I have a murder, with good view and access to the cctv in front of the apartment, but..

[toughy]

...no one is on it. Do killer hide in apartments for over a day? Do they use the vents without leaving fingerprints? Or is it bugged? Should I consider camera footage not reliable at all?

I only have a toy car with a fingerprint on it and a writing on the wall, which is cut off... "the new gen"... I think it says "the new generation"... those wall hints are very bugged for me atm. Second time now.

Anyone has an idea?

[amore555]

Wait you can view the CCTV?

[toughy]

Originally posted by amore555:

Wait you can view the CCTV?

Yeah, it is kinda cool actually... if it works.

[Berserkerface]

Originally posted by amore555:

Wait you can view the CCTV?

Yeah if you find a door with a picture of a camera on it you can usually review CCTV for all the cameras in that building (if you have the code or the admin left the computer unlocked)

[Synesh]

Yes you can watch the CCTV, just lockpick the control boxes at ther base and access the pc.
As for the topic itself, yea, happened to me as well. I had an open air murder in the streets, just in view of the CCTV and when I went to take a look at it the time of murder was completly empty, no notices of movement or passengers. Not even the victim shows in the footage before or after the murder.
I think this is due to how the game handles the murders, they don't happen "organically", they are generated by the game that chooses random or loosely connected individuals (if it's not a mass murderer) and then places them in the chosen location alongside potential hints.

[toughy]

Originally posted by Synesh:

Yes you can watch the CCTV, just lockpick the control boxes at ther base and access the pc.
As for the topic itself, yea, happened to me as well. I had an open air murder in the streets, just in view of the CCTV and when I went to take a look at it the time of murder was completly empty, no notices of movement or passengers. Not even the victim shows in the footage before or after the murder.
I think this is due to how the game handles the murders, they don't happen "organically", they are generated by the game that chooses random or loosely connected individuals (if it's not a mass murderer) and then places them in the chosen location alongside potential hints.

Ok, there might be more to it, cause several players reported that a murder happened right in their vicinity, even catching the suspect directly afterwards. I think it happens when the player is not in the vicinity and the murder must be placed like you said. But as far as I know, the game tries to let happen the murders "organically".

[Benalar]

Maybe that camera just didn't catch the murderer? They do move left and right, maybe the NPCs can slip past as well.

I was stuck for a while on a murder, because I chased only after the couple of people that were filmed by the CCTV on that floor. Since that led nowhere, I revisited the murder scene and found a crumbled piece of paper with different fingerprints on them. They were nowhere else inside the appartment, only on that paper.

After some lengthy investigations, it turned out the murderer lived two floors above, and was caught by a camera on the next higher floor, but not on the one the murder happened.

[toughy]

Originally posted by Benalar:

Maybe that camera just didn't catch the murderer? They do move left and right, maybe the NPCs can slip past as well.

I was stuck for a while on a murder, because I chased only after the couple of people that were filmed by the CCTV on that floor. Since that led nowhere, I revisited the murder scene and found a crumbled piece of paper with different fingerprints on them. They were nowhere else inside the appartment, only on that paper.

After some lengthy investigations, it turned out the murderer lived two floors above, and was caught by a camera on the next higher floor, but not on the one the murder happened.

Hmm, that point with the camera angle helps keeping my immersion, thx!

I still did not figure out who the killer is. Went through the crime scene multiple times, traced last calls, profiled ALL people in the adressbook including fingerprint, went through all the colleagues of both workplaces of the apartment's residents... Next I will try profiling all people living in the same building... I guess the text an the wall should point me in a direction, but it seems bugged as I mentioned.