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0022447AI War 2Bug - GameplayJan 15, 2020 7:18 pm
ReporterAdmiral Assigned To 
Severitymajor 
Status newResolutionopen 
Product Version1.025 Hotfix 
Summary0022447: AI seems to "waffle" about where ships are going
DescriptionPlease see attached save game.

I will go into a planet with one of my wandering fleets (for example, Strike Beta, hotkey 2 in the attached save). The AI will attack me, head to the command station, or head for one of the wormholes, depending on what it wants to do (can't say). However, much of the time, and especially with their larger ships, I see the ships start moving one way (e.g., toward a wormhole), then a few seconds later start moving another way (e.g., toward the command station), and then again the other way. I have noticed this a lot in the last hour or so, in several different planets. It seems the AI is changing it's mind about the tactics for the ships on that planet back and forth several times in a matter of 5-10 second intervals. This, of course, feels very unrealistic and also lets me pick off the waffling ships since my large Siege ships move very slowly.

Thought you might want to know this and see if you can replicate it on the save.
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Admiral

Dec 28, 2019 3:51 pm

reporter  

Debug Waffling AI.save (759,116 bytes)

Admiral

Dec 28, 2019 3:58 pm

reporter   ~0055204

Example from the attached save FUTURE:

1. Use Strike Beta to destroy all forces in current planet
2. Go planet by planet loading, moving, unloading, destroying (pursuit mode is fine), until you get to Jewelyn 13
3. There, watch the large ships (various Guardians) move to attack from the AI Command Station and then move back, several times, and other similar waffling. This would take only a few minutes of game time to see. (I see it at 8h 56m 25s.)

Admiral

Jan 15, 2020 7:18 pm

reporter   ~0055594

This continues in v1.304...

See system Tolsvag. Two Raider Mk 1 go back and forth trying to decide what to do about my two ships transiting their space. (Only one in there when I thought to save it.)

Issue History

Date Modified Username Field Change
Dec 28, 2019 3:51 pm Admiral New Issue
Dec 28, 2019 3:51 pm Admiral File Added: Debug Waffling AI.save
Dec 28, 2019 3:51 pm Admiral File Added: Debug Waffling AI.savemet
Dec 28, 2019 3:58 pm Admiral Note Added: 0055204
Jan 6, 2020 5:10 pm Admiral Relationship added related to 0022539
Jan 15, 2020 7:18 pm Admiral File Added: Debug Waffling Enemies.save
Jan 15, 2020 7:18 pm Admiral File Added: Debug Waffling Enemies.savemet
Jan 15, 2020 7:18 pm Admiral Note Added: 0055594