[Oxyd] Units fail to pathfind if starting close to cliff

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[Oxyd] Units fail to pathfind if starting close to cliff

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If a unit is given a go_to_location order but it's starting location is close to a cliff then the pathfinding efforts can immediately fail. This includes a cases where the unit is not overlapping the cliff collision box so should be able to move freely. This is especially important for modded non enemy units, but happens in vanilla too.

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Console code to spawn biter and issue go_to_location command.

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/c s = game.player.surface n = s.create_entity{name = "big-biter", position={-21.5, 9.5}, force=game.player.force} 
n.set_command({ type= defines.command.go_to_location, destination= {0,0}, distraction= defines.distraction.none})

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Re: [Oxyd] Units fail to pathfind if starting close to cliff

Post by Oxyd »

Thanks, this will be fixed in 0.16.21.

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