[b38] Please fix escorts - psychiatrist required

[PowerWyrm]

Got an escort on a level which somewhat looked like this:

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A is the starting spot (stairs up).
I stopped on spot B to see where the escort would go. Decided to go east.
I went ahead and found a dead end. Spot X reveals a trap. Casting Vision reveals the portal one square above spot Y.
Here's the problem: the escort didn't choose to go west, using the only way to the portal that was open; when arriving on spots X and Y, the escort didn't acknowledge there was a trap at all, going back and forth between spots X and Y until committing suicide.

[jenx]

I treat these as a challenge. You stand on trap and dig a path.

Can happen when escort somehow senses a creature in a particular location and tries to get to them, typically a banshee or shade etc

[PowerWyrm]

I treat these as a challenge. You stand on trap and dig a path.

Can happen when escort somehow senses a creature in a particular location and tries to get to them, typically a banshee or shade etc

Well my little level map isn't completely accurate. There was no way to dig a path to the portal while standing on the trap. You would have to dig a second spot and during the 30 or so turns spent digging, the escort would move back and forth between an empty square and the trap (X-Y):

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[jenx]

Ok. Still not sure it is a bug

[yufra]

Do you have a save file with this? It would be too difficult to try and recreate this behavior. Cheers!

[edge2054]

I've seen this before.

I believe the problem is that the escort can target enemies through walls somehow. Every time I've encountered it the escort had a target. But their pathfinding to their target isn't as good as their portal pathfinding.

Every time I've ran into this, clearing out enemies on the level until I killed the targeted one unstuck the escort.

Granted, that wouldn't really help the two trap scenario.