# NPC situation?

**URL:** <https://discourse.cataclysmdda.org/t/npc-situation/7556>\
**Category:** The Bunker\
**Created:** [October 11, 2014, 9:05pm UTC](https://discourse.cataclysmdda.org/t/npc-situation/7556 "2014-10-11T21:05:27Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 20\
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**Author:** ![bahihs](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/3d9bf3/32.png) [@bahihs](https://discourse.cataclysmdda.org/u/bahihs)\
**Post date:** [October 11, 2014, 9:05pm UTC](https://discourse.cataclysmdda.org/t/npc-situation/7556/1 "2014-10-11T21:05:27Z")

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

Playable?  
Static or Random?

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**Author:** ![acehawk](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/65b543/32.png) [@acehawk](https://discourse.cataclysmdda.org/u/acehawk)\
**Post date:** [October 11, 2014, 10:06pm UTC](https://discourse.cataclysmdda.org/t/npc-situation/7556/2 "2014-10-11T22:06:26Z")

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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.

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**Author:** ![HunterAlpha1](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/6f9a4e/32.png) [@HunterAlpha1](https://discourse.cataclysmdda.org/u/HunterAlpha1)\
**Post date:** [October 11, 2014, 10:19pm UTC](https://discourse.cataclysmdda.org/t/npc-situation/7556/3 "2014-10-11T22:19:56Z")

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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.

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**Author:** ![bahihs](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/3d9bf3/32.png) [@bahihs](https://discourse.cataclysmdda.org/u/bahihs)\
**Post date:** [October 11, 2014, 11:02pm UTC](https://discourse.cataclysmdda.org/t/npc-situation/7556/4 "2014-10-11T23:02:04Z")

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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.

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**Author:** ![Arek\_PL](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/b77776/32.png) [@Arek\_PL](https://discourse.cataclysmdda.org/u/Arek_PL)\
**Post date:** [October 11, 2014, 11:11pm UTC](https://discourse.cataclysmdda.org/t/npc-situation/7556/5 "2014-10-11T23:11:41Z")

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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

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**Author:** ![NoobKid](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/6bbea6/32.png) [@NoobKid](https://discourse.cataclysmdda.org/u/NoobKid)\
**Post date:** [October 12, 2014, 8:58am UTC](https://discourse.cataclysmdda.org/t/npc-situation/7556/6 "2014-10-12T08:58:09Z")

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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.

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**Author:** ![KA101](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/278dde/32.png) [@KA101](https://discourse.cataclysmdda.org/u/KA101)\
**Post date:** [October 12, 2014, 6:50pm UTC](https://discourse.cataclysmdda.org/t/npc-situation/7556/7 "2014-10-12T18:50:55Z")

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> [@NoobKid](#):
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> (…)even one arsonist girl with Lupine ears.(…)

That would be [Ms. Sanchez](http://smf.cataclysmdda.com/index.php?topic=19.msg154099#msg154099).

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**Author:** ![NoobKid](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/6bbea6/32.png) [@NoobKid](https://discourse.cataclysmdda.org/u/NoobKid)\
**Post date:** [October 13, 2014, 5:38am UTC](https://discourse.cataclysmdda.org/t/npc-situation/7556/8 "2014-10-13T05:38:12Z")

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

That would be [Ms. Sanchez](http://smf.cataclysmdda.com/index.php?topic=19.msg154099#msg154099).[/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.

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**Author:** ![Bonevomit](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/e9c0ed/32.png) [@Bonevomit](https://discourse.cataclysmdda.org/u/Bonevomit)\
**Post date:** [October 13, 2014, 6:28am UTC](https://discourse.cataclysmdda.org/t/npc-situation/7556/9 "2014-10-13T06:28:48Z")

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

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**Author:** ![ChristopherWalken](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/ecccb3/32.png) [@ChristopherWalken](https://discourse.cataclysmdda.org/u/ChristopherWalken)\
**Post date:** [October 13, 2014, 7:18am UTC](https://discourse.cataclysmdda.org/t/npc-situation/7556/10 "2014-10-13T07:18:31Z")

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

That would be [Ms. Sanchez](http://smf.cataclysmdda.com/index.php?topic=19.msg154099#msg154099).[/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.

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**Author:** ![NoobKid](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/6bbea6/32.png) [@NoobKid](https://discourse.cataclysmdda.org/u/NoobKid)\
**Post date:** [October 13, 2014, 9:19am UTC](https://discourse.cataclysmdda.org/t/npc-situation/7556/11 "2014-10-13T09:19:13Z")

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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!!!

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**Author:** ![ChristopherWalken](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/ecccb3/32.png) [@ChristopherWalken](https://discourse.cataclysmdda.org/u/ChristopherWalken)\
**Post date:** [October 13, 2014, 9:46am UTC](https://discourse.cataclysmdda.org/t/npc-situation/7556/12 "2014-10-13T09:46:57Z")

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[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.

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**Author:** ![NoobKid](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/6bbea6/32.png) [@NoobKid](https://discourse.cataclysmdda.org/u/NoobKid)\
**Post date:** [October 13, 2014, 10:52am UTC](https://discourse.cataclysmdda.org/t/npc-situation/7556/13 "2014-10-13T10:52:45Z")

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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.

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**Author:** ![ChristopherWalken](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/ecccb3/32.png) [@ChristopherWalken](https://discourse.cataclysmdda.org/u/ChristopherWalken)\
**Post date:** [October 13, 2014, 1:57pm UTC](https://discourse.cataclysmdda.org/t/npc-situation/7556/14 "2014-10-13T13:57:18Z")

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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.

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**Author:** ![NoobKid](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/6bbea6/32.png) [@NoobKid](https://discourse.cataclysmdda.org/u/NoobKid)\
**Post date:** [October 13, 2014, 2:10pm UTC](https://discourse.cataclysmdda.org/t/npc-situation/7556/15 "2014-10-13T14:10:47Z")

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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.”

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**Author:** ![John\_Candlebury](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex016/user_avatar/discourse.cataclysmdda.org/john_candlebury/32/6437_2.png) [@John\_Candlebury](https://discourse.cataclysmdda.org/u/John_Candlebury)\
**Post date:** [October 13, 2014, 2:17pm UTC](https://discourse.cataclysmdda.org/t/npc-situation/7556/16 "2014-10-13T14:17:29Z")

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> [@NoobKid](#):
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> 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.

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**Author:** ![Dark\_Star](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex016/user_avatar/discourse.cataclysmdda.org/dark_star/32/267_2.png) [@Dark\_Star](https://discourse.cataclysmdda.org/u/Dark_Star)\
**Post date:** [October 14, 2014, 1:57pm UTC](https://discourse.cataclysmdda.org/t/npc-situation/7556/17 "2014-10-14T13:57:11Z")

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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 _-_

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**Author:** ![NoobKid](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/6bbea6/32.png) [@NoobKid](https://discourse.cataclysmdda.org/u/NoobKid)\
**Post date:** [October 14, 2014, 3:08pm UTC](https://discourse.cataclysmdda.org/t/npc-situation/7556/18 "2014-10-14T15:08:57Z")

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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).

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**Author:** ![Dark\_Star](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex016/user_avatar/discourse.cataclysmdda.org/dark_star/32/267_2.png) [@Dark\_Star](https://discourse.cataclysmdda.org/u/Dark_Star)\
**Post date:** [October 14, 2014, 3:46pm UTC](https://discourse.cataclysmdda.org/t/npc-situation/7556/19 "2014-10-14T15:46:44Z")

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> [@NoobKid](#):
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> 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

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**Author:** ![HunterAlpha1](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/6f9a4e/32.png) [@HunterAlpha1](https://discourse.cataclysmdda.org/u/HunterAlpha1)\
**Post date:** [October 14, 2014, 4:18pm UTC](https://discourse.cataclysmdda.org/t/npc-situation/7556/20 "2014-10-14T16:18:34Z")

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

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