Guardianrepairbot can cause massive lag

[Regalis11]

Discussed in #15562

^{Originally posted by A2ur3 January 22, 2025}

Disclaimers

• I have searched the issue tracker to check if the issue has already been reported.
• My issue happened while using mods.

What happened?

<attack Context="Any" TargetType="Character" TargetLimbType="Torso" HitDetectionType="Distance" AfterAttack="IdleUntilCanAttack" AfterAttackDelay="0" Reverse="False" Retreat="False" Range="1000" DamageRange="1000" MinRange="0" Duration="0.03" CoolDown="0.03" SecondaryCoolDown="0" CoolDownRandomFactor="0" FullSpeedAfterAttack="True" StructureDamage="0" EmitStructureDamageParticles="True" ItemDamage="0" Penetration="0" LevelWallDamage="0" Ranged="True" AvoidFriendlyFire="False" RequiredAngle="360" RequiredAngleToShoot="0" AimRotationTorque="0" RotationLimbIndex="0" SwayAmount="0" SwayFrequency="5" Stun="0" OnlyHumans="False" ApplyForceOnLimbs="" Force="0" RootForceWorldStart="0,0" RootForceWorldMiddle="0,0" RootForceWorldEnd="0,0" RootTransitionEasing="Linear" Torque="0" ApplyForcesOnlyOnce="False" TargetImpulse="0" TargetImpulseWorld="0,0" TargetForce="0" TargetForceWorld="0,0" SubmarineImpactMultiplier="1" SeverLimbsProbability="0" Priority="0" Blink="False">
  <StatusEffect type="OnFailure" target="UseTarget">
    <SpawnItem identifier="guardianrepairprojectile" spawnposition="This" count="1" aimspread="0" rotationtype="Target" rotation="0" />
    <ParticleEmitter particle="muzzleflashnucleargun" anglemin="0" anglemax="360" particleamount="3" velocitymin="0" lifetimemultiplier="0.5" scalemultiplier="0.65,0.65" scalemin="0.5" scalemax="1.0" colormultiplier="200,50,150,255" />
    <sound file="Content/Items/Tools/WeldingLoop.ogg" type="OnUse" range="3000.0" loop="true" />
  </StatusEffect>
  <Conditional HealthPercentage="lt 100" />
</attack>

it only has 0.03 attack cooldown and Portalguardian can spawn several at once
late game item/talent amounts can make the issue worse

Reproduction steps

1. fight several Portalguardians at the same time

Bug prevalence

Happens every now and then

Single player or multiplayer?

Multiplayer hosted using a dedicated server

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Version

v1.7.7.0 (Winter Update)

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Which operating system did you encounter this bug on?

Windows

Relevant error messages and crash reports

No response