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[Submitted 71550] Two dragons spawning at once in encounter

Discussion in '*** Bug Report Archive (After R75) ***' started by Gwendolyn Obscuro, Jul 16, 2023.

  1. Gwendolyn Obscuro

    Gwendolyn Obscuro Bug Hunter

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    Dragon encounters have always spawned a single dragon. Last year I posted a bug report after seeing double dragons spawning on one of Skeggy's stream. See https://www.shroudoftheavatar.com/f...ing-at-once-in-encounter.172301/#post-1345572 for more information. This seemed fixed last year but yesterday I saw the same thing happen on a Pranksterfanfan stream.

    I haven't had this happen yet myself so I don't have the /bug information. If I find an encounter with this issue I will add it below. I believe Prankster was in a Novia stag plains encounter. I do want to note that many players myself included like the chance at a double dragon but I think it should be up to the devs whether it gets fixed or not.
     
    Gwendolyn Obscuro, Jul 16, 2023
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    Galorn Hammerthrow mentioned that the second spawn occurs when all lesser mobs in the zone are killed, and that if one stops killing lesser mobs after the "great threat" warning occurs, and further lesser mobs exist in zone, it's a single spawn. I've not verified this first hand, just passing on potentially useful information I heard from a knowledgeable player.

    Please forgive my editorializing in the bug section, but I agree that this bug is actually a feature.
     
    Coswald_Dirthmire, Jul 17, 2023
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    That is how it worked last year- basically it is two full sets of mobs in the zone- double deer, double dragons and potentially double npcs at the end. If you don't kill all of the deer you don't often get the second dragon but the second one can get spawned by the first dragon killing stags before it spots the player, or of course by the player killing stags whether it be on purpose or by accident.

    If this bug does get fixed again maybe we could get a new type of dragon encounter in mistrendur that can give 2-3 dragons at a time but only one npc at the end.
     
    Gwendolyn Obscuro, Jul 17, 2023
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    Thanks for the report! Added to issue #71550

    I believe the problem is related to how we use a "Timed Event" script these days to manage when seasonal and aether monsters activate and deactivate depending on the time of the year. In the case of these Plains Encounter dragons, I'm pretty sure what you're seeing is that both the "with aether dragon" and "without aether dragon" spawning sets are activating, instead of the correct way with is only spawn one set or the other.
     
    Sannio, Jul 21, 2023
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    I' m trying to repro this but can't find anything. Killing all lesser monsters or leaving some there doesn't change the final spawn and i see nothing resetting. If anyone have a video of the whole thing or a way to reproduce it please report it!
     
    DavidDC, Jul 21, 2023
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    I haven't come across any of the instances yet myself but saw another one on someone's stream. I don't remember where the most recent one was but this happened twice on Pransterfanfan's stream on July 15th when she was in a group with flair. I will try to find a timestamp for you or see if anyone clipped it.

    on prankster's stream:https://www.twitch.tv/videos/1873031616
    About 1:47 prankster enters the scene from the overworld near spite. They kill dragons and flip the scene until two dragons appear at 2:13. It happens again later in the stream around 2:55.
     
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    Gwendolyn Obscuro, Jul 24, 2023
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