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Convoy's losing its escorts again
I logged on, and I saw the transport warp in, and it was completely unguarded. No escort bots to be seen anywhere.
Where? When? Which convoy? Any clues as to whether the bots got stuck or they got destroyed?
It's possible this is a one time glitch, or they got killed, or the pathfinding AI is to blame. More info!
It's possible this is a one time glitch, or they got killed, or the pathfinding AI is to blame. More info!
Okay... at 9:26 am PDT I logged on again and jumped to Sedina B8, saw that the transport left for Ukari, and noticed that there were convoy bots flying around. I've seen the transport leave bots in L2 several times. In fact, I followed the convoy from L2 once and it jumped to B8, and the escort bots never left.
And now at 11:27pm PDT, the escort bots got left behind in B8
Same thing happening with Itani voys whole last week.
Sometimes defbots didnt even leave bractus C5.
Sometimes defbots didnt even leave bractus C5.
This is what I think I've seen happen, is if there's a player that's KOS with the convoy's nation, the escorts leave the transport to attack the KOS player; if the transport leaves while the escorts are fighting the KOS player, and then the escorts destroy the KOS player, the escorts aren't smart enough to figure out where the transport they were escorting went to. If the KOS player jumps to follow the transport, the escorts will follow the KOS player (and indirectly, the transport). And if the transport is still in the same sector when the escorts destroy a KOS player, they will be able to follow it again.
I think the escort AI should be improved so they stick a LOT closer to the transport they're supposed to be escorting.
I think the escort AI should be improved so they stick a LOT closer to the transport they're supposed to be escorting.
I saw the bots get lost with no one around.
it's 12:52 pm PDT and two transports lost their bots in Sedina B8, and were subsequently killed in ion-storms in Ukari... hmm...
The bug is actually this: the escort bots will get lost if nobody is around when they first launch from the station they spawn from. It's, uhh, hard to explain. This bug has been around a while, I think.
weird.
wyrd.
Still not working...all escort bots are shearing off at the Sedina b8 WH and crowding up that sector.
Yeah, I'm still afraid to touch that code with a ten-foot pole.
But I'm coming to it.
But I'm coming to it.
/me gives a1k0n an 11 foot pole