Bug Maximizer suggests breaking Slimesuit for a worse result.

[Veracity]

Here's my current equipment:


Here's what the Maximizer wants to do to it to improve Spooky Resistance:




It does that for all resistances: remove hardened slime belt - and give up +3 all resistances for the item AND +3 all resistances for the Slimesuit - and replace it with a +4 item to the single resistance.

Obviously, since I am doing this with the GUI, I ignore that bad recommendation, but were I maximizing programmatically, I'd end up with inferior results.

 

[ckb]

What is your "maximizerCombinationLimit" ?
And do you get different results if you add "-tie"?
And what happens if you remove all your equipment fist?

I find these three things can lead to changes in maximizer results, especially when your inventory is large (like in Aftercore).

 

[Veracity]

maximizerCombinationLimit is 100000. It is not hitting it; only Item Drop seems to do that for me in aftercore.

Starting with no equipment whatsoever, maximizing for "spooky resistance" suggests a "best score 42.00" which does not include the Slimesuit.

If I equip a better outfit - including the Slimesuit, and an astral pet sweater - I have spooky resistance 48.00

Maximizing for spooky resistance says "replace the hardened slime belt with white earbuds (-2) and astral pet sweater with Mayflower bouquet" for "best score 46.00"

Maximizing with -tie leaves everything intact for "best score 48.00".

Why in the world should I have to specify "-tie" in order to have it not degrade my target stat?

 

[fronobulax]

Tried to write a failing test to replicate this. Test doesn't fail.

Added it to https://github.com/kolmafia/kolmafia/pull/2471 because if someone can help me figure out why my test doesn't replicate the situation it may help me elsewhere and may point to an area in the Maximizer to be investigated.