Engies assist loading SMD at cost of building

[E8400-CV]

Replay ID 3183004

21:30 into the game, I (dark blue) order all my T1 engies to assist the (still unfinished) smd building. They do that at a cost of 6.4 mass/s each. Then the building finishes and they go on to assist loading it, for a few seconds at normal cost of 0.1 mass / s per engi, but shortly after at 6.4 mass /s per engi.

In my eyes definitely a bug.

Replay also ends at 35 minutes, while game actually went on for a total of ~80 minutes.

[E8400-CV]

Bumped for Sheeo

[Sheeo]

Thanks jcv, I must've missed this. I spawned a github issue for it: https://github.com/FAForever/fa/issues/697

[E8400-CV]

I might add that it usually occurs just when the SMD starts loading a new rocket, after finishing one.

It also happens to SML, where 30K mass stored can disappear in 18 seconds, when 100 assisting engies are used.

[DukeOfEarl]

Any clue how to reproduce this? I just tried in sandbox mode but couldn't do it.

[DukeOfEarl]

Okay I got it repro'd: If you build the SMD with your ACU, all engies assisting the SMD will switch to the higher resource use exactly when the ACU starts an ACU upgrade.

Yes, I'm serious.

I have no idea about it occurring when the SMD starts a new missile after finishing one; maybe this is just an illusion because you're like "SMD finished let's start an ACU upgrade"?

[E8400-CV]

Euh, no. But when I found out I'm suddenly -400 on mass, I check my smd. Usually it has then just started on a new missle.

The only upgrade I get regularly sometime after building an smd with ACU, is gun, as port of tele-protection.

If I remember right, it happened to SML's and SMD's that weren't build by ACU too. I usually keep my ACU for away from SML's, because of the 10K death weapon associated with SML and 8k death weapon of nearby T3 pgens.

[bamboofats]

I can confirm that this is reproducible. ANd it affects TML SML SMD too.

The ACU initiates the construction of TML SML SMD, though other engies can assist in speeding it up. (if other engineers initiates the build I apparently cant reproduce the bug)

Complete the structure construction

Set some engies to assist the ACU, while the ACU personally assists the missile loading of the launcher. This makes the engies assist the loading too. Normal resource use observed.

Now, while a missile is still being loaded, set the ACU on any upgrade. The engies continue to assist the loading, however the resource use becomes very high. (same as building resource drain)

There might be other combinations of triggering it not using the ACU etc, IMm not sure. But this method surely works for me.

[E8400-CV]

Also happens with engies that are just set to assist the building.

[bamboofats]

Hmm, it might be a difference between 3640 and 3641*. (i tested with 3641*)
Anyway I believe there is good progress on a fix for this.