Survivor-mindcontrol issue

Bug #896091 reported by Graion Dilach
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Bug Description

If a crewed mindcontrolled unit is destroyed, the crew will be from the mindcontroller's side and it's owner will be the mindcontroller. Without the mindcontrol link.

##### STEPS TO REPRODUCE #####
Crew a tank, mindcontrol it and check.

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Krozalid (krozalid) wrote :

so for example , if i mind control an enemy flak track , the infantries inside will change ownership to me if the flak track is destroyed ?

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Graion Dilach (graiondilach) wrote :

No, not the passengers. The pilots.

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Krozalid (krozalid) wrote :

Okay , i get it now . My mistake , but that is the normal behaviour right . So this would be the same issue with the hijacker .

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AlexB (alexander-b) wrote :

Just wanted to let you know I noticed this issue and, because I'm working on other crew stuff at the moment, I thought about it.

It has always been like that. Crew belonged to the mind-controller. Messing with that would be a change to the original logic that can't be an accidental glitch. It's unlikely WW overlooked this. (I'm also not fond of the idea to add a tag controlling this behavior. At least not without a very good reason.) Even if it is only one line of code to change, I will not implement this for now.

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Black Temple Gaurdian (black-temple-gaurdian) wrote :

Robot Storm presents a valid reason hear, where they use mind control as something else ("hacking") which, in this case, would affect the vehicle and not the pilots thus making it strange to have the pilots suddenly switch allegience. Either way there should at least be a MC link on default behaviour. Just my 10p

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Graion Dilach (graiondilach) wrote :

I can see the issue is complicated, because if the crew is composed of more than 1 pilots, then it's a WTF. However I agree with BTG that mind-control can be used for other purposes as well.

I think a tag should be added per weapon or warhead, MindControl.Pilots= if yes, then current behaviour, if no, then give the pilots to the original side.

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