Im seeing a couple of mixed messages on what exactly is going on with ticks in game so I would like to ask any one from FDev to give an update on the situation. I spent the last couple days forcing a civil war in Marki and the tick times have been changing constantly over the last week. That is one part of it. However now that the civil war has started there isnt any conflict zones spawning in system. Or maybe you could point me to one solid answer already on the forums that explains everything that is happening. Did you guys move or something and everything needs to be caught back up? Um....Hopefully that was just a joke I heard. lol
Ticks not correct times and states not fully updating. Any info is appreciated FDev.
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Try switching modes. It's a matter of instancing with CZs sometimes. Just yesterday, as I was helping my player groups BGS, I couldn't find CZs either but in solo mode only. Which is quite annoying.
We get sometimes different results after tick because it's not up-to-date at every client. A restart solves the problem for now but it's still annoying because we got also some problems with our API through this.
That the tick happens every time a little bit later is usual. It was always this way and we think that the delay depends on player actions. More actions = more time needed for results
War / civil war sometimes spawns CZ's only some or many hours after the state went active. Also usual.
That the tick happens every time a little bit later is usual. It was always this way and we think that the delay depends on player actions. More actions = more time needed for results
War / civil war sometimes spawns CZ's only some or many hours after the state went active. Also usual.
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I've seen this too. Open and PG would have no CZs, but there it is in Solo. It's worth a shot.
I have had times where the server tick has happened but the game doesnt show the latest state, a restart has always fixed this.
As for CZs not showing up i would say check every planet in the system in multiple game modes, at times I've had CZs spawn at a planet 12kls away despite no settlement near and sometimes ive had CZs only spawn in solo.
As for CZs not showing up i would say check every planet in the system in multiple game modes, at times I've had CZs spawn at a planet 12kls away despite no settlement near and sometimes ive had CZs only spawn in solo.
Ill do that now. Thank you.
And Im trying this now as well.
And yes they are there in solo and private. I dont fly in those modes often
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While at it, ask them to stick to the clock. Often they are hours late and that can be frustrating. Messes with the plans for the evening flights.
BGS tick time is daily, and has always been only approximately at the same time.
https://forums.frontier.co.uk/showthread.php/232075-Tracking-the-Tick
https://forums.frontier.co.uk/showthread.php/232075-Tracking-the-Tick
Heh, saw you already posted in there. There's isn't any more to it, it just takes a while for the data to replicate across servers. I think Dave Stot said that in the BGS live stream on their Youtube, but it's been a while I'm not 100% sure.
The first part is intended.
True, except when it doesn't. It started out at around 6:00 A.M. for my time when that thread was written. It moved to about lunchtime and is now after 4:00 in the afternoon.
It changes every time FD does an update. There was one recently.
I do kind of feel like not having consistent tick times is like when you go to your local 24 hour store and finding out its not 24 hours and the owner decided to pick random times when the store will be open from then forward
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Thats all I ask. Thank you very much Brett.
The tick drifts. This is normal. Not always pleasant, especially when it gets as late as it is now - which makes operational planning rather tough for those in Europe. I'm in California, and have seen it as early as 6AM local time and earlier, to now after 2PM, and just about anything in between. It is what it is. Whenever a new patch gets applied, it will drift again. It may even skip a day to get it back to a British day time.... All happened before
With regards to CZ's not spawning on the first day of war: they will start to appear about 6-8 hours after that day's tick. You can cycle modes from that time if you don't see them in your preferred mode. Earlier than that, it's not really worth the effort. Hunt for bounties until your CZs appear.
With regards to CZ's not spawning on the first day of war: they will start to appear about 6-8 hours after that day's tick. You can cycle modes from that time if you don't see them in your preferred mode. Earlier than that, it's not really worth the effort. Hunt for bounties until your CZs appear.
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True. And unfortunately, Solo mode seems to spawn them more often than other modes. Makes it hard to wing up unless you're Chuck Norris.
Its actually forcing me to instance switch just to play the game. Doesn't FDev see that as an exploit?
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