0008607: Fix Anachronism missions in The Deep have no native monsters - Arcen Idea Tracker (Bugs and Features)

ID	Project	Category		Date Submitted	Last Update

0008607	Valley 1	Bug - Gameplay		Jun 17, 2012 4:18 pm	Jul 7, 2012 11:29 am

Reporter	jruderman	Assigned To	Chris_McElligottPark
Status	assigned	Resolution	open
Product Version	1.101 ( Post-Launch Series 1)

Summary	0008607: Fix Anachronism missions in The Deep have no native monsters
Description	At least on the second continent (when swamp monsters are not yet unlocked), there are no native monsters that can spawn in Fix Anachronism missions in The Deep.
Tags	No tags attached.

Internal Weight	Major Problem

lavacamorada Jun 17, 2012 8:36 pm reporter ~0025909	Abandoned Town has the same issue.

TechSY730 Jun 17, 2012 9:41 pm reporter ~0025910	I think the "parent" issue is that The Deep and Abandoned Town region types don't have any native monsters that don't need unlocking assigned to them. Thus, if you can make it to The Deep or Abandoned Town areas without triggering any of their monster types' unlock requirements, you can get silly situations like these.

lavacamorada Jun 17, 2012 11:28 pm reporter ~0025911	Unlocking isn't the problem. Both of these region types always have monsters that can spawn in them, but those monsters don't show up in Anachronism missions, either because they're specifically forbidden (entropy bats, sniper balloons) or because they're too big to be seeded in the rooms (Thul heads, small urban mechs).

Pyrrhic Jul 7, 2012 11:12 am reporter ~0026450	I think I can explain this, at least for indoors Fix Anachronism missions (are they all indoors, or are there some cave FA missions?). At least on continent 2, I think the only Deep monsters that spawn indoors are bats. Bats are forbidden from Fix Anachronism missions, as far as I know. --> If a Fix Anachronism mission is indoors, there are no acceptable Deep monsters that can spawn in it. A solution would be to make an exception for indoors Fix Anachronism missions, letting Thul Heads and Tentacles spawn indoors, just for these missions. I think this is already done in most regions, where you can find Whirlwinds and those Fast Fireball Hedgehogs, normally never spawning indoors, instead allowed to spawn for these missions.

Moo Jul 7, 2012 11:29 am reporter ~0026454	Same issue in an Abandoned Town indoors Anachronism mission just now.

Date Modified	Username	Field	Change
Jun 17, 2012 4:18 pm	jruderman	New Issue
Jun 17, 2012 8:36 pm	lavacamorada	Note Added: 0025909
Jun 17, 2012 9:41 pm	TechSY730	Note Added: 0025910
Jun 17, 2012 11:28 pm	lavacamorada	Note Added: 0025911
Jun 18, 2012 2:12 pm	tigersfan	Internal Weight	=> Major Problem
Jun 18, 2012 2:12 pm	tigersfan	Assigned To	=> Chris_McElligottPark
Jun 18, 2012 2:12 pm	tigersfan	Status	new => assigned
Jul 7, 2012 11:12 am	Pyrrhic	Note Added: 0026450
Jul 7, 2012 11:29 am	Moo	Note Added: 0026454