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| 0000347 | Spring engine | General | public | 2006-12-27 08:28 | 2008-09-20 13:22 | ||||
| Reporter | Argh | ||||||||
| Assigned To | imbaczek | ||||||||
| Priority | normal | Severity | minor | Reproducibility | always | ||||
| Status | resolved | Resolution | fixed | ||||||
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| Target Version | Fixed in Version | ||||||||
| Summary | 0000347: Aircraft with "fighter" behaviors lock onto non-valid targets | ||||||||
| Description | Aircraft with the "fighter" behaviors (i.e., no dropped weapon defined and no HoverAttack defined) will still attempt to "dogfight" with fighters, even if their weapons are defined in a way that specifically forbids it. I.E., if OnlyTargetCategory = Ground and the aircraft encounters another aircraft, it will still try to attack it, even though it will never complete because the other aircraft is not part of the "Ground" category. If you folks want to see a sample of this behavior, I can set something up for you later on, but basically it's target-selection problem that leads to bad behavior. | ||||||||
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Argh (reporter) 2006-12-29 10:34 |
This problem is even worse than I feared. It appears that any units with restricted-arc weapons will "target" units that they will never be allowed to shoot, ever :-P IOW, this behavioral problem does not just affect aircraft- it also impacts on ground units, and is a problem with restricted-arc weapons or with OnlyTargetCategory. |
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Kloot (developer) 2006-12-29 14:42 Last edited: 2006-12-29 14:45 |
Unless I'm missing something, all weapons call into CWeapon::TryTarget() before firing, which does check if the target unit falls inside the weapon's onlyTargetCategory: if (unit && !(onlyTargetCategory & unit->category)) A sample XTA scenario where this happens would be appreciated. :) |
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Nemo (reporter) 2007-01-03 02:49 |
For an example (not XTA, sorry), load up any recent version of Spring:1944 (usually found here: http://aata.tauniverse.com/spring/ - bigger one is older version + content, smaller one is patch to newer version), type .cheat then .give m4a1. Then, .give p51d. Finally give the M4A1 to the other team and tell the p51d to either attack them or patrol around them. The P-51 is set up to ONLY target aircraft, thus it will 'ghost strafe' (make an attack run, but since it can't fire..do nothing) the tanks until it gets shredded by their AA MGs. Changing it so that units ignored things outside of their onlytargetcategories for attacking movement (IE tanks driving towards flags which are only targetable by infantry, the 'ghost strafing' of fighter planes) would be VERY helpful. |
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Kloot (developer) 2007-01-03 16:00 |
I downloaded the mod and its update, but the P51's don't make any ghost runs at all... in fact, they're quite happy to open up on the tanks, whether I tell them to attack or just to patrol. Are you sure the p51d is the unit that misbehaves like this? |
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KDR_11k (reporter) 2007-01-03 17:13 |
I could never get OnlyTargetCategory to work, it only works if I set it per weapon. |
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Nemo (reporter) 2007-01-04 01:03 |
My apologies, turns out the onlytargetcategories aren't set properly on the P-51d The P-38g (heavy fighter) will serve as an example though. unitname: p38g. all of its weapons (rather than just one like on the p51d, whoops >_<) are set to only target aircraft. Sorry about that. Found me a bug in the mod though, heh. |
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Argh (reporter) 2007-03-27 05:53 |
OnlyTargetCategory works just fine, when we're talking ground-->ground interaction. And BadTargetCategory also works just fine. With aircraft, it's all screwy, though. Would you guys like a quick build of NanoBlobs with this feature enabled, to see what I'm talking about without having to mess with a lot of things? XTA just doesn't make use of this feature really, it's a lousy mod to look at for functionality of these sort of things tbh. |
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tvo (reporter) 2007-10-29 21:00 |
Yes a test case with unambiguous instructions on how to reproduce would be nice (if this still happens that is.) |
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thor (reporter) 2007-10-30 04:09 |
It definitely still happens. In NOTA 1.32, .give corgryp and give it a patrol order above any enemy ground unit. It will target it even though its weapon is anti-air only. |
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Argh (reporter) 2008-09-20 06:23 |
This is resolved. |
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| Date Modified | Username | Field | Change |
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| 2006-12-27 08:28 | Argh | New Issue | |
| 2006-12-29 10:34 | Argh | Note Added: 0000489 | |
| 2006-12-29 14:42 | Kloot | Note Added: 0000490 | |
| 2006-12-29 14:45 | Kloot | Note Edited: 0000490 | |
| 2007-01-03 02:49 | Nemo | Note Added: 0000510 | |
| 2007-01-03 16:00 | Kloot | Note Added: 0000519 | |
| 2007-01-03 17:13 | KDR_11k | Note Added: 0000520 | |
| 2007-01-04 01:03 | Nemo | Note Added: 0000522 | |
| 2007-03-27 05:53 | Argh | Note Added: 0000833 | |
| 2007-10-29 21:00 | tvo | Note Added: 0001377 | |
| 2007-10-29 21:00 | tvo | Status | new => feedback |
| 2007-10-30 04:09 | thor | Note Added: 0001381 | |
| 2008-09-20 06:23 | Argh | Note Added: 0002599 | |
| 2008-09-20 13:22 | imbaczek | Status | feedback => resolved |
| 2008-09-20 13:22 | imbaczek | Resolution | open => fixed |
| 2008-09-20 13:22 | imbaczek | Assigned To | => imbaczek |
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