reportAIMessages and pretty circles and lines

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reportAIMessages and pretty circles and lines

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In order to understand the workings of a ships AI, I have been setting reportAIMessages to true.

I've been using this for a while and the one thing that has always puzzled me is this...

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What is with the red and blue circles? Sometimes the blue circle is centred on the ship and then there isn't a red circle. It is most mystifying yet hypnotic as they whiz around the screen. 8)
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Re: reportAIMessages and pretty circles and lines

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In theory, the dots are:
  • blue: destination
  • red: primaryTarget
  • cyan: targetStation
  • magent: found_target (used in AI and legacy scripting)
At one point, I think some of them worked in some circumstances. Currently, it looks as though they’re probably completely broken all the time.
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