0002867: Zombies Patrol, Not Attack - DEV Arcen

ID	Project	Category		Date Submitted	Last Update

0002867	AI War 1 / Classic	Bug - Other		Feb 19, 2011 12:10 am	Mar 23, 2011 12:24 pm

Reporter	Draco18s	Assigned To	Chris_McElligottPark
Status	resolved	Resolution	fixed
Product Version	5.000
Fixed in Version	5.007

Summary	0002867: Zombies Patrol, Not Attack
Description	Screenshot shows some 400+ zombies patrolling through one planet (in red; owned by my ally). These zombies use the same logic as Resistance ships, rather than doing what the botnet golem says they do, which is to seek out AI systems.
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Draco18s Feb 19, 2011 12:10 am developer	Screenshot_2011_02_18_22_00_31.png (1,107,645 bytes)

TechSY730 Feb 19, 2011 12:32 am reporter ~0010488	Agreed, the new logic for "ships not under any player's control but doesn't have any direct orders" (that is, aggressively patrol the cluster of friendly planets they are on, even if they have more than enough to go on the attack) needs revisiting.

Draco18s Feb 19, 2011 12:39 am developer ~0010490	We had so many zombie frigates (mostly frigates) that some 30 Hybrids were [i]retreating[/i] from the AI planet they were on (and not attacking us).

KDR_11k Feb 19, 2011 2:06 am reporter ~0010493	The same applies to Dyson spawn. I had hundreds of gatlings patrolling my systems in one game. That's a major CPU hog as well.

Draco18s Feb 19, 2011 11:12 am developer ~0010516	And your systems are so well defended you can do whatever you want with your fleet. My game's about to have a ton of dyson gatlings too. Freed it sometime late last night.

Chris_McElligottPark Mar 23, 2011 11:23 am administrator ~0011332	* Previously, allied minor faction and zombie ships would just patrol around player planets endlessly, which was helpful for defense, but problematic for two reasons: first, that it could cause massive amounts of slowdown after many hours of them stacking up, and second, that it could cause massive buildups of AI stalkers, who never dare to attack the planets with so many defenders, which leads to something akin to stalemate situations. Thus the allied minor faction and zombie logic has been adjusted as follows: * Neutral planets are now considered the same as allied planets, and the ships will patrol to them like any others. * If there are more than about 100 of AI threat ships on an adjacent planet, the ships will also patrol to that planet to clean them off. * If the human-allied team has more than a token military force (more than about 10 ships) on a planet, then these ships will patrol to there, to help aid in that attack. **** This allows for small raids to still happen with raid starships or whatever without assistance from these minor factions, but it enlists their help for larger-scale engagements.

Draco18s Mar 23, 2011 12:24 pm developer ~0011340	Awesome changes. Might need some tweaking, but from here it looks good (can't think of why it might fail or be non-desirable, but I can accept that there might be situations).

Date Modified	Username	Field	Change
Feb 19, 2011 12:10 am	Draco18s	New Issue
Feb 19, 2011 12:10 am	Draco18s	File Added: Screenshot_2011_02_18_22_00_31.png
Feb 19, 2011 12:32 am	TechSY730	Note Added: 0010488
Feb 19, 2011 12:32 am	TechSY730	Relationship added	related to 0002719
Feb 19, 2011 12:39 am	Draco18s	Note Added: 0010490
Feb 19, 2011 2:06 am	KDR_11k	Note Added: 0010493
Feb 19, 2011 11:12 am	Draco18s	Note Added: 0010516
Mar 23, 2011 11:12 am	Chris_McElligottPark	Relationship added	related to 0002764
Mar 23, 2011 11:23 am	Chris_McElligottPark	Note Added: 0011332
Mar 23, 2011 11:23 am	Chris_McElligottPark	Status	new => resolved
Mar 23, 2011 11:23 am	Chris_McElligottPark	Fixed in Version	=> 5.007
Mar 23, 2011 11:23 am	Chris_McElligottPark	Resolution	open => fixed
Mar 23, 2011 11:23 am	Chris_McElligottPark	Assigned To	=> Chris_McElligottPark
Mar 23, 2011 12:24 pm	Draco18s	Note Added: 0011340