Suboptimal microAI behavior when not Long Range

[aco4]

Units will not shoot until they are in range

rangebug.mp4

This occurs when:

• Units are idle
• Units are on Patrol mode
• Units are on hold position

This does not occur when:

• Units are moving (executing a movement order)

Expected behavior

Units should always fire at a target if possible.

Considerations

If there is a weapon that has super low reload time and should only absolutely fire when at short range, maybe this behavior is correct. But I can't think of such a weapon. Bunker buster? not really... But either way this behavior is inconsistent depending on droid state (obeying a movement order vs on patrol) so it should be fixed

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4.6.0-beta2

[Raptor959]

More testing with weapons/units set to optimal range may need to be done in order to confirm whether the behavior is correct or not, Thinking about it however it would seem to be correct because it is the more granular and consistent behavior scheme.

Except for the part where it doesn't occur when units are executing a move order, That is actually the unexpected behavior because when you use the attack-move command (alt+left mouse) then units set to short range will not shoot until they are at that range.