When units are created on the dedicated server they have different skill values than when created on clients (headless or not).
Additionally the result of setSkill on subskills (as observed by skillFinal) behaves differently. {F23672} {F23673} {F23674}
The attached multiplayer mission will:
You only need a client and a dedicated server to reproduce, but there is a second playable slot provided for you to also test headless client behaviour.
I'm using separate profiles for client and server, but both have the following AI settings in all difficulty levels of the profile:
aiLevelPreset=3; skillAI=0.40000001; precisionAI=0.25;
All the old style skill settings from both profiles were removed by hand.
Example RPT output (with some annotations to show which is which):
"skillData dump"
[B Alpha 1-3:1,false,false,0.5,0.75,0.6] headless client, server profile
[B Alpha 1-3:1 REMOTE,true,false,0.5,0.325,0.00999999] dedicated server, server profile
[B Alpha 1-3:1 REMOTE,false,true,0.5,0.75,0.6] // my client, my profile
"end skillData dump"
Expected results:
The last two values in each array (i.e. aimingAccuracy subSkill before and after adjusting) should be the same regardless of location, e.g.:
"skillData dump"
[B Alpha 1-3:1,false,false,0.5,0.325,0.00999999]
[B Alpha 1-3:1 REMOTE,true,false,0.5,0.325,0.00999999]
[B Alpha 1-3:1 REMOTE,false,true,0.5,0.325,0.00999999]
"end skillData dump"
The actual values aren't important for this bug (it's worth noting that the server values are consistent with the SP editor), they just need to agree.
Minor amendments to the repro mission:
"skillData values for current units: [player name, created unit, isServer, hasInterface, overall skill, aimingAccuracy before adjust, after adjust]"
["zx64",B Alpha 1-3:1,false,true,0.5,0.75,0.6]
["<Server>",B Alpha 1-3:1 REMOTE,true,false,0.5,0.325,0.00999999]
["test",B Alpha 1-3:1 REMOTE,false,false,0.5,0.75,0.6]
"end skillData dump"
"ERROR: Subskill values mismatched."
You'll see "OK: All subskill values match the first entry." if the bug is fixed (or there's only entry)
Hello,
thank you for submitting the ticket and also for the repro mission (helped a lot). Our team will look into this issue.
Updated repro mission for testing against the devbranch HC implementation.
This mission is also an example of the problem I mentioned in the thread: http://forums.bistudio.com/showthread.php?183918-Dedicated-Client-Headless-Client-feedback-%28dev-branch%29&p=2791917&viewfull=1#post2791917
Specifically, you can't use this test mission as-is unless you use the profile name I used (or you edit the mission).
This should be fixed in the next dev. branch update.
If you have any further questions please direct them into http://forums.bistudio.com/showthread.php?159710-AI-Discussion-(dev-branch)
Thank you for improving the game with us!