Better Bug Fix as requested

scripts/ai/AIUtil.lua

@@ -322,8 +322,10 @@ end
 ---@return table, number frontmost object and the distance between the front of that object and the root node of the vehicle
 --- when > 0 in front of the vehicle
 function AIUtil.getFirstAttachedImplement(vehicle,suppressLog)
-	-- by default, it is the vehicle's front
-	local maxDistance = vehicle.size.length / 2 + vehicle.size.lengthOffset
+	-- by default, it is the vehicle's front. We must do local to local due to using AI DIrection Node in the setMarkers function and the differnce in location between root and AIDirection
+	local _, _, maxDistance = localToLocal(vehicle.rootNode, AIUtil.getDirectionNode(vehicle), 0, 0,
+	vehicle.size.length / 2 + vehicle.size.lengthOffset)
+	--local maxDistance = vehicle.size.length / 2 + vehicle.size.lengthOffset
 	local firstImplement = vehicle
 	for _, implement in pairs(AIUtil.getAllAttachedImplements(vehicle)) do
 		if implement.object ~= nil then

scripts/ai/Markers.lua

@@ -28,13 +28,6 @@ local function createMarkerIfDoesNotExist(vehicle, name, referenceNode)
     end
 end
 
-local function createLinkBetweenNodes(vehicle, referenceNode, name)
-    createMarkerIfDoesNotExist(vehicle, name,  referenceNode)
-    -- relink to current reference node (in case of implement change for example
-    unlink(g_vehicleMarkers[vehicle].name)
-    link(referenceNode, g_vehicleMarkers[vehicle].name)
-end
-
 -- Put a node on the back of the vehicle for easy distance checks use this instead of the root/direction node
 local function setBackMarkerNode(vehicle, measuredBackDistance)
     local backMarkerOffset = 0
@@ -78,15 +71,10 @@ local function setFrontMarkerNode(vehicle)
     CpUtil.debugVehicle(CpDebug.DBG_IMPLEMENTS, vehicle, 'Using the %s\'s root node for the front marker node, %d m from root node',
             CpUtil.getName(firstImplement), frontMarkerOffset)
 
-    -- If we don't have an implement on the front we must use the vehicles root node as our reference
-    -- We fall back to relying on vehicle lenght to deterime the front node and AI Direction Node is rarely in the center of the vehilce
-    -- The root node is always in the center if not there is a giants supplied offset? Maybe, would have to trace the vehicle.size.lengthOffset variable deeper
-    if vehicle == firstImplement then
-        createLinkBetweenNodes(vehicle, vehicle.rootNode, 'frontMarkerNode')
-    else
-        createLinkBetweenNodes(vehicle, AIUtil.getDirectionNode(vehicle), 'frontMarkerNode') 
-    end
-
+    createMarkerIfDoesNotExist(vehicle, 'frontMarkerNode',  AIUtil.getDirectionNode(vehicle))
+    -- relink to current reference node (in case of implement change for example
+    unlink(g_vehicleMarkers[vehicle].frontMarkerNode)
+    link( AIUtil.getDirectionNode(vehicle), g_vehicleMarkers[vehicle].frontMarkerNode)
     setTranslation(g_vehicleMarkers[vehicle].frontMarkerNode, 0, 0, frontMarkerOffset)
     g_vehicleMarkers[vehicle].frontMarkerOffset = frontMarkerOffset
 end