Just this. 3 times recently I've had either 'exterminating scavenger' or prepare settlement with optional 'exterminate scavenger' objective and when I was supposed to kill 10 scavengers, there were only 9 scavengers to kill.
Exterminating scavengers bug. Not enough scavengers to kill
- Thread starter Walter Anderson
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Did you check the toilet cubicles?
I've had this genuinely happen twice.
The first time I managed to track it down to a particular corner of the storage building which the NPC could fall through and get stuck between the inner and outer wall. After several relogging attempts, I finally managed to kill that NPC quickly enough that they didn't. Patch notes suggest they've fixed that one and I've not seen it happen again with similar buildings.
The second time, the last NPC was on the radar, moving around, clearly in audio distance as their arrow went from white to yellow if I fired at them so hadn't fallen right through the planet ... and I just couldn't see them. It was like an old-style instancing sync bug, except I was the only player around. Didn't happen a second time.
(I've also had a few occasions where the remaining NPC was so far away from the rest of them that it took several minutes of wandering around the settlement firing off shotgun blasts now and then to get their attention)
The first time I managed to track it down to a particular corner of the storage building which the NPC could fall through and get stuck between the inner and outer wall. After several relogging attempts, I finally managed to kill that NPC quickly enough that they didn't. Patch notes suggest they've fixed that one and I've not seen it happen again with similar buildings.
The second time, the last NPC was on the radar, moving around, clearly in audio distance as their arrow went from white to yellow if I fired at them so hadn't fallen right through the planet ... and I just couldn't see them. It was like an old-style instancing sync bug, except I was the only player around. Didn't happen a second time.
(I've also had a few occasions where the remaining NPC was so far away from the rest of them that it took several minutes of wandering around the settlement firing off shotgun blasts now and then to get their attention)
never try scav missions yet! more into the frontier solutions bit, but it the same all over the place. yesterday had just finished 1 frontier solutions and couldn't recalled the dropship,selected a gun, or even heal myself. only solutions is to relog.even had a completed mission recalled ship and there was 1 enemy npc still dropped from somewhere,even when the victory flag was raised
does he belong to you ...sorry he still some where on the planet.
does he belong to you
...sorry he still some where on the planet.Some may walked away far from base, some others stuck in the container or terrains.
Bring a SRV so you can figure where they are.
Another better way is just restart the game by log off and in and play it again.
This type of game play actually is fun, you need to face many ppl and keep stealth most of time.
TBH that is the best part of onfoot play to me and the only moment I feel playing and enjoying, not grinding.
Bring a SRV so you can figure where they are.
Another better way is just restart the game by log off and in and play it again.
This type of game play actually is fun, you need to face many ppl and keep stealth most of time.
TBH that is the best part of onfoot play to me and the only moment I feel playing and enjoying, not grinding.
I've had one under a building... post patch 5 it was.
No indication on the radar.
Just a Bzzt as his plasma bolt barely missed me (he was a sharpshooter and he had a relatively narrow fire arc... from under that building)
He was out of range of grenade or L6 explosions.
Luckily my EDO mission runner is a DBX sporting 2 Advanced missile racks. Several salvos made a short work of him
Mission complete.
No indication on the radar.
Just a Bzzt as his plasma bolt barely missed me (he was a sharpshooter and he had a relatively narrow fire arc... from under that building)
He was out of range of grenade or L6 explosions.
Luckily my EDO mission runner is a DBX sporting 2 Advanced missile racks. Several salvos made a short work of him
Mission complete.
What bothers me is that while you are trying to find that last scavenger or 2, reinforcements will show and they don't count... I mean, they're all scavengers, right? Did somebody do a role call?
"I'm sorry, you didn't kill Bob so we're not going to pay you!"
"But I got 4 others, and Phyllis was higher ranked!"
"Sorry old man, you simply can't just substitute a Phyllis for a Bob, the contract includes Bob so you have to kill him."
"But Bob didn't show up! I dunno, he called in sick or something..."
"It's not our fault, you'll have to take that up with his boss. Now, get out there and kill Bob and make sure it's the right Bob because any old Bob won't do."
"But I killed his boss!"
"Sorry, rules are rules, no Bob, no money!"
"I'm sorry, you didn't kill Bob so we're not going to pay you!"
"But I got 4 others, and Phyllis was higher ranked!"
"Sorry old man, you simply can't just substitute a Phyllis for a Bob, the contract includes Bob so you have to kill him."
"But Bob didn't show up! I dunno, he called in sick or something..."
"It's not our fault, you'll have to take that up with his boss. Now, get out there and kill Bob and make sure it's the right Bob because any old Bob won't do."
"But I killed his boss!"
"Sorry, rules are rules, no Bob, no money!"
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Same thing. Do you carry an SRV? It's a great way to see if the NPC is there but spawned in a funny place like inside a wall, or if it never spawned at all.
Yes. I just got that last night. "Kill 12 Scavengers". I kill 4 of them, 6 more are dropped in and I end up eventually killing every one of those too since they intermixed all over the settlement. Bob was hiding behind some crates in a narrow space trying to phase himself through them so I had to kill 17 others to finally find Bob and get my 12th kill.
Bubb ho no JEENO, HAHAHA... (floor slides open and you fall to a perilous doom)
I had one this afternoon where the final scav was busy walking around underground...
I handed in the current collection of bounties and jumped out then in again, that sorted out the 8 to go again, and added another dozen or so from 2 drop ships just as I shot the last of the mission targets. That was a great time had!
I handed in the current collection of bounties and jumped out then in again, that sorted out the 8 to go again, and added another dozen or so from 2 drop ships just as I shot the last of the mission targets. That was a great time had!
This bug is still very much around. Tried the mission twice, took a video, but frontier servers didnt want to wait long enough to load it up. Anyway filled a ticket with the same screenshots provided as attachments. I looked around the site very carefully. No person hidden anywhere, no scavengers underground either. I'd post the video but its too large. I filled the ticked just to get those 5 mining analytics...
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Exterminate missions are strange, thread levels are off the chart, L3 can be tough and L5 easy, and all the NPC's are stupid, like storm troopers they can't hit anything and it's only when they spawn a ton of NPC's it get interesting.
The only reason I do these mission is because the looting afterwards is SWEEEET
Imo i found best for looting the missions to restore (turn on) power. The ones where the settlements are intact, no fires, no bodies.
So much that i tracked specific states/factions using Inara to find the systems with most settlemens in the desired states to make sure i get plenty ot Turn Power On missions
Good to know however clean a settlement is also full of loot, especially in systems with a large population.
This is still going on..... this is anedoctic, and sad....
Today is 5th Feb 2022 and this is still happening............
Last night I lost my mission cause i didnt have enough scavengers to kill......
Today I got same mission and the same happened...... I then came to check for online help and reached this post.
So, after killing 22 scavengers out of 23 for the mission, there were no more... after finding this post I relogged and it worked, only that I had to start the whole killing AGAIN.....
Frontier is an anedote, dealing and programming with the game we so much like.... this is nonsense!!!
There's always "a catch" in so many freakin things in this game..... there's a million things not working as intended!!!!!!
Today is 5th Feb 2022 and this is still happening............
Last night I lost my mission cause i didnt have enough scavengers to kill......
Today I got same mission and the same happened...... I then came to check for online help and reached this post.
So, after killing 22 scavengers out of 23 for the mission, there were no more... after finding this post I relogged and it worked, only that I had to start the whole killing AGAIN.....
Frontier is an anedote, dealing and programming with the game we so much like.... this is nonsense!!!
There's always "a catch" in so many freakin things in this game..... there's a million things not working as intended!!!!!!
Glass half full, or half empty?
I think that I am the former. I do not stress over minor things going wrong, and often take advantage of the situation. Leave and go into super cruise and return or do another mission and then return. Another bite at the cherry to kill more, loot more have a good time. If it still does not work, it's only a game, move on. Minor irritation at most. Just remember all the missions when things went smoothly which far outweigh the few times when things went wrong. Problem is, the smooth times do not stick in our memory, or cause us to write posts.
Steve 07.
I think that I am the former. I do not stress over minor things going wrong, and often take advantage of the situation. Leave and go into super cruise and return or do another mission and then return. Another bite at the cherry to kill more, loot more have a good time. If it still does not work, it's only a game, move on. Minor irritation at most. Just remember all the missions when things went smoothly which far outweigh the few times when things went wrong. Problem is, the smooth times do not stick in our memory, or cause us to write posts.
Steve 07.
I've found that it's been affecting raids and massacres now, too. The other day I had one that was "exterminate the settlement occupants (0/16), got to 15/16 and there was nobody left on contacts or the settlement terminal.
Left, came back, checked contacts, could only find 15. Checked a terminal without killing anyone, there were only 15 there. Decided to see if reinforcements would count, shot a guy, and the counter didn't increment even though I'd blatantly just killed one of the settlement occupants right there. Ended up abandoning it.
Left, came back, checked contacts, could only find 15. Checked a terminal without killing anyone, there were only 15 there. Decided to see if reinforcements would count, shot a guy, and the counter didn't increment even though I'd blatantly just killed one of the settlement occupants right there. Ended up abandoning it.