Submitted by matthiaskrgr
When I tell a hacked bot to hold position, it affects nothing.

revision 3788

Posted by matthiaskrgr
At least it seems to be ignored when there is an enemy around...

Posted by ahuillet
That's realistic behavior. If you tell a solider to hold position, it means he won't move. Not that he won't himself be killed or let enemies pass through.

At any rate, it is intended behavior.

Posted by matthiaskrgr
A bot is not a human being. :)

I think that machines should do what one tells them.


   1. A robot may not injure a human being or, through inaction, allow a human being to come to harm.
   2. A robot must obey any orders given to it by human beings, except where such orders would conflict with the First Law.
   3. A robot must protect its own existence as long as such protection does not conflict with the First or Second Law.
[wikipedia]


It was possible to get some ranged bots and let them hold positions. It was possible to abuse them as aiming autogun turrets then (pulling some bots inside their range) which was quite a nice feature in my opinion.

This also means, that holding position will affect absolutely nothing to melee bots, because they will start to rush the target in order to attack.
In a situation where I hacked a quite strong bot, I may want it to hold position in order to avoid it taking too much damage from some minor bots which I can easily kill on my own.

Posted by ahuillet
In the sense of Asimov, a "hold position" order would do what you describe, but I don't know if this would be very useful.

I do understand your request now at  least.