Sci Bot Refuses to use shield boost???

[MattTheDamon]

So I have my settings to hit shield boost below 40% for most of the game and been working great. Now I install Corbins wall which has 2k hp. Once it loses integrity you have to almost completely charge it before it comes back online. So with that in mind I set it to 80%. SCI bot will not use shield boost until shields are almost gone no matter what I do. Its got 5 priority and its flashing active but he wont use it.

What I am asking is if this is normal bug or if there is a way to make the bot run programs?

[rancher3000]

is there an AI setting that may be set higher that isn't letting the program setting reach the top of the list?

[MattTheDamon]

no its flashing active but he wont do it. Even set to a custom command and set to priotity 5 with nothing going on he still wont do it.

[obvious]

is the program charged? maybe engineering only sends out capsules when health is low? Just an idea though. Might as well be a bug. If you cannot find an explanation, maybe submit it as a bug report to the leafy forum or via the bug report form in game

[rancher3000]

Originally posted by MattTheDamon:

no its flashing active but he wont do it. Even set to a custom command and set to priotity 5 with nothing going on he still wont do it.

what ship are you using? i have had issues with shields and the newest WD ship.

[MattTheDamon]

I charge caps myself. He refuses no matter what. It is charged. I was using the destroyer and the research vessel.

[rancher3000]

Originally posted by MattTheDamon:

I charge caps myself. He refuses no matter what. It is charged. I was using the destroyer and the research vessel.

and this is the WD destroyer not the annihilator? the science specialist does run the programs for me, but i don't typically run that ship. he discharges all of the programs, which can be a problem sometimes, because it means spending large amounts of capsules.

[obvious]

just arrange the programs so that the shield boost is first in line and gets recharged first. Sitting duck and phalanx and all the others typically are just run once and can be further back in line.

[rancher3000]

Originally posted by obvious:

just arrange the programs so that the shield boost is first in line and gets recharged first. Sitting duck and phalanx and all the others typically are just run once and can be further back in line.

that is true, if shield boosts are not in the top left, then they won't get charged first, and there maybe some program that the scientist won't use that may block use of shield boost.

[MattTheDamon]

Im not saying he wont use it when the shields go to around 10%. What Im saying is he will not use them no matter what setting u change any sooner then this.

I wanted to set him up to use it early so my shields stay healthy not wait until they are gone to use it.

[rancher3000]

Originally posted by MattTheDamon:

Im not saying he wont use it when the shields go to around 10%. What Im saying is he will not use them no matter what setting u change any sooner then this.

I wanted to set him up to use it early so my shields stay healthy not wait until they are gone to use it.

oh, i see what you're saying now. they should enable a 50% rule for shield boosts. try tweeting this to them, if you have twitter.

[MattTheDamon]

They have a setting for it but it does not work.

[rancher3000]

Originally posted by MattTheDamon:

They have a setting for it but it does not work.

if there is, then post the bug in the comments section of the update page, they tend to reply there, or go to leafy games twitter page.

[obvious]

Or go to pulsar forum. They have a bug report forum there.

[rancher3000]

Originally posted by obvious:

Or go to pulsar forum. They have a bug report forum there.

are you speaking of their personal website?

[obvious]

yes