[solved] Using [avoid]

[white_haired_uncle]

In the final scenario of The Beautiful Child there are several rooms. The only way to move between rooms is using stairways which are implemented via [teleport]. You cannot use the stairs if some other unit is standing on the other end of the stairs. In the final room, in some circumstances I haven't nailed down, the enemy units will swarm the bottom of the room, covering the stairs and never moving off.

I thought I could fix this using avoid, something I've never looked at. Not happening. Units from side 2 are constantly blocking 45.13. Why?

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   [side]
        no_leader=yes
        side=2
        team_name=twisted_good
        user_team_name=_"Twisted Good"
        village_gold=2
        income=0
        {GOLD 500 650 800}
        recruit=Royal Guard,Halberdier,Iron Mauler,Master Bowman,Cavalier
        [ai]
            aggression=1
            [avoid]
                x=28,37,33,45
                y=38,21,22,13
            [/avoid]
        [/ai]
    [/side]

Hmm, I just found this. If I had tripped this event, does that [ai] block REPLACE what was previously set in [scenario]?

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    [event]
        name=moveto
        first_time_only=no
        [filter]
            side=1
            x,y={X1},{Y1}
        [/filter]
        [if]
            [have_unit]
                side=2,3
                x,y={RANGE}
            [/have_unit]
            [then]
                [message]
                    [ai]
                        aggression=1
                    [/ai]
                    speaker=Rimaru
                    message=_"We can't go further with enemies behind our back!"
                [/message]
            [/then]

[Celtic_Minstrel]

I'm not quite sure what your issue is, but something to check would be to use :inspect to see if the avoid is really applied. (You need to also enable debug mode with :debug before using :inspect.)

Hmm, I just found this. If I had tripped this event, does that [ai] block REPLACE what was previously set in [scenario]?

That [ai] block does nothing at all, because it's placed inside [message], where the game doesn't know what to do with an [ai] block so it just ignores it.

[white_haired_uncle]

Thanks, the inspect idea was helpful.

The leaders are spawning new units using {GENERIC_UNIT}. It seems creating a unit via [unit] does not honor [avoid].

I suppose I'll have to create an event to have them move off the hex. If I do a [move_unit] to a location that's supposed to be avoided, I wonder if it will pick another location nearby, or if specifying x.y will override the avoid (or perhaps if the unit is already at x,y it'll just ignore the move).

[Celtic_Minstrel]

Ah yes, that would do it – [avoid] is only relevant to the AI, and [unit] is decidedly not AI.