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the bindlestiff · **Mystifying bot camp problems -** 25-01-2006

I have a sniper camp on the top of a roof. My sniper bots climb the ladder to the roof, run to the sniper camp action and immediately jump off the roof. Then they cluster at the wall below the action and jump around apparently trying to get back to the camp action. Eventually they'll get back on the path, go the ladder and repeat. Changing the radius didn't help -- it is currently set at 45. The action is not very close to the edge of the roof, either. I made the close node a walking node, but it didn't make any difference. As a test, I placed another sniper camp on a small hill on the ground nearby. Here the sniper ran up and crouched as he should.

On another roof, I have a regular camp action. Bots will gather at the foot of the wall below the action and try to climb the wall. There is a valid path without breaks leading up to the roof nearby but they don't use it.

I'm testing with just a few bots and no enemies to confuse the issue. There are several roam actions and a spawn flag around to keep them happy.

Does anyone have any idea about how to control these behaviours?

One other question: the tutorial mentions the panzer camp as being flaky. Is this still true or can it now be used as advertised?

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the bindlestiff Member Status: Offline Posts: 280 Join Date: Nov 2005 Location: Washington state	Mystifying bot camp problems - 25-01-2006 I have a sniper camp on the top of a roof. My sniper bots climb the ladder to the roof, run to the sniper camp action and immediately jump off the roof. Then they cluster at the wall below the action and jump around apparently trying to get back to the camp action. Eventually they'll get back on the path, go the ladder and repeat. Changing the radius didn't help -- it is currently set at 45. The action is not very close to the edge of the roof, either. I made the close node a walking node, but it didn't make any difference. As a test, I placed another sniper camp on a small hill on the ground nearby. Here the sniper ran up and crouched as he should. On another roof, I have a regular camp action. Bots will gather at the foot of the wall below the action and try to climb the wall. There is a valid path without breaks leading up to the roof nearby but they don't use it. I'm testing with just a few bots and no enemies to confuse the issue. There are several roam actions and a spawn flag around to keep them happy. Does anyone have any idea about how to control these behaviours? One other question: the tutorial mentions the panzer camp as being flaky. Is this still true or can it now be used as advertised?