Everything despawns if someone else was around recently

WitchKiller · Post by **WitchKiller** » Wed Apr 07, 2021 9:05 pm

Everything is completely despawned- forgeables, animals/critters-- everything if someone else was around the map recently (<15 min ago) and they leave then you come by.

meus · Post by **meus** » Thu Apr 08, 2021 4:36 am

More probably that person picked those forageables up.

They wouldn't have despawned without a map reload.

WitchKiller · Post by **WitchKiller** » Thu Apr 08, 2021 5:02 am

meus wrote:More probably that person picked those forageables up.

They wouldn't have despawned without a map reload.

We have a sealed and pclaimed area that it happens to, pretty sure no ones foraging in there

hence the 'bug' part. Swamps and caverns are the biggest offenders so far.

Post by **MagicManICT** » Thu Apr 08, 2021 10:51 am

<15 minutes is within the realm of possibility of maps unloading. The rule of thumb is 15-20 minutes, but nothing about is guaranteed. From what I recall when I first read it many, many years ago (like w3), it was something players had tested out. Under heavy server operation, it is very likely map areas could be unloaded sooner to free up memory for areas where players are active.

Procne · Post by **Procne** » Thu Apr 08, 2021 11:09 am

or maybe the map never respawned? If you have it pclaimed then I guess you are living very close to it? If there is someone constantly around then the map won't reload and respawn.
I mean, how else would you know someone else was there 15 minutes ago if you weren't nearby to see it?

Post by **Pills** » Mon Apr 12, 2021 1:55 pm

So when I first saw this when it was posted I thought that the OP probably just didn't wait long enough between somebody else picking stuff for things to respawn.

But I actually had this bug happen to me last night, one guy in my group went and picked some dewy mantles from 4 swamps near our camp, he didn't pick anything except mantles, I went there around 5 minutes after he did and there was literally nothing in any of the 4 swamps. No dragonflies, cattails, frogs, toads etc. They were completely barren. So I do believe there is actually a bug here somewhere

DeadlyPencil · Post by **DeadlyPencil** » Mon Apr 12, 2021 4:10 pm

I think i ran into this a few times late last world as well so i don't think it necessary has to do with this world specifically.

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