ERT Supply + Normal ERT = Possible fuckery

[Rey]

Bug Description:
If the first ERT you get is a Supply ERT and then if you get a second ERT which is something like Dutch's Dozen there is a possibility that the Dutch's Dozen ERT will spawn in the same pod as the Supply ERT probably because of picking a random pod to spawn in. This will lead to the already docked Supply ERT to go BACK into space and stay there for a while, and then once again return to Sulaco.

I think what happened is that when the mercs spawned on the supply ERT the whole process of the pod (launch from space, dock with Sulaco, stay for a while, go back to space) turned itself around causing this clusterfuck, because of the RNG that the mercs spawned on the same pod.

Steps to reproduce:
1. Supply ERT spawns in a pod in space.
2. The pod docks with Sulaco.
3. A new distress signal is sent out.
4. Dutch's Dozen receives the signal.
5. By chance Dutch's Dozen spawns on the same supply pod.
6. The pod is sent back to space before they can get on.
7. The mercs think that's it for them and that they will stay in space forever.
8. After a while the pod goes BACK to the Sulaco, presumably thinking that it's still on Sulaco, and it needs to go back to space, like it does after a while.
9. Dutch's Dozen have supply ERT guns and destroy the surprised aliens that thought ERT is not coming.

[Rey]

Did you guys take a look at this? It's a legit bug that is rather annoying.
If you couldn't make sense of what I was saying just ask.

[Varnock]

So let me get this straight

A Pizza delivery was made, the shuttle spawned at (for example only) cargo, and then later on the Mercs came and landed at the same spot, causing... something with the shuttles. This is where I got confused, since I didn't even know you COULD get two ERT in a single round.

Did they get called one right after the other, or something? Anyways, I guess something backfired along the line to mess with the code. I'll point people towards this since it does sound pretty annoying and round breaking.

[Rey]

Thanks, Varnock.

You can send out a second distress beacon if the first one is Weyland Yutani Support Shuttle (weapons and stuff, not people), and if you do that it's possible that the second ERT may spawn in the already docked (to Sulaco) shuttle and fly away back into space (the way I understand it is, the code thinks it's in space already so it is sending itself to Sulaco) and then after a while go back to Sulaco (once again the code thinks it is on Sulaco while it is in space, and after a while it will send itself back to Sulaco, thinking it's going back to space)

I wrote a pretty big explanation code wise but then I realized I can't make sense of it myself but here it is if you'd like to try and decipher it... probably shouldn't read it unless you like wasting your time.

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Another way to explain it codewise:

Distress signal is sent out...
Distress signal is received...
Pick random ERT (In this case it is the Wey Yu Supplies)
"Can send out a beacon" = true (If this were set to false it would mean you can't send out another distress signal, this would happen with most other ERT's like Iron Bears, Mercs etc.
Create area "Shuttle Spawn" (this creates an area where the shuttle is at the moment, e.g space)
Create items\weapons\players in the area "Shuttle Spawn" (creates items\weapons\players in the shuttle spawn area)
Send shuttle to random "Docking Area" (sends the shuttle to a random Sulaco docking area)
Start timer "Go back to space" (This starts the timer after which it should go back to space)

Now the shuttle is docked to Sulaco and it waits until the timer finishes so it can go back to space, BUT someone sends out a second Distress Signal and it is filled up pretty quick.


Distress signal is sent out...
Distress signal is received...
Pick random ERT (In this case it is the Dutch's Dozen)
"Can send out a beacon" = false
Create area "Shuttle Spawn" (this creates an area where the shuttle is at the moment, e.g THE DOCKING AREA OF SULACO)
Create items\weapons\players in the area "Shuttle Spawn" (creates items\weapons\players in the shuttle spawn area)
Send shuttle to random "Docking Area" - This is where I stumped myself, technically if this were the case the Shuttle would be sent out to a NEW random docking area, what I'm thinking is that the Timer that started it the previous distress signal was not cancelled after a new signal was sent out, and thus it send itself back to space... I can't figure out the rest.

[Varnock]

Anytime! I've got it on good word it's being looked in to. If it happens again before they get a chance to fix it please Ahelp so whomever is on can make sure it doesn't mess with the round. Thanks for letting us know about the bug.