Now the mod-ship I was having trouble with isn't doing it 
It was doing it consistently for me yesterday.
And the AI seems to be working substantially better with the ship in general even though the only thing different is a script for a PD weapon that makes it hit more reliably, which some of the variants I tested don't even have...
And after restarting the client the mod-ship did it again... even moving outside its 4000 su fighter range. But sometimes it attacked with its fighters even when the wing was full.Okay, maybe I am seeing multiple AI issues that look alike, IDK, but I've got one semi-vanilla test case with extreme back-off that should be simple to reproduce:
- give Hyperion a single flight deck
- in Edit Variants with the Attack Hyperion:
- remove 2 caps
- remove Flux Distributor
- install Gladius wing
- in sim deploy Mule (with Salamanders) and put Hyperion on autopilot
First test for me: the Hyperion attacked as it should at first, but then it backed off avoiding a Salamander, got flamed out, floated away, blocked another Salamander once its engines came back on, and proceeded to stay way back on purpose.
Second test: stayed way back on purpose after backing off to vent and had Salamanders shot at it (blocked them this time, though).
Third test: continued to back off after venting, even after teleporting forwards, but then it got flamed out by a Salamander so I did not get to see if it would have kept running away.
Fourth test: vented, jumped in, seemingly ignored 2 Salamanders circling it but managed to block them anyways, then backed way off for no reason.
Fifth test: vented and backed off almost 3000 su.
Restarted with absolutely zero mods (other than flight deck on Hyperion):
Sixth test: did not do it.
Seventh test: backed off almost 4000 su, partially due to evading a Salamander that caught up with it after it started backing off. Also backed off when it was at 0 flux, Mule was very high, but all fighters were dead, but that seems almost reasonable. Sometimes it attacks in that situ, though.
Eighth test: backed off at beginning, don't know why bc I wasn't watching. Then backed off again after venting, continuing to back off even after teleporting into weapon range. Backed off again later to almost 4k, might have started moving again when Mule started venting but I could not tell the exact timing.
So not exactly the same as what my mod-ship was doing, but similar. Did get my mod-ship to do the same thing as the Hyperion, though.
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Topic: Frigate With Fighters Does Not Engage (Read 239 times)