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Escort mission NPCs need a way to get unstuck
captaincelestial
Member Posts: 1,925 Arc User
Mission maps often have a hiccup that causes player characters, player ships, BOffs, etc. to be stuck. And along the way, we've been able to get unstuck/recall when necessary.
But there are those who get stuck that have to follow you to complete missions, such as Dr. Eric Cooper and/or Admiral Tuvok in the Iconian War/Between the Stars/Into the Void.
Dr. Cooper got stuck between the curved wall and the floor of the curving corridor. He is running in place, unable to run out of his situation. I tried to help push him out, by running into him, but he's stuck. I also slipped between the floor and wall (mind the gap, that's where we were stuck!). I got out by hitting the space bar while trying to run out. Eventually I got out, but Dr. Cooper is single-mindedly trying to run out of the gap.
Since he couldn't run to the room where I need him to work on a console, while I worked on another in the room, I have to restart the mission to proceed. Maybe the NPC be given an additional behaviour when it's stuck, such as trying to jump out if running doesn't work, a button like the one that causes BOffs to beam up to the player, or there has to be a timer that counts down for the NPC to use an unstuck command or just transport over to the player if not to a nearby spot where it can be able to catch up to the player.
But there are those who get stuck that have to follow you to complete missions, such as Dr. Eric Cooper and/or Admiral Tuvok in the Iconian War/Between the Stars/Into the Void.
Dr. Cooper got stuck between the curved wall and the floor of the curving corridor. He is running in place, unable to run out of his situation. I tried to help push him out, by running into him, but he's stuck. I also slipped between the floor and wall (mind the gap, that's where we were stuck!). I got out by hitting the space bar while trying to run out. Eventually I got out, but Dr. Cooper is single-mindedly trying to run out of the gap.
Since he couldn't run to the room where I need him to work on a console, while I worked on another in the room, I have to restart the mission to proceed. Maybe the NPC be given an additional behaviour when it's stuck, such as trying to jump out if running doesn't work, a button like the one that causes BOffs to beam up to the player, or there has to be a timer that counts down for the NPC to use an unstuck command or just transport over to the player if not to a nearby spot where it can be able to catch up to the player.
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