Bug in the church?

[zioste81]

Scenario with the priest and the peaceful (er, at least he used to be) guy roaming around the building on the right. Met them both without problems, no hostile interactions, didn't steal anything, didn't wield a weapon (I didn't have any with me - I figured, why should I?). Then I started digging a pile of debris in the lowest room on the right, and they came rushing at me and attacked me, killing Katia in the process.

It turns out it was the last night of war, in a nearly perfect game. Imagine my joy...

[Davin]

Yeah, the "abandoned" vestry building behind the church is really bugged.

As near as I can tell, the trigger is civilians from the other end of the map wandering into the abandoned area while you're in there. They treat the abandoned vestry the same as the personal quarters (the off-limits area), triggering mass hysteria if they discover you interacting with anything. They can also trigger off of doors you leave open as they see this as signs of intrusion. This is made worse because if you trigger hysteria, the scavenger with the pistol will respond to the broadcasts for help and start gunning you down. (in one instance they even called out to the scavenger by name and he replied with "On it!")

Chopping wood and digging are particularly bad due to the amount of noise those actions generate. The civilians will also bypass the ground level door if you leave it barred: they'll make a remark about being unable to pass it, then walk right through it immediately.

If you trigger this by accident, just hit Alt-F4 before someone kills you. This will let you restart the day. It's cheating, but this is pretty clearly a case of unintended behavior and you shouldn't have to die or be forced to murder for it.

[Vardis]

You can have the same problem with the crazy women with a shotgun. One of the unarmed ones wandered all the way over to the left side of the map, saw the other scavenger, and pitched a fit, causing shotgun girl to come running.

[xtnepo]

Church is bugged even when trading with the priest if some civilian happen to climb up when our trading.

[GoodOldLeon]

That explains why people started trying to kill me out of the blue. Good to know.

[CharcoalAttack!]

im glad this was brought up. Lost Cveta after the priest beat me to death for nothing. At least i got my revenge by massacreing the whole church without losing any morale the next day.(guess thats a win-win)

[SpaceCat]

If you see one of them start running or saying something goofy, then run to the exit and avoid them. When you come back, all will be well.

[dm827430]

Originally posted by Golden Bear:

If you see one of them start running or saying something goofy, then run to the exit and avoid them. When you come back, all will be well.

If you can get to the priest, talk to him and make a trade. This seems to calm them both down

[WaywardPython]

I've never had this bug triggered but, thinking about it, I've always done a trade with Father Olek first. Maybe that's the tip.

[Davin]

Originally posted by ursulahx:

I've never had this bug triggered but, thinking about it, I've always done a trade with Father Olek first. Maybe that's the tip.

Interesting theory. I've noticed that this tends to happen more on follow-up visits myself, so there may be something to this. I'll see if it improves things for me.

[smollers]

making trade-way to win

[Personal Finest Shawn]

I've got the people mad at me in two plays with the church. Once was when I was digging through piles under the house next to the church. The other time was when I was leaving and hit "run to exit". My guy slammed a door in the priest and he started to get aggressive. Does running through doors hurt people?

[Ppuggo]

what the hell! i just wasted a life and important ♥♥♥♥ because of that.

[The Mighty Georg]

I know this is an old post but... This is still ruining my games to date, its so annoying and really buggy. Ive played over a 150 hours without mods and sometimes you can clear those rubbles with the guy smoking and he doesnt doesn't care, sometimes just walking up the ladder they attack you, ive had it with and without trading. thing is its usually day 7-10 and really upsets the game, if you manage to clear the zone so you just trade and never have to go down the stairs it will run fine.

I wouldnt mind if every time they see you they aggro but it just isnt the case.