Weird Sneak stopping point

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TOPIC | Weird Sneak stopping point

kaf

Not-Silk

(xe/xem)

May 10, 2023 23:50:11

so when adventuring, the tile where my cats stop if sneak fails is sometimes wrong.

image 1: bachelor (orange tabby) trying to sneak past a flower fairy (red tile highlighted is the tile they try to go to

if sneak failed, i'd expect her to stop in front of the flower fairy. but instead, she stays put and doesnt move at all

image 2: bachelor is still in the same place. the sneak roll failed

PCE+12

Lokes

Nogwarts

(they/them)

May 10, 2023 23:57:58

I've had this issue when I'm jumping near Nestor, but I didn't screenshot it the first time it happened (I wouldn't know I should either) and haven't been able to reproduce it since (my cats all succeeded their jump attempts, and then kill Nestor within two bites...yea alright thank you rng when I am trying something else) so this is definitely something that happens. I wonder how these paths are calculated?

kaf

Not-Silk

(xe/xem)

May 11, 2023 0:41:39

quick update, it's not just sneak. i managed to capture it too with jumping behind son. i assume it's not sneak because you'd have to run two skill checks on one tile.

anyway, same format as before. bachelor (orange tabby with white shield) trying to move behind son

(additional image: what i think the path used is)

and finally the failure and still ending up in the same spot

PCE+12

Squid

The Not-Village

(they/them)

May 11, 2023 8:01:58

This is the exact issue I pointed out in this week's update! It's been there all along, but didn't get noticed until cats had very large movement ranges and there were extra obstacles (enemies). You've got some good screenshots though to illustrat what I was talking about-

Note: I've located a pretty major pathfinding bug while adding this system! (This is why the update was delayed). When the target space requires a serpentine-like movement to get to (for example, it's in a straight line but you have to go around a tree and back), it's not able to find the appropriate stopping square. This is true of all obstacle movement types. It's not actually new, but it is much exacerbated by the sneaking.

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