Path of bots is very strange

[jmcorpdev]

Expected Behavior

Bot walk at ramdom

Actual Behavior

The path of bot is very very strange :
bot one

bot two

My configuration file :

{
    "auth_service": "XXX",
    "username": "XXX",
    "password": "XXX",
    "location": "49.050657,2.096715",
    "gmapkey": "XXX",
    "tasks": [
      {
        "type": "HandleSoftBan"
      },
      {
        "type": "CollectLevelUpReward"
      },
      {
        "type": "IncubateEggs",
        "config": {
          "longer_eggs_first": true
        }
      },
      {
        "type": "TransferPokemon"
      },
      {
        "type": "EvolveAll",
        "config": {
          "evolve_speed": 20,
          "use_lucky_egg": false
        }
      },
      {
        "type": "RecycleItems"
      },
      {
        "type": "CatchVisiblePokemon"
      },
      {
        "type": "CatchLuredPokemon"
      },
      {
        "type": "SpinFort"
      },
      {
        "type": "MoveToFort"
      },
      {
        "type": "FollowSpiral"
      }
    ],
    "max_steps": 5,
    "forts": {
      "avoid_circles": true,
      "max_circle_size": 50
    },
    "walk": 12,
    "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" : 30 },
        "2": { "keep" : 30 },
        "3": { "keep" : 100 },
        "4": { "keep" : 40 },
        "101": { "keep" : 0 },
        "102": { "keep" : 30 },
        "103": { "keep" : 120 },
        "201": { "keep" : 80 },
        "202": { "keep" : 70 },
        "701": { "keep" : 40 }
    },
    "//initial_transfer":700,
    "//evolve_all": "none",
    "evolve_all": "Pidgey,Rattata,Spearow,Zubat,Drowzee",
    "//evolve_speed": 20,
    "//evolve_captured": "none",
    "cp_min": 600,
    "//use_lucky_egg": false,
    "catch": {
        "any": {"catch_above_cp": 0, "catch_above_iv": 0, "logic": "or",  "keep_best_cp": 1, "keep_best_iv": 1},
        "// Example of always catching Rattata:": {},
        "// Rattata": { "always_catch" : true }
    },
    "release": {
        "any": {"release_below_cp": 900, "release_below_iv": 0.90, "logic": "and"},
        "// Example of always releasing Rattata:": {},
        "// Rattata": { "always_release" : true }
    }
}

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Other Information

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Git Commit: (run 'git log -n 1 --pretty=format:"%H"' and paste it here)

[Altaflux]

Mine too, just downloaded latest commit and bot just seems to zigzag a lot without really trying to get close to the forts.

[juanriaza]

Dupe #2008

Current solution until it gets fixed is to remove evolve task

[johannlejeune]

@juanriaza The evolve task has nothing to do with that.
Current solution is removing the FollowSpiral task.

[Pimentoso]

+1, today I wanted to only spin pokestops but bot doesn't seem to locate any of them.
Already removed the Evolve task and set evolve_all to NONE.
My tasks

"tasks": [
      {
        "type": "RecycleItems"
      },
      {
        "type": "SpinFort"
      },
      {
        "type": "MoveToFort"
      },
      {
        "type": "FollowSpiral"
      }
    ],

log

[11:03:59] Walking from (45.472794351781026, 9.179340343664318) to [45.472794351781026, 9.179340343664318] 0.00m
[11:04:00] Walking from (45.472794351781026, 9.179340343664318) to [45.47459435178103, 9.179340343664318] 200.15m
[11:04:53] Walking from (45.47459435178103, 9.179340343664318) to [45.47459435178103, 9.181140343664318] 140.35m
[11:05:31] Walking from (45.47459435178103, 9.181140343664318) to [45.472794351781026, 9.181140343664318] 200.15m
[11:06:22] Walking from (45.472794351781026, 9.181140343664318) to [45.47099435178102, 9.181140343664318] 200.15m
[11:07:11] Walking from (45.47099435178102, 9.181140343664318) to [45.472794351781026, 9.181140343664318] 200.15m
[11:07:56] Walking from (45.472794351781026, 9.181140343664318) to [45.47459435178103, 9.181140343664318] 200.15m```

[Altaflux]

yes, removing FollowSpiral did the trick,
Removing the Evolve Task did not help

[raxxon]

If you're following a path, shouldn't FollowSpiral be changed to FollowPath?

[xorinzor]

I'm agree with the strange path, in fact, my bot is walking away from the fort it's supposed to walk towards to..

EDIT: Removing the FollowSpiral task fixed it for me too

[klingan]

Mine is stuck at

[12:14:57] Starting PokemonGo Bot....
[12:14:57] [x] Next egg incubates in 3.34 km
[12:14:58] No lucky eggs... skipping evolve!

[xorinzor]

@klingan please create your own issue, that has nothing to do with this issue

[klingan]

@xorinzor Just realized it was still the issue with evolve, however it was just walking when Spiral was active... so its not completely unrelated.

[Drambuie]

as soon as I remove FollowSpiral task my bot just stands still

Have disabled all the evolve config and the path is still weird

[xorinzor]

@Drambuie the FollowSpiral task will make sure the bot keeps moving when there are no forts nearby to walk towards to (because they are on timeout or because they're simply just not around).

So removing that, would make your bot stand still if there are no things to walk towards to, yes.

[Drambuie]

Ok thanks for the explanation, i guess i will just wait for a dev fix as mine does not seem to be moving towards any forts

[ksawerykarwacki]

Something is definitely wrong with last dev

[Pimentoso]

Any workarounds for this yet?

[klingan]

[13:57:33] Moving towards fort Groene Stierenkop, 55.98m left
[13:57:39] Moving towards fort Groene Stierenkop, 50.45m left
[13:57:42] Moving towards fort Groene Stierenkop, 45.11m left
[13:57:50] Moving towards fort Groene Stierenkop, 45.37m left
[13:57:59] Moving towards fort Groene Stierenkop, 48.74m left
[13:58:07] Moving towards fort Groene Stierenkop, 49.87m left
[13:58:20] Moving towards fort Groene Stierenkop, 55.55m left
[13:58:29] Moving towards fort Groene Stierenkop, 57.39m left
[13:58:38] Moving towards fort Groene Stierenkop, 56.44m left
[13:58:42] Moving towards fort Groene Stierenkop, 50.96m left
[13:58:51] Moving towards fort Groene Stierenkop, 53.53m left
[13:58:55] Moving towards fort Groene Stierenkop, 48.47m left
[13:59:03] Moving towards fort Groene Stierenkop, 47.49m left
[13:59:06] [x] Next egg incubates in 0.84 km
[13:59:12] Moving towards fort Groene Stierenkop, 46.10m left
[13:59:20] Moving towards fort Groene Stierenkop, 48.30m left
[13:59:29] Moving towards fort Groene Stierenkop, 46.50m left
[13:59:47] Moving towards fort Groene Stierenkop, 58.76m left
[13:59:56] Moving towards fort Groene Stierenkop, 60.81m left
[13:59:59] Moving towards fort Groene Stierenkop, 56.48m left
[14:00:22] Moving towards fort Groene Stierenkop, 73.08m left
[14:00:31] Moving towards fort Art House, 73.43m left
[14:00:58] Moving towards fort Art House, 89.63m left
[14:01:06] Moving towards fort Art House, 90.19m left
[14:01:31] Moving towards fort Art House, 102.76m left
[14:01:34] Moving towards fort Art House, 96.75m left
[14:01:42] Moving towards fort Art House, 95.46m left
[14:01:55] Moving towards fort Art House, 103.10m left

This is not going anywhere...

[beranPro]

Same Problem as @arnogues here

[Pimentoso]

Installing the bot again in a new folder seems to have fixed the issue. Are there some cache files to try to delete in cases like this?

[beranPro]

Didn't fixed the issue. Used example configs.

[iruy]

Is there any fix for avoid removing FollowSpiral?

[iruy]

I tried to dig a bit into FollowSpiral code, and here is the result with few Spiral POI calculated: LINK
So, considering that when the last POI is reached the path is followed in reverse order, max_step should never be less than 9, if you want a spiral path.