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IDProjectCategoryLast Update
0025258AI War 2Bug - GameplayJun 18, 2021 2:14 pm
ReporterLancefighter Assigned ToChris_McElligottPark  
Severityminor 
Status assignedResolutionopen 
Product Version3.104 Option For A Distributed Economy 
Summary0025258: Pathfinding inconsistencies regarding threat/wardens?
DescriptionSo, I noticed this specifically regarding a spire relic - it decides to repath occasionally when it phases or whatever it does, seemingly based on nothing at all.

I believe now that its based on mobile threat on planets, in that my ships will path around threats, seemingly ignoring basically everything else. Here, in this image, you see a ~ 120 strength spire fleet decide to path around a very scary ~ 5 total threat compared to its preferred route of elva>finster>crawley: https://i.imgur.com/nlGgY5v.png

This isnt even the quickest route, as the ctrl-movement command sends it through elva>finster, (which is an absolute faster route, by about a third).

Im not convinced threat is the specific reason, but my suggestion is more that this pathfinding method should be the alternate one, and the default should be attempting shortest-path(that doesnt include a black hole machine), and options for avoiding threat/other things should be the alternate instead of default.

(link to discord discussion: https://discord.com/channels/240637654717300736/847559135918161982/854414268366323764 )
Im being told by people in chat that something else is or isnt happening based on other stuff? but I really dont feel like I have enough experience to say explicitly what is happening, just that I am being told this pathfinding event isnt real and cant hurt me. This is not the first time Ive seen absolutely insane pathfinding, but its the first time Ive paid attention to it.

save included, involving frigate-mod and more system defenses, not sure if mods sync to save or what..

Another lovely example: https://i.imgur.com/6RQuJMv.png

save added, second one is a spire relic that just refuses to go straight to Elva, instead preferring to go away from Elva, even when given a ctrl-move command.
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Jun 15, 2021 2:17 pm Lancefighter New Issue
Jun 15, 2021 2:17 pm Lancefighter File Added: asd3.save
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Jun 18, 2021 2:14 pm Chris_McElligottPark Assigned To => Chris_McElligottPark
Jun 18, 2021 2:14 pm Chris_McElligottPark Status new => assigned