Creeps forget their command sometimes, and don't get removed on command failed

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Creeps forget their command sometimes, and don't get removed on command failed

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Factorio's AI on a stress test:
https://mods.factorio.com/mod/dota
After a while, some creeps seem to forget their command
Since i increased their collision size, it got even worse.
I also told them to destroy themselves when their command failed, but they don't...
Afaik there's no way to read a unit's command to destroy them manually.

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local south_biter = game.surfaces[1].create_entity{name="dota-biter-"..south_level.."-"..color, position = south_spawn, force = color}
south_biter.ai_settings.allow_destroy_when_commands_fail = true
south_biter.ai_settings.do_separation = true
south_biter.set_command{
	type = def.command.compound,
	structure_type = def.compound_command.return_last,
	commands =
	{
		{type = def.command.go_to_location, destination = {x=177 ,y=115}},
		{type = def.command.go_to_location, destination = {x=118 ,y=170}},
		{type = def.command.attack_area, destination =enemy_silo_pos, radius = 70}
	}
}

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local unit = table.deepcopy(data.raw.unit["small-biter"])
unit.can_open_gates = true
unit.flags = {"placeable-player", "placeable-enemy", "placeable-off-grid", "not-repairable", "breaths-air", "player-creation"}
unit.ai_settings = { destroy_when_commands_fail = true}
unit.selection_box[1][1]= unit.selection_box[1][1]*1.2
...
unit.collision_box[1][1]= unit.collision_box[1][1]*2.5
...
unit.attack_parameters.range = unit.attack_parameters.range * 2
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My requests: uiAbove||Grenade arc||Blueprint allies||Creeps forget command/ don't get removed||Player Modifiers||textbox::selection||Better Heat IF||Singleplayer RCON||tank bug w/ min_range >= projectile_creation_distance

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Re: Creeps forget their command sometimes, and don't get removed on command failed

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can you provide a save game or scenario demonstrating the bug,
Something we can just load and it shows the bug without needing to do any console commands or hope it happens by random during the script execution

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Re: Creeps forget their command sometimes, and don't get removed on command failed

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Oh sorry, forgot to subscribe to the thread
Hi :)
https://mods.factorio.com/mod/dota
Takes a while until it happens and often resolves itself when they get killed, but still kinda weird.
Could it be that i issued the biters to somehow fall back to wander behaviour?
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Re: Creeps forget their command sometimes, and don't get removed on command failed

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i created an additional script that iterates over all my units and re-assigns commands if their current command type is wandering (is this new that we can read their command? if so, thank you)
it might not be perfect but for me it works like this..
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My requests: uiAbove||Grenade arc||Blueprint allies||Creeps forget command/ don't get removed||Player Modifiers||textbox::selection||Better Heat IF||Singleplayer RCON||tank bug w/ min_range >= projectile_creation_distance

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Re: Creeps forget their command sometimes, and don't get removed on command failed

Post by Klonan »

Right!

I also had this problem when updating my unit control mod, and I reported internally to our great biter dev Oxyd, and its fixed for the next release.

However, I think the specific case that was fixed was not present in 0.17, so your problems from June I do not know if they are fixed

Let us know after the next 0.18 release, if the problem still happens

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