Worked around it - created the contact as a Boss in a custom "enemy group" other than the one used in the arc (so he won't show up unexpectedly as an opponent). He is non-volatile in that configuration.
My scrapper doesn't need an AoE. She IS an AoE.
Yeah, I have wierd problems with custom critters and groups where the groups won't show up consistently until I exit the editor and reenter.
That blue thing running around saying "Cookies are sometimes food" is Praetorian Cookie Monster!
Shoot on sight, please.
I am trying my hand at writing a scenario and encountering a problem with my Mission Contact. Apologies if this is covered in a thread somewhere already.
The contact is a Person, not a mob. I assign him to the custom enemy group created for the mission.
After testing a mission, he seems to disappear. I have tried creating him explicitly as a person in the custom group, as well as creating him on the fly when creating the mission. Neither approach seems to prevent him from disappearing.
The symptom manifests when the Error icon turns orange because the Custom Character Name field is blank (again).
When I flip to the custom tab and specify the group created for the scenario his name does not appear, nor is he saved as part of the group when I edit it again.
I figure I need to "touch third" in some way to establish this NPC in the arc, but am not having much luck stumbling across the method by cut and try, so looking for any hints here.
I will doubtless feel really stupid when my error is pointed out.
My scrapper doesn't need an AoE. She IS an AoE.