Self-Repair getting stuck.

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So I have noticed that the self-repair ability given to Soviet tanks with certain commanders can bug out if you have engineers also simultaneously repair them. The tank becomes locked in repairing and it cannot be disabled until it is fully repaired.

This has happened to me a number of times where my self-repairing tanks would refuse to stop repairing and engage advancing enemies, and I only just noticed enough to put together that it seems to happen when engineers are also trying to repair the tank.

I intend to test in a few custom games against AI to see if I can reliably recreate this, but I was curious if anyone else has noticed this ever happening to them?

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21 Jun 2015, 22:58 PMZombiFrancis

So I have noticed that the self-repair ability given to Soviet tanks with certain commanders can bug out if you have engineers also simultaneously repair them. The tank becomes locked in repairing and it cannot be disabled until it is fully repaired.

This has happened to me a number of times where my self-repairing tanks would refuse to stop repairing and engage advancing enemies, and I only just noticed enough to put together that it seems to happen when engineers are also trying to repair the tank.

I intend to test in a few custom games against AI to see if I can reliably recreate this, but I was curious if anyone else has noticed this ever happening to them?

I have noticed if the tank enters combat it cannot exit self repair.

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Its intended guys. Self repair only stops if the Tank is fully repaired. So always back up your tanks way back if you want to use self repairs.

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22 Jun 2015, 06:28 AMHazardousKing

I have noticed if the tank enters combat it cannot exit self repair.

That is exactly what it is. I finally had a chance to sit down and test it out in a couple AI matches.

The same flag that restricts initiating vehicle repair prevents disabling it as well. In a multiplayer match it was easy to miss that it even says it in the tooltip.

However, Self-Repair DOES stop if it isn't fully repaired if you hit the cancel button. It's just that the cancel button ALSO can't be used if the tank enters combat. I completely understand not being able to start the repair in combat, but I don't understand the logic of not being able to cancel it in combat.