' Wrote:The the research station in Virgina has bar characters that appear to be from Cortez or Texas.
The characters themselves are unique, if you haven't noticed. The problem is that they use the same rumors as characters from Cortez, Texas or whatever. Which sucks, I agree. I was going to give them unique rumors and stuff, but unfortunately I suck at writing and no-one else was willing to write them.
About NPCs:
NPC spawns are basically either zones, or paths. They can crash the game if used carelessly.
Zones are much easier to make, but you get the weird behavior you described above. Paths might be better, but they're really jerky, and are known for causing game crashes. It also takes a long time to make them, so modders would rather use their time on other stuff.