Disappearing NPCs?

Scraphound · 2016-11-23T03:10:50.000Z

Hey guys. I’m new. Saw the RPS post and, well, here I am. I haven’t been able to tear myself away from this game for a week now.

Anyway, I started a game with NPCs on. Had an NPC in my evac shelter. Recruited him. Everything’s been going smoothly. He wanted a relic or something from the local cathedral, so off we went. Cleared out the main level, then I went down the stairs. I walked a few steps and realized my buddy wasn’t with me. No sweat. Ran back up the stairs… and he’s gone.

I’ve wandered all around the cathedral and I can’t find him anywhere. Cleared out the lower level and he’s not there, either.

What’s up? His quest doesn’t show up as failed–I assume if he mysteriously died it would be a failure. Also, no corpse anywhere I can find. Any way I can recover my NPC friend or am I out of luck?

StopSignal · 2016-11-23T04:06:14.000Z

Damn! Does he appear on the main map at least?

Scraphound · 2016-11-23T04:29:04.000Z

Yeah, he does. His name is in the same spot he was at before I went down the stairs. I’ve walked circles, hit control C and control V to try and communicate/spot him. The map says he’s there, but I can’t find him.

I think the demigorgon claimed him.

mlangsdorf · 2016-11-23T13:18:59.000Z

That’s happened to me a couple of times, and it’s weird and annoying.

You can fix it it by going into the save file, finding the NPC’s name, finding the xpos and ypos entries, and setting them both to 1. That will cause your NPC to appear somewhere in the local map the next time you reload.