Well, I may have got it wrong, but only drawback should be not getting any xp for ur soldiers, so I think u should get itens and it should always work if it was all implemented.
It should not be that much used when its done cause... well, autocombat is not supose to be a safe combat. U probably gonna end up loosing some soldiers and getting some wounded ones when its full implemented. And some civ deaths too.
Okie, Exactly 100 revisions later = now.
Its R24861.
I got a clean rebuilt built with maps rebuilt for R24861 in windows.
Its here:
Link for the ThreadHave fun and hope the problem is solved!
PS: On fun, yar, its no fun. Its just for game's progress' sake to test other areas of the game.