NPC's will tell allies about enemies at slightly greater range (affected by...

NPC's will tell allies about enemies at slightly greater range (affected by game difficulty) and guesses for the position of unseen hostiles will be a bit better.

game/engines/default/engine/interface/ActorAI.lua

@@ -147,12 +147,12 @@ function _M:setTarget(target, last_seen)
 	if last_seen then
 		self.ai_state.target_last_seen = last_seen
 	else
-		local target_pos = target and self.fov and self.fov.actors and self.fov.actors[self.ai_target.actor] or {x=self.x, y=self.y}
+		local target_pos = target and (self.fov and self.fov.actors and self.fov.actors[target] or {x=target.x, y=target.y}) or {x=self.x, y=self.y} --No FOV: aiSeeTargetPos will assume new target position is ~3 turns old by default (AI_LOCATION_GUESS_ERROR)
 		self.ai_state.target_last_seen=table.merge(self.ai_state.target_last_seen or {}, {x=target_pos.x, y=target_pos.y, turn=game.turn}) -- Merge to keep obfuscation data
 	end
 end
 
-_M.AI_SEEN_CACHE_DELAY = 10 * 100
+_M.AI_LOCATION_GUESS_ERROR = 3  -- Start position guess errors at ~3 grids
 
 --- Returns the seen coords of the target
 -- This will usually return the exact coords, but if the target is only partially visible (or not at all)
@@ -167,12 +167,12 @@ function _M:aiSeeTargetPos(target)
 	local spread = 0
 
 	-- Guess Cache turn to update position guess (so it's consistent during a turn)
-	-- Start at -1000 to make sure ti gets run the first time.
-	LSeen.GCache_turn = LSeen.GCache_turn or game.turn - self.AI_SEEN_CACHE_DELAY
+	-- Set last cache turn before game turn to make sure it gets run the first time.
+	LSeen.GCache_turn = LSeen.GCache_turn or game.turn - self.AI_LOCATION_GUESS_ERROR * game.energy_to_act/game.energy_per_tick
 
 	-- Guess Cache known turn for spread calculation (self.ai_state.target_last_seen.turn
 	-- can't be used because it's needed by FOV code)
-	LSeen.GCknown_turn = LSeen.GCknown_turn or game.turn - self.AI_SEEN_CACHE_DELAY
+	LSeen.GCknown_turn = LSeen.GCknown_turn or game.turn - self.AI_LOCATION_GUESS_ERROR * game.energy_to_act/game.energy_per_tick
 
 	-- Check if target is currently seen
 	local see, chance = self:canSee(target)
@@ -188,6 +188,10 @@ function _M:aiSeeTargetPos(target)
 			if LSeen.GCache_x then -- update guess with new random position. Could use util.findFreeGrid here at cost of speed
 				tx = math.floor(LSeen.GCache_x + (tx-LSeen.GCache_x)/2)
 				ty = math.floor(LSeen.GCache_y + (ty-LSeen.GCache_y)/2)
+				if not target:canMove(tx, ty, true) then -- find a reasonable spot if target can't be at that position
+					local nx, ny = util.findFreeGrid(tx, ty, spread, false)
+					if nx then tx, ty = nx, ny end
+				end
 			end
 			LSeen.GCache_x, LSeen.GCache_y = tx, ty
 			LSeen.GCache_turn = game.turn

game/modules/tome/class/NPC.lua

@@ -246,14 +246,20 @@ function _M:seen_by(who)
 		end
 		return
 	end
+	
+	-- Only trust the ally if they can actually see the target
+	if not who:canSee(who.ai_target.actor) then return end
+	
 	if who.ai_state and who.ai_state.target_last_seen and type(who.ai_state.target_last_seen) == "table" then
-		-- Don't believe allies if they saw the target far, far away
-		if who.ai_state.target_last_seen.x and who.ai_state.target_last_seen.y and core.fov.distance(self.x, self.y, who.ai_state.target_last_seen.x, who.ai_state.target_last_seen.y) > self.sight then return end
+		-- Don't believe allies if they think the target is too far (away based on distance to ally plus ally to hostile estimate (1.3 * sight range, usually))
+		local tx, ty = who:aiSeeTargetPos(who.ai_target.actor)
+		local distallyhostile = core.fov.distance(who.x, who.y, tx, ty) or 100
+		local range_factor = 1.2 + (tonumber(game.difficulty) or 1)/20 -- NPC's pass targets more freely at higher difficulties
+		if distallyhostile + core.fov.distance(self.x, self.y, who.x, who.y) > math.min(10, math.max(self.sight, self.infravision or 0, self.heightened_senses or 0, self.sense_radius or 0))*range_factor then return end
+
 		-- Don't believe allies if they saw the target over 10 turns ago
 		if (game.turn - (who.ai_state.target_last_seen.turn or game.turn)) / (game.energy_to_act / game.energy_per_tick) > 10 then return end 
 	end
-	-- And only trust the ally if they can actually see the target
-	if not who:canSee(who.ai_target.actor) then return end
 
 	self:setTarget(who.ai_target.actor, who.ai_state.target_last_seen)
 	print("[TARGET] Passing target", self.name, "from", who.name, "to", who.ai_target.actor.name)

game/modules/tome/data/general/traps/complex.lua

@@ -255,6 +255,7 @@ newEntity{ base = "TRAP_COMPLEX",
 			type = "trap", subtype = "arcane",
 			combatSpellpower = function(self) return self.dam end,
 			getTarget = function(self) return self.x, self.y end,
+			targetable = false,
 			dam = self.dam,
 			x = x, y = y,
 			faction = self.faction,