Invisible Bot players

(viperfx) #1

Hi,
firstly, I am really enjoying brink - even with all the bugs I dont mind because the gameplay is quite solid and there is always another something to do via another objective. Anyways, when I found out this game has dedicated servers I was sold, but I was not aware that the single player would use a listening server.

The problem with listening servers is they need UDP connections and so that means I need to port forward and I am in uni atm therefore I cannot. This is a temporary problem, however for people who actually cannot portforward or dont know how to then this problem may arise I believe.
Here are some screen with dev console enabled to help identify the problem:
Screenshot 1
Screenshot 2

Thanks.

(Mustang) #2

I’ve seen it with human players also

(DIE_75) #3

It seems to happen even if you have your ports forwarded. It has never happened in singleplayer to me but it has happened in multiplayer.

Here’s another thread about it:

http://www.splashdamage.com/forums/showthread.php?t=25436

(MaTaX) #4

yeah me an a few buddies were playing last night and joined a public server and one of them we could not see on the score board and actually had a different name altogether and was invisible in the world, my other friend said he could not see any of the enemy team, just names

(Whydmer) #5

cool so it wasn’t just me.

(DIE_75) #6

Any word from Splash Damage on whether they have been able to reproduce invisible players? It has happened to me on Aquarium and Security tower and only in multiplayer.

The only way to fix it is to back out of the server and sign back in.

Other than audio issues on some maps (which looks to be fixed in the next update) this is the only issue I still have that can really mess up the game for me.

(jeez) #7

Oh good then im not crazy. Looked to me the invisibility bug only happened to bots and mostly in campaign games but just now i had a match where i was constantly getting shot by someone who was invisible and not even listed on the enemy team (which was full, no empty spot). At first i thought some kiddie admin was having fun on his server but some other people occasionally killed him…serious twilight zone vibes there :eek:

Fix plix :C