0023607: AI Fort cannot be targeted - Arcen Idea Tracker (Bugs and Features)

ID	Project	Category		Date Submitted	Last Update

0023607	AI War 2	Bug - Gameplay		Aug 28, 2020 4:59 pm	Aug 29, 2020 5:40 pm

Reporter	whakomatic	Assigned To	Chris_McElligottPark
Status	resolved	Resolution	fixed
Product Version	2.129 No Shrooms For Ships
Fixed in Version	2.130 Civilian Industries

Summary	0023607: AI Fort cannot be targeted
Description	An AI fortress cannot be targeted by my ships. They fire at it once, then the fort glitches and has its stats reset and my ships fire again. Rinse and repeat.
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whakomatic Aug 28, 2020 4:59 pm reporter	eye bug.save (310,680 bytes) eye bug.savemet (94 bytes)

BadgerBadger Aug 28, 2020 5:23 pm manager ~0058239	Wait, does this bug refer to a fortress? or to an eye?

Ovalcircle Aug 28, 2020 6:42 pm reporter ~0058246	Probably an Eye. As of right now, Eyes are glitching out because they work off strength. An alerted eye has 80-100 strength (not sure the exact amount) so when it activates, more often than not that Eye overpowers the non-AI forces on the planet. So it goes to sleep. But then the non-AI Forces are more powerful than the sleeping eye, so the Eye wakes up. But the alerted Eye overpowers the non-AI forces on the planet..... It changes from alert and sleeping every second because of the above behavior. It also results in the Eye regaining health every time it transforms.

Chris_McElligottPark Aug 29, 2020 4:17 pm administrator ~0058266	Wow, okay, so the eyes need to definitely do a few things: 1. Stay in the alerted state for a minimum of X seconds, I'd stay. 2. Keep their health and shields when transforming, as a new feature, unlike most other units.

Chris_McElligottPark Aug 29, 2020 5:40 pm administrator ~0058281	Thanks! Tested this and it does work in the next version. * Add a new time_must_have_been_on_planet_before_transforming_if_outnumbered_or_outnumbering, for use with transform_when_outnumbered and transform_when_outnumbering. This defaults to 0 seconds, which has been the behavior in the past. But now for all of the ships (mostly AI Eyes, but also some guardians) that use transform_when_outnumbering, it now has a value of 2. For those that use transform_when_outnumbered, it has a much higher value of 30, to keep them from downgrading their alertedness too easily. The AI eyes will still switch between alerted and unalerted status every so often in a general battle, since their alerted status increases the balance of battle in their favor so much, but now it won't be a constant thing and ships can continue targeting them in a reasonable fashion. * Additionally, previously anything that was transforming via one of those two methods was having its health and shields and cloaking points all reset to full. Now, however, when transformed via these two cases ONLY, it keeps the health and shields and cloaking point losses after transformation. This makes it so that battles with AI eyes are actually something you can win, even as they cycle back and forth between statuses. And in general this just makes sense, and is important on the dire guardians that use this same sort of mechanic, too.

Date Modified	Username	Field	Change
Aug 28, 2020 4:59 pm	whakomatic	New Issue
Aug 28, 2020 4:59 pm	whakomatic	File Added: eye bug.save
Aug 28, 2020 4:59 pm	whakomatic	File Added: eye bug.savemet
Aug 28, 2020 5:23 pm	BadgerBadger	Note Added: 0058239
Aug 28, 2020 6:42 pm	Ovalcircle	Note Added: 0058246
Aug 29, 2020 4:15 pm	Chris_McElligottPark	Relationship added	related to 0023612
Aug 29, 2020 4:17 pm	Chris_McElligottPark	Note Added: 0058266
Aug 29, 2020 4:27 pm	Chris_McElligottPark	Assigned To	=> Chris_McElligottPark
Aug 29, 2020 4:27 pm	Chris_McElligottPark	Status	new => assigned
Aug 29, 2020 5:40 pm	Chris_McElligottPark	Status	assigned => resolved
Aug 29, 2020 5:40 pm	Chris_McElligottPark	Resolution	open => fixed
Aug 29, 2020 5:40 pm	Chris_McElligottPark	Fixed in Version	=> 2.130 Civilian Industries
Aug 29, 2020 5:40 pm	Chris_McElligottPark	Note Added: 0058281