No visible NPC skiers

[ramajames]

I can't see any NPC skiers going down the slopes or riding the chairlift.

I'm in sandbox.

I created a ropeway, named it, and purchased it. The hours of operation are 30600 to 59400 (default). My ski resort hours are the same.

I followed the Wiki guide to create a ski slope. I set the info layer to 1, and then drew the slope. I copied and pasted the required info into the .lua file. I updated the following: slope number, info layer, name, from, to, and diff. The "from" and "to" are the same name as my ropeway but with "Mountain" and "Valley" added to the end. I then went into the game and purchased the slope.

I opened the in-game editor, waypoints, skier. I create a waypoint that followed my slope. I connected the waypoint to the top and bottom of the ropeway. In the skier waypoint editor, I can see NPC skiers. I can also click on "try spawn skier" and they appear, ski down the slope, get on the lift, ride it up. But once I leave the in-game editor, no more skiers appear.

In the .lua file, I went to "skierSpawnPoints" and changed the "name" to the same as the top of the ropeway. I also changed the "relativeFrequency" to 10.

Still no visible NPC skiers appear on the slope or ropeway.

I found this in the .lua file and noticed it's empty. Should there be something here?
virtualSkiers = { -- begin of table: file.skiResort.virtualSkiers
}, -- end of table: file.skiResort.virtualSkiers

If I open the chatbox and type in "/overrideSkierFrequency 10" then I will see the NPC skiers going down my slope, getting on the lift and riding it, getting off, and skiing down again. But I have to do this every time I open the game. Even after saving it, closing, and opening back up, NPC skiers don't appear unless I type that into the chatbox.

I appreciate any help. Thanks.

[Cdub]

I'm having the exact same issue. Followed all the steps in the Wiki guide and suggestions from other posts. Still no visible NPC skiers.

[Sebomaster]

Hi,
i've checked the section "virtualSkiers" in the .lua file of an default-map and there is quite a lot stuff which looks important for the npc system, but I can also just guess what it does. Maybe you can try to copy these parts from one of the default maps and paste it into your savegame, change the data so it fits to your map and check if it works.
I hope my answer helps you.