followers and tags selecting

Ok, so I have a follower set to follow a tag. Now followers will always select and follow the closest tag.

On my level I have placed two tags for testing, and that behavior is as expected, but there is a problem.

Initially the follower chooses the correct tag. It jumps right to it. Sometimes though, after that jump, it immediately jumps to the other one and back again. I can't figure out why it would do this.

I've tried this very quickly and more slowly. So speed isn't a factor. The difference is that when I set it to go slowly the tag only makes it a short way from the initial tag before coming back. at very slow speeds it isn't even noticeable.

The only thing that I can guess is that followers disconnect from their current tag briefly in order to stop. If this is the case, I need some help because I need the object being moved to have a quick snappy placement. Hopping back and forth like that just won't work.

Any ideas?

Could you use a selector to only have one tag active at any one time, or do they all need to be active?

Is the minimum activation distance set to zero?

minimum distance is set to 0. I tried .1 just for giggles, but that just makes it jump worse; as expected.

I suppose I could try to work out some logic to only activate one tag, but i was really hoping to avoid that headache. A selector won't work since it would have to be proximity based. There will be 14 tags. With a possible 4 active at a given time.

It would be easier if I could just make a tag stick.

Hmm, maybe it's a glitch with the minimum distance if increasing it makes the problem worse. How about when the object hits the tag (say, have a 0.1 max distance tag sensor on the chip) a 100% dampening anti grav tweaker activates for a 0.1 seconds? Maybe a bit more if that isn't long enough.

oooh...good idea. i'll give that a try in a bit. it sounds like it will work. thanks

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Originally Posted by Xaif

Hmm, maybe it's a glitch with the minimum distance if increasing it makes the problem worse. How about when the object hits the tag (say, have a 0.1 max distance tag sensor on the chip) a 100% dampening anti grav tweaker activates for a 0.1 seconds? Maybe a bit more if that isn't long enough.

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If your Tags are to remain static then you could just wire a o.1 max dist. inverted Sensor to another chip with your follower inside it (allowing you to activate/deactivate your follower).

If your Tags are not static then this may be more of a headache and would require a second 'lock on' tag to activate at the selected location through a selector cycle which could in turn trigger a switch of followers in your 'homing' logic?