0005614: Misleading AI path node sit-location warning message - The Dark Mod Bugtracker

ID	Project	Category	View Status	Date Submitted	Last Update

0005614	The Dark Mod	AI	public	14.05.2021 18:11	11.02.2024 04:47

Reporter	Geep	Assigned To
Priority	normal	Severity	normal	Reproducibility	have not tried
Status	new	Resolution	open
OS Version	Win 10
Product Version	TDM 2.09

Summary	0005614: Misleading AI path node sit-location warning message
Description	If a path loop is interrupted because the AI can't navigate a section due to an AAS gap, and there is a sit node in the inaccessible part of the loop, a dmap warning message will be emitted that sitting can't occur because the sitting place is not close enough. From the wiki, the form of that warning is: "WARNING: <AI name> (x y z) can't sit: too far from sitting location <name of path_corner> (x y z)" This is misleading and confusing for the mapper, particularly since there evidently can be an arbitrary number of nodes along the path between the navigation gap and the sit node.
Steps To Reproduce	Presumably, you could create a test map this way: Start with an empty box map with a player start. One side would have a first path corner node (Node1), and an AI that targets Node1, The other side would have a second path corner node paired with a path sit node; the latter would target back to Node1 to close the loop. Add a chair to sit on and position it appropriately. Get that to work without error. Then, to demo the warning, install a worldspawn platform, and move Node1 and the AI up to it. Set the height difference of the platform to be too great for AAS,
Additional Information	This behavior was seen in my FM under dev, and suppressed by fixing the AAS gap. If you need me to create the foregoing test map, PM me.
Tags	pathfinding

Date Modified	Username	Field	Change
14.05.2021 18:11	Geep	New Issue
15.12.2022 18:17	nbohr1more	Relationship added	related to 0005170
11.02.2024 04:47	Fiver	Tag Attached: pathfinding