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[madmax2]

Possible Bugs or Observed Issues Topic

Thought I should start a topic to report observed issues or bugs, not strictly related to waypointing... This first item has been resolved with some hacky waypointing, but I don't think bots were seeing or able to reach the buttons in the wall. Distance was reported by debug to be 76, perhaps that is to far? I have not tried latest build yet, the wpt is nearly done, but needs a bit of polish though...

11-28 build

I finally got something to work on the first closed locked door on murks. I've put hours overall to make it work. It was the same problem with the old rcbots at these doors. So I started out with the wpt config I had with the old bots, noclipped wpt into the button, but that wasn't working. I almost gave up when I just stumbled on a config that works, after moving wpts around and using combinations of normal, important, wait and staynear flags. But just like with the old bots its a forced configuration. I don't think Bots are seeing the func_button in the panel. Before I got this working they would just run up against the door pressing use a few times, then go over to the important wpt, but not press use, then go back to unopened door & repeat. If I added an openslater on other side of door they would go over to the button/panel, but would not press it, with any of a dozen different configurations...

Well this is actually working well now, but as you can see the path is through the wall. In fact I used this config at the 2nd problem door and it works there too. I have also been able to remove the important flag & it still works.




Config is wait---important or wait---normal, but path must go through wall from the wait wpt. It won't work from the important wpt. Never did try path from wait thru the door? That probably won't work unless it is close to the button?

I did a rcbot.search while right up against the panel, and button distance is about 76, perhaps that is the reason?

CODE

] as_command rcbot.search
[RCBOT]player frame=232.552887 distance = 0
[RCBOT]func_button frame=0 distance = 76.595879
[RCBOT]func_door LOCKED!!
[RCBOT]func_door frame=0 distance = 120.178703
[RCBOT]func_door LOCKED!!
[RCBOT]func_door frame=0 distance = 134.249481
[RCBOT]func_illusionary frame=0 distance = 168.824387
[RCBOT]multi_manager frame=0 distance = 43.174778
[RCBOT]weapon_crowbar frame=0 distance = 8
[RCBOT]weapon_9mmhandgun frame=0 distance = 8
[RCBOT]weapon_medkit frame=0 distance = 8

So for a test I removed the path thru the wall to make them fail to press the button again. Also placed openslater on other side of door to make them go to the button. Same failure is present without openslater, just easier to find it in in console this way...

Ran debug task on a bot, and get this... I think maybe they are not facing correct direction, looks like they attempt once to press it?

CODE

] as_command rcbot.debug_bot [m00]wh3y
[RCBOT]Finding player [m00]wh3y
[RCBOT]UTIL_FindPlayer MadMax2
[RCBOT]UTIL_FindPlayer [m00]wh3y
[RCBOT]iBestMatch == 9
[RCBOT]Debug '[m00]wh3y' (if bot)
[RCBOT][DEBUG - TASK]  COMPLETE
[RCBOT][DEBUG - TASK] m_pCurrentTask.m_bComplete
[RCBOT][DEBUG - TASK] CFindPathTask COMPLETE
[RCBOT][DEBUG - TASK] m_pCurrentTask.m_bComplete
[RCBOT][DEBUG - TASK]  COMPLETE
[RCBOT][DEBUG - TASK] m_pCurrentTask.m_bComplete
[RCBOT][DEBUG - TASK] func_button              <--- button task
[RCBOT][DEBUG - TASK] CFindButtonTask COMPLETE          <--- button task complete
[RCBOT][DEBUG - TASK] m_pCurrentTask.m_bComplete
[RCBOT][DEBUG - TASK] bot.setMove(m_pCharger.pev.origin)
[RCBOT][DEBUG - TASK] bot.setMove(m_pCharger.pev.origin)  <--- slew of these in console, removed some
[RCBOT][DEBUG - TASK] bot.setMove(m_pCharger.pev.origin)
[RCBOT][DEBUG - TASK] bot.setMove(m_pCharger.pev.origin)
[RCBOT][DEBUG - TASK] bot.setMove(m_pCharger.pev.origin)
[RCBOT][DEBUG - TASK] CUseButtonTask FAILED          <--- button task failed
[RCBOT][DEBUG - TASK] CFindPathTask FAILED
[RCBOT][DEBUG - TASK] CFindPathTask FAILED
[RCBOT][DEBUG - TASK] CFindPathTask FAILED
[RCBOT][DEBUG - TASK] CFindPathTask FAILED
[RCBOT][DEBUG - TASK] CFindPathTask FAILED
L 28/11/2018 - 12:56:22: "MadMax2<1><STEAM_ID_LAN><players>" stats: frags="0.00" deaths="0" health="100"
[RCBOT][DEBUG - TASK] CFindPathTask FAILED
L 28/11/2018 - 12:56:24: "[m00]wh3y<3><BOT><players>" stats: frags="0.00" deaths="0" health="100"
[RCBOT][DEBUG - TASK]  COMPLETE
[RCBOT][DEBUG - TASK] m_pCurrentTask.m_bComplete
[RCBOT][DEBUG - TASK] CFindPathTask COMPLETE
[RCBOT][DEBUG - TASK] m_pTasks.length() == 0
[RCBOT][DEBUG - TASK] CFindPathTask FAILED
[RCBOT][DEBUG - TASK] CFindPathTask FAILED
[RCBOT][DEBUG - TASK] CFindPathTask FAILED
[RCBOT][DEBUG - TASK] CFindPathTask FAILED
[RCBOT][DEBUG - TASK] CFindPathTask FAILED
[RCBOT][DEBUG - TASK] CFindPathTask FAILED
[RCBOT][DEBUG - TASK] CFindPathTask COMPLETE
[RCBOT][DEBUG - TASK] m_pCurrentTask.m_bComplete
[RCBOT][DEBUG - TASK]  COMPLETE
[RCBOT][DEBUG - TASK] m_pCurrentTask.m_bComplete
[RCBOT][DEBUG - TASK] func_button              <--- button task repeats
[RCBOT][DEBUG - TASK] CFindButtonTask COMPLETE
[RCBOT][DEBUG - TASK] m_pCurrentTask.m_bComplete
[RCBOT][DEBUG - TASK] bot.setMove(m_pCharger.pev.origin)

Other observe issues (have not tried latest build yet, maybe "bots avoid last failed path" fixed #2?) :

#1 Saw bot stuck on turret, not sure how it happened & only saw once? Tried placing another wpt nearby, but he wouldn't use it or suicide, seem pretty stuck...


#2 This happened after removing a staynear flag from other side of the door. He was constantly pressing use in the corner & wouldn't go to the button. So I put the staynear back on the same wpt, I had to restart the map, but haven't seen it happen again.


Both of these may be rare occurance, but I haven't tried many different maps, so not sure?

[madmax2]

Hey Cheeseh,

I'm still working on my dods rcw, but wanted to ask about bot suicides on rcbot-AS.

While working on sc_royals2, I never noticed bots suicide when they appeared to be stuck for a while. I never saw any suicide messages in the console either. Should I see a suicide message from rcbot?

Also, is it the bots "speed" that determines when to suicide? I ran debug a few times when they were stuck, most of the time the speed was around 50% dipping to 45%. There was other times when speed was under 10%. I think there was one time it would stay under 10%, but most times it's variable. Say 5% for 10 seconds then goes to 18% for a few seconds then back down to around 5%, etc...

Anyways, I never could confirm they would suicide in stuck situations?

Hmm, I just thought of a way I could test for suicides, teleport a bot into a wall and see if it will suicide?

[Cheeseh]

Hey Cheeseh,

I'm still working on my dods rcw, but wanted to ask about bot suicides on rcbot-AS.

While working on sc_royals2, I never noticed bots suicide when they appeared to be stuck for a while. I never saw any suicide messages in the console either. Should I see a suicide message from rcbot?

Also, is it the bots "speed" that determines when to suicide? I ran debug a few times when they were stuck, most of the time the speed was around 50% dipping to 45%. There was other times when speed was under 10%. I think there was one time it would stay under 10%, but most times it's variable. Say 5% for 10 seconds then goes to 18% for a few seconds then back down to around 5%, etc...

Anyways, I never could confirm they would suicide in stuck situations?

Hmm, I just thought of a way I could test for suicides, teleport a bot into a wall and see if it will suicide?

sorry didn't notice your message for a while.

The bots suicide when they have failed all possible tasks available to them. which could be when they fall in to a pit where there are no waypoints or when walk into a place where there is no way out. So it isn't to do with speed exactly.

[madmax2]

sorry didn't notice your message for a while.

The bots suicide when they have failed all possible tasks available to them. which could be when they fall in to a pit where there are no waypoints or when walk into a place where there is no way out. So it isn't to do with speed exactly.

Okay, I was thinking the old rcbots used speed to determine when to suicide, the "config bot_stuck_speed" setting. The big problem on sc_royals2 was at that skull post, I never could get them to suicide, and getting free from the post is very difficult. It's kinda a map flaw, a sticky spot. It just took a long time to find a waypoint configuration that seemed to work ok there. There was a couple other places bots got stuck, adding or moving waypoints seemed to correct the problems... On maps with flaws, with waypoints nearby, this might be an issue to look at? No rush, I've been busy with other things the last few weeks, Spring stuff. I Still have several waypoints to convert, I plan to get back to it at some point...