Bug in 0.8.1 follow the leader mode

[acme_pjz]

Hi,

I think there is a bug in 0.8.1 follow the leader mode: when computer can't find the right way (e.g. blocked by a wall) they don't know they should rescue I played follow the leader with 20 computer in Hacienda map, the leader and other computers crashed into the wall near the start, and they just stuck there

[Calinou]

I played FTL without problems on STK enterprise (history mode, expert difficulty), but I don't know if the bots were ever stuck.

[Auria]

Hi,

can you make it happen again? If so, can you please give us as much information as possible : how many karts, what level of difficulty, screenshot of where it happens?

[acme_pjz]

Hi,

can you make it happen again? If so, can you please give us as much information as possible : how many karts, what level of difficulty, screenshot of where it happens?

I can't reproduce it on my faster computer In Hacienda, 20 karts, super tux difficulty, and after some tries a computer stuck here, and it doesn't know to use rescue:

[vicocorico]

It happened to me also!
It was in the Enterprise track in follow the leader mode.
The leader got stuck in one of the side walls. Then all the cars gathered around him preventing him to get back on the track. I guess the leader was thinking he was not off the tracks and did not try to be rescued.
I actually think it was a cool bug, because the other cars were kind of fighting to get close to the stuck leader.
Anyway, one way to remove the bug would be trigger an automatic rescue of any car if the car didn't move "that much" in the last 5 secs.

[Auria]

Hi,

can you make it happen again? If so, can you please give us as much information as possible : how many karts, what level of difficulty, screenshot of where it happens?

I can't reproduce it on my faster computer In Hacienda, 20 karts, super tux difficulty, and after some tries a computer stuck here, and it doesn't know to use rescue:

hacienda-2013.12.09_00.02.26.jpg

I cannot reproduce this issue, so I guess it's pretty rare?

[Uni]

I used to play follow the leader on skyline a lot, and there it happened very often that the leader got stuck. Especially in FTL this is disastrous as every AI just waits behind that leader (which is perhaps one of the reasons why the leader stays stuck)

[Funto]

I agree with vicocorico's suggestion, although it's not a fix, that might minimize the bug at least...

[hiker]

Anyway, one way to remove the bug would be trigger an automatic rescue of any car if the car didn't move "that much" in the last 5 secs.

There is actually code that should do exactly that in STK: it measures time between collisions, and if too many collisions happen in a certain amount of time, it should trigger rescue. Maybe this code is broken. Could you open a ticket for that please?

Thanks!
Joerg

[sea shell]

This bug happens to me too. Supertux difficulty, 6 karts, on windows, no matter the track (as I see).