Zombies attack spore clouds

[DragonWizard23]

Describe the bug

Zombies attack spore clouds, which cannot be harmed. It's a little silly that they try to attack what would just look like a cloud of dust.

Attach save file

N/A

Steps to reproduce

Get some zombies and bring them towards a fungaloid. When the fungaloid makes spores, the zombies will attempt to attack the spores.

Expected behavior

I did not expect zombies to try to attack spore clouds. I realize that they currently use monster code, but it makes about as much sense as zombies trying to attack a cloud of smoke or tear gas.

Screenshots

Here is a log screenshot of the behavior.

Versions and configuration

• OS: Windows
  • OS Version: 10.0.22631.3447 (23H2)
• Game Version: fa7e258 [64-bit]
• Graphics Version: Tiles
• Game Language: System language []
• Mods loaded: [ Dark Days Ahead [dda], Disable NPC Needs [no_npc_food], Portal Storms Ignore NPCs [personal_portal_storms], Slowdown Fungal Growth [no_fungal_growth] ]

Additional context

This bug does not cause a crash.

[ADekema]

Given how stupid zombies are supposed to be attacking a spore cloud might actually be fine.

[DragonWizard23]

Hi ADekema, thanks for your input!

I thought about this, but I don't think that a cloud of spores would be visible enough for a zombie to consider it to be something that can be attacked. Re-reading the spore cloud description: A mass of spores the size of a balled fist, wafting around in the air. I think this can be interpreted as each spore is the size of a balled fist, or the whole cloud of spores is the size of a balled fist.

Our zombies, while dumb, don't attack similar effects (smoke, tear gas, toxic gas, etc). Maybe we could model the spore clouds as a gas instead of as monsters...

[toweroglass]

i think you have a point. they also don't attack frogs, birds and other small animals these days. so regardless of their intelligence the spores shouldn't be a target for them.