From fa5afae7832a4115c080e15846d5d8055a388daa Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Applevangelist <post@tniedermeier.com>
Date: Mon, 4 Apr 2022 12:58:28 +0200
Subject: [PATCH] A2A Dispatcher - nil checks to evade dead units

---
 Moose Development/Moose/AI/AI_A2A_Dispatcher.lua | 15 ++++++++++++++-
 1 file changed, 14 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-)

diff --git a/Moose Development/Moose/AI/AI_A2A_Dispatcher.lua b/Moose Development/Moose/AI/AI_A2A_Dispatcher.lua
index 960bfce89..7d48e4ce5 100644
--- a/Moose Development/Moose/AI/AI_A2A_Dispatcher.lua	
+++ b/Moose Development/Moose/AI/AI_A2A_Dispatcher.lua	
@@ -2971,7 +2971,20 @@ do -- AI_A2A_DISPATCHER
     for FriendlyDistance, AIFriendly in UTILS.spairs( DefenderFriendlies or {} ) do
       -- We only allow to ENGAGE targets as long as the Units on both sides are balanced.
       if AttackerCount > DefenderCount then
-        local Friendly = AIFriendly:GetGroup() -- Wrapper.Group#GROUP
+    --self:I("***** AI_A2A_DISPATCHER:CountDefendersToBeEngaged() *****\nThis is supposed to be a UNIT:")
+    if AIFriendly then
+      local classname = AIFriendly.ClassName or "No Class Name"
+      local unitname = AIFriendly.IdentifiableName or "No Unit Name"
+      --self:I("Class Name: " .. classname)
+      --self:I("Unit Name: " .. unitname)
+      --self:I({AIFriendly})
+    end
+    local Friendly = nil
+    if AIFriendly and AIFriendly:IsAlive() then
+      --self:I("AIFriendly alive, getting GROUP")
+      Friendly = AIFriendly:GetGroup() -- Wrapper.Group#GROUP
+    end
+    
         if Friendly and Friendly:IsAlive() then
           -- Ok, so we have a friendly near the potential target.
           -- Now we need to check if the AIGroup has a Task.