Does your published arc suddenly "break"?
By
Alari_Azure,
Posted on: 2009-05-25 06:37 in Mission Architect
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Update:
Well, I was on Test with this arc and was able to duplicate the bug again. Sent up a petition, and got a GM 30 mins later to check the map out with me (was idling in the mish at work). Here's what we found:
1. The boss never spawned (so it wasn't like he spawned and was off map somewhere).
2. QA seems to think it's the map I'm using (Vaults of Mu), but they don't have anything conclusive as of yet.
3. They also suggested I try to trim back my spawns "just a little" to see if it makes a difference. (Harkens back to LJ's spawn count theory.)
I'll be tweaking the mish on Test tomorrow from work based on their recommendation to see if it's duplicable or not. (Will prolly drop the patrol completely and see if that does anything.)
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I've run into maps that lie about how many spawn points they actually have of a given type. However, in that case the non-spawning detail was 100% reproducible.
By the way, I'm accumulating a list of maps with spawn point bugs, but I've been deliberately not reporting them out of fear the maps will just get pulled.
And for a while things were cold,
They were scared down in their holes
The forest that once was green
Was colored black by those killing machines
I haver had a similar experience. My own first arc (To Save a Single Life - feel free to try if if you're looking for what I like to think is a decent story and VERY tough challenge) has experienced similar problems. Sometimes it will be unplayable for no apparent reason, despite a complete lack of error messages - I would like to be able to check it for bugs when this happens, but I cant even try it on test mode). Then, also for no apparent reason, it will magically start working again, and a play through will reveal no apparent problems. After weeks of tinkering with it trying to find what tiny flaw both I, and the automated error-detecting software, have missed, I have given up, and resigned myself to this as just another fact of life in the QoL-bug-plaged world fo CoH in general, and the MA in particular.
If you do learn how to fix it, please feel free to let me know! I would be much obliged.