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APEX Assets Kick clients on Stratis without DLC, or sometimes assets are invisible
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Description

Recently I enhanced my Stratis Wasteland server with an updated map containing APEX assets such as Pillboxes. I assumed that since vehicles/weapons can still work side by side with non APEX clients that this wouldn't be a problem.

This causes 3 issues intermittently...

  1. Most common, clients are kicked off during connection with (Wrong Signature Error, and reference to missing file)
  2. Non APEX clients can connect, but are kicked off when moving within range of an APEX asset. Again a wrong signature error.
  3. Non APEX clients can connect, received no error, but they can't see the assets. They can walk right through assets like Pillboxes and kill you. No collision on the assets either apparently.

This is clearly a bug because there is no consistency in how the game handles clients with missing the assets.

Details

Severity
Crash
Resolution
Not A Bug
Reproducibility
Always
Operating System
Windows 7
Category
Scripting
Steps To Reproduce

For immediate disconnect...

  1. Place a Tanoa asset in the Mission.sqm
  2. Have a client without APEX login and attempt to interact with assets.

For intermittent disconnect or invisible assets...

  1. Spawn in a Tanoa asset using createVehicle.
  2. Have a client without APEX login and attempt to interact with assets.
Additional Information

Until APEX I have been extremely pleased with Bohemia's ability to mix original content with expansion content without segregating players. Allowing vehicle/weapon assets to be present in Stratis but unusable by players without DLC was a great compromise. However this is not true for prop assets.

When new props become available, such as with Altis server admins generally want to decorate their older maps to keep things interesting. As the game gets older though, people are less likely to buy expansions. Which means server owners will be forced to exclude Tanoa(And newer) content from Stratis simply to accommodate people without the expansions. This is an attack on server owners and APEX owners. We're talking about maybe a dozen assets that will significantly improve gameplay Stratis for everyone, but they need to be withheld for non-APEX owners. Even if non-APEX players make up 20% of the server population it's enough to force an admin to keep the assets out.

Please allow all Apex Prop assets to be synchronized with game client for people who do not own the DLC. If any restriction is to be made on prop assets, please simply disable them in the Eden editor for these users.

Event Timeline

Centrifugal renamed this task from APEX Assets Crash clients on Stratis without DLC, or sometimes assets are invisible to APEX Assets Kick clients on Stratis without DLC, or sometimes assets are invisible.Nov 2 2016, 9:31 PM

At least two other tasks going on this. It should be a higher priority.

https://feedback.bistudio.com/T120747
https://feedback.bistudio.com/T119744

MokeyII added a subscriber: MokeyII.Nov 2 2016, 9:55 PM

I agree with Centrifugal, please make a higher priority. my server has the same issue.

xray800 added a subscriber: xray800.Nov 2 2016, 9:57 PM
jareddabomb added a subscriber: jareddabomb.EditedNov 2 2016, 9:58 PM

I Agree this problem is very aggravating when i just want to play some arma with my friends

Can you guys look into this more?

I have to agree as well. This problem is limiting those who want to make use of newer assets in their custom missions.

yes I I agree also

GCB38 added a subscriber: GCB38.Nov 3 2016, 2:47 AM
razazel closed this task as Resolved.Nov 3 2016, 1:20 PM
razazel changed Resolution from Open to Not A Bug.
jag648 added a subscriber: jag648.Nov 6 2016, 12:25 PM