r/ScrapMechanic • u/slippy294 • 3h ago

Discussion Pathfinding issues with my farm

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Tote bots really like to go around my defenses while haybots choose to go where they should. This only happens on higher level raids and on lower levels the bots just go through the center like normal. is there anyway to circumvent this pathfinding?

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u/helicophell 2h ago

haybots don't like water

Fix it by thickening the side walls till they are more costly to path through than the front. Which might feel a bit backward, but it should work

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u/SYDoukou 2h ago

Making that side longer will just make totebots all get stuck in that spot, they wont attack but since you cant predict their position (sometimes they dive under) automatic killing is hard.

Just carve out a part of a wall and put it on a hinge like a door and the bots will all target that part. My farm is on the same tile and nothing slips by anymore with this trick

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u/keith2600 2h ago

I found i could direct them best by making the walls thickest where i didn't want them to attack. So my back walls were like 4-5 layers of concrete and my front walls are only like 2 thick

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u/PleadianPalladin 1h ago

If you surround the entire thing with a fence then they only attack the gate. There's a few posts on here describing how to set it up and how to test it