Ah, got it.  There has to be empty slots before the robots before this
problem occurs.  My test now recreates the problem, and the patch
mentioned fixes it.

-- 
James Cameron    mailto:quozl at us.netrek.org     http://quozl.netrek.org/
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New patches:

[fix test to correctly reproduce parade ring overlap
quozl at us.netrek.org**20060809055741] 
<
> {
hunk ./Vanilla/tests/parade-bug-2006-08-07 29
     sleep 0.5
 done
 
-# start a full set of robots
-for x in `seq 7`; do 
+# start a partial set of robots
+for x in `seq 3`; do 
     lib/og/robot -h localhost -Tf 2>/dev/null >/dev/null &
     lib/og/robot -h localhost -Tr 2>/dev/null >/dev/null &
     sleep 0.8
}

Context:

[fix for conquer parade alignment, alternate
quozl at us.netrek.org**20060809043954
 	* ntserv/conquer.c (conquer_ships_ring, conquer_parade): add a counter
 	for calculating ring coordinates rather than using player list position.
] 
[add test for conquer parade slot alignment bug
quozl at us.netrek.org**20060808054700
 	* tests/parade-bug-2006-08-07: a test to try to reproduce the
 	bug reported by Niclas where iggy slots end up in the same screen
 	position as player slots.
] 
[add planet orbit and take test scripts
quozl at us.netrek.org**20060808054456
 	* tools/setplanet.c: add be-orbited-by and be-taken-by test
 	actions, for use by test scripts.  They cheat, and are therefore
 	not intended for production use.
] 
[minor indentation fixes prior to review
quozl at us.netrek.org**20060808002418
 	* ntserv/conquer.c: tabify, some added lines lacked tabs, made it
 	  inconsistent.
] 
[Semi-critical update fix
williamb at its.caltech.edu**20060622022126
       * socket.c (updateClient): clarifies purpose of packet type check against 0x40, adds check
         for SP_S_YOU case.
] 
[Show geno messages for observers
williamb at its.caltech.edu**20060622013521
        * genspkt.c (sndSelf and sndSSelf):
          Factorized check for whether packet should be marked as critical.
          (check_sendself_critical): New function.
          Player status (via sndPStatus) is sent before player whydead (via sndSelf
          or sndSSelf).  When whydead changes, the packet must be marked as critical in
          order for that information to arrive first, so that observers can get a proper
          whydead message upon genocide.  This was previously done for just sndSelf, but
          with this patch, both sndSelf and sndSSelf now do it, and observers get geno
          messages with short packets on.
] 
[Formatting fix for if statement in interface.c
williamb at its.caltech.edu**20060707151641
           * interface.c: (do_refit).  Fixes if statement split over 3 lines.
] 
[Command file for PreT robots
williamb at its.caltech.edu**20060707152531
         * robots/pret.c: (start_a_robot) Adds the ability to read in a command file, as
           per the command file defined in pretdefs.h, but which was unused for whatever reason.          Note that both the newbie server and basepractice server are set to use the same
           file, defined as COMFILE in pretdefs.h, basepdefs.h, and newbiedefs.h.  As these
           modes are mutually exclusive, it is ok for them to read in robot commands from
           the same commands file.
 M ./Vanilla/robots/pret.c -1 +3
] 
[adjust test scripts for xtkill changes
quozl at us.netrek.org**20060710014703
 	* tests: some scripts used "xtkill k" repeatedly to grant kills,
 	changed to use the additional parameter.  Note that this additional
 	parameter is not immediately after the option, like it is with T or t
 	options.
] 
[Xtkill settable kills
williamb at its.caltech.edu**20060707153051
           * xtkill.c (main): Adds the ability to specify the number of kills to increment
             the player, identical to how the increment armies option works, rather than 
             just adding +1 kill per use of the xtkill k option.
 M ./Vanilla/tools/xtkill.c -2 +5
] 
[Xtkill bug fixes
williamb at its.caltech.edu**20060623040057
         * xtkill.c (Usage): Added 2 missing options (u and H) to options list.
           (main): Removed call to getshipdefaults(), as this data was already in
           memory, and it had the unintended consequence of erasing any modifications
           to ship values that were set in the sysdef file, forcing a sysdef reload
           every time xtkill was used.
] 
[robotd-carriage-return-added-to-death-messages.dpatch
jimmyhua73 at yahoo.com**20060630092932
 
 	* robotd/death.c in function death(), I added newline character
 	to the reason of death on all mprintf statements "\n", so it
 	displays properly in debug mode. 
 
] 
[freebsd compilation fix, missing header
quozl at us.netrek.org**20060705062726
 
 	* ntserv/main.c: add signal.h include, after a report from a FreeBSD
 	user showed that my enthusiastic trimming of headers had broken
 	compilation on other operating systems.
 
] 
[avoid lies to metaserver due pre-t robots
quozl at us.netrek.org**20060703021915
 
 	* solicit.c: count PFBPROBOT slots as being free, since we expect them
 	to back off and quit if a player arrives, so that the metaserver report
 	of players properly excludes pre-t robots.
 
] 
[further-fixes-to-war-decs.dpatch
jimmyhua73 at yahoo.com**20060702153128
 
 This completes the fixes I started with war declarations. 
 
 Basically, war is declared when
 	1. t-mode starts. 
 	2. bot is forced to switch teams
 
 Further peace is declared when:
 	3. everytime you take out a new ship. 
 
 This should cover all scenarios in a typical pickup game. 
 
 Tested by having robots join a bronco style game. 1 Kli, 4 feds, 4 Roms.
 Check war decs. 
 Have the 1 kli get forced to join one of the t-mode teams. Check war decs
 Have Feds get timercided, and get forced to join Klis. 
 Check war decs. 
 Wait till Roms cause a genocide (Roms will take a neutral planet!). 
 Then games continues as Rom vs. Kli, and check war decs. 
 
 Changelog here:
 
 	* robotd/update_players.c changed declare_intents() function so
 	that it will return success or failure codes. Also, changed function
 	so that you may declare peace only, by doing declare_intents(1). 
 
 	* robotd/decide.c added static int needswardec in function decide()
 	so that robot can track when t-mode dies off and starts up again. 
 
 	* robotd/decide.c added in function decide() logic so, 
 	declare_intents(0) function gets called when t-mode 
 	just starts up. 
 
 	* robotd/decide.c modified in function decide() other calls
 	to declare_intents() so that they conform to the extra 
 	parameter passing
 
 	* robotd/robot.c added comment in function s_recharge() 
 	a peace request never gets called when robot orbits a 
 	planet it originally wanted to refuel from 
 
 	* robotd/robot.c in function find_safe_planet() fixed 
 	some buggy logic which allowed robots to head towards 
 	hostile planets to refuel/repair. 
 
 	* robotd/robot.c in function reset_r_info() modified 
 	call to declare_intents() to conform to newly modified
 	function. 
 
] 
[continuum ghostbust diagnostics
quozl at us.netrek.org**20060630025545
 	* daemonII.c (ghostmess): add reason for ghostbust to message,
 	and increase logging of normal ghostbust timeout in ERRORS.
] 
[untabify daemon main
quozl at us.netrek.org**20060630022904
 	* daemonII.c: removed all tabs using untabify in emacs.
] 
[newbie robots war declarations test
quozl at us.netrek.org**20060630020843] 
[Newbie robots now declare war properly in pickup games
quozl at us.netrek.org**20060630011431
 
 	Derived from Jimmy Huang's patch of the same name.
 
 	* robotd/data.c: fixed comment misspelling in int delay.  delay
 	for declaring war.
 
 	* robotd/decide.c (decide): added some comments to help me follow
 	the code better
 
 	* robotd/main.c (main): fixed up indentation of variable
 	declarations. Added switchedteams variable. Modified main()
 	function so that when a team switch occurs, declare_intents() gets
 	called after choosing a new ship.
 
 	* robotd/robot.c (reset_r_info): added some commentary on the
 	declare_intents() call, which only gets something done only if
 	someone sends a reset command to the robot.
 
 	* robotd/robot.c (send_initial): removed commented code of
 	declare_intents(). This was a bug workaround, robot sends a dummy
 	packet so it doesn't get ghostbusted.  Doesn't seem needed
 	anymore.
 
 	* robotd/update_players.c (declare_intents): added commentary on
 	how this function is supposed to work. Function will now properly
 	declare war on the 2 teams with the most players that isn't the
 	same team as yourself. And then declares peace with everyone else.
 
] 
[continuum ban vote tweaks 2006-06
quozl at us.netrek.org**20060622015354
 Following review of continuum recording 2006-06-07-22-00:
 - require four votes to ban instead of two, to defeat ban scumming,
 - expire ban votes within two minutes instead of ten,
 - expire eject votes within five minutes instead of ten.
] 
[xtkill ship change fixes
williamb at its.caltech.edu**20060620005009
          * tools/xtkill.c: Adds the ability to set ship to galaxy class, removes unneccessary
            ship size change for ATT, and updates the list of valid ship types to include
            the super SC with 1 point torps (this was missing from list of valid ship types).
 M ./Vanilla/tools/xtkill.c -8 +5
] 
[newbie-observer-ports.dpatch
jimmyhua73 at yahoo.com**20060616103448
 
 	* docs/sample_ports added observer port definitions for
 	newbie server. Added commentary to make it easier to configure
 	the port configuration for a newbie server setup. 
 
] 
[Chaos mode starbase enhancements
williamb at its.caltech.edu**20060606200821
          * orbit.c, transwarp.c: Allows starbases to transwarp to and dock with other
            bases if chaos mode is activated.
] 
[Twarp message fix
williamb at its.caltech.edu**20060606200652
          * transwarp.c: Fixes outdated reference to transwarp hours.
] 
[ATT and invalid ship fixes
williamb at its.caltech.edu**20060603092650
       * getentry.c, main.c: allow listing of ATT on features screen, and allow player to select 
         ATT from entry window if ship is defined in sysdef as a valid ship.  Also fixes incorrect
         error message in the case of invalid ship type.
] 
[null-terminate-mapchars-indentfix
Stephen Thorne <stephen at thorne.id.au>**20060614103104] 
[null-terminate-mapchars
jimmyhua73 at yahoo.com**20060614105540
 
 	* robotd/struct.h modify mapchars to 3 characters to hold the NULL
 	at the end
 
 	* robotd/enter.c initialize final character to be NULL at the end
 	when the robot first enters the game. 
 
 
] 
[robotd-improved-army-tracking.dpatch
jimmyhua73 at yahoo.com**20060613104425
 
         * INSTALL.Newbie updated installation documentation to reflect
         changes in code. Also, CONFIRM=0 only works, CONFIRM=2 does not
         work.
 
         * INSTALL.Newbie added toggle robdc, assume robots don't carry.
         Also added lookahead=0 to emulate how robots were before Trent
         fixed the torp-dir bug.
 
         * robotd/data.c added extern int robdc (robots don't carry)
 
         * robotd/data.h extern int robdc defaults to not activated.
 
         * robotd/data.h added compiler define NO_PFORBIT, so robot
         doesn't depend on PFORBIT flag to determine if someone is picking
         armies or not.
 
         * robotd/dmessage.c added robdc in help. added robdc in messaging
         logic.
 
         * robotd/update_players.c commented out a continue; statement
         as the for loop gets exited too quickly sometimes.
 
         * robotd/update_players.c stale information of p->closest_pl is
         kept even when enemy becomes invisible. Will be used later.
 
         * robotd/update_players.c don't update last x or y if invisible.
 
         * robotd/update_players.c changes to check_orbit() function to
         make sure players is marked as orbiting a planet when cloaked near
         a planet, or invisible.
 
         * robotd/update_players.c changed some debug statements to make
         them more readable during a denemy debug session.
 
         * robotd/update_players.c army_check1() and army_check2() added
         logic so if robdc is activated, robot doesn't track fellow
         robot carriers.
 
         * robotd/update_players.c added some commentary so the army
         tracking code is more readble. Commented out a beam-down to
         friendly in favor of the more pessimistic possibility that
         the planet simply popped.
 
] 
[Cross-transwarp check
williamb at its.caltech.edu**20060608223709
     * transwarp.c: Prevent transwarping to a base that is already in transwarp.
] 
[post 2.11.1 release process notes
quozl at us.netrek.org**20060601040643] 
[include config.guess in make dist
quozl at us.netrek.org**20060601033548] 
[include config.sub in make dist
quozl at us.netrek.org**20060601033011] 
[TAG 2.11.1
quozl at us.netrek.org**20060601025406] 
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