w:\c\Poseidon\lib\AI\aiArcade.cpp(1357) ERRORS

[VictorFarbau 0]

I am busy creating a mission that spawns (and un-spawns) up to 80 - 120 enemy units (mainly soldiers, a few jeeps and BMPs) in a given sector; but never more than this at a time.

Not only can I crash the game just by playing this mission for about 10 min; I also noticed that the ARMA.RPT file is sometimes about 5MB, sometimes even up to 20MB and it's full with one message only:

Quote[/b] ]w:\c\Poseidon\lib\AI\aiArcade.cpp(1357) : Target acqusition slow and inaccurate (may even select friendly)

I don't know what this exactly refers to; but indeed my enemy units act kind of stupid. Often I run into them while they are already engaged in a wild firefight amongst themselves

They seem to particularly hate any (friendly) UAZMG since they attack these very often and get shot back by the other group then.

Is there anything I could improve to avoid this error?

Regards,

Victor

* System Specs: Core2Duo 6400@2133Mhz, 2GB DDR-667, GF7800GTX@256MB,320GB SATA2

* Addons used: STR_DEBUG Console

[suma 8]

Most often this means you have a DESTROY waypoint which is not placed to a specific target, only near it. Such construct is very problematic.

[VictorFarbau 0]

Suma,

this was the golden tip of the day - solved! Changed the waypoints to "SAD" - no more errors. Thanks so much.

This is really a tricky one since it is mostly invisible to the user/scripter; maybe this could be improved in a future patch. E.g. do not allow the DESTROY type unless the waypoint has already a target attached or the like.

Regards,

Victor

[Mr_Tea 0]

Suma,

this was the golden tip of the day - solved! Changed the waypoints to "SAD" - no more errors. Thanks so much.

This is really a tricky one since it is mostly invisible to the user/scripter; maybe this could be improved in a future patch. E.g. do not allow the DESTROY type unless the waypoint has already a target attached or the like.

Regards,

Victor

It`s logical, that an S&D waypoint is needed in this situation.

If the target location is known you can send troops to destroy it,

if it`s unknown you have an search and destroy mission.

[VictorFarbau 0]

Hey Mr Tea,

well, now that we know it it is of course an obvious mistake. That's why I suggested to make the waypointtype function a bit more strict and protect it against such user errors. The effects this has are quite dramatic (thousands or errors silently logged, game crashes) so this wouldn't be a bad thing.

Victor

[crashdome 2]

Quote[/b] ]w:\c\Poseidon\lib\AI\aiArcade.cpp(1357) : Target acqusition slow and inaccurate (may even select friendly)

I don't know what this exactly refers to; but indeed my enemy units act kind of stupid. Often I run into them while they are already engaged in a wild firefight amongst themselves  

They seem to particularly hate any (friendly) UAZMG since they attack these very often and get shot back by the other group then.

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