[1.0] No Sandworm Queen

[PowerWyrm]

Added unique mod.class.NPC/Sandworm Queen :: 1
Guardian allocated: SANDWORM_QUEEN 266744 Sandworm Queen

[TARGET] Passing target Sandworm Queen from gigantic sandworm tunneler to Senyakaze
Astar fail: destination unreachable

Anything fishy? Because the Queen was nowhere to be seen on the level... Two possibilities here: either the Queen was "eaten" (deleted) by another sandworm or she was generated in a room that was out of reach of the sandworm tunnelers.

[grmblfzzz]

I havn't seen it happen in recent beta's/release, but I'm certain that I've seen the Sandworm Queen killed by collapsing tunnel's before. More often she's just somewhat damaged when she gets to you. You should be able to find her loot with some sort of vision/earth's eye/burning star, perhaps coming back later.

Of course, she could also be trapped in some tiny room somewhere, but it's always been my impression that the tunnelers will eventually go to all the rooms. With the newish AI/LOS, she might not start aware of you/charge towards you either (Dreads and such often just mill aimlessly about now).

Anyway, either of those seem more likely than her bugged/not spawning, never encountered any aberrant behavior with her.

[Quauru]

I've also made the same experience. The Sandworm Queen seems sometimes not to be existing.

[PowerWyrm]

Looking at the messages above, the Queen surely spawned and she didn't die to collapsing tunnels because I explored the whole level and didn't find loot entrapped in sand (and I didn't get xp at any point). It's the "destination unreachable" message that makes me think of a disconnected room somewhere that the tunnelers can't reach.

[omeg]

http://i.imgur.com/drVZr.jpg
The SWL guardian is stuck here, not coming out even if I was there two times. He's in the sand so I can't fight him there.

[PowerWyrm]

I've fixed the character with DarkGod's help. The problem was that the Sandworm Queen was out of bounds. My character could go south as far as (x=19,y=44) in a room, but the Queen was generated at (x=19,y=46).

I don't know if the Queen was placed out of bounds or if something moved her on that spot. Anyway this should be investigated further...

[Coyuyo]

How did you contact Darkgod? I'm having the same problem, it seems the queen can't be reached.

[omeg]

How did you contact Darkgod? I'm having the same problem, it seems the queen can't be reached.

If not in game, he's usually on IRC, see http://forums.te4.org/viewtopic.php?f=38&t=23463

[PowerWyrm]

This is starting to get annoying... third character in a row to face the same problem. The queen is pushed away by something (the giant corrosive worms?) and ends up out of bounds in the sand, not dying, not moving and unreachable by the tunnelers (or the character since you can't dig on the level).