Disabling auto move to attack

[Nellodee]

This feature is pretty annoying when using ranged characters. Is there a way to turn it off?

[Dintiradan]

Personally, what I'd like for Avadon 2 would be some way to indicate maximum range when a character has a ranged weapon out. A red border on the squares, something like that. In cases where it matters, I just count the number of squares, which is doable but tedious.

[Micawber]

I really liked this feature, it used to be so tedious in Geneforge having to work out how many spaces you needed to move in order to attack (especially with the old AP system).

[A less presumptuous name.]

Every so often, though, a ranged attacker will walk in a circular path when they're auto-moving. I can have a character in a clear area 2 or 3 spaces out of range, and they'll walk in a circle around the radius of the range and then run out of points.

[jetcitywoman]

I've noticed that too, and find it very puzzling. I don't remember the earlier Spiderweb games doing that.

[Dikiyoba]

Avernum 6 had some problems with auto-movement.

 

Dikiyoba hasn't run into any problems with Avadon yet, so whatever it was in A6 must not have carried over.

[Randomizer]

The path finding algorithm was changed in Avadon.

[A less presumptuous name.]

Originally Posted By: Dikiyoba

Avernum 6 had some problems with auto-movement.

Dikiyoba hasn't run into any problems with Avadon yet, so whatever it was in A6 must not have carried over.

I never saw it in Avernum 6 (go figure, I never played that game (don't lecture me, I know it's awesome)), but I have seen it in Avadon on rare occasion. It's not often enough that I can justify serious complaining, I just thought that I would add it to an existing topic.


Overall, the pathfinding algorithm works beautifully, particularly with the "stopped by enemy" feature, which reminds me of Wesnoth (another game I've yet to finish).