[http://sourceforge.net/p/ufoai/bugs/3463 Item 3463] imported from sourceforge.net tracker on 2013-01-28 20:10:24

When a UFO appears on the map, and I send an interceptor to attack it, the UFO eventually changes direction and approaches the interceptor directly. In that case a message is shown saying UFO is approaching ship xyz.

When the interceptor and the UFO meet, the game freezes. It does not take any more input and the task in taskmanager shows "no reply". You only hear a sound of fighting from time to time and thats it. After about 5-6 minutes, the freeze ends, the result of the fight is shown and the game continues as normal. It's quite disturbing having to wait several minutes each time

I'm using Windows7, on an Acer Aspire 7750G laptop.

Theory: I think this could be aa problem with the pathfinding. When the two ships meet on the world map, probably the paths (like the red lines displayed when a ship is flying) have to be recalculated very often - maybe that could freeze the game temporary.
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====== geever (2013-01-13 19:30:00.286000) ======

Duplicate of [#3231]
Duplicate of [#3361]

-geever