[V6.29.0 - Ground Combat] minor visual glitch - if active soldier stands atop ruined alien planter box the green "selected unit" box gets obscured

[fusion-waffle]

Description

Minor visual glitch with destroyed alien planter box -- if an actively selected soldier is standing/crouching atop a ruined alien planter box, the green "selected unit" box gets obscured.

 

What Happened

v6.29.0, UOO bridge assault mission.

Some alien planter boxes became collateral damage / got aggressively pruned in the firefight.

While moving troops to prepare for reinforcements I got confused which soldier was selected as I couldn't see the green selection box around any of my units.

It appears that if a soldier is standing/crouching on a ruined alien planter box, then it obscures the green selection box.

The green selection box is visible briefly after clicking on the soldier, but then it becomes nearly completely hidden (apart from a few hints of green in the top left)

 

Further info

Here's an example from v6.29.0, and the associated bug report zip archive.

In this example, after clicking on the sniper in stalker armour, the green selection box fades and becomes almost completely obscured. This doesn't happen when clicking to select the other soldiers who are not trampling on the garden.

Unsure if destroyed alien planter boxes also visually glitch in their other habitats (battleships, endgame #2) or only in this UOO bridge map.

 

edit: while assaulting a battleship, I looked for this same issue in the 2x1 planter box on battleship top deck, but it didn't occur. Perhaps glitch is specific to UOO bridge map, or the center tile of a 3x1 planter box.

 

bug_report_2026-01-16-08h04_gc_6.29.0_user_f11_0.zip

Edited January 15 by fusion-waffle

[Kouki]

18 hours ago, fusion-waffle said:

Description

Minor visual glitch with destroyed alien planter box -- if an actively selected soldier is standing/crouching atop a ruined alien planter box, the green "selected unit" box gets obscured.

 

What Happened

v6.29.0, UOO bridge assault mission.

Some alien planter boxes became collateral damage / got aggressively pruned in the firefight.

While moving troops to prepare for reinforcements I got confused which soldier was selected as I couldn't see the green selection box around any of my units.

It appears that if a soldier is standing/crouching on a ruined alien planter box, then it obscures the green selection box.

The green selection box is visible briefly after clicking on the soldier, but then it becomes nearly completely hidden (apart from a few hints of green in the top left)

 

Further info

Here's an example from v6.29.0, and the associated bug report zip archive.

In this example, after clicking on the sniper in stalker armour, the green selection box fades and becomes almost completely obscured. This doesn't happen when clicking to select the other soldiers who are not trampling on the garden.

 

Unsure if destroyed alien planter boxes also visually glitch in their other habitats (battleships, endgame #2) or only in this UOO bridge map.

 

edit: while assaulting a battleship, I looked for this same issue in the 2x1 planter box on battleship top deck, but it didn't occur. Perhaps glitch is specific to UOO bridge map, or the center tile of a 3x1 planter box.

 

bug_report_2026-01-16-08h04_gc_6.29.0_user_f11_0.zip 50.36 MB · 0 downloads

Thanks for the report! Not sure if this is necessarily a bug but I'll bring this up with the rest of the team.