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CW2 path error?

Started by Karsten75, December 31, 2012, 08:21:13 PM

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Karsten75

Have a look at this map.  Pause at the start. Select 2 speed upgrades from Technology panel. Give the LS instructions to fly to the upper-left area of the map (to the left of the emitter.  Note how it selects a path where the side of the LS will be in the creeper clinging to the side of the trench.

Not expecting a fix, just saying....

Edit: Fixed link.

weekendgamer

The link seems to be broken.
Sorry for the late replies.

knucracker

If I remember right (or deduce what I probably did), the ship checks the center subcell of each cell to determine if creeper is present when pathfinding.  This is an optimization that cuts down on 8/9ths of the work it takes to determine if the ship is over creeper.  Or I could remember wrong, and it checks more cells just not the left and right subcell edges.  Of course in this case it's better to plot a manual course for the ship to avoid the line of creeper on the left.

ShadowDragon7015

i remember thinking to myself no stupid ship you are killing yourself, but a manual course doesn't have any problems.
Hiding the golden creeper for years to come.