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optOut Jul 2, 2024 @ 11:08pm
7th day horde alerted to your position when loading game during horde night hours
title. several times now when I've died to a horde night at my horde base - respawned at my home base then logged out - logged back in and aggro'd the horde at my home base forcing me to run as far away as possible just to die and respawn again to prevent the horde from destroying my home base.
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Originally posted by DthBlayde:
Originally posted by optOut:
if I stay logged in at my home base after a death things are chill. it's specifically a problem when logging out then coming back before the morning chime that alerts them to my position again. doesn't seem right and just forces another death.

Correct. When you die during a BM night, the horde temporarily suspends, allowing you to get your body and gear back. If you are spotted by -any- zed at this time, the horde resumes. If you manage to your gear and remain unseen until the morning, essentially "waiting it out" then you're safe.

The game code checks when a horde starts, and when it stops. That's it. It'll track your kills for that session so that the horde eventually turns into a trickle until it's over, but the moment you log out and back in, the game checks the time to see if the event is still active. Sees "yes, it is" and restarts. New connection, new session, new horde.

You may see it as a problem, but others see it as exp and loot farming. Both aspects are by design though.
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Raythered Jul 3, 2024 @ 1:10am 
Is that not how it is supposed to work?
On a horde night the Z's always know where you are, there is no 'aggro' they just try and reach you anyway possible, and begin destroying stuff if they can't, unless you have constructed some kind of hamster wheel for them.

I'm not even sure if the assassin stealth armour will work.
The main change with this expermental build is that the horde is all night now, they'll keep comming until 3/4 in the morning.

I have seen the same behaviour, just didn't think it was a bug
Last edited by Raythered; Jul 3, 2024 @ 1:11am
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DthBlayde Jul 3, 2024 @ 4:05am 
that is how hordes have worked for a while now, yes. If you log out of the game -before- the morning chime, signifying daybreak; when you log back in the horde starts up again. As far as the game is concerned, it's still a Horde Night and you're fresh meat.
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optOut Jul 3, 2024 @ 5:01am 
if I stay logged in at my home base after a death things are chill. it's specifically a problem when logging out then coming back before the morning chime that alerts them to my position again. doesn't seem right and just forces another death.
Last edited by optOut; Jul 3, 2024 @ 5:02am
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DthBlayde Jul 3, 2024 @ 6:32am 
Originally posted by optOut:
if I stay logged in at my home base after a death things are chill. it's specifically a problem when logging out then coming back before the morning chime that alerts them to my position again. doesn't seem right and just forces another death.

Correct. When you die during a BM night, the horde temporarily suspends, allowing you to get your body and gear back. If you are spotted by -any- zed at this time, the horde resumes. If you manage to your gear and remain unseen until the morning, essentially "waiting it out" then you're safe.

The game code checks when a horde starts, and when it stops. That's it. It'll track your kills for that session so that the horde eventually turns into a trickle until it's over, but the moment you log out and back in, the game checks the time to see if the event is still active. Sees "yes, it is" and restarts. New connection, new session, new horde.

You may see it as a problem, but others see it as exp and loot farming. Both aspects are by design though.
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