One reason is that more checks means more UPS usage for the biter pathfinding, another is that we didn't think it was necessary

That's because you deliver!

TOGoS, from conveyor belts to treadmills...there is only a step!

mrvn wrote: Mon Jun 17, 2019 11:52 am [...]Then recalculate the chunk-chunk paths as needed. Most of the interior chunks of the players domain won't be interesting to aliens and don't need the chunk-chunk paths recalculated.

So, basically, "layered A*" if I understood properly.

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Anyway, I was wondering if you ever gave some thought to JPS ? :>


This looks indeed a nice thing! It's also nicely explained here : https://zerowidth.com/2013/05/05/jump-point-search-explained.html

But as I understood, it requires a jump table too. There is some time to pour to analyse ...

The best thing to do when you encounter the NPE is work out why and if you should or not correct in place.

If not, then you should still catch and throw a new exception and set the original exception as a cause. This permits to add extra information that can help the calling code to discriminate ...

pingger wrote: Fri Feb 22, 2019 6:39 pm The Logistic Chests need a tiny attenna! Now they can open and close, but how do they transmit their content-information to the logistic network?

They have an internal antena, like your mobile phone! A clever design which prevent deterioration by alien species.