Pathfinding Fix

Hey all,

Try this program to "fix" the many units getting stuck pathfinding. I have used it and so far, the results look promising. Always make a backup of the file you are about to change. Good luck.


Pathfinding

Interesting! Pathfinding fixing for the AI, now that's something good! Cheers!!!

Yes, I believe that was one of the bigger issues that made gameplay annoying when a player had too many units on the map and units would get stuck trying to go around objects. With this fix( I used it on pgtak.exe ), I saw there was less micro management as units found their way around objects such as when units are sent on patrol. However, this fix can cause your game to lag if the machine used to play TA:K is ancient or near ancient. So, the faster your machine, the better this fix works.

Is there a compatibility problem if only 1 player uses it online? Can it be used on Gameranger? I'm not going use it anyways, I'm just curious. Since it was indeed very annoying having to micro a lot of dumb stuck units in some games.

I could not tell you about that. However, make a backup of your *.exe file you wish to modify, then try it online and see if it works. If the modified exe does not work, can always go back to the original unmodified exe that you had backed up. So far, in my skirmish games versus several AI, my units hardly got stuck behind walls, berms, structures or other units.

What about adding this pathfinding fix into a new patch for TAK (version 4.2BB or something)? I think a new patch is what this game needs foremost right now in order to be revived even a little!

This is hot stuff. It's not required that all players in the game have the fix to use it online. Thanks Vaerun.

Here's a mirror to the download: mediafire.com/?xryrpkvyxo4vnlo

IMP_ARTHAN wrote:

What about adding this pathfinding fix into a new patch for TAK (version 4.2BB or something)? I think a new patch is what this game needs foremost right now in order to be revived even a little!

Hmm this is great idea. And you don't really have to change the name to 4.2BB anyway, it's compatible.

Smurfland. wrote:

This is hot stuff. It's not required that all players in the game have the fix to use it online. Thanks Vaerun.

Here's a mirror to the download: mediafire.com/?xryrpkvyxo4vnlo

IMP_ARTHAN wrote:

What about adding this pathfinding fix into a new patch for TAK (version 4.2BB or something)? I think a new patch is what this game needs foremost right now in order to be revived even a little!

Hmm this is great idea. And you don't really have to change the name to 4.2BB anyway, it's compatible.

Yes, but who is going to add it? Unfortunately, I have no idea in patch creation and I am not interested enough to learn it from scratch, since this game has not lot of players today. We will probably need Lord-Hawk-Claw or someone else to do it. Should we PM a few people and which ones?

Hmm I've been playing 3v3 4v4 for hours now. I PMed Vaerun.

I'll make sure to add it to 3.32 in the New Era mod.

pathfindings works on pgtak.exe or kingdoms.exe
on readme it says that it modife pgtak.exe

or it can also work on kingdoms.exe, (just click on proper file?) (i believe that pgtak.exe kingdoms.exe and kingnocd.exe are almost same files with small differences)