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IDProjectCategoryLast Update
0003011AI War 1 / ClassicBug - OtherMar 8, 2011 1:17 pm
ReporterGrimerX Assigned ToChris_McElligottPark  
Status resolvedResolutionfixed 
Product Version5.002 
Summary0003011: "Auto Gather Knowledge" setting will not protect research stations if gathering finished while shield is moving
DescriptionWhen a research station is set to "Auto Gather Knowledge" it will seek saftey under a shield on a planet. I move shields around during play. I've noticed two behaviors in this situation

1) The research station will wait until it is unshielded before moving under cover. This leaves it exposed.
2) If the research station exhausts knowledge and there is no more knowledge to be gathered elsewhere in the galaxy, it stops moving, even if the shield it was following leaves.

Repro:

1) Build research station, set to 'auto gather'
2) Exhaust research
3) Build shield in enemy system via mobile builder
4) Take enemy system
5) Wait for research station to move underneath the shield
6) Move the shield a long distance (Sufficient that knowledge gathering finishes before the shield completes movement)

Expected:
1) Research station remains under the shield (close to center)
2) When research exhausts, research station continues to move with the shield

Actual:
1) Research station only moves after it has been out of the shield for a period of time
2) Research station stops moving after knowledge is exhausted.
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Chris_McElligottPark

Mar 8, 2011 8:04 am

administrator   ~0010964

They don't seek shields, they just go next to the command station to my knowledge.

GrimerX

Mar 8, 2011 12:15 pm

reporter   ~0010978

Sorry to reopen -- the stations definately seek cover, I have seen this in every game I have tried since 5.0 (I wasn't aware of the command in 4.0). If you don't want to fix it, that's fine, just want to make sure you have the right info :-)

keith.lamothe

Mar 8, 2011 12:18 pm

administrator   ~0010979

Yes, they do seek cover (preferring being near a command station, but they'll take a different ff if that's all there is), no, they don't keep constantly checking for whether they're covered, and when they run out of places to find knowledge they go kind of dormant.

It's just a simple automation command to handle simple situations where your science labs aren't in much danger (and/or you don't mind losing them).

But thanks for letting us know :)

keith.lamothe

Mar 8, 2011 12:22 pm

administrator   ~0010980

And actually they do recheck that they're covered, but they don't do it preemptively because the ff is moving, etc, which is what I think you were saying.

GrimerX

Mar 8, 2011 1:17 pm

reporter   ~0010981

Yup, that was my intent -- thanks for double checking.

-Ian

Issue History

Date Modified Username Field Change
Mar 8, 2011 1:00 am GrimerX New Issue
Mar 8, 2011 8:04 am Chris_McElligottPark Note Added: 0010964
Mar 8, 2011 8:04 am Chris_McElligottPark Status new => closed
Mar 8, 2011 8:04 am Chris_McElligottPark Assigned To => Chris_McElligottPark
Mar 8, 2011 8:04 am Chris_McElligottPark Resolution open => no change required
Mar 8, 2011 12:15 pm GrimerX Note Added: 0010978
Mar 8, 2011 12:15 pm GrimerX Status closed => feedback
Mar 8, 2011 12:15 pm GrimerX Resolution no change required => reopened
Mar 8, 2011 12:18 pm keith.lamothe Note Added: 0010979
Mar 8, 2011 12:18 pm keith.lamothe Status feedback => resolved
Mar 8, 2011 12:18 pm keith.lamothe Resolution reopened => fixed
Mar 8, 2011 12:22 pm keith.lamothe Note Added: 0010980
Mar 8, 2011 1:17 pm GrimerX Note Added: 0010981