Cargo Drops not randomised

[Olideano]

Hi, I'm a relatively new server owner, I have been noticing along with some of my players that nearly all (99%) of the cargo drops are falling in A0, B0, C0 & D0. I have noticed other threads regarding this but they date back to last year and cannot see a resolve. Is there a setting I need to change or is this a problem at the moment? TIA

[ICC]

There is definitely something wrong. I would say about 25% of cargo drops I see are C0.

[MeanStreak]

Yup still a thing. Would be nice to see more randomness like it used to be before the new sectors

[xKiCkx]

There is no way to preselect where drops will fall, you can use the command to initiate one but it's unrelated to ones that are already falling down. Drops are falling by RNG so it's completely random where it will drop, which means that they can end up in the same location 20 times.

[Maze ♡]

But something is wrong netherless. I recognized it too that the airdrops almost always come down in the same quadrants. If rng would work correctly you would see airdrops comming down on every quadrant of the map. You might see the airdrop multiple times in a quadrant occassionally, thats true. But the rest of the time the other quadrants would also get airdrops which they definetly get not.

[Olideano]

Originally posted by xKiCkx:

There is no way to preselect where drops will fall, you can use the command to initiate one but it's unrelated to ones that are already falling down. Drops are falling by RNG so it's completely random where it will drop, which means that they can end up in the same location 20 times.

Thank you for your reply, and I do appreciate what you are saying, however I have to agree with Maze, my server has been running for around 2 weeks now and the drops were set to drop each hour and my players have only see one maybe 2 during that time drop in any other sector other than A-D0.

[GnArZx]

Originally posted by xKiCkx:

There is no way to preselect where drops will fall, you can use the command to initiate one but it's unrelated to ones that are already falling down. Drops are falling by RNG so it's completely random where it will drop, which means that they can end up in the same location 20 times.

They doin that mostly 0 Line dropping since the new mapextension. There is definately something wrong with your "RNG".

[Siamese]

Originally posted by xKiCkx:

There is no way to preselect where drops will fall, you can use the command to initiate one but it's unrelated to ones that are already falling down. Drops are falling by RNG so it's completely random where it will drop, which means that they can end up in the same location 20 times.

The statistical outcomes clearly show this is not true.

If i had to guess i would say there are just more potential spots in the 0 row. So if the total number of possible landing spots is let say...20 in a sector but in the 0 row that potential is 50. Then just by virtue of that you would end up with more drops in the zeros no matter how random it is.

[AvatarDan]

The server that im playing on also have ALOT of drops landing in c0. anytime I play its almost guarentee'd that c0 will have a drop

[STyx2909]

We all agree on this point.

[Grinch843]

Originally posted by xKiCkx:

There is no way to preselect where drops will fall, you can use the command to initiate one but it's unrelated to ones that are already falling down. Drops are falling by RNG so it's completely random where it will drop, which means that they can end up in the same location 20 times.

I think your RNG is playing favorites :-) On our test server I set it up so drops run every 30 seconds with a 1 hour destruction timer so they all stay on the map, Each set is 30 mins long with a server reboot before each set. I was the only one on the server and I was sitting in the middle of the map. This is what I got.

https://imgur.com/a/7wUSYwm

https://imgur.com/a/7IgwINz

https://imgur.com/a/utra2Vm

[STyx2909]

Originally posted by Grinch843:

Originally posted by xKiCkx:

There is no way to preselect where drops will fall, you can use the command to initiate one but it's unrelated to ones that are already falling down. Drops are falling by RNG so it's completely random where it will drop, which means that they can end up in the same location 20 times.

I think your RNG is playing favorites :-) On our test server I set it up so drops run every 30 seconds with a 1 hour destruction timer so they all stay on the map, Each set is 30 mins long with a server reboot before each set. I was the only one on the server and I was sitting in the middle of the map. This is what I got.

https://imgur.com/a/7wUSYwm

https://imgur.com/a/7IgwINz

https://imgur.com/a/utra2Vm

+1

[Siamese]

Originally posted by Grinch843:

Originally posted by xKiCkx:

There is no way to preselect where drops will fall, you can use the command to initiate one but it's unrelated to ones that are already falling down. Drops are falling by RNG so it's completely random where it will drop, which means that they can end up in the same location 20 times.

I think your RNG is playing favorites :-) On our test server I set it up so drops run every 30 seconds with a 1 hour destruction timer so they all stay on the map, Each set is 30 mins long with a server reboot before each set. I was the only one on the server and I was sitting in the middle of the map. This is what I got.

https://imgur.com/a/7wUSYwm

https://imgur.com/a/7IgwINz

https://imgur.com/a/utra2Vm

The sad thing is that other threads like this one have existed since the addition of the 0 row and some had maps taken even longer periods than yours, like the entire zero zone is filled with parachutes and i mean literally every possible space. Yet whenever it comes up we tend to get the same response. I'll admit when the first post like this came up i was skeptical but the maps are undeniable proof of it.

[MeanStreak]

Originally posted by Grinch843:

Originally posted by xKiCkx:

There is no way to preselect where drops will fall, you can use the command to initiate one but it's unrelated to ones that are already falling down. Drops are falling by RNG so it's completely random where it will drop, which means that they can end up in the same location 20 times.

I think your RNG is playing favorites :-) On our test server I set it up so drops run every 30 seconds with a 1 hour destruction timer so they all stay on the map, Each set is 30 mins long with a server reboot before each set. I was the only one on the server and I was sitting in the middle of the map. This is what I got.

https://imgur.com/a/7wUSYwm

https://imgur.com/a/7IgwINz

https://imgur.com/a/utra2Vm

Nice one. It's what many of us have been saying a long time. There must be some more/other way of randomization devs can do

[STyx2909]

Originally posted by MeanStreak:

Originally posted by Grinch843:

I think your RNG is playing favorites :-) On our test server I set it up so drops run every 30 seconds with a 1 hour destruction timer so they all stay on the map, Each set is 30 mins long with a server reboot before each set. I was the only one on the server and I was sitting in the middle of the map. This is what I got.

https://imgur.com/a/7wUSYwm

https://imgur.com/a/7IgwINz

https://imgur.com/a/utra2Vm

Nice one. It's what many of us have been saying a long time. There must be some more/other way of randomization devs can do

Or check what is wrong.

[Siamese]

Originally posted by STyx2909:

Originally posted by MeanStreak:

Nice one. It's what many of us have been saying a long time. There must be some more/other way of randomization devs can do

Or check what is wrong.

Tomislov did a podcast once and answered a question on this topic. His answer was something to the effect of, we know but we don't know why. He used different words but that was the just of it. So it's odd that there's resistance to the idea at all really.