Unloader not finding harvester when avoid driving in fruit is activated on large fields

[coatsy35]

Version

8.0.1.2

Game Version

1.6.0.0

SP/MP

SP (Singleplayer)

What happened?

In large fields the unloader will not create a path and find the harvester if the setting avoid driving on fruit is turned on.

How can we reproduce this?

Find a very large field i.e. Horsch Agro map or any other large field. Either have a trailer taking the grain to a sell point of a lorry on the headland and your using a auger wagon. When a harvester is down the path and it is a very long way around to unload it, or travelling around the headland on the first few runs. The unloader just sits there never plotting a path. As soon as you deactivate avoid driving on fruit a path is created

What did you expect to happen?

Plot a course around the fruit and drive to the harvester

Attach your log.txt!

log.txt

Screenshots

[pvaiko]

I only see one failed pathfinder run (over 2 minutes):

2025-03-15 10:38 :46 [info lp156966] 8R 410/99: Pathfinder controller: No path found after 133220 ms, result: [done: true, path waypoints: -1, goalNodeInvalid: false, maxDistance: 101.3, trailerCollisionOnly: true, fruit/off-field penalty 0.0/0.0]

What is interesting is the trailerCollisionOnly: true, which indicates that no other collisions were detected, only with the trailer.

Next time you see this, run the console command cpToggleDevHelper to show the collisions (and then run again to turn them off).

[coatsy35]

Here is the log with cpToggleDevHelper on. All vehicles are Giants vehicles and trailers/auger wagons. Sometimes it does work but takes a good 2-3 mins for the tractor to calculate a route, by this time the combine has stopped. Other times they just sit there. It's trying to do down the outside of the crop and then turn through it to get to the harvester which it shouldn't do. Eventually it gives in after 3-4 mins and drives through the crop anyway. The big thing is they sit and sit for ages and often do nothing. Obviously works straight away if you deactivate avoid driving on fruit. Perhaps this is just a limitation of CP/FS? Please see log below:

This one never seems to accomplish anything gave it nearly 7 mins before I stopped it.

log.txt

[pvaiko]

You are putting the pathfinder into the most difficult situation imaginable.

It's trying to do down the outside of the crop and then turn through it to get to the harvester which it shouldn't do.

That's a design decision, driving through the crop is not disabled completely, it is only penalized, and depending on the level of penalty, it may choose a path through the crop if it is significantly shorter.

This one never seems to accomplish anything gave it nearly 7 mins before I stopped it.

Can't see anything on that, too dark. If you happen to have a savegame, post it here.

[pvaiko]

#638 should help with this.

[coatsy35]

#638 should help with this.

Will certainly be keep to see how the update works when it's released. Thank you.