[BUG] Pathfinding error with embarking/debarking

[Zelig]

Pathfinding doesn't always work correctly, here are some screenshots from the improvement tutorial:

This is fine:

This is bugged, it should take 2 turns to get here, instead of being unreachable:

This is fine:

This is bugged, it should take 4 turns to get there, with a couple different paths available, instead it takes the 26 turn route that is available without embarking/debarking:

 

[sgrig]

Yeah, generally the pathfinding algorithm sucks in Civ5. It's extremely slow and has problems with embarking/disembarking as you've shown.

 

[Zelig]

FWIW, this probably affects the AI equally, resulting in longer turn times, and AI units not moving in useful fashion.

 

[boombaard]

Put differently, pathfinding cannot deal with different movement speeds based on land/water

 

[KrikkitTwo]

It seems it can do one or the other but not Both in a Path.

 

[WeaselSlapper]

Units don't calculate embarking properly when path finding. If I try it move a unit where it has to go over water it thinks it can only move one space at a time over water so the automated path finding will almost never choose to embark unless absolutely necessary. But if you start path finding while on the water it calculates the movements correctly.

 

[boombaard]

Units don't calculate embarking properly when path finding. If I try it move a unit where it has to go over water it thinks it can only move one space at a time over water so the automated path finding will almost never choose to embark unless absolutely necessary. But if you start path finding while on the water it calculates the movements correctly.

For the water, yes.. but if it has to deembark again it calculated the number of turns it will take to reach the inland-area wrongly (based on the water movement points)