Bot seems to wander aimlessly

[xorinzor]

Expected Behavior

To walk towards pokestops and catch pokemon in the meanwhile

Actual Behavior

Very, very slowly it just walks north, but isn't actually going to a pokestop

Steps to Reproduce

Just run the latest dev build

Other Information

OS: Win 10 x64
Git Commit: c548334

[mrseeker]

Do you have evolve_all set to "all"? If so, might be related to #1586

[xorinzor]

@mrseeker I do not, I have had these defined as Pidgey,Rattata,Weedle,Caterpie,Zubat

This is happening to me since I updated just now to the latest dev commit

Edit Doesn't it usually say how many objects it found in the area? it just says Scanning area for objects..... and then starts walking 0.20km to nothing

[vicch]

What's your config?

[xorinzor]

@vicch

{
    "auth_service": "google",
    "username": "my@email.com",
    "password": "ibetyouwannaknowdontya",
    "location": "somewhere",
    "gmapkey": "mygmapskey",
    "max_steps": 4,
    "catch_pokemon": true,
    "spin_forts": true,
    "walk": 4.16,
    "action_wait_min": 1,
    "action_wait_max": 4,
    "debug": false,
    "test": false,
    "health_record": true,
    "location_cache": true,
    "distance_unit": "km",
    "reconnecting_timeout": 15,
    "item_filter": {
      "1": { "keep" : 100 },
      "2": { "keep" : 999 },
      "3": { "keep" : 999 },
      "4": { "keep" : 999 },
      "101": { "keep" : 30 },
      "102": { "keep" : 50 },
      "103": { "keep" : 100 },
      "104": { "keep" : 999 },
      "201": { "keep" : 100 },
      "202": { "keep" : 999 },
      "701": { "keep" : 40 }
    },
    "evolve_all": "Pidgey,Rattata,Weedle,Caterpie,Zubat",
    "evolve_speed": 20,
    "cp_min": 10,
    "use_lucky_egg": false,
    "hatch_eggs": true,
    "longer_eggs_first": true,
    "evolve_captured": false,
    "release_pokemon": true,
    "catch": {
      "any": {"catch_above_cp": 0, "catch_above_iv": 0, "logic": "or"},
      "// Example of always catching Rattata:": {},
      "// Rattata": { "always_catch" : true }
    },
    "release": {
      "any": {"release_below_cp": 0, "release_below_iv": 0, "logic": "or"},
      "Rattata": { "always_release" : true },
      "Pidgey": { "always_release" : true },
      "Zubat": { "always_release" : true },
      "Weedle": { "always_release" : true },
      "Caterpie": { "always_release" : true },
      "Magikarp": { "keep_best_cp" : true },
      "// Example of keeping stronger (based on IV) Zubat:": {},
      "// Zubat": { "keep_best_iv" : true }
    }
}

[Philipp59]

"walk": 4.16,

its km/h not m/s maybe thats the reason ?

[mrseeker]

Correction: It is related to #1586, posted a possible fix there.

[xorinzor]

@Philipp59 I haven't changed that value since the beginning (also I'm from the netherlands so I work with km/h too) 4.16km/h seems like walking speed to me?

[Philipp59]

you are right i set the speed up to 40 km/h and resulting to this:
13:49:14] Arrived at Pokestop
[13:49:33] A Wild Pikachu appeared! [CP 219] [Potential 0.53]
[13:49:33] IV [Stamina/Attack/Defense] = [5/4/15]
[13:49:35] Using Greatball (chance: 27.01%)... (0 left!)
[13:49:36] Captured Pikachu! [CP 219] [Potential 0.53] [5/4/15]
[13:49:41] Moving towards fort 03d55664e8824ca69f8fa64c5af9dacc.16, 0.05km left

[13:49:41] Arrived at Pokestop
[13:50:02] Moving towards fort 03d55664e8824ca69f8fa64c5af9dacc.16, 0.05km left

[13:50:02] Arrived at Pokestop
[13:50:23] Moving towards fort 03d55664e8824ca69f8fa64c5af9dacc.16, 0.05km left

[13:50:23] Arrived at Pokestop
[13:50:44] Moving towards fort 03d55664e8824ca69f8fa64c5af9dacc.16, 0.05km left

[13:50:44] Arrived at Pokestop
[13:51:04] Moving towards fort 03d55664e8824ca69f8fa64c5af9dacc.16, 0.05km left

[13:51:04] Arrived at Pokestop
[13:51:27] Moving towards fort 03d55664e8824ca69f8fa64c5af9dacc.16, 0.05km left

[13:51:27] Arrived at Pokestop
[13:51:52] Moving towards fort 03d55664e8824ca69f8fa64c5af9dacc.16, 0.05km left

[13:51:52] Arrived at Pokestop
[13:52:16] Moving towards fort 03d55664e8824ca69f8fa64c5af9dacc.16, 0.05km left

[13:52:16] Arrived at Pokestop

so its ignoring move settings ?

[xorinzor]

@mrseeker yours is actually walking to a fort though, mine isn't (I know the pattern of how the bot should be walking, plus I'm kinda in the middle of nowhere so there arent a lot of pokestops nearby either).

It's just walking.. to nothing

[mrseeker]

Guys, please check #1586, I am calling this a duplicate...

[mrseeker]

@xorinzor And if you turn evolve_all off, will that change behavior? For me it had the same issue when it booted up... It started going north in a very slow pace due to the evolve_all being constantly triggered.

EDIT: At at 0.1km/h pace, before it found a pokestop in its vicinity and then started to walk towards it.

[xorinzor]

@mrseeker again, it's not related since yours is moving to a fort, mine isn't. it seems to not even detect any objects in my area.

Also I set evolve_all to false and the same thing happens, so that's not the issue either.

[kubiq]

i have same problem, evolve_all = false and still walking aimlessly

[xorinzor]

I let it run for a while, and it took 4 minutes for the bot to detect objects in the area, now it walks back towards them and seems to function as intended again.

Not sure what is going on in the meanwhile during those 4 minutes, but it doesn't seem to be good.

[shaldev]

Mine walks to one pokestop, then starts moving to another and suddenly decides to switch to the previously visited pokestop...

[14:03:05] Moving towards fort 45d9643285cd40fb8c75cfa4654cd996.11, 0.14km left
[14:03:15] Moving towards fort 45d9643285cd40fb8c75cfa4654cd996.11, 0.14km left
[14:03:26] Moving towards fort 45d9643285cd40fb8c75cfa4654cd996.11, 0.13km left
[14:03:36] Moving towards fort 148b9d06b56d4e979ad645016e507bd5.12, 0.11km left
[14:03:47] Moving towards fort 148b9d06b56d4e979ad645016e507bd5.12, 0.11km left
[14:03:57] Moving towards fort 148b9d06b56d4e979ad645016e507bd5.12, 0.10km left
[14:04:08] Moving towards fort 148b9d06b56d4e979ad645016e507bd5.12, 0.10km left
[14:04:19] Moving towards fort 148b9d06b56d4e979ad645016e507bd5.12, 0.09km left

[mrseeker]

Okay, just let me get facts straight here:

• You start the bot
• It starts wandering around in an area near a pokestop
• After 4 minutes it suddenly sees the pokestop

If thats the case, then its most likely Niantic having network issues. If not, then it might be that your location is too far from a pokestop (I don't know the maximum range for a pokestop to be visible).

[xorinzor]

@mrseeker no, it wasnt in range of a pokestop, the pokestop was south of the bot and it just started walking north, then after 4 minutes it detected the fort and started walking back towards it.

Right now it seems to be working though, so it may indeed have been some external factor causing it to wander aimlessly.