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Squads not spawning properly (1.5 R6) (Games : S.T.A.L.K.E.R.: Call of Pripyat : Mods : S.T.A.L.K.E.R.: Call of Chernobyl : Forum : General Discussion : Squads not spawning properly (1.5 R6)) Locked
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Mar 7 2019 Anchor

I have an issue with spawn of Squads. They are shown on the Map (by an addon called PDA Squads Displaying (CoC 1.5)) and i even get tasks to kill them, but they just dont spawn and are only shown on the minimap. i would like to know how i can prevent it, so i would be thankful for your help.

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Mar 8 2019 Anchor

Is there no NPCs at all, or only some specific squads are missing?

Mar 10 2019 Anchor

There are still a lot of NPC Squads and they are not specific, just the typical ones that spawn random. Not every Squad is missing but sometimes they just disappear and then they never get "online", their is just the mark that they (the squad) should be there. Do you had this problem too?


Mar 11 2019 Anchor

Not exactly, I come across squads that was in offline, it's not always a bug, not all squads on map ,all time the time, should be in online mod, it is only a problem if you have a quest for such squad, but I always manage to bring them back to online.

Stalker and mutant squads goes from online to offline and back is a standard thing. That's how some night monsters appear at night, and disappear at day.

If you add -dbg to the game shortcut and then enable "Debug HUD" and "Debug HUD Mapspots" you will see all the stalker and mutant squads and their current status. Then you see some offline squads that have "locked" status, this means they locked from switching to online status for some reason, most of the time these will be nigh monsters in daytime, but stalker squads can be 'locked' sometimes too.

As for what you can do if you want some specific squad on the map to switch back to online? Set to 0 online exclusion radius in your preferences, and try to reload a few time, if didn't help, try to switch level, game load or level change often bring back them from "locked" to alive.

You could also try my mod: Moddb.com

maybe there will be some difference, maybe not, idk.

Edited by: melighos

Mar 12 2019 Anchor

Thank you that you answered me this question, you made my situation clearer. i will give your advises a try and I will have a look at this mod when i have some time for CoC.

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