5 players in a game?

[Thuse]

https://steamuserimages-a.akamaihd.net/ugc/937185366737183746/72FCF5B17171D987545F42052BE2FC23A3938B9F/
picture ses it all. i joined a game out in the area where u look for game lobbies etc. saw one game and just as i joined it turned to 4 players (circles) and when i got in we were 5 ppl.
when the game finished we were 5 ppl in the lobby and could queue for a new game and run another run. da fock?

[Shoddyan]

I've had this happen while JOINING two different player sessions.

The first time was last night (about 24 hours ago) when seemed to be caused by the host starting a game and then crashing. He restarted the game and re-hosted a game session. We think that the server accepted players into both "sessions" but directed them to the same host. The result was we ended up with 8 players in a mission. It went fast.

The second time I had it happen again this morning when I joined another player's server and a 5th player kept joining and then leaving not sure how it happened. Everyone seemed genuinely confused.

Some things to note: The game works fine with 8 people, though it is unbalanced. More guns make shorter work out of enemies and they don't scale difficulty to get harder. The drop pod only leaves when ALL players have entered. Not just 4. There aren't enough seats for everyone. Upon returning to the lobby spaceship... players without their own "room" to spawn in will spawn on top of the drop pod. Through a bit of glitching, they might be able to "enter" the pod, though the door will be closed and unable to leave until the host selects a mission.

[Shoddyan]

http://steamcommunity.com/sharedfiles/filedetails/?id=1330973707
http://steamcommunity.com/sharedfiles/filedetails/?id=1330974305
http://steamcommunity.com/sharedfiles/filedetails/?id=1330403332
http://steamcommunity.com/sharedfiles/filedetails/?id=1330402575
http://steamcommunity.com/sharedfiles/filedetails/?id=1330973079

relevant screenshots.

[victor6467]

I've honestly just started playing this game (like 10h+) and this happened to me with 1 extra player, it was really funny but yeah, even just one extra person means you're pretty much gonna make short work of enemies without any issues. Amazing how this bug is still present after so many years btw, I guess it's not gamebreaking or anything so it's not an issue, it's just funny.

[Chibbity]

Originally posted by victor6467:

Amazing how this bug is still present after so many years btw

It's not, what you experienced was likely a mod/cheat.

[Shoddyan]

You're also replying to a thread back in 2018 when DRG was a very different game and didn't officially have mod support.

So maybe these issues remain but enough has changed in the code and scope of the game since my screenshots that I wouldn't count on it.