Police not doing anything during curfew

[Count Scaphandre]

Something must be wrong with my save file because the police aren't doing anything during curfew. They're not patrolling like they did in the demo, they're just standing by Taco Ticklers watching the bar next door. I don't know if their AI is busted or if something happened that got them stuck, but it makes curfew trivial

To test it out, I went over to them to get them to chase me. After escaping, they just went back to where they were standing at Taco Ticklers and went back to watching the bar.

[RekoHart]

Might just be because the first zone is pretty lax

[Count Scaphandre]

Originally posted by RekoHart:

Might just be because the first zone is pretty lax

No this didn't happen in the demo. There were police patrols in the demo that worked properly. Looking around the bug reports I'm not the only one with this issue.

[AlphazAW]

after 4 am the ai stop patrol i think. so it's like walk in the park after at 4 am

[Abnormal Cybran]

4am time pretty much stops until you go to a bed. The cops seem to have a set patrol through the night but the taco place is their end point so they wait there until the day ends. Would be nice if the patrols were somewhat random, tho.
Oddly enough, while weed doesnt grow during this time, water is still used up, mixers and the labs timers keep going, and your suppliers can still get you dead drops.

[Kai]

Nah, OP is correct. In my 40 hours thus far they're exactly where they say they are. Two stationed outside Taco Ticklers staring forwards the entire time. No patrols.

I think something is broken possibly. Maybe over time as the game goes on?

I used to see patrols when I started the game, along with the demo as well of course. I even used to have a patrol car...patrolling, albeit one that would get stuck or perhaps deliberately park next to the bridge near the basketball court, waiting for the player to pass by.

Else yeah, curfew is a laugh. I tend to do all of my dealing at that time because you get everything done during the day then there's zero enforcement at night so you just roll around getting the curfew bonus on top of every deal you make.

[Count Scaphandre]

Originally posted by Abnormal Cybran:

4am time pretty much stops until you go to a bed. The cops seem to have a set patrol through the night but the taco place is their end point so they wait there until the day ends. Would be nice if the patrols were somewhat random, tho.
Oddly enough, while weed doesnt grow during this time, water is still used up, mixers and the labs timers keep going, and your suppliers can still get you dead drops.

You can keep making meth when it's 4am, so if you're not doing anything you can just have the game on in the background cooking meth while you do something else.