Well the mod didnt help, as soon as I saw the Viper King he followed me for 2 turns off the patrol path and directly to the corner my reaper was hiding in.

Gonna try using this mod as the Viper King still follows my reapers around when revealed. Dam snakes.

I am still having the issue of partols following me in the damn WoTC expansion... Completely unrevealed

@Nasarog:

WotC has its own implimentation of this mod coded in it though.

I wish this mod was remade for WotC.

@Malorn:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0L2_RvXVMxE

It appears that Firaxis added patrol movement, but it certainly isn't like this mod. They magically walk toward your hidden troops. I've literally led a conga line of 20 enemies around the map following a shadowed reaper.

@Dirigible Tomato:

"Vanilla" WotC now has this mod's functionality integrated into its new mechanics. However, the Devs' version seems to be wonky at best, as the discovered pods sometimes return to their patrols and sometimes stay put.

I've got this enabled in WotC and have had no issues. Whether it does the same job in the expansion, or if Firaxis just added it to the actual game, I don't know, but it works either way.

Hmm, I wonder if this will work with WotC?

is there a mod that remove the attack action when i find a enemy group?

Nah still not working properly. Now the AI patrols sometimes like 1st turn of the mission and then stops. Have no idea what could be causing it.

Ran troubleshooting with no luck (no conflicts). But running mod launcher and clearing out hidden mods that were ticked and/or not installed appears to fix the problem. When I subscribed to a few new mods it broke again. But this step fixed it again. I think the problem arises because some kind of functionality problem with both the default launcher and the mod launcher.

I actually had some trouble recently with vanilla where this seemed to not be working right either :(

But if you confirmed it dragon, that's good enough for me ;)

@Turban4Brains:
Been working fine for me for ages. Have a look at these:
Troubleshooting: Mods not working properly / at all
Mod not working? Mods still have their effects after you disable them?

Not currently working?

@Wayne:

Your mods definitely need moar thumb ups and exposure because those retards who keep saying Concealment is useless because the AI knows your every position NEED to be silenced forever.

Yes the game was coded so that the AI does know where your troops are but going back and forth into and out of Concealment flubbs that system out and your mods have resulted in the AI doing really stupid things you can exploit like having a Stun Lancer rush towards an exposed soldier it can run towards but "forgetting" the fact that the soldier's squadmates are all near by but are only "hiding" from it which results in a satisfying pwnage :)

@Cahos Rahne Veloza That's why I made these mods :) I felt like doing a stealth playthrough (so I made the mods then decided to publish them for others like me.)

This mod + your Squad concealment mod + True concealment = Stealthy warfare ^_^

Why haven't I discovered this *MUST HAVE* mod earlier~!?!

This definitely makes sneaking around while concealed useful. It even opens up a new tactic you can use in combat... sneaking around in concealment to set up a full squad overwatch ambush where when the pod sees you, it will be the last thing they'll ever see as your squad would have wiped them all up once they break your concealment.

This mod is not needed for Long War 2.

@dragon32 the more I lokked at long war the more I think you're right

@Orionox:
From what I've heard and seen of LW2 this mod doesn't look like it's needed in a LW2 playthrough.

will this work with long war 2?

@HAHAHEHEPUPU I don't know. It does say it's mostly compatible with everything.

Compatible ABA2?

@Hnefi Absolutely. :) You can find the source code here: %STEAM_INSTALL_DIR%\steamapps\workshop\content\268500\622778878\Src\PatrolWhenRevealed\Classes

@Wayne,
Is it OK if I incorporate this change into my own mod? I override the same class as you, so I thought I'd ask for permission to use your solution to this patrol bug.

Thanks, but I think it's just the aliens patrolling normally, but either a mod or the game trying to speed up the "alien activity" sequence.

@Oathed It may be possible that you're being up-throttled; they will send the closest pod to your location after some time of inactivity. This should only occur after the first reveal. When digging in the code, I did notice that it had an alert system (such as going towards loud noises) that might cause that behavior but I thought that wasn't being used.

just a vanilla bug, the game just sets them to alert before you are spotted sometimes

Anyone else seeing aliens running while patrolling? Is that this mod or something else?

I've tried this mod with all those enemy mods and it seemed to work without issue.
However, I ended up removing this mod because I get stomped on when the entire map comes after you at once.

I use a tonne of enemies as well, along with a better advent, all the enemies, will these conflict with this mod? :) And PWR/Scamper

Advent Headhunter, Avent Spark Prototype, and Archon Avenged enemies all include in their XGAIPlayer in their files. Must I remove these enemies?

@Biggus Piggus I tested this with the latest patch and it still works. I haven't had to update it.

Is this mod still being supported? I am not sure if it is still working since the latest patch.

@Ser Lancelot Nah, the pods don't stop due to other pods. The cannot progress to the next waypoint if, for instance, there's a monument in the way. They cannot progress if you blew up the floor that they patrolled over, etc. The waypoints are not always intelligently laid out, so sometimes they just stop because there is a building in front of them.

There's up-throttling and down-throttling that also fixes the location; this applies only after the squad has been revealed. up-throttling will send the nearest pod mid-point between your squad and the objective after 2 'inactive' turns. down-throttling occurs when your squad is engaging the 4 or more aliens. It will send pods that are about to patrol into view away.

There's a lot of subtleties, but some of these situations causes pods to stay put despite this fix.

Wow, that's the most in-depth pod behavior I've heard.

This TOTALLY changes my game. They stop patrolling? There's a pod behind them!

Thank. You.

@Ser Lancelot There are times when the units are no longer patrolling.

The first is the 'up-throttling' logic: A pod will go to the mid-point between your squad and the objective. If you move the units, that mid-point changes and they move.

The second is when a pod investigates an event (such as noise). There's no real way to move them in this situation.

The third is when the pod cannot progress move towards the next waypoint. In that case, it may take up to 3 turns for them to realize that they're stuck and they change point.

This fix targets a specific problem of the pod stopping patrol when they're revealed (but not activated). Other contingent factors may play into them stopping their patrol.

This doesn't always work. I've sat around a good 7 turns without a single soldier taking a single step. Is there *ANY* way to guarantee pod movement? I hate having to just waste a shot to get a pod triggered when they should be goddamned walking into an ambush!

@Dragon32 Nothing really. I just re-compiled it; I'm not sure if unreal script is dynamic or static, and since no one confirmed it worked, I just re-compiled it to be sure. Thanks for the appreciation :)

What just changed in "PatrolWhenRevealed.u"? I can't see any details in the Description or Change Notes.

Thanks for the mod, btw. Been using it for all of my current campaign and it's great.

I've tested this mod against the May 12th DLC and it works fine.

@Ska This issue exists as a flaw in the XGAIPlayer code; it cannot be replaced using a screen listener. Perhaps the person who built the Recovery Turn can incorporate this mod into theirs?

The following changes would be required in XGAIPlayer:


- if( UnitState.IsUnrevealedAI() && !IsScampering(UnitState.ObjectID) )
+ if( !IsScampering(UnitState.ObjectID) )

Alternatively, you could probably build a 'Patrol When Revealed (Recovery Turn edition)' mod that would override the mod class with this change in it. I'm unsure how that would work.

Recovery Turn does sound like an awesome mod!

Found that this mod conflicts with Recovery Turn system, creating geo-scape lag! Is there a way to convert this mod to screen listener?, so that they play nice together?

so, have you looked into that yet?

@Orionox @ObelixDk I haven't look into that. I'll have some time available to update the mods in a week from now.

Does this mods till work with the may 12th DLC patch?

anyone else having problems getting this mod to work?
Patrols are still not moving after being revealed??

@Ilshy.BoSa I've mentioned the Down-Throttling and Up-Throttling configuration options in the description; these are the settings you want to override to disable the pod steering.