NPC situation?

bahihs · 2014-10-11T21:05:27.000Z

So, I haven’t played in a few months and was wondering what the situation is with the NPC’s?

Playable?
Static or Random?

acehawk · 2014-10-11T22:06:26.000Z

Depends on what your criteria for playable is. If you mean bug wise, I rarely get crashes caused by NPCs nowadays(I think) and I always play with both enabled.
Balance wise… They can end your game unreasonably quickly or make it WAY easier, depending on your luck and just how cautious/aggressive you are around them.

They also have a tenancy for having interesting items and I love being able to gain free skills from them.

HunterAlpha1 · 2014-10-11T22:19:56.000Z

Agreed, bugwise they aren’t much of a problem anymore, I haven’t had a NPC related crash in awhile.

Gameplay wise, there have been a lot of improvements, but not quite there yet. If they trust you you can have them stay and guard a location so they aren’t always running off, and of course you can tell them to use/not use grenades, guns, and suppressed weapon, and set the engagement rules. AFAIK the only thing that really needs improvement now is a property system so they don’t steal your shit.

bahihs · 2014-10-11T23:02:04.000Z

Hmm, I started up a new character and have to concur with you guys. NPC’s do really need some understanding of property (at this point, I’m just storing what I need underground to prevent stick-fingers).

One question though, how long before I can ask them to teach me something after I’ve already asked and been refused?

Side-note, walking around with a small group makes the game so much more interesting; I imagine if they added personalities, the interactions between the companions alone, would make an awesome game. But really happy the bugs have been taken care of.

Arek_PL · 2014-10-11T23:11:41.000Z

for static npc just make missions for them they will have 100% trust for you

alslo now is good to play with static npc random are good too but they are realy random

NoobKid · 2014-10-12T08:58:09.000Z

I found this Refugee Center a short while ago and finally got the courage to break into it. What I found was AMAZING!
NPCs with names, jobs, personalities-even one arsonist girl with Lupine ears. Then I learned-by interacting with them, of course-that they were all parts of one faction or another.
That was a pretty great addition, to say the least. And I think if you do enough jobs for them, you can get recruited into a faction. The only bug I’ve seen is a terrible crash when you try to talk to mission-related NPCs. Not too big a deal; if you’re aware of the problem, you could just save beforehand and repeat the process till you get it right.

KA101 · 2014-10-12T18:50:55.000Z

NoobKid:

(…)even one arsonist girl with Lupine ears.(…)

That would be Ms. Sanchez.

NoobKid · 2014-10-13T05:38:12.000Z

KA101:

quote="NoobKid, post:6, topic:7556"even one arsonist girl with Lupine ears.(…)

That would be Ms. Sanchez.[/quote]
Finally a Dev I could ask. Are there other settlements, forts, or camps with NPCs that generate now? I couldn’t find anything on the wiki. Also, Ms. Sanchez is awesome! Very very good fanfic material too. Couldn’t get her to be my companion, though.

Bonevomit · 2014-10-13T06:28:48.000Z

NPC quests are buggy right now but otherwise NPCs are functioning alright.

ChristopherWalken · 2014-10-13T07:18:31.000Z

NoobKid:

[quote=“KA101, post:7, topic:7556”]quote="NoobKid, post:6, topic:7556"even one arsonist girl with Lupine ears.(…)

That would be Ms. Sanchez.[/quote]
Finally a Dev I could ask. Are there other settlements, forts, or camps with NPCs that generate now? I couldn’t find anything on the wiki. Also, Ms. Sanchez is awesome! Very very good fanfic material too. Couldn’t get her to be my companion, though.[/quote]

There are bandit camps. They are extremely dangerous.

NoobKid · 2014-10-13T09:19:13.000Z

And you can’t get them to talk before shooting? Wait, are camps and centers only generated on random NPCs? I’m trying to get past a bug where you have to “find a rat” and you can’t talk to anyone while on the quest if you don’t want to crash the game.
I LOVE NPCS!!!

ChristopherWalken · 2014-10-13T09:46:57.000Z

[quote=“NoobKid, post:11, topic:7556”]And you can’t get them to talk before shooting? Wait, are camps and centers only generated on random NPCs? I’m trying to get past a bug where you have to “find a rat” and you can’t talk to anyone while on the quest if you don’t want to crash the game.
I LOVE NPCS!!![/quote]

Last time I approached a bandit camp, I was shot on sight.
The bandits tried to chase me but soon forgot about me to attack flies, frogs and whatever else was around.

I believe camps and centers are tied to static NPC spawns.

NoobKid · 2014-10-13T10:52:45.000Z

Have any of you found friendly settlements and made a sort of base there? I tried once, the guards couldn’t care less even when I started reinforcing the windows. I still haven’t found anything else.

ChristopherWalken · 2014-10-13T13:57:18.000Z

I believe there are supposed to be hidden survivor houses in Forest tiles with people on them (bandits?) but I haven’t found any yet.

And yeah, guards don’t care about anything yet as far as I can tell, as long as you don’t hurt people.

NoobKid · 2014-10-13T14:10:47.000Z

Does anyone know who added/implemented the NPC settlements? So I can find out where to monitor his/her progress? I can’t stand not knowing what’s out there! Because it’s like Bill said, “As bad as [the infected] are, at least they’re predictable; it’s the normal people that scare me.”

John_Candlebury · 2014-10-13T14:17:29.000Z

NoobKid:

Does anyone know who added/implemented the NPC settlements? So I can find out where to monitor his/her progress? I can’t stand not knowing what’s out there! Because it’s like Bill said, “As bad as [the infected] are, at least they’re predictable; it’s the normal people that scare me.”

Acidia made the settlements, made bandit camps, coded the missions, and wrote most of the dialogue.

Npcs not crashing are the product of a lot of effort from various coders.

Dark_Star · 2014-10-14T13:57:11.000Z

Finally some NPC’s camps! 3 So,now i can kill everyone and steal their stuff know someone! i love when there are fightins between factions -

NoobKid · 2014-10-14T15:08:57.000Z

Me too, but it sucks that I can’t seem to figure out how to get recruited into one. I made a “Robin Hood-ish” character who takes from bandits and gives to government officials (the Old Guard).

Dark_Star · 2014-10-14T15:46:44.000Z

NoobKid:

Me too, but it sucks that I can’t seem to figure out how to get recruited into one. I made a “Robin Hood-ish” character who takes from bandits and gives to government officials (the Old Guard).

Uuuuuh,cool chara :3

HunterAlpha1 · 2014-10-14T16:18:34.000Z

So any news if a property system has been implemented in a recent experimental?