I posted this at the exact time i started a enhancement protocol development i.,e light infantry hiring.  I have my protocol enhancement development at 50%  and engaged and i am going to report here in 47 hours to prove that this bonus has no effect on reducing the time it takes for the upgrade.

On closer examination i have realised 2 facts

1., I was correct it does not speed up the protocol development

2., However it claims to speed up enhancement protocol development.

3. Currently i am developing Light infantry hiring speed which i  is enhancement protocol. 

4. However it was during an enhancement upgrade i had noticed it was having nil effect.

I  shall retest again in 2 days when i upgrade an enhancement protocol. 

The UCAV bonus protocol development speed simply does nothing. I have mine maxed out at 50% and it simply does not have any effect on the time it takes for the protocol to develop. Yes its engaged and yes it is active most of the day. 

My concern is that soldiers INC have so many complex algorithmic  that some do not work properly. 

The UCAV bonus being a prime example.

Please can you look at this issue and ensure it is working for all players

Best Regards

Raging Bro

Hi 

I have a question if the protocol says it has 2d to complete and when started it starts at 2d 23hr to complete,. does this in fact mean it will take 71 hours to complete,. or does the the 23hr really just the countdown for the 2d part. 

It would seem the protocol bonus either does work or simply does not work depending on how it countsdown the clock, sorry for being confusing but the protocol states 2 days to complete and yet when started it posted a time of 2d 23hr and yet today it is at 1d 1hr  after 22 hours running.

Raging Bro said:

Hi 

I have a question if the protocol says it has 2d to complete and when started it starts at 2d 23hr to complete,. does this in fact mean it will take 71 hours to complete,. or does the the 23hr really just the countdown for the 2d part. 

It would seem the protocol bonus either does work or simply does not work depending on how it countsdown the clock, sorry for being confusing but the protocol states 2 days to complete and yet when started it posted a time of 2d 23hr and yet today it is at 1d 1hr  after 22 hours running.

Sir..Do you possible have protocol development active in your UCAV Bonus section..If so, while your UCAV is active times will be reduced

Yes but does the protocol development speed bonu bonus only apply to the encrypted protocols or does it apply to the unencrypted too. Does it apply to all protocols.

The level 6 armour hiring speed protocol- for example states that it takes 2 days to develop. I f was to develop that protocol with the 50% speed development active then i find it still takes 2 full days to develop.,

However i have discovered that when you do start the 2 day armor hiring speed protocol level  6 to upgrade to level 7,. the clock starts at 2d 23hrs

which is 3 days and not 2 days., So if you could properly explain if the time is not accurately presented in the protocols or if the bonus simply does nothing. If it is actually 2 23 hrs then the protocol does work but then the question is why there are the upgrade is so misleading to imply it is only 2 days., 

Raging Bro said:

There i have posted the results and times so far and the protocol system simply does not work properly.

It has been ten hour and yet it has only completed 4 hours according to the system.,

I wonder if your protocol bonus increases the time it takes for the enhancement to develop rather than decreases.

Whatever this issue need to be looked at,. as i cant keep wasting a slot on protocol bonus that doesn't work..,.,.,..

Please examine and explain why it has only upgraded 4 hours when in fact it should have upgraded 10 hours

Sir...Contact Support and include all screen shots you have regarding this issuw..Support has the technology at tgier level to access your game and check  that your game is operating correctly..We do not possess that ability ( technology ) at the forum level...Support will be able to correct any problems they may find

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Here is the result: It has added an additional 17 hours onto the original inactive time given.,

I can now confirm once again after testing that there is a serious problem with the UCAV.,

I will re activate the UCAV and then after the upgrade has complete will post here. 

This bonus doesn't cut the time, it increases the speed. That's different. And you're right, once 3 hours expire, the speed goes back to normal. However, the total time for such a research will take less than the original time without UCAV bonus. 

http://prntscr.com/f1a3vd                  Origional start Time with UCAV inactive   

http://prntscr.com/f1em1e                UCAV Inactive

http://prntscr.com/f1en2h                 UCAV Active

Conclusion the UCAV stats and logritmic has an error 

this bug is still present.

My problem is the following:

- I start developing a protocol that takes 2d 21h 24m

- I activate the speed bonus

- I'm going to check the remaining time and it's still 2d 21h 24m (so nothing has changed!).

I am perfectly aware that when the 3 hours of bonus is over, the protocol development time returns to 2d 21h ... BUT WHILE THE BONUS IS ACTIVE (3h) the time should be shortened !! (As it was before it was affected by this bug!!)

Red-Terror said:

My problem is the following:

- I start developing a protocol that takes 2d 21h 24m

- I activate the speed bonus

- I'm going to check the remaining time and it's still 2d 21h 24m (so nothing has changed!).

I am perfectly aware that when the 3 hours of bonus is over, the protocol development time returns to 2d 21h ... BUT WHILE THE BONUS IS ACTIVE (3h) the time should be shortened !! (As it was before it was affected by this bug!!)

You're right. Once you activate your UCAV, time should be cut a bit. Please report it to our Support Team: https://plariumsupport.zendesk.com/hc/en-us/requests/new I could not reproduce this issue. it's working fine on my test account.

scott-817 said:

 I think there is some lag in the recalculation that only seems to show up after a hour or so.  For the first half hour I see no difference but after an hour the values change to what they should be. Maybe its some weird kind of calculation that needs to run a hour before it figures out what it should be. It does change though if yo monitor it through the entire process in my testing at least.

It should recalculate values as soon as you activate the bonus. Probably some kind of lag.

Please see my follow on Post- I have discovered there is s serious problem with the UCAV. and in actual fact it may be better not to use the bonus . I think the bonus as the previous poster has said only works for the first 3 hours and then when it the UCAV is inactive the time is increased 30% beyond the original inactive time.

UCAV activation off -

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UCAV activation on -

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I did contact support about this issue,. and they advised me that the time to complete a UCAV shown will be different depending on whether the UCAV was active or not active when the protocol development bonus was in use.

The protocol development speed bonus reduces the time it takes for the protocol to develop.

So in a sense it give an unrealistic time for when the UCAV is active,. as compared as to when it is inactive, but does revert back to the correct time once the UCAV goes back to inactive.

I wait to see if the finish time is between 1 day and 8 hours and 2 days, thus proving the protocol development speed bonus is having an effect.

AFTER THE PROTOCOL BONUS ENDED - IT ADDED AN ADDITIONAL 17HOURS

( I also lose the 3 hours i ran the bonus and get no bonus obviously)

Here is the result: It has added an additional 17 hours onto the original inactive time given.,

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I can now confirm once again after testing that there is a serious problem with the UCAV.,

RobertShatz said:

Sir...Support has the technology to test the UCAV times..If they say that the times displayed is correct,  then I would have to bank on what Support says...Any reduction of time is only in effect as long as the UCAV is active..Once the UCAV is inactive the times revert...The trick would be to keep the UCAV active, and please bear in mind that as the time for protocol development gets less the reduction of that time decreases as well..

Please read the Post before you reply. I am just a little amazed that after a month of posting you haven't understood my position, or the content contained in this thread has covered. I guess i should not go to all the trouble of posting print screens of the active and inactive times if your not going to even look at them and understand better what the thread is about. 

I am aware the time reverts and for the hundred'th time that is not the issue. read my post, it is 2 posts up and specifically addresses the confusion your causing by not properly reading posts.  

There is a bug regardless and unless they fix it then people are not getting the bonus.