[V14 - Ground Combat] Soldier Loads w/o Combat Shield

[Legadian]

This is an older bug, but its back for V14. The pistol carrier is supposed to load a combat shield in his empty off hand when he loads into ground combat. I've done five ground combat missions and he has yet to load one. In V13.2 it loaded the combat shield every time.

[StellarRat]

This is an older bug, but its back for V14. The pistol carrier is supposed to load a combat shield in his empty off hand when he loads into ground combat. I've done five ground combat missions and he has yet to load one. In V13.2 it loaded the combat shield every time.

I had soldiers in 13.2 failing to load with shield too. I'm trying to figure why this isn't a piece of equipment instead of something that just happens.

[gnarly]

+1 for 14

Edit; ignore, my soldier did not load into ground combat with a pistol at start..

Edited August 28, 2012 by gnarly

[Max_Caine]

StellarRat, at a guess I'd say Chris is waiting for all the Xenonaut renders to be done before he has it implemented properly. Maybe something for 14.1 or 14.2?

[Korval]

I didn't really play v13.1 or v13.2; are combat shields supposed to be starting equipment? I haven't seen them or stunners in the equipment screen yet and had assumed they need to be researched.

[Max_Caine]

In the v13 changelog (I think) Chris wrote about how the starting trooper with a pistol would be armed with a combat shield, so long as you didn't change anything about the trooper, and he was having difficulty getting it to appear on the equip screen. Quite possibly, that functionality has been taken away.

[Quartermaster]

Based on how the weapons.xml file has changed it looks like there is going to be an overhaul of the inventory system.