NPCs in Bushes

Hey KpucTaJl i am a big fan of your plugins and my players love them. This one is no different. 

The only feedback i get alot from my players is the frustration when NPCs shoot at them from behind or within bushes - in vanilla rust, Facepunch updated the NPCs so they no longer do this, they'll either disengage or they'll try to find a way around the bush - I wonder if this behavior could be implemented in Better Npc? 

All the best!

-Rogder Dodger

I've added a note regarding checking into this to see if there is anything overwriting their behavior in the plugin the next time the plugin is being looked at for updates and suggestions.

Thank you for the feedback @rogder dodger!

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@rogder dodger

Hello, I apologize for the strange sequence of messages, unfortunately, this will not be even in the next big update for NpcSpawn and BetterNpc, because the developer said that it would not be possible to implement this, if it were possible, he would add it.

On 1/16/2026 at 1:10 AM, aimacak said:

@rogder dodger

Hello, I apologize for the strange sequence of messages, unfortunately, this will not be even in the next big update for NpcSpawn and BetterNpc, because the developer said that it would not be possible to implement this, if it were possible, he would add it.

If it's not possible i understand - I do note that Facepunch updated their AI to operate this way and the default NPCs cannot shoot through bushes. I wonder how they did it and whether they will add modding support for it in future  

8 hours ago, rogder dodger said:

If it's not possible i understand - I do note that Facepunch updated their AI to operate this way and the default NPCs cannot shoot through bushes. I wonder how they did it and whether they will add modding support for it in future  

I'm sorry, I forgot to comment on shooting from behind, if you're talking about the fact that when the NPC has its back to the player and detects the player, the NPC shoots with its back before turning towards the player, then this will be fixed, in general, their behavior will be closer to the default NPC, they will have a lower there is a delay between attacks, they will squat normally, they will increase the spray time at a short distance, and much more, but I associated the moment with the bush with a situation when the default NPC is trying to find a shelter for safely reloading weapons, this behavior will not be implemented. Since we may have difficulties with translation, you can show on the video exactly what you are talking about, I will be able to answer you more precisely, if you of course have the desire and it will not take you much time