[QUESTION] Function to check if sector can be reached considering the blacklists?

[leoriq]

I've noticed a bug in my script that sometimes my ship gets stuck trying to fly to a sector that he can't reach due to travel blacklist. Fly order gets cancelled and ship gets stuck.

I use

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       <run_script name="'move.generic'">
          <param name="destination" value="$OBJECT.sector"/>
          <param name="endintargetzone" value="true"/>
          <param name="recallsubordinates" value="true"/>
          <param name="strictblacklist" value="true"/>
        </run_script>

But it seems to me that there is no way to check if that order failed or if the sector can't be reached

[DeadAirRT]

I've noticed a bug in my script that sometimes my ship gets stuck trying to fly to a sector that he can't reach due to travel blacklist. Fly order gets cancelled and ship gets stuck.

I use

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       <run_script name="'move.generic'">
          <param name="destination" value="$OBJECT.sector"/>
          <param name="endintargetzone" value="true"/>
          <param name="recallsubordinates" value="true"/>
          <param name="strictblacklist" value="true"/>
        </run_script>

But it seems to me that there is no way to check if that order failed or if the sector can't be reached

this.assignedcontrolled.gatedistance.{$sector}.{$blacklistgroup}.{this.assignedcontrolled}

it will return -1 if there is no path that obeys blacklists

[leoriq]

great, thanks!

[j.harshaw]

check if that order failed

you could save move.generic's return value to a result variable. result's a simple bool indicating success of the movement.
ex:

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<run_script name="'move.generic'" result="$movesuccess">
...
<do_if value="not $movesuccess">
  <!-- handling for failure goes here -->
</do_if>

[leoriq]

oh, cool!