The ai_actors_seen field introduced in 1.6 stores a reference to every other actor that an AI-controlled actor has seen, as keys. This table is supposed to be marked as having weak keys, however, horrifyingly, it appears to...not be. Looking at the code it really seems like it should always be, but when I check with the in-game Lua console, "=getmetatable(game.player.ai_actors_seen)" returns nil. Same for any other actor.
I noticed this bug because my possessor saves started failing entirely after around 20 Projection uses. Using Projection makes a clone of you that will immediately get stuck in the player character's ai_actors_seen forever, which can very quickly ruin a savegame since the clone includes all the crap you're carrying etc.
Luckily the save files are easy to fix manually, but this is still quite a scary bug!
[1.6 and 1.7 beta 3] ai_actors_seen resource leak
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Re: [1.6 and 1.7 beta 3] ai_actors_seen resource leak
ouch yes .. fixing, thanks
[tome] joylove: You can't just release an expansion like one would release a Kraken XD
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[tome] phantomfrettchen: your ability not to tease anyone is simply stunning
Re: [1.6 and 1.7 beta 3] ai_actors_seen resource leak
Fixed! that was an interesting trip
[tome] joylove: You can't just release an expansion like one would release a Kraken XD
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[tome] phantomfrettchen: your ability not to tease anyone is simply stunning
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[tome] phantomfrettchen: your ability not to tease anyone is simply stunning