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IDProjectCategoryLast Update
0024608AI War 2Bug - GameplayMar 26, 2021 1:02 pm
ReporterEcthelon Assigned ToBadgerBadger  
Status closedResolutionno change required 
Product VersionBeta 2.763 QoL Explosion 
Summary0024608: Odd scourge builder behaviour
DescriptionI've been messing around observing scourge behaviour for my own amusement again. Since the latest update they are much better at sending builders to new places they capture and places that need upgrades.

The new issue I've noticed is that several builders seem to end up being sent to the same project, so you can end up with 2 or 3 going to the same place redundantly while leaving other systems that need attention until later.

Attached save is what I observed this in.
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Ecthelon

Mar 26, 2021 12:37 pm

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Ecthelon

Mar 26, 2021 12:40 pm

reporter   ~0060907

This is mainly an issue when a group of builders decided to waste time by jumping a lot of systems out to a new expansion and then all get called back again, only for the cycle to repeat as soon as the far out buildings need upgrades. There doesn't seem to be a sense of distributing the builders so that each copes with a region (responding to the closest project) and not crossing vast distances.

Ecthelon

Mar 26, 2021 12:43 pm

reporter   ~0060908

Another odd behaviour is this:

They get a job a few systems away. They pass through a system with a building that needs an upgrade (maybe it got enough experience since the builder got its orders) but just ignore it rather than pausing to upgrade it.

BadgerBadger

Mar 26, 2021 12:58 pm

manager   ~0060909

Last edited: Mar 26, 2021 1:00 pm

I don't see a need to improve this logic further. The logic for builders involves generating a list of possible objectives and then picking one at random. It's already good, and trying to make it totally optimal seems like a very low return on investment for time spent. The scourge are already very scary.

Ecthelon

Mar 26, 2021 12:59 pm

reporter   ~0060910

Fair enough. They are very scary already. XD

BadgerBadger

Mar 26, 2021 1:02 pm

manager   ~0060911

It is technically possible to improve this logic further, but it's chasing very marginal improvements of something already good. Development time would be better spent elsewhere.

Issue History

Date Modified Username Field Change
Mar 26, 2021 12:37 pm Ecthelon New Issue
Mar 26, 2021 12:37 pm Ecthelon File Added: Autosave at 1h 16m 0s.save
Mar 26, 2021 12:40 pm Ecthelon Note Added: 0060907
Mar 26, 2021 12:43 pm Ecthelon Note Added: 0060908
Mar 26, 2021 12:51 pm Ecthelon Description Updated
Mar 26, 2021 12:58 pm BadgerBadger Note Added: 0060909
Mar 26, 2021 12:59 pm Ecthelon Note Added: 0060910
Mar 26, 2021 1:00 pm BadgerBadger Note Edited: 0060909
Mar 26, 2021 1:02 pm BadgerBadger Assigned To => BadgerBadger
Mar 26, 2021 1:02 pm BadgerBadger Status new => closed
Mar 26, 2021 1:02 pm BadgerBadger Resolution open => no change required
Mar 26, 2021 1:02 pm BadgerBadger Note Added: 0060911