FilthyGorilla
Local Legend
That would make senseI think the pathing change was mainly due to green rain. I'm guessing CA changed the npc pathing to avoid any TerrainFeatures but not machines/furnitures.
I don't think that debris on the path is a bug. I think it's just how CA wants it to behave. I'm quite certain that back in 1.4, the debris would destroy the floors (and machines) instead of just spawning on top of the floor. It was only in 1.5 that somehow the floors could prevent any debris from spawning. In 1.6 he just wants it to be like this (debris on floor or debris destroys machines).
Just my 2 cents.
I don't remember them spawning atop of machines and paths before 1.5 but I also didn't areas off the map that have weeds spawning often pre 1.5
Personally I'd at least grant the clock global range then though, I find it an utter pain that a lot of the best areas off farm for machines are now completely redundant because of weeds