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Re: Engineer collision behaviour

2014-01-31T02:55:19+02:00

When you don't want engineers to move ahead set multiple attack orders with shift or a move order + attack order...

Statistics: Posted by SC-Account — 31 Jan 2014, 02:55

Re: Engineer collision behaviour

2014-01-29T11:32:52+02:00

Cheating! Pah! Well I never...

It's just a coincidence that my front line factories have an attack move order for their spam. And that spam occasionally has some engies in it.

On a serious note, the bloody order doesn't work half the time anyway. It's fun watching streams of engies just run into t1 pd while your desperate for mass.

That's why I've moved to the patrol order.

Statistics: Posted by errorblankfield — 29 Jan 2014, 11:32

Re: Engineer collision behaviour

2014-01-29T10:30:41+02:00

errorblankfield wrote:
But I do notice some attack moves the engies get to their end place and just chill without being idle -which isn't cool.

only happens to me when i use cheating attack move from factory

Statistics: Posted by ZLO_RD — 29 Jan 2014, 10:30

Re: Engineer collision behaviour

2014-01-29T07:57:42+02:00

Just to clarify the above, when are you calling this a bug?

If you ground assist and there is nothing to assist, I wouldn't call that 'idle' worthy.

But I do notice some attack moves the engies get to their end place and just chill without being idle -which isn't cool.

Statistics: Posted by errorblankfield — 29 Jan 2014, 07:57

Re: Engineer collision behaviour

2014-01-29T04:06:21+02:00

I've seen this in a few forms, assist from fact and the such. Another downside unmentioned is that attack move and assisting engys will not show up as idle - despite not using their buildpower.

Statistics: Posted by Anaryl — 29 Jan 2014, 04:06

Re: Engineer collision behaviour

2014-01-29T00:04:07+02:00

lol
Good to know.

Statistics: Posted by ax0lotl — 29 Jan 2014, 00:04

Re: Engineer collision behaviour

2014-01-28T21:41:08+02:00

With ground assist you mean? I used to do that.. trust me it has some big downsides (like you basically can't use it anywhere near some allied base.. and if you stop production for once your engineers will split all over the map.

Statistics: Posted by SC-Account — 28 Jan 2014, 21:41

Re: Engineer collision behaviour

2014-01-28T16:05:20+02:00

This is great. Now you can let 500 engies assist an air factory without wasted time with engies bumbing around and having to give engies assist orders on other engies.
It does feel like cheating though.

Statistics: Posted by ax0lotl — 28 Jan 2014, 16:05

Re: Engineer collision behaviour

2014-01-26T16:01:13+02:00

Hm, this only seems to work with the units that got the order, you cannot use this to move through enemy or own tanks or whatever...

Statistics: Posted by SC-Account — 26 Jan 2014, 16:01

Re: Engineer collision behaviour

2014-01-26T12:44:03+02:00

Btw in 1rst replay when i use regular assist order (when factory is in the bottom land mass) i tryed to build walls with acu at the same time, and there clearly was this command delay, caused by pathfinding overload or something, basicly acu can't move for some time cause game processing engy movement

Statistics: Posted by ZLO_RD — 26 Jan 2014, 12:44

Re: Engineer collision behaviour

2014-01-26T05:01:41+02:00

formation move does similar things with units

Edit: collision only stops for units that have same command (as far as i know) (for sure with engyes, not sure about tanks and others)
so your acu will avoid collision with units when you use formation move or assist ground to acu and thouse units

so you can't really control what you doing and it is not game breacking thing, however replay does shows what happens when units avoid collision...

Thank you all guys, learned alot about FA today

Statistics: Posted by ZLO_RD — 26 Jan 2014, 05:01

Re: Engineer collision behaviour

2014-01-26T04:22:17+02:00

My jaw dropped. I'm not sure if this is a bug, a feature, or what, but intended or not this is going to have a profound effect on the way the game is played. Since it appears the collision boxes vanish with this for Engies, we need to check this does NOT work for tanks and other units. We simply can't allow tanks to be going through each other all the time, no matter how convenient it might seem. I get the feeling this could easily become a bit broken.

Statistics: Posted by IceDreamer — 26 Jan 2014, 04:22

Re: Engineer collision behaviour

2014-01-26T04:10:32+02:00

i have done some tests, assist ground looks really good for engyes

Statistics: Posted by ZLO_RD — 26 Jan 2014, 04:10

Re: Engineer collision behaviour

2014-01-25T23:27:38+02:00

funny that atlantis does not collide on assist order too

Statistics: Posted by ZLO_RD — 25 Jan 2014, 23:27

Re: Engineer collision behaviour

2014-01-25T22:01:06+02:00

Wait, Engineers don't collide with each other under ground assist conditions of movement?!

Statistics: Posted by IceDreamer — 25 Jan 2014, 22:01