I’m not a game programmer, but in complex systems I’ve programmed in the the past there are state machines that help you avoid problems. It’s hard especially i

I’m not a game programmer, but in complex systems I’ve programmed in the the past there are state machines that help you avoid problems. It’s hard especially if functionality gets added mid process (the companion can die now). I had a piece of code log (“you should never get here”) once before crashing. Some programmer long gone put a constraint check with that strange note.