Strange casting order

[ano]

I tested it more than once.
Moreover, in a testbed game in the same situation and same scripting Starspawn DID cast that UM and everything went fine.
That's the point I still do not understand)

[MaxWilson]

Do you still have a copy of that old saved game? The one where he didn't cast UM? What happens if you re-run the battle (i.e. View Battle) and re-randomize by inserting a random Archer or something with Shift+U when the battle first starts? What I want to know if it was a random-number-generation thing or something strategic.

-Max

[ano]

I think there's some strategic reason that we just don't know. Obviously I don't have that old testbed game but it is quite easy to reproduce with debug mod.
Unfortunately I don't have time for it now. Btw, the next turn after the one I wrote this post I repeated the orders and situation was the same: UM was not cast.
One of the spell that definitely causes more than 200 fatigue and is cast always is Fire Storm. It is fatigue 500 and requires F5. ArchDevil without boosters scripted to "Phoenix Power, Fire Storm" never fails.

[Renojustin]

I just had a battle where an Amazon Sorceress (A1S1) was scripted to cast Wind Guide and didn't. No reason given or anything. I had 2 air gems on her, one for the spell and one to boost the path. It was in a big battle so there was definitely a use for it. She just didn't wanna.

It's pretty hard to script for big battles when half the time, your mages don't cast what they're told to, and when they do, they often burn up more gems than KO says they're supposed to be able to.

I AM THY GOD, MAGE! CAST THE DAMN SPELL LIKE I TOLD YOU! AND DON'T USE MORE THAN 1 GEM FOR FATIGUE/PATH BOOST PURPOSES! OR I SWEAR, I'M COMING DOWN THERE!

[moderation]

What did the debug output from the game say?

[Renojustin]

Eh, it was a couple turns ago. She still casted spells, just not the very important one I wanted her to!

[MaxWilson]

She's A1, so she can't use two gems.

-Max