UFO:Alien Invasion

Technical support => Feature Requests => Topic started by: EchizenR on November 01, 2008, 02:44:59 pm

Title: Alien fratricide?
Post by: EchizenR on November 01, 2008, 02:44:59 pm
On several missions, upon storming the alien stronghold, I find dead alien bodies even before I fire at them. I thought this was some bug. Then on another map, I actually see aliens firing on one another. AI problem?
Title: Re: Alien fratricide?
Post by: Satanic Mechanic on November 01, 2008, 03:02:22 pm
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Mnookk Sk Trevuk is consumed by mad rage!
Mnookk Tt Treknk is consumed by mad rage!
Zrokk Kkr Kraukk is consumed by mad rage!
Kraerak Ts Srulok is consumed by mad rage!

It seems the aliens are angry about something currently, I get those messages in the terminal pretty much every mission I think. Possibly the low pay and survival rates, mutiny! :P
Title: Re: Alien fratricide?
Post by: EchizenR on November 01, 2008, 03:07:43 pm
Terminal? Whats that?
Title: Re: Alien fratricide?
Post by: geever on November 01, 2008, 06:53:36 pm
Terminal? Whats that?

Terminal is a command line window. Running the game from command line (and not full screen mode) gives you the advantage that you can see the latest console messages and the game at the same time. :)

-geever
Title: Re: Alien fratricide?
Post by: EchizenR on November 02, 2008, 02:21:24 am
It seems the aliens are angry about something currently, I get those messages in the terminal pretty much every mission I think. Possibly the low pay and survival rates, mutiny! :P

Let's be serious now. This is a bug that hinders playability, so I hope someone has taken note.
Title: Re: Alien fratricide?
Post by: Satanic Mechanic on November 02, 2008, 10:32:27 am
Let's be serious now. This is a bug that hinders playability, so I hope someone has taken note.

That it is, my lack of seriousness aside, as I said, seems to happen every mission without fail.
Title: Re: Alien fratricide?
Post by: BTAxis on November 02, 2008, 11:46:51 am
Obviously there's something wrong with the morale code.
Title: Re: Alien fratricide?
Post by: Surrealistik on November 02, 2008, 09:30:31 pm
It's good to know that they're 'consumed' with rage of the 'mad' variety.  :P

Also I do believe there's something to Satanic's theory.
Title: Re: Alien fratricide?
Post by: pielroja on November 04, 2008, 04:12:39 pm
I also found this "fratricide bug" when playing in the military installation map in version 2.2.1. I found a group of already death aliens there). Then I understood why the base soldiers tend to block my squad in the doors when trying to go through the corridors: They're just trying to save us! They're saving time while the aliens kill themselves!  ;D
Title: Re: Alien fratricide?
Post by: Valygard84 on November 08, 2008, 02:20:20 pm
Same problem.

Map:ufocrash/uc_craft_crash_fighter

UFOAI : 2.3 Dev self-compiled SVN REV 20060
OS : Ubuntu Hardy Heron
Graphics Card : GeForce GO! 6200
Driver: Ubuntu Repo supplied 169.12 NVIDIA Stable
Laptop: Acer TravelMate C200
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Console Output:
Ebnuzuk Sk Trevuk is consumed by mad rage!
Trenakk Mt Trekluk is consumed by mad rage!
Krrnaak Tt Treknk is consumed by mad rage!
Kraerak Uk Kronok is consumed by mad rage!
Guess I'ld be mad too if someone drove my ride into the ground... ^^

I could actually watch the aliens shoot each other. Quite the spectacle.
Title: Re: Alien fratricide?
Post by: shevegen on November 14, 2008, 01:22:15 am
Maybe they have a virus that makes them hate each other
Title: Re: Alien fratricide?
Post by: geever on November 14, 2008, 11:34:11 am
bobbens fixed this, AFAIK. Could you confirm?

-geever
Title: Re: Alien fratricide?
Post by: Duke on November 15, 2008, 08:37:54 pm
I played rev 20172 yesterday and had one dead alien that I didn't kill :(

Worse than that, I didn't let me finish the mission. Did anyone elese have this problem ?
Title: Re: Alien fratricide?
Post by: Moe on November 15, 2008, 08:48:25 pm
playing with last cpompiled win ver from Destructavator and had no alien fracticide but sometimes aliens get stuck somewhere (wrack pieces) or hide where you cant reach due stairs not work.
Title: Re: Alien fratricide?
Post by: Destructavator on November 16, 2008, 11:51:31 am
Yeah, the last installer I uploaded is a bit out-of-date, some fixes and changes have happened since then.

I actually just tried to upload a new one over last night, but the upload failed from some glitch that sometimes happens - usually I wake up and check my computer and it is up there, but once in a while it isn't.

I'll try again tonight.