NPC dialogue in (some) missions broken (since I19?)
By
Gearhead_NA,
Posted on: 2011-05-13 10:35 in ALL ACCESS Gameplay Technical Issues Bugs
This can happen if you come within the predetermined aggro dialogue distance at the same time as you arrive in the idle dialog distance. This will happen in many missions where they are in a room that is physically close to the entrance. As in a corridor branches off and doubles back so that the room they spawn in is close to the entrance room.
Not sure if this is what you are seeing but tip missions often take place in buildings that have that exact setup since they tend to be smaller maps.
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NPC dialogue in missions seems to have broken since I last played (I19)
Normally they deliver each line by itself with a little pause in between, or hold a conversation between two NPCs.
(I haven't looked closely on AE, but my impression from playing is that mobs can have a idle or spawn dialogue that run when you are in their general area of the map, and then an aggro dialogue that they run when they agg on you.)
Now however they blurt out all lines at once as soon as they are spawned.
For example in a Mayhem, the Security Chief got the "I can't wait until Lunch!" spawn/idle dialogue, and the "Oh No! A Villain!" aggro dialogue.
Now however he runs through both of it as soon as you enter the bank map meaning, I think, as soon as he spawns.
It is even more noticable when you are in a mish (like a lot of tip missions) where various NPCs are supposed to talk to each other. Instead of one of them talking at a time, both dump all their lines at once.
Interestingly enough it seems to occur more for special monsters, bosses, guards, keydroppers, than for normal spawns. Also I have noticed it more in tip missions. Paper or radio missions seems to behave themselves as expected.
I will do some old blue side normal contact arc to see if they are normal. The problem might be confined to tip missions.
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