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Hi there, the problem with builder bots became severe with the last update to v.0.43.0 on Android 7.0 (Honor "8" )
A reload of the game makes some of the bots working for one building location. After that they get "stuck" and cant move to any new location.

On iOS 10.3.3 with v.0.42.0 the vehicles work more or less fine (need to use "move" function if no longer building). This workaround no longer works on v.0.43.0.

Thx for the great game btw, keep up the great work. Happy to keep on "testing" with phone or tablet ;)

bastecklein said:Just made some changes to the web version of the game related to path finding. If you are having this issue on web, do a hard reload and play for a bit and let me know if it gets any better. It's sort of a stab in the dark, so don't get your hopes up. Mine still works, lol.

This has definitely done something!!
Just played for a while and all my bots seem to be behaving themselves now.

What if not web?

BestColony11 said:What if not web?

Web is what the author develops on, so if he gets it fixed there, then he can push it to the rest of the platforms.

I'm using the downloaded client/app (i'm not the best with terminology) on my PC and my bots are basically non-functional. They mostly do not move, get stuck, don't build....

i have almost the same problem
my bots will get stuck and when they finally start moving they sometimes just glitch back to the same spot
im using the native version43
video attached (sry for bad quality)

JaxxSilva said:I'm using the downloaded client/app (i'm not the best with terminology) on my PC and my bots are basically non-functional. They mostly do not move, get stuck, don't build....

Same here. They are still getting stuck, moving sideways through buildings etc. Not building anything.
I love the game btw:)

Ooh, i just discovered something New (dunno if its helpful or not), but if you Place a New building right in front of the bot, where it is parked, it WILL build right away. Its the moving part that seems to be the problem.

bastecklein said:This is for my own reference, the problem might me related to this

https://stackoverflow.com/questions/29741922/prevent-service-worker-from-automatically-stopping

Perhaps I never notice it because I always have the dev toolbar open, so the browser is keeping workers alive longer. Maybe I need to spawn a new worker with each path request

I've tried it with the dev tools opened (from chrome) but it made it no difference.

Same vehicle glitches here. Have to issue build commands, exit colony, exit app entirely, reopen app, reopen colony, then the bots will build what i asked (90%of time). Thereafter they are stuck again and i have to repeat the process over And over. Galaxy s8, Android 7. Fyi, game also consumes a lot of battery charge and memory.