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Ok, thanks. If you do oxide.grant user 765611980RestOfYourID updatechecker.setup in server console, does it say granted or doesn't exist?

Hi, Thanks for reporting. I took UpdateChecker as an example and it showed up here no problem, so that rules quite a few things out. I'm testing on window and oxide. Are you on Linux or Carbon, or both?

Seems like halloween.scarecrowpopuation is the correct convar and spawns the correct scarecrows. I tested it without issues so your server's complaint about "assets/rust.ai/agents/npcplayer/humannpc/scarecrow/scarecrow.prefab" is coming from somewhere else. It'd probably be worth unloading any additional npc spawning plugins you have, in case one is responsible.

Oooh ok. Yeah, none of that is BotReSpawn. The persistent "couldn't find prefab" probably relates to you setting "halloween.scarecrowpopulation: "115"", although I do see ScareCrows being killed so Idk, maybe it's something else.. Either way, BotReSpawn doesn't spawn Scarecrows. The specific error at the start - It's a BotReSpawn timer that's flagging it up, and I can suppress that (I will), but the actual problem is coming from your Loottable plugin. It's shitting the bed trying to process a BotReSpawn corpse, it looks like. its methods reference "ScarecrowNPC" which doesn't make a lot of sense because BotReSpawn are not ScarecrowNPC, even if you dress them that way. Nothing that I can see here suggests any navmesh issue but, in your shoes, I'd unload the loottable plugin, for now, and then figure out what convar, or plugin, is causing the "Couldn't find prefab" spam.

Hi, Can you paste the full error message please? I know Facepunch are working on a navmesh transition so, no doubt, there will be bumps along that road, but if there's anything I can do to catch and flag problem npcs that would be ideal.

Hi. Looks like you missed a few updates. Current public version compiles just fine.

Hey, Yeah that last one sounds like dormancy, since they kicked in to life when you unvanished. For the rest, I've had a few reports out navmesh related issues this update. Makes sense, since FP are actively working on migrating away from Unity navmesh. Most of the reports I've received so far seem to be about unusual areas, like out at sea or on top of roofs. One person said they were moving at running speed but doing a walking animation... I'm gather reports as they come in - If I can address them I will. I'm expecting things might be a little rocky until the new navmesh transition is complete... :shrugs:

Hey! Thanks for flagging and sorry about that! I checked all my plugins prior to wipe but must have overlooked this one somehow. It's updated publicly now.

Hi, No, this is very unlikely. BotReSpawn npcs aren't aware of their environment. That just respond to your position and whether or not they have line of sight as they move, but they don't know anything about obstacles, cover, suitable paths etc. These environments like monuments and oilrigs have predetermined paths and cover points that the npcs can make use of. It'd probably be doable to make BotReSpawn make use of those at the various monuments, in future, but in the wild....no. Not really an option.

There are many ways alter the loot available on BotReSpawn npc corpses. One of the simplest but least versatile ways is adding items to the kits BotReSpawn is giving out. Another simple option is using "Rust Loot Source" (per profile) in BotReSpawn UI. It allows you to change the npcs' vanilla loot from scientist to whatever container type you want. Note that this option respects any BetterLoot or Alphaloot changes to the chosen loot profile. I.E. if BetterLoot or Alphaloot normally modifies "Elite crate", for example, on your server and you choose that as the Rust_Loot_Source for your npcs, you will get the modified non-vanilla version. There are other paid and free loot plugins that you can choose, which can give loot to npcs. The specific prefab used in BotReSpawn is scientistnpc_roam. My own free CustomLoot plugin is available here on Codefling and can be set up to give the same loot profile to all BotReSpawn npcs, or can be set up to recognise all the BotReSpawn profiles separately, making it much more flexible.

Thanks for reporting. I've had a few others. I'll be looking in to this today.

Problem solved and tested. No need for any changes to how you're calling enable/disable. There's a required update for wipe on Thursday, so this fix will be in that update. Thanks for flagging this.

I see what's happening. We're not saving back to disk immediately after the change and because enable/disable is tied in to ReloadProfile(), it's re-reading from data file for every command you run. For Default profiles the result should be forgetting all your enable/disable changes except the last one. It's not related to the if (UI) SaveData(); That's there to catch changes you make in UI before clicking "Reload Profile", since, ordinarily, UI changes are saved down when you close it. I think taking out the SaveData() call in ReloadData, and moving it to the bottom (so it always runs) will solve the problem, although it's still inefficient. A better solution, which I'll look in to, would be to allow for an enable/disable string of profiles as one command, so it reads the files fresh once, makes all the changes, then saves back once. Are you able and willing to test the quick-fix? If you need me to mod it and send it over let me know and I'll do that today.

Not strictly, no. There is peacekeeper mode which means npcs will not attack players unless the player is hostile. BotReSpawn npcs do ignore aggro_range settings, for a while, if you directly hit them, so you could try setting aggro_range to something very low...

Everything will be updated before wipe night.

Hi, Are you using quotation marks around profile names where "There are spaces"? If so, is it profile names with spaces which are failing? It may be that I need to insert_underscores_behind the scenes. Let me know, please. I'll look into it today for you. Thanks for reporting.

Oh, wow...Yeah, that would be one super long video! I know there are a few things which were left out or over looked but for the vast majority of options I made their text labels clickable, and clicking gives you a decent description of what that option does. That is in the plugin's main description/overview, but people often miss it. Of course if you have any other questions or issues I'm never far away. It's rare I can't answer same day, or within 24 hours.

Copied and pasted from the plugin description page. Kits. Kits are managed, per profile, in UI. As with BotSpawn, kit probability can be balanced by assigning a number to a kit. When selecting multiple kits, increasing a kit's number increases its chances of being picked. Only kits with weapons in the belt are shown in UI. Most weapons are supported for npc use, including normal bullet and melee weapons, rocket launchers, bows, crossbows, MGLs, nailguns, flamethrowers, etc. Throwable explosives can be used but throwable melee (like spears) can be used but will not be thrown. If you want a video of me clicking 'Kits' then clicking an up arrow, I can do that.

APC_Safe true. It's a per-profile option.

Hey Mal, Thank you for this. I'm away for an overnight but I'll definitely get a look at it before wipe.