still working in the “background”. When the cooldown expires, the user will be able to ransom the hero. The problem is with the UI. The user might click to reedem the hero and will notice that the button doesn’t do anything because the cooldown animation has dissapeared which it shouldn’t.

Anyway, the video in the attachment shows it better. My English is not that great.
After a certain time, the user will finally be able to ransom the explorer because the cooldown still works as code in the background but it won’t be displayed as UI… You just need to keep clicking until you manage to ransom the hero.

FREQUENCY OF ISSUE

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100% of the time / matches I play (ALWAYS)

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Here’s the steps to reproduce the issue:

Pick any European civ
Enter any game mode
Make sure that the enemy kills your explorer
Ransom it from the TC button
Go again and let your explorer die to the enemy while making sure that the cooldown is still present/ it didn’t expire
While watching the hero fighting, press T to have access at the TC UI and watch the cooldown animation of the ransom buton
Note what happens

EXPECTED RESULT

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The cooldown animation of the ransom buton should remain on the screen until it expires.

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