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--- en:games:star_trek_armada_1:known_problems [2025-04-14-15-24] – 7saturn
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 ===== Mouse Pointer Stays in the Center of the Screen =====
 It happens from time to time, that the Windows mouse pointer is visible at the center of the screen and won't go away on its own. This can also be solved by opening the menus for a moment (<key>CTRL</key> + <key>x</key>). Once the menu is closed, the pointer will be gone.
-===== Game Ends the Vendetta Mission with a Loss for For No Reason =====
+===== Game Ends the Vendetta Mission with a Loss for No Reason =====
 Reaching the last wormhole in mission 3 of the [[factions#Federation]] campaign (Vendetta) can finish the mission without unlocking the last mission of the Fed campaign as you lose it anyways. So better save the game before finishing it.
+===== Saved Games With Reversed Roles =====
+When playing the [[en:games:star_trek_armada_1:single-player_campaign|single-player campaign]] and saving the game you may end up with a saved game that is damaged in a particularly way: The AI will have taken your place, any you take their's. The way to provoke this problem is as follows:
+  - Start a //Instant Action// match.
+  - Save it.
+  - Stop it.
+  - Load or start a single-player campaign mission.
+  - Save the running campaign match over the previously saved //Instant Action// match (no manual deletion!)
+  - Load the just saved mission again.
+The reason for this is a bug in the save handling when overwriting a save. //Instant Action// matches consist of **two** files, an //*.ias// file and a //*.sav// file. The former does not exist for single-player saves. However, when saving a mission over an //Instant Action// match, only the //*.sav// will be overwritten while the //*.ias// stays untouched. That usually has the described effect or switching roles in the mission. Another side-effect is, that the scripts controlling the factions are still in effect. Meaning, even while you may control a different faction than normal, their production and ship movements will be controlled by the script. This may make yards produce ships, or ships being stopped from moving or moving somewhere else than where you sent them. Also the victory/loss conditions still apply.
+If you intend on salvaging a mission save with this problem it can easily be solved by deleting the //*.ias// file.
+===== Mouse Pointer During Loading Screen =====
+On rare occasions you can see the in-game mouse pointer still appear on the loading screen. The exact reasons for this are not yet known.
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