Dancer Archive
Thread: Effects droid bug
Mostlyright wrote:
I have noticed a strange bug with these droids and I was wondering if anyone else has come across it. It seems the effects do not work in player city theaters, or the outdoor ampitheaters. i don't know if its because these venues are "Raised" meaning the stage is higher then the base.
So reply to this if you also have noticed this and please bug it in game if you have.
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Yes, we tested this on Ahazi on both player theatre stages and on guildhall roofs.
The effects are playing, but they seem to bebased on what the game considers to be 'ground level'. As both of these locations are considered to be outside of the structures, the effects are 'correctly' playing at the outdoor ground level - which in these cases are deep inside the structures themselves. At first we thought that they simply were'nt working on the theatre stage, until we saw the avain effect for a second or two each loop (the only effect that reached sufficient height to get up above the level of the stage at player theatres).
This distinction the game code makesbetween what is outside and what is inside a structure appears to be the only reason why we can't place objects on theatre stages, or on rooftops of PA halls. Now we can add the droid effects to the list of things that this distinction is making inconvenient.
It's the same as the bug with musician's "placed" instruments.