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[Systems] Dresden NPCs blink in and out of existence - Barrier - 11-29-2023
Type: Server Config
Bug: NPCs spawn in and out at will in Dresden, even while firing.
Reproduction Steps:
- Go to Dresden
- Engage an enemy patrol or group up with a friendly patrol
- There is a chance that the patrol will disappear.
Sometimes a patrol will reappear like nothing happened and continue pewing. I don't recall the same behavior in the Munich battlezone.
RE: [Server Config] Dresden NPCs blink in and out of existence - Sombs - 12-10-2023
Confirmed.
Since the ships are spawned on patrol paths and not via pop zones, their spawning/despawning behavior is a bit different. We either change the spawn to zones instead of paths or add that to the list of things the code gang needs to look into.
RE: [Server Config] Dresden NPCs blink in and out of existence - Antonio - 02-16-2024
Is it still happening?
RE: [Server Config] Dresden NPCs blink in and out of existence - Helo - 02-17-2024
Attempted to hunt patrols in Dresden yesterday and they did blink out of existence during combat.
RE: [Server Config] Dresden NPCs blink in and out of existence - Barrier - 02-18-2024
Btw I forgot about this, but I think I have more info now. During farming, the "mothership" of the pod has to be within ~6K, or the whole pod de-spawns. So for Hel + 2GB it's the Hel, and they sometimes tend to cruise towards the jumpgate to shoot at it, while the gunboats engage you.
I think previously they could literally despawn right in front of you, but now if you are near the mothership you should be good. At least I haven't had issues over multiple hours of doing this.
RE: [Systems] Dresden NPCs blink in and out of existence - Antonio - 06-02-2024
Given that it has been a while since this report and Dresden changed in 5.1, I'm closing this one. If it keeps happening please open a new bug report.