Topic: PLEASE FIX NPCS ON GAMMA

THEY DO NOT ROAM AND ARE NOT WORKING AS INTENDED AROUND MPC STRUCTURES.  IT IS CAUSING DAMAGE TO MY INFRASTRUCTURE TO MY BASE WHEN THEY EXPLODE AND CAUSING A LOT OF UNNESSECARY HASSLE IN DOING SIMPLE TASKS, LIKE NOT DIEING WHEN I UNDOCK.  THANK YOU.

I HAVE ONLY BEEN REPORTING THIS BUG SINCE GAMMA LAUNCH.

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Re: PLEASE FIX NPCS ON GAMMA

Just to make it clear, gamma NPCs are not "roaming" like beta caravans do, they do not have a fixed scenic route around the island. Gamma NPCs always look for a next available waypoint nearby and then go to it, but it's entirely possible that those waypoints are always picked in the same area for a while.

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http://imgur.com/BWGMgJQ

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Re: PLEASE FIX NPCS ON GAMMA

I endorse your artistic skills, Ville.

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Re: PLEASE FIX NPCS ON GAMMA

if they haven't moved... why didn't you just shoot them?

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I do but they keep coming back over and over again and when they explode they damage the buildings then I have to repair the building.

And it takes 30 minutes to kill mobs now.  Thanks Obama, I mean Alf.

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Re: PLEASE FIX NPCS ON GAMMA

lol, on PTS had zero issues with NPC around my Terminal... i put a wall around it and put doors up.

Don't know why that doesn't work for you.

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Re: PLEASE FIX NPCS ON GAMMA

We know of one case where a gamma spawn can camp the same location, and that is when a buddy of them gets left behind because it's stuck somewhere. The group only looks for their next waypoint when everyone has arrived at the current one.

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Can't the buddy magically teleport to his friends OR vice versa.  Also when is teleportation on land being implemented for players?

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Re: PLEASE FIX NPCS ON GAMMA

It looks like this is not the case though, at least I didn't find such lost NPCs, and hardly any group that was properly moving.

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Everything working as intended.... Thats why this game has 50 active players at most and 40 of them *** about development...

Re: PLEASE FIX NPCS ON GAMMA

just how long is a WHILE?

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Read: yes, there is probably something fishy going on.

Re: PLEASE FIX NPCS ON GAMMA

DEV Zoom wrote:

It looks like this is not the case though, at least I didn't find such lost NPCs, and hardly any group that was properly moving.


Hardly any group is properly moving? We should probably just remove red spawns from gamma altogether until you figure out wtf to do with them then.

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Re: PLEASE FIX NPCS ON GAMMA

DEV Zoom wrote:

It looks like this is not the case though, at least I didn't find such lost NPCs, and hardly any group that was properly moving.

your saying you didn't find any group that was properly moving? aka you are confirming Villes report?

well, your DEV interface should allow you to watch all npcs (and player) on an island on the map, with a line and waypoint representing their "goal".....
If not, then someone should code that ASAP!

It shouldn't even require you to log into the game.

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Re: PLEASE FIX NPCS ON GAMMA

heavens no if it requires them to be in the game they created. That would cause a conflict of interest and they might begin development that is biased for one side. Its better they dont play at all so everyone gets nerf'd and possitive content never comes out.

Re: PLEASE FIX NPCS ON GAMMA

This seems relevant:

http://i.imgur.com/dUZdw4Q.png

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Re: PLEASE FIX NPCS ON GAMMA

FYI we're currently testing a possible fix for this on the dev server.