Fix Hangouts

[umbral nymph]

Some either dont respawn loot which kills the server while others dupe heals on pickup which after a while kills the server with lag

[fleet urchin]

Is this happening with a specific maps, specific conditions etc?

having details helps us identify the issue!

[umbral nymph]

All popular maps and mine included have bugs, i dont believe its a specific condition other that it being hangout

[fleet urchin]

I found a few things yesterday and looking into this

[umbral nymph]

Also a bug where "?" Loot doesnt spawn outside of a oval shaped area in the center of the map, meaning you have to manually place weapons.

[umbral nymph]

Also "?" Only spawn 2 star weapons

[compact portal]

@umbral nymph do you have a Hangouts map? If so, what's the name?

Mine is Dead River Dam. It's hard to get any traction in there. I don't typically friend a lot of those guys because I don't want to squad with them (my fav mode), also, I found that they follow me around a lot. Also, my friends list is really long, but the majority don't like Hangouts, so I never invite. I'd make more maps for Hangouts, but currently there's no path for them to get noticed.

(My map has the same bug as discribed in here.)

@fleet urchin, I think I can confirm what @umbral nymph said about "others dupe heals." This seems to happen especially often in the map named "Town."

I think it is more likely to happen within the last hour or so before the server gives the 10 minute warning. You know how people like to stack weapons and heals? At times there will be so many stacked up that you can't even look in that direction without major frame droppage. Only reason I said that I 'think' I can confirm is besaue everything is "stacked," so there is no way to visually confirm.

I was thinking that perhaps this bug is a result of stacking too many weapons on top of each other -causing them not to respawn? Really hard to tell because I can't get any traction in my map, so I can't really test anything out.

[fleet urchin]

thanks! yea there is something going on, we are working through it!

[umbral nymph]

Its called "Bog Town Hangout".
Loot spawn bug is very noticeable because it has loot spawn within at least a 20 foot radius of each other, but the city, and military base have almost none other than a few which i placed manually.

[compact portal]

Gotcha, you are refering to the "❓" not spawning any loot?

[umbral nymph]

Yes and the 6 pack "?"

[umbral nymph]

Is there a date for when a fix is coming out? It makes a lot of maps suffer in popularity.

[fleet urchin]

No date right now, We are working on stability issues actively

[dark wing]

@fleet urchin Is this still an ongoing issue? I've had spawn issues in my hangout map (Bridge Valley) and wasn't sure if it was my settings or a bug.

If I am in the map by myself loot spawns seem to work, but when we play with a group, they stop working and we have to restart the map so weapons are available again.

[tardy pine]

this was fixed today

[compact portal]

Can confirm. Everything is working great now with regard to items respawning. Still have the occasional 'invisible weapon' bug, though.

[wispy slate]

I've had a map left unpublished for months waiting for this fix. Maybe I can finally bust it out.

[compact portal]

Do it!

[umbral nymph]

This bug is still a thing

It doesnt spawn '?' loot

[compact portal]

Hmm. I'll see if I can reproduce the ❓bug on my map later tonight and post the result.

[umbral nymph]

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[compact portal]

Ahh, you made this map? I've had a lot of fun in there in spite of limited weapons. Good work!

I would suggest that you reloot it with with 'assigned loot' just to get it back in rotation. I know that's not the point, but it would make it more playable immediately.

[umbral nymph]

I have been trying but I am too lazy and I get bored in builder when I am alone very quickly

[compact portal]

Come on man, you can do it in less than an hour.. 😁

[umbral nymph]

probably not , i am a massive perfectionist so i would have to measure out every placement

[compact portal]

Loot placement in Hangouts is a much bigger deal than in a typical TDM.

Here's a little tip, if you make ammo unlimited then it won't automatically spawn a box next to each gun on the shelf in your Walmart.

Looks cleaner that way.

[umbral nymph]

I dont want it to be unlimited but i will clean that up later

[compact portal]

The ❓spawns on those shelves are going to be tricky. Especially with the matadors and uzis. They automatically spawn two boxes of ammo.

[umbral nymph]

alright ill try to load up the map with loot by tuesday

[compact portal]

.. this is a beautiful Saturday to waste 😁

[umbral nymph]

today is too late , tomorrow im going on a trip and monday ill start working on it

[compact portal]

@fleet urchin
Three current issues in Hangouts:

1. Random❓loot items don't spawn. This includes the random loot rings.

2. Weapons carried by other players are frequently invisible. When this is observed, some other players will see the weapon and some won't. The player with the 'invisible gun' can see the gun in their hands. *It is possible that this is limited to only the 2 star Magnum but I'm not sure. EDIT: It is NOT limited to the 2 star Magnum.

3. When the 2 star SMAW is placed as a loot spawn on a map, it appears red for some players (not all) until they pick it up and view it in their Weapon Wheel where it will indicate that it is a 2 star. If I drop it from my inventory then it appears red again.

I think that's it right now. It's been so much better since you guys fixed the 'assigned loot' spawning issue. Thanks for your support.

[umbral nymph]

Random ❓ loot always spawns 2 star weapons

[wispy slate]

I don't think any of these bugs are limited to Hangouts

[umbral nymph]

But they mostly affect hangouts , unless BR also has them

[compact portal]

It shouldn't.

[compact portal]

I'm not experiencing #1 with any of my other maps. All the random loot spawns produce loot. I haven't seen #3 outside of Hangouts.

[umbral nymph]

for me it does

[wispy slate]

@compact portal Next time I'm in build I'll see if my problem map is working. Honestly with the game being unplayable for over a month me and my group largely moved on from pop1.

[compact portal]

You should hop back into the game and see if this most recent update did the trick. The cache issue that was over taxing the servers seems to have been resolved, and with that I've experienced much less frame dropping.

[wispy slate]

@compact portal Indeed most of the bugs are now fixed. I'm just saying we've gotten into other games and such. Not too excited to go back.