Communication or shpOrder bug
Posted: Sun Aug 03, 2008 8:31 pm
I was working on a little carrier fleet mod and produced a small test invoke to launch 4 fighter autons.
Each auton received the same orders in a (for statement
3 autons assumed position and followed as ordered. 1 auton seems to have it's own idea of what it should do and constantly orbits the group. This is behavior I thought was due to giving a shpOrder patrol or similar- whereas the shpOrderEscort seems more like what the 3 are doing.
Why is 1 auton in the set of 4 who recieve the same orders acting differently?
Next problem- the communications. When any of the autons in the group are ordered to wait here, they disregard the order.
The communication panel shows first a selection A B C D to choose the auton to communicate with- when selected the panel next shows the options for that particular auton. One of the options is Wait Here. I have used this option before, and the behavior expected is to see the auton waiting- NOT following me in the exact same position as escort (or the oddball orbit patrol)
I am using the autons from the game- when used singly, the orders are carried out. When used in groups the order to wait is totally disregarded.
Each auton received the same orders in a (for statement
3 autons assumed position and followed as ordered. 1 auton seems to have it's own idea of what it should do and constantly orbits the group. This is behavior I thought was due to giving a shpOrder patrol or similar- whereas the shpOrderEscort seems more like what the 3 are doing.
Why is 1 auton in the set of 4 who recieve the same orders acting differently?
Next problem- the communications. When any of the autons in the group are ordered to wait here, they disregard the order.
The communication panel shows first a selection A B C D to choose the auton to communicate with- when selected the panel next shows the options for that particular auton. One of the options is Wait Here. I have used this option before, and the behavior expected is to see the auton waiting- NOT following me in the exact same position as escort (or the oddball orbit patrol)
I am using the autons from the game- when used singly, the orders are carried out. When used in groups the order to wait is totally disregarded.
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<Invoke key="H" installedOnly="True">
(block (fighter)
; Create the fighters
(for i 1 4
(block nil
(setq fighter
(sysCreateShip
&scAutoSentinel;
(objGetPos gSource)
&svFriendlyAuton;
)
)
; Escort playership
(shpOrderEscort fighter gSource)
)
)
)
</Invoke>
I guess a better question would be: What is the purpose of the last value in sysCreateShip? It isn't explained over at xelerus, and we need it to make the commands work apparently.