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Automotive Oddities in Vibora Bay

bobgreenwadebobgreenwade Posts: 186 Arc User
edited November 2012 in Gameplay Bugs
I'm not sure these really qualify as "gameplay bugs," but I couldn't think of where else to mention this.

First, parked cars in Vibora Bay don't re-spawn, except when the server goes down (such as during maintenance). This generally isn't an issue, though there are a couple of mobs who normally sit on cars or interact with them in other ways and they look odd when they're doing this with a car that isn't there.

Second, there's a stretch of "road" that moving cars drive along that isn't a road in the game. This goes past the Seventh Chakra in Dogz territory, and through several buildings at about a thirty-degree angle from the actual streets. It just looks weird to see cars emerging from a buildings, driving across the street, and going into another.

These don't really affect gameplay per se, but they do rather break the sense of immersion.
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  • crypticbuxomcrypticbuxom Posts: 4,630 Arc User
    edited November 2012
    There is an affect on gameplay for every traffic accident in the game. It lags the zone.
  • bluhmanbluhman Posts: 2,411 Arc User
    edited November 2012
    You should try and trace the cars forward to see what's causing it. Sometimes it's due to cars clipping into each other by turning at the same time, but other times I've found it to be caused by legitimate problems in the city layout.

    One traffic jam I saw running all the way from the champions HQ to city center was caused by every car in a line obeying a stop sign.
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  • nextnametakennextnametaken Posts: 2,216 Arc User
    edited November 2012
    Yeah the car system needs a reset, the traffic jams look ridiculous especially
    when you have six cars occupying the same space at the same time.
  • misterjustmisterjust Posts: 68 Arc User
    edited November 2012
    Second, there's a stretch of "road" that moving cars drive along that isn't a road in the game. This goes past the Seventh Chakra in Dogz territory, and through several buildings at about a thirty-degree angle from the actual streets. It just looks weird to see cars emerging from a buildings, driving across the street, and going into another.

    I saw this a few days ago, one car just emerged from the side of a building, crossed the street, then drove straight through the building on the other side. Very odd looking.
  • pugdaddypugdaddy Posts: 248 Arc User
    edited November 2012
    Those are ghost cars, adding to the mystique of Vibora Bay.
  • chaoswolf820chaoswolf820 Posts: 756 Arc User
    edited November 2012
    pugdaddy wrote: »
    Those are ghost cars, adding to the mystique of Vibora Bay.

    That almost makes sense.
  • bobgreenwadebobgreenwade Posts: 186 Arc User
    edited November 2012
    bluhman wrote: »
    One traffic jam I saw running all the way from the champions HQ to city center was caused by every car in a line obeying a stop sign.

    Obeying stop signs? Fie! ;)

    I've seen traffic jams like that in both cities. For me, they actually make the place seem a little more realistic.
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  • brianblack8281brianblack8281 Posts: 70 Arc User
    edited November 2012
    I have a video of this. I was going to post my own bug thread but I think it well do just fine here.

    http://youtu.be/CrPJtse61Xk
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  • bobgreenwadebobgreenwade Posts: 186 Arc User
    edited November 2012
    I also noted yesterday that the same thing is happening with patio furniture -- destroy it, and it doesn't respawn until the next update.
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