[FIXED] Units not turning the right direction

[sanderd17]

I've recently had two times the Persian cavalry unit turning the wrong direction when attacking. See the screenshots after a tiger and wolf attack.

Basically, they start running away from the animal, until it's outside their minimum range, but when attacking the animal again, they only make a quarter turn instead of 180 degrees turn. The projectiles they fire do go in the right direction, but the actor is facing the wrong direction. When you give a new move command, they face the right direction again.

It happens with all ranged units I tested (cavalry and infantry), but it's clearest visible with the cavalry units, as they have a triangular selection marker, and they move faster than the animal, so they can fire a projectile before the animal goes back into the minimum range circle.

It also happens with a regular melee unit vs ranged unit. But only if the ranged unit can walk faster so he can prepare a throw.

Is this a known problem? It's a 5 days old build, so I hope it's still the case.

[historic_bruno]

Maybe related to recent unit interpolation changes? e.g. #1858, #1865

[zoot]

I can confirm this, I've seen it once too.

[sanderd17]

So I make a ticket for this?

EDIT: done (http://trac.wildfiregames.com/ticket/1906)

Edited April 9, 2013 by sanderd17

[alpha123]

I've just noticed this a few times. It only seems to happen with single units, never with units in formation.

[Lion.Kanzen]

Yeah I see that in my last gaming with Iberians.

[sanderd17]

sbte (whoever this is on the forums) added a patch: http://trac.wildfire...com/ticket/1906

[alpha123]

I've noticed it in formations now too. I've never seen it happen in Alpha 13 though, so I think we're OK in that respect. Glad sbte fixed it (he's the guy responsible for a lot of recent performance improvements; I don't know if he's on the forums).

[zoot]

sbte is sbte: http://www.wildfiregames.com/forum/index.php?showuser=15225

[sanderd17]

sbte is sbte: http://www.wildfireg...?showuser=15225

Too bad he isn't on the forums a lot, but it looks like he does a great job.

[plumo]

You can often find him on IRC: irc://irc.quakenet.org/0ad

[historic_bruno]

Should be fixed in r13489, please test!

[sanderd17]

Well, it works. But for me, it's not a fluent animation. The unit still turns to the rotation where he stopped before. And then jumps to the right rotation. While the selection arrow for the cavalry turns gently.

Certainly not a release blocker anymore. But something to investigate.

Could we keep the ticket open until there's a better solution? But change the priority.

Edited June 18, 2013 by sanderd17