[http://sourceforge.net/p/ufoai/bugs/2939 Item 2939] imported from sourceforge.net tracker on 2013-01-28 19:54:51

It seems like on several missions with Firebird dropship, some soldier starting positions are wrong. It could be related to the earlier firebird model fixes, but right now at least on the oriental map as well as (IIRC) the scout crash map some soldiers start from under the wing of the firebird. This means that they cannot move before they first crouch, then crouchwalk out from under the wing and stand up again.

It is annoying, but not at least it's not fatal.

All firebird maps should be checked for this problem and the soldier starting positions corrected


------- Loading game.dll -------
not found at '/usr/local/lib'
not found at 'C:\Documents and Settings\Esko\Application Data\UFOAI/2.4-dev/base'
found at './base'
tiles: -oriental/or_ +craft_drop_firebird +house_b +house_c +house_e +house_f +craft_crash_fighter +trees_b +well +house_a +house_a +well +house_d +house_g +house_g +trees_a +house_g +trees_a
pos: -24 8 0 -24 -16 0 8 8 0 0 16 0 -16 -24 0 0 -16 0 0 8 0 -24 -24 0 0 -24 0 -24 0 0 16 24 0 -8 0 0 -8 -8 0 16 -24 0 -24 24 0 -16 24 0 -8 24 0
tiles: 17
CM_LoadMap: "-oriental/or_ +craft_drop_firebird +house_b +house_c +house_e +house_f +craft_crash_fighter +trees_b +well +house_a +house_a +well +house_d +house_g +house_g +trees_a +house_g +trees_a" "-24 8 0 -24 -16 0 8 8 0 0 16 0 -16 -24 0 0 -16 0 0 8 0 -24 -24 0 0 -24 0 -24 0 0 16 24 0 -8 0 0 -8 -8 0 16 -24 0 -24 24 0 -16 24 0 -8 24 0"
Rerouted for RMA in 0.0s
checksum for the map '+oriental': 1415610427
ufo script checksum 1915860094
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Connecting to localhost...
==== InitGame ====
Created AI player (team 0)
Created AI player (team 7)
Used inventory slots after ai spawn: 0
connection attempt from loopback connection
load material file: 'materials/oriental.mat'
added light, ambient=0.476837
Starting the game...
Edirr has joined team 1

===== Comments Ported from Sourceforge =====

====== edirr (2011-06-30 07:04:40) ======

Soldier starting position under firebird wing
====== edirr (2011-06-30 07:56:15) ======

Only affects the oriental map, at least based on skirmish testing all maps.
====== tlh2000 (2011-06-30 18:32:31) ======

thanks a lot for checking this - helped to speed up the fix a lot

fix was commited in ddceeb4871ace68759dbcb1b185f4bc5bdf165f7
====== edirr (2011-06-30 21:00:23) ======

This fix does not work. Actor #1 still starts right under the wing in all oriental maps and has the same problem. You need to move that starting position a couple of squares outward or toward the back of the Firebird.
====== tlh2000 (2011-07-01 06:53:29) ======

i'm sorry - but did you recompile the map?
====== edirr (2011-07-01 19:32:13) ======

Yes, the map was recompiled. Muton's utility always rebuilds any maps that are changed and in build version 1309460628 the oriental map was rebuilt. Still got underwing start position.

I suppose I could do a clean build of the game, meaning all maps would be rebuilt from scratch, but that will have to wait for a few days.
====== tlh2000 (2011-07-02 06:09:03) ======

ea03050ca2e7c507e3216570cb601bd071d65f50

you are right - i'd missed the single player start position
====== sf-robot (2011-07-16 06:20:03) ======

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