1.3 Public Beta 2 bugs

Axeminister · March 27, 2006, 06:11:09 PM

I keep noticing that gamestate checks really messes my mpi up so bad that it's worse than hosting 1.2 with everyone running mm5 for no reason. I hate it. I've also noticed that when you have ai making a major attack, and I'm there at same time, then game starts going into a glitch where everything gets real jerky(doesn't do it when I'm away from the attack). I must add that on the last game I played, the gamestate check nightmare didn't really pose a problem until people starting leaving then others joined.
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squirrelof09 · March 27, 2006, 06:20:57 PM

MM5 has no affect on multiplayer game stability.

wug · April 01, 2006, 08:41:46 AM

Dunno if anyone has mentioned this....

I've seen a few times where scavengers get stuck against obstacles or buildings. Normally, the scavenger should go into reverse and get free, but it seems the buildings push back? So when the scavenger hits the building, the building pushes it back a couple of feet, and the scavenger senses it can still go forward and tries to do so. Repeat and rinse.

Avatar · April 04, 2006, 06:50:20 PM

Most of the time this should shove the Scav around enough so it turns towards freedom...

Sometimes they're lined up straight on and just keep butting head first, but then the shoving at least keeps them from becoming merged with the building...

merging, that's just wrong... wrong and sick...

-Av-

wug · April 05, 2006, 12:03:02 AM

Okay, found a real bug. In MPI, when I attacked a builder and reduced it to really low hit points, it turned around and headed back to base to get fixed/healed.

That's cool, but the problem was that even after it was completely fixed, it would not head back out to build the gun spire as the AIP instructed. It seemed like the builder was still waiting to be fixed.

Spawn · April 05, 2006, 01:51:31 PM

Did you have aiplogging on (its a commandline option) or look at the aip debugger (game.debugaip into console) to see what made it get stuck/healed?

wug · April 05, 2006, 03:42:04 PM

The AIP log was stuck on the plan with "waiting for builder to build gun spire" or something to that effect.

So, I don't think it's something that can be manipulated at the AIP level. It's something to do with the behavior of units that look to get repaired.

Commando · April 05, 2006, 03:44:39 PM

Wug, are you sure the ai didn't decide to send another builder to build the spire? The ai will choose the closest builder to the build location. Once the builder saught reprair, the aip overwatch may have found a closer builder then sent that one instead. What was the original builder doing after getting repaired? If it was just standing around, another builder may have been sent to build the spire in its place.

wug · April 05, 2006, 06:13:11 PM

The second builder was just standing around in the base. I don't think at the AIP level that it's possible to switch builders/constructors once one has committed to build.

The first builder just kept following the healer around. You're healed, dang it! Go out there and build!

Anyway, I think the easiest thing is just to take it out of the list to service by the healers in my AIPs. I don't think the stock AIPs did this anyway, so I guess it's a non-issue. Oh well.

Commando · April 05, 2006, 09:35:01 PM

Its not handled by the aips. The engine will determine the closest builder, then it will send that builder to the build location. If the other one was standing around, it does sound like a bug. I have seen the ai build three construction rigs on a regular bases, but you probably would have seen it if the ai had done that.

Red Devil · April 07, 2006, 12:52:09 AM

Have the Dower be the one that services it, not the Healer and see if that fixes it.

wug · April 07, 2006, 09:21:48 PM

Well, I was hoping that while the constructor/builder was busy trying to build say a gun tower or spire, a service truck/healer could prevent the constructor/builder from being destroyed before it finished its job.

If it has to walk back to get repaired, it's better off to get destroyed and have the recycler build a new one to save a trip back to get repaired.

Oh well, no big deal. Just try to work around the quirks.

Red Devil · April 10, 2006, 08:46:59 AM

Or just give it addhealth = 10.

{OM}DevLeader · April 13, 2006, 08:30:14 PM

GSH · April 15, 2006, 10:41:09 PM

I have to say, you're the only one seeing such issues as far as I can tell. No idea how/why that's the case.

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