Infinite lock (bug/exploit)?

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so...I was playing zigurat today, and oddly found that after I just purchased..(well what I thought was 3 flag locks)..

a bit later i looked down to use one of locks and I found i had 4 in my inventory in particualar:

3 Ports/3Locks/1lock in that order.

well I figured i would use the single lock on the right, and free up the slot..i locked the flag.

next thing I knew..I the slot still had lock a in it (I couldn't use it..due to cool down)..

anyways I found that I could reuse that slot over and over but the lock wasn't getting remove from my inventory...I guess its bug..but I wonder if there is an exploit for this..becuase I swear once in awhile I end up in a game where the opponent is locking everything left and right...(from the start of the game) and based on past experience..I can't figure out how the hell they have so much money to fire off locks they way they r..and still maintain their creeps/citadel etc.. which makes me ask the question....could they have infinite locks? like I had with the game I just played today..

anyone else experience something similar?

is this by chance a known issue? have u taken advantage of this in the past? (I told my allies about it....naturally they just thought it was cool..lol)

demigod
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Reply #1 from Demigod Forums Top

hmm... I remember reading something about this before.  I'm curious to hear if this is an exploit.  I usually don't carry quite so many locks, so I haven't seen it.  I'll try it in a game when I get a chance and see if it occurs for me. 

Reply #2 from Demigod Forums Top

I have just tested this in single player.

As the game start I bought 4 cap locks (3 lock, 1 lock, empty). Then I used cap lock from slot 2.

Cap lock in slot 2 didn't disappear, however,  slot 1 now contains 2 cap locks (2 lock, 1 lock, empty).

I repeated this 2 more times making sure I selected slot 2, but cap lock in slot 1 got used each time. I ended up with 1 cap lock left in slot 2.

 So atleast in single player there is no infinite lock.

Ashes of the Singularity II
Reply #3 from Demigod Forums Top

*wonders if this is occurs for a specific character on a specific map (zigurat). 

Reply #5 from Demigod Forums Top

I couldn't reproduce it offline.

Reply #6 from Demigod Forums Top

Are you sure the locks in the first pile weren't being used up? The game consumes items in order of slots rather than your preference, so you can have 3 locks in f1, 2 potions in f2 and 1 lock in f3 and it will keep consuming the f1 stack of locks whenever you press f3.

Reply #7 from Stardock Forums Top

 You should be able to buy a locksmith for 5000 gold that gives you infinite locks. :P

Reply #8 from Demigod Forums Top

I can't be 100% certain if the first slot with locks was dropping in count...however I'm almost 90% sure..that after I used the lock in the second slot, the first slot still showed 3.

 

however with that said..later in the game after I used 2nd slot again I noticed the first slot showing only 2..(but...its possible I used that slot prior to that..again not 100% certain).

I will try and repro again today.

 

Reply #9 from Demigod Forums Top

It just didnt use the lock in the slot you wanted. its not infinite. The first slow was dropping. Its happening to mee to and its not only with lock.

 

Reply #10 from Demigod Forums Top

I could not replicate this...