Replying to 3.0 bug/problem list

Glad you appreciate it. The dance bug is a bit of a game-killer for me and I almost didn't notice Larkin's code on the first page. It seems to do the trick.

Off to get my arse kicked by your AI.

Wow thanks.. only little prob with this is each player the user connects to via online/LAN has to ensure they have all these OR have the same code per connected machine otherwise it will not sync or fail after starting a game. So just be careful.

Firstly, a big thank you to the Dawn of Skirmish team for turning the limited single player games into something great. You guys should be employed by Relic.

I've unofficially collected the fixes and suggested improvements from this thread into one archive. These are:

• thudo Haemonculus fix - darkeldarinfantrytactic.ai
  http://forums.revora...&...st&p=597132
• thudo scout cost fix - marinestrategyinfo.ai
  http://forums.revora...&...st&p=587766
• Larkin dance improvement (2nd one) - tactic.ai
  http://forums.revora...&...st&p=586633
• dreddnott Fleet of Foot improvement - eldarinfantrytactic.ai
  http://forums.revora...&...st&p=587174

You can download the file here. Just skip the 2 ads.

You must extract the file into your Dawn of Skirmish (Dowai_mod) folder. It will ask you if you want to overwrite your files. If you don't want to use any particular "fix", simply don't overwrite that file.

Don't blame the team if anything doesn't work. Use at your own risk.

Nope, I have always seen the Hommonculus alone, never attached. Not ever seen the AI make and attach Apothecary and Mad Dok either!

And, when I see other SM Commanders and Eldar Farseer, they are always unattached.

The attaching thing might not be working well in 3.0.

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I have only had one crash with SoulStorm, and that was while running the AI Mod 3.0 and the randomizer had given me a thing of all Orks, 2vs2, 4 factions of Orks. I had bunkered Gretchin in a listening post, and when I detached them or unbunkered them, then it crashed on me.

That's the only SoulStorm crash I have had so far, and I have played SoulStorm Campaign for a month and this AI Skirmish Mod a whole bunch, and had only one crash. Not bad!

I have been very pleased with the stability of the thing compared to some of the other junque that other game places have released this past year for their first release.

Hmmm then maybe we should look at the Haemonculus attach code to see what gives. If you haven't ever seen the Haemonculus attach to a squad thats a prob

I'm surprised noone has experienced the Haemonculus attach bug or am I missing the script logic because its not right. The Tactic call isn't the same as the Haemonculus own tactic file itself thus, if the Haemonculus tried to attach to a squad it would cause an error (not a crash however). I wonder then if the Haemonculus attach code is broken as the Haemonculus then never attaches?

Well I cannot say for sure if the code is broken since I know nothing about coding. But as a tester and as a player I can assure you that I've never seen it attaching himself a single time since I've started testing this mod for Soulstorm, and believe me I've played a lot of games, both for testing purposes and just for fun since the latest build was released. By your post I am the one who's surprised indeed that "normally" he should be able to attach, so, perhaps yes logically that'd mean that it might be broken. It's ironically a good thing, since I never got a single Fatal Error with the Dark Eldars, or any other races for that matter (the only major bug I've seen was related to Heroes not working early on in the builds and the infamous Necron CTDs, but CTDs don't qualify as Fatal Errors).

I'm surprised noone has experienced the Haemonculus attach bug or am I missing the script logic because its not right. The Tactic call isn't the same as the Haemonculus own tactic file itself thus, if the Haemonculus tried to attach to a squad it would cause an error (not a crash however). I wonder then if the Haemonculus attach code is broken as the Haemonculus then never attaches?

I'm so shocked this hasn't come forward with no one making a comment where there game caused a Fatal Error when the Haemonculus tries to attach to a squad. :s

I cannot speak for others but I do know that in my countless tests and in mere games I've played for fun with the Dark Eldar, many of those had four DE teams in them, I've never ever encountered any Fatal Errors about them, and more importantly I've never noticed the Haemonculus ever attaching himself to a single squad, so it should explain why no one has never seen that happen (a Fatal Error) since the condition for its trigger are not met. I myself am actually surprised that you guys had put the code in there to allow him to attach, because as I said I never saw him attached at a squad, that guy is always alone in my games.

On a side note I came back to read some posts around here and I'm very surprised that there's still no news about the first patch. I don't know what Relic's doing but at this rate StarCraft 2 will be released before it, it's a little ridiculous if you ask me, and the Advanced A.I fans around are waiting as much as us for that patch so all of the bugs found in this thread can find their way in a newer build. I find it a little depressing depending on a patch on which we don't have news concerning its status (anyone has any news?).

Found an issue with a tactic file..

This line in the Dark Eldar infantrytactic.ai file looks like:

-- I might have these attached
	if (self.squad_ai:IsAttached()) then

		if (self.squad_ai:HasSquadAttached("dark_eldar_squad_haemonculus")) then
			HaemonculusTactic.InitAbilities( self )
			HaemonculusTactic.DoAbilities( self )

But it should look like:

-- I might have these attached
	if (self.squad_ai:IsAttached()) then

		if (self.squad_ai:HasSquadAttached("dark_eldar_squad_haemonculus")) then
			DarkEldarHaemonculusTactic.InitAbilities( self )
			DarkEldarHaemonculusTactic.DoAbilities( self )

I'm so shocked this hasn't come forward with no one making a comment where there game caused a Fatal Error when the Haemonculus tries to attach to a squad. :s

Btw, we really need to look at that Builder jumping code when builders jump to buildpos when LPs need to get constructed and instead they warp to it but instead of building then walk back towards the HQ startpoint. :( This only happens with builders that can teleport or jump.

heh I've not long read bug report on a patch in progress for the game & I tell ya I'll be glad when they fix the many mistakes/problems this game has suffered, Ai Mod Forever =]