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Shade
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ai_special=guardian

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Does anybody know if there's a way to get ai_special=guardian back to it's pre 0.7.7 behaviour. I have these guards, I want them to stay in their towers. . .
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*nods head*
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The new behaviour

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The new behaviour is good, just different. maybe we could get an ai_special=sentry to make a unit just sit there and patiently await his doom. . .
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What's different about the behavior now? I wasn't aware there is any difference.

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The Difference. . .

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In 7.6 a unit assigned as a guardian would stay put until a foe came near, then it would jump the foe. Now it cruses to a nearby village, then waits. While a perfectly sensable behaviour, the old behaviour had the charm of being able to place a unit on a lone keep square, and just have it stand there looking all cool and menacing and whatnot.

Oh, (1) is there a list of ai_special values somewhere? (2) I like how the commander in the keep actually has survival instincts now, but a: no, go back to being dumb and wait for your death flag would be nice. maybe ai_special=sentry . hint. hint.
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Re: The Difference. . .

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Shade wrote:Now it cruses to a nearby village, then waits.
This is a bug. I will look into fixing it.
Shade wrote: (1) is there a list of ai_special values somewhere?
The exhaustive list is as follows:

- guardian
Shade wrote: (2) I like how the commander in the keep actually has survival instincts now, but a: no, go back to being dumb and wait for your death flag would be nice. maybe ai_special=sentry . hint. hint.
Inside the [side] tag, place,

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[ai]
    passive_leader=yes
[/ai]
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Re: The Difference. . .

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Dave wrote:

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[ai]
    passive_leader=yes
[/ai]
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except please don't tab over passive_leader=yes. we need consistency. you should only tab over if it is a new tag inside a tab.

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Re: The Difference. . .

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turin wrote: except please don't tab over passive_leader=yes. we need consistency. you should only tab over if it is a new tag inside a tab.
Yeah I agree; my mistake.

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This problem with ai_special=guardian should now be fixed.

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Thanks

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Thanks for the info & action
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