Random crash thing....again

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I swear to god, I have seen this before in earlier versions......sometimes with vanilla game ships.

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What was happening: CSC Atlantica+ escorts attacking nearby gaian processor. My Ronin/D (modded ships I'm developing) wingmen (spawned with G.O.D Mod) went in to attack, did so...and then it crashed when I tried an order. Not sure which, but I think that debug text says somewhere.

But I have seen VERY similar things before. And not always with wingmen.
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It has to do with orders, and I think its actually not random; it requires a very specific procedure to activate, if I remember correctly.
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I can't repro this bug and maybe someone can help.

The crash happens because a Fleet wingman (a ship using the fleet controller) is trying to escort a non-existent leader.

Unfortunately, I can't see how that can happen.

1. This could happen if a Fleet wingman got an order to escort Nil. But I don't think that can happen (the code to add orders checks for Nil).

2. If the leader gets destroyed, the escort order is canceled, so it should not continue trying to escort.

If anyone can reproduce this bug (with or without mods) I would appreciate it.
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Whenever something "can't happen", that's exactly what's happening. Just like shifting emphasis can change the entire meaning of a sentence in english, one missed punctuation mark can completely change the meaning of a block of code, usually for the worse.
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What would happen if the leader gates out of the system?
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Wolfy wrote:What would happen if the leader gates out of the system?
It counts as destroyed--at least, that's what's supposed to happen.

But don't take my word for it. The fact that I can't see how this can happen means that I'm wrong about one of my assumptions.

But I need help in figuring out *which* assumption is wrong. A reproducible case would help a lot.
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I'll see if I can rig something up later this week to test the situation... (no promises on my workload though)
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Hmm. I once saw a bug in either 0.99c or early 1.0 RCs where the game crashed if you tried to command an auton in the instant it was destroyed.....
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