Burglars

[Ice]

Burglar missing from game but music plays. #Bug

[Rubbe]

works for me but they crash the game when they steal something.

[ShortSnaxx]

Same here. The music plays but he doesn't appear.

[Ice]

Originally posted by ShortSnaxx:

Same here. The music plays but he doesn't appear.

I only ever see the El Bandito

[cherry]

I have the same issue but I don't miss the burglar.

[Abgarok]

Now that you mention it, I saw one on day 1, and then never again. (the game did not crash)

When the sound happens it's the raccoon or nothing at all.

[Ice]

Originally posted by Abgarok:

Now that you mention it, I saw one on day 1, and then never again. (the game did not crash)

When the sound happens it's the raccoon or nothing at all.

Same! I only saw him once, and never again. Now it's just the El Bandito, with the burglar music. Odd Bug ngl

[popmanbrad]

Originally posted by Rubbe:

works for me but they crash the game when they steal something.

the ultimate thief one that steals your entire game data forcing it to crash

[ShortSnaxx]

Well he finally decided to show up this time and he does indeed crash the game. Wonderful.

[Ice]

Originally posted by ShortSnaxx:

Well he finally decided to show up this time and he does indeed crash the game. Wonderful. :BL3Facepalm:

Lmao

[Raster]

Mine didn't crash initially but started after or around when patch 2 hit. It seems to mostly affect the renderer. After a couple minutes, the game does let you interact with it and you get audio feedback, the screen will just not update.

What I do is save my game whenever a burglar spawns and put it in 1x play mode and wait for him to be done or the cops to take him away. I then spam the options button until you hear the click to signify that it opened. I then click the (non visible) save button and you'll know you did it correctly if an hour glass shows up a for sec. Quit and restart the game and all should be well except you have your ♥♥♥♥ taken.

[dave_lf]

This is consistent with the original game--the burglar music plays when El Bandito the raccoon appears, but sometimes he leaves almost immediately after arriving, making it appear that the music played for no reason. There are 20-year-old FAQs that discuss this.

[bklj2007]

The disappearing thief is a bug that's been present in the game since one of the later expansion packs (Unleashed) released and was never patched. The thief appears and then immediately disappears without moving because they are "stealing" invisible controller items the player can't interact with. It doesn't happen every time because of the way the thief decides what to steal.

I made a fix for it here (Disappearing Thief Fix folder):

https://www.dropbox.com/scl/fo/64s5a67zzykz4fvb3je7l/AA-UpNOUJZikKS-hgyHMS7c?rlkey=sq891phonz24uex44unz26lxq

Place the NPCController.iff file in the "GameData\Objects" folder to apply the fix. This was made from the Complete Collection physical version but should still work on the Legacy Collection.

[Oqeën Hârt]

Originally posted by bklj2007:

The disappearing thief is a bug that's been present in the game since one of the later expansion packs (Unleashed) released and was never patched. The thief appears and then immediately disappears without moving because they are "stealing" invisible controller items the player can't interact with. It doesn't happen every time because of the way the thief decides what to steal.

I made a fix for it here (Disappearing Thief Fix folder):

https://www.dropbox.com/scl/fo/64s5a67zzykz4fvb3je7l/AA-UpNOUJZikKS-hgyHMS7c?rlkey=sq891phonz24uex44unz26lxq

Place the NPCController.iff file in the "GameData\Objects" folder to apply the fix. This was made from the Complete Collection physical version but should still work on the Legacy Collection.

Even after applying this fix, the bug still persists. I put the NPCController.iff in the gamedata/objects folder, and nothing. It works with the debug file, but it's irritating that the thief comes every day. Isn't there an option to make the debug file, which does work, come every x days? The thief mechanics were fun. Thanks.

[bklj2007]

Originally posted by Oqeën Hârt:

Even after applying this fix, the bug still persists. I put the NPCController.iff in the gamedata/objects folder, and nothing. It works with the debug file, but it's irritating that the thief comes every day. Isn't there an option to make the debug file, which does work, come every x days? The thief mechanics were fun. Thanks.

If the debug version works then then regular one should as well. There's no difference between the 2 files other than how often the thief shows up.

The same music for the thief is used for the raccoon and skunk (and possibly others), so if you hear the music but don't see the pop-up window with the thief, something else triggered it. The thief normally has only a ~3% chance of showing up each night.

[Oqeën Hârt]

Originally posted by bklj2007:

Originally posted by Oqeën Hârt:

Even after applying this fix, the bug still persists. I put the NPCController.iff in the gamedata/objects folder, and nothing. It works with the debug file, but it's irritating that the thief comes every day. Isn't there an option to make the debug file, which does work, come every x days? The thief mechanics were fun. Thanks.

If the debug version works then then regular one should as well. There's no difference between the 2 files other than how often the thief shows up.

The same music for the thief is used for the raccoon and skunk (and possibly others), so if you hear the music but don't see the pop-up window with the thief, something else triggered it. The thief normally has only a ~3% chance of showing up each night.

I'll be more attention to what you're saying and that 3%. I think in the last 6 or 7 hours of gameplay, the pop-up window tried to open with the music playing 3 or 4 times, but nothing happened. I thought they were all the thief bug. Events like The Bandito appeared normally.

Thanks for trying to fix a bug that the programmers themselves haven't been able to fix in 25 years.