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Stealth 2.1 (Improved Stealth Mod)
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jamba 16 Feb @ 7:49pm
Help Needed!: Add-on is in an almost unplayable state due to a major bug! (on my end)
Hello, I'm having one severe issue regarding the state of this mod, I don't know if it's on my end, the game's end, or this Add-on's end.

This was all ran on All add-ons disabled (except for this mod, of course)

ENEMIES WILL ALWAYS KNOW EXACTLY WHERE THE PLAYER IS WITHIN RANGE
Enemies that I've spawned in the game, will sometimes know exactly where I am, if I'm nearby, even if I'm completely motionless, invisible, and silent. (about the detection range from default half life 2, is how much "nearby" is)
Even when I disabled no-alert mode, they still slowly walk to my position as if they are always suspicious of my location, even if I'm not visible to them in the first place.
I tried to use HL2's AI (NPC) behavior debug, but even that didn't show what was wrong.
I have absolutely no clue what this bug was, let alone if it was on this add-on's end.
Last edited by jamba; 16 Feb @ 8:38pm
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jamba 16 Feb @ 7:55pm 
I would greatly appreciate if someone else could run the game and test to see if anyone else has this bug!
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jamba 16 Feb @ 8:39pm 
EDIT: FPS DROP WAS NOT FROM THIS ADDON, IT WAS IN FACT FROM ONE OF ARCTIC'S ADDONS, INSTEAD
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Hidden  [developer] 17 Feb @ 9:12am 
I did some digging and found a few things:

The "no alert" cheat and the "ignore players" setting don't deafen NPCs. They can hear you and investigate what they hear, but won't get alerted. Same for the invisibility cloak.

NPCs listen for suspicious sounds even when their AI is disabled, and they react when their AI is enabled again. You can tell by the question mark over their heads.

I should add checks in the hearing code for these conditions.
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jamba 17 Feb @ 10:30am 
Originally posted by Hidden:
I did some digging and found a few things:

The "no alert" cheat and the "ignore players" setting don't deafen NPCs. They can hear you and investigate what they hear, but won't get alerted. Same for the invisibility cloak.

NPCs listen for suspicious sounds even when their AI is disabled, and they react when their AI is enabled again. You can tell by the question mark over their heads.

I should add checks in the hearing code for these conditions.
Do they follow the origin of the sound, or the player themselves? When I used no-clip, it would continue to follow to my location only, instead of where i made the sound.
Last edited by jamba; 17 Feb @ 10:33am
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jamba 17 Feb @ 2:20pm 
I checked again, the issue still occurred even if i made no sound whatsoever
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jamba 17 Feb @ 2:44pm 
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=x2uaMTVDGS0
The NPC always know where you are, even if you aren't visible to them, and make no noise.
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Hidden  [developer] 17 Feb @ 3:39pm 
Do that again, but this time crouch-flying. I have a suspicion...
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jamba 17 Feb @ 4:27pm 
Yeah. same thing happens even when crouch flying.
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Hidden  [developer] 17 Feb @ 5:06pm 
Looks like their suspicion is caused by you pressing buttons rather than making sounds. I noticed because he started walking towards you when you deleted the camera.
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jamba 17 Feb @ 5:33pm 
Originally posted by Hidden:
Looks like their suspicion is caused by you pressing buttons rather than making sounds. I noticed because he started walking towards you when you deleted the camera.
Just pressing buttons? I don't mean to sound too critical, but having every input cause suspicion, even if its something like toggling a camera sounds a bit over the top, but i dont know how this addon works completely yet.
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Hidden  [developer] 17 Feb @ 6:42pm 
Oh no, I misremembered the changes I made to the code, that's no longer a thing.
In any case, i'm pushing an update that will hopefully fix NPCs getting sus while their AI is disabled. It should also slightly improve performance.
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jamba 17 Feb @ 6:43pm 
Originally posted by Hidden:
Oh no, I misremembered the changes I made to the code, that's no longer a thing.
In any case, i'm pushing an update that will hopefully fix NPCs getting sus while their AI is disabled. It should also slightly improve performance.
Okay.
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jamba 17 Feb @ 6:47pm 
Originally posted by BladeGray:
Originally posted by Hidden:
Oh no, I misremembered the changes I made to the code, that's no longer a thing.
In any case, i'm pushing an update that will hopefully fix NPCs getting sus while their AI is disabled. It should also slightly improve performance.
Okay.
Performance wasn't the biggest issue after a hotfix from arctic's add-ons was released. The game was running fine, in reality, about 140-120 on an NTSC-U/C 144hz monitor, it just looked laggy, because i was using the base windows PrtSc recorder.
Last edited by jamba; 17 Feb @ 6:51pm
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