Graphical Glitch - TEC Starbase

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I was playing as TEC, and had a starbase in a desert planet well.  I fully upgraded the weapons, then went for the trade post upgrades.  I didn't notice it until both trade upgrades were complete (wasn't paying attention until then), but the bright green animation that's usually in the top center of the starbase had "moved" to the outside of one of the trade upgrade spires, just kind've floating in space.

I'll try and get a pic up...

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Reply #1 from Sins Forums Top

I've got the same problem, but it only happened after i reloaded a game I was playing earlier, and the base was at a wormhole, here's two pics

 

Reply #2 from Sins Forums Top

The trade post upgrade seems to be the issue. I just posted the same error

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Reply #4 from Sins Forums Top

Got the same thing, and it just so happened to be my only starbase with a trade-post.

Reply #5 from Sins Forums Top

I've had it happen at every starbase with many or no upgrades at all... The effect that that goes on top randomly switches with one of the 'plume' effects.

Reply #6 from Sins Forums Top

had it too, thought it was something to do with the upgrading process.

Reply #7 from Sins Forums Top

Earlier it had been appearing where the lower spires show up, but I just checked an old save game, and something in the hotfix must have "moved" it, because now it's showing up in the same place for me as your pictures.

I've been playing as Vasari since the hotfix, so I haven't messed with TEC much since the hotfix, but I noticed that when I first built TEC starbases they would spin around for a little while.  After some time, it looked like they stopped, but upon closer inspection they were actually "twitching", spinning just a smidge then snapping back, and repeating.  Loading that old save game, I noticed the twitch again, but instead of a spinning twitch, it was a "rocking" twitch.

Reply #8 from Sins Forums Top

I've been messing around with the TEC, and I posted my findings on another thread: https://forums.sinsofasolarempire.com/333189

Basicly, the glowing thing switches with another particle effect, and it doesn't just have to be one of the exhaust plumes. I've also gotten one of those little flashing lights to appear in the center. Everytime you build a new starbase, or upgrad an existing one, the effects on all the others ones flip-flop. If the glowing thing was on the side, it usually goes back to the correct place, and if it was in the correct place, it moves to the side. It also happens with the glowing thing on the Vasari SB, but that seems to happen less often. And the other effects on the starbase move, not just the glowing square. Sometimes the exhuast plumes are on the ends of the trade "spikes" sometimes they are on the sides, and sometimes they are where the ship-building orange-glowing exhuast stuff in on the sides.

And the twitching thing happens with the Advent base, too.