Game mode: Online private
Type of issue: Bug
Server type: PvE
Region: North America
It appears that @Narelle discovered an unpurgeable location at the base of Heliograph Heights.
For 3+ hours, we attempted every method we knew to get a purge to spawn here. Filling her purge meter, using admin commands, even disabling purge hour restrictions (which IME only matters for a full meter, not for admin-spawned purges), and NOTHING would work. Each time it would complain:
[2020.06.20-14.20.39:966][449]ConanSandbox: Purge Failed for Clan 352327, At Location V(X=361439.94, Y=28504.17, Z=-20171.20), Using Wave Razor Gord’s Kitchen Staff, Reason Failed Failed to validate any spawn points
[2020.06.20-14.27.09:224][597]ConanSandbox: Purge Failed for Clan 352327, At Location V(X=361439.94, Y=28504.17, Z=-20171.20), Using Wave Razor Gord’s Kitchen Staff, Reason Failed Failed to find Home location
[2020.06.20-14.32.19:903][490]ConanSandbox: Purge Failed for Clan 352327, At Location V(X=361439.94, Y=28504.17, Z=-20171.20), Using Wave Razor Gord’s Kitchen Staff, Reason Failed Failed to find Home location
[2020.06.20-14.36.27:096][550]ConanSandbox: Purge Failed for Clan 352327, At Location V(X=361439.94, Y=28504.17, Z=-20171.20), Using Wave Razor Gord’s Kitchen Staff, Reason Failed Failed to validate any spawn points
[2020.06.20-14.39.40:926][ 80]ConanSandbox: Purge Failed for Clan 352327, At Location V(X=361439.94, Y=28504.17, Z=-20171.20), Using Wave A troop of grey apes, Reason Failed Failed to validate any spawn points
[2020.06.20-15.31.43:376][ 22]ConanSandbox: Purge Failed for Clan 352327, At Location V(X=361439.94, Y=28504.17, Z=-20171.20), Using Wave A troop of grey apes, Reason Failed Failed to validate any spawn points
[2020.06.20-15.36.43:677][679]ConanSandbox: Purge Failed for Clan 352327, At Location V(X=361439.94, Y=28504.17, Z=-20171.20), Using Wave A troop of grey apes, Reason Failed Failed to validate any spawn points
[2020.06.20-15.43.14:321][928]ConanSandbox: Purge Failed for Clan 352327, At Location V(X=361439.94, Y=28504.17, Z=-20171.20), Using Wave A troop of grey apes, Reason Failed Failed to find Home location
[2020.06.20-15.46.44:369][978]ConanSandbox: Purge Failed for Clan 352327, At Location V(X=361439.94, Y=28504.17, Z=-20171.20), Using Wave Razor Gord’s Kitchen Staff, Reason Failed Failed to validate any spawn points
[2020.06.20-15.53.15:002][219]ConanSandbox: Purge Failed for Clan 352327, At Location V(X=361439.94, Y=28504.17, Z=-20171.20), Using Wave Razor Gord’s Kitchen Staff, Reason Failed Failed to find Home location
[2020.06.20-15.56.44:991][278]ConanSandbox: Purge Failed for Clan 352327, At Location V(X=361439.94, Y=28504.17, Z=-20171.20), Using Wave A troop of grey apes, Reason Failed Failed to validate any spawn points
Each time, it wanted to purge the same block with some steps right near the water’s edge:
Thinking maybe all the water was problematic, we tried building a line of foundations across to the shore near the Giant Croc, making certain it was snapped to the existing building, but that didn’t work either.
I came up with the idea of building a separate structure on a different building ID (I’d placed myself in her clan using Pippi), and constructed a pavillion large enough to have a higher Building Score than her actual base. The thinking was that this would cause the purge to prefer it as a target with more frequency.
Sure enough, the purge began attempting to target it, but it was more of the same errors:
[2020.06.20-16.01.45:284][952]ConanSandbox: Purge Failed for Clan 352327, At Location V(X=355292.34, Y=29794.62, Z=-20162.44), Using Wave A nest of snakes, Reason Failed Failed to validate any spawn points
[2020.06.20-16.06.45:630][630]ConanSandbox: Purge Failed for Clan 352327, At Location V(X=355292.34, Y=29794.62, Z=-20162.44), Using Wave A nest of snakes, Reason Failed Failed to validate any spawn points
[2020.06.20-16.11.45:991][310]ConanSandbox: Purge Failed for Clan 352327, At Location V(X=355292.34, Y=29794.62, Z=-20162.44), Using Wave A troop of grey apes, Reason Failed Failed to validate any spawn points
[2020.06.20-16.16.46:260][986]ConanSandbox: Purge Failed for Clan 352327, At Location V(X=355292.34, Y=29794.62, Z=-20162.44), Using Wave Razor Gord’s Kitchen Staff, Reason Failed Failed to validate any spawn points
[2020.06.20-16.21.46:642][663]ConanSandbox: Purge Failed for Clan 352327, At Location V(X=361439.94, Y=28504.17, Z=-20171.20), Using Wave Razor Gord’s Kitchen Staff, Reason Failed Failed to validate any spawn points
[2020.06.20-16.28.57:015][882]ConanSandbox: Purge Failed for Clan 352327, At Location V(X=355292.34, Y=29794.62, Z=-20162.44), Using Wave A troop of grey apes, Reason Failed Failed to find Home location
[2020.06.20-16.34.20:176][ 75]ConanSandbox: Purge Failed for Clan 352327, At Location V(X=355292.34, Y=29794.62, Z=-20162.44), Using Wave A troop of grey apes, Reason Failed Failed to find Home location
[2020.06.20-16.39.14:295][386]ConanSandbox: Purge Failed for Clan 352327, At Location V(X=355292.34, Y=29794.62, Z=-20162.44), Using Wave A nest of snakes, Reason Failed Failed to validate any spawn points
[2020.06.20-16.43.20:095][418]ConanSandbox: Purge Failed for Clan 352327, At Location V(X=355292.34, Y=29794.62, Z=-20162.44), Using Wave A nest of snakes, Reason Failed Failed to validate any spawn points
[2020.06.20-16.47.56:792][383]ConanSandbox: Purge Failed for Clan 352327, At Location V(X=355292.34, Y=29794.62, Z=-20162.44), Using Wave Razor Gord’s Kitchen Staff, Reason Failed Failed to validate any spawn points
When I teleported to the XYZ coordinates it was targetting, they were naturally the first block I’d placed for that structure, which was one of the wedges in the center because when you’re building a round structure, that’s the most logical way: start at the center and expand outwards.
Sooo, we tried…
- Removing the greater wheel and placing it on the sand outside: same result: no spawnpoints, no home location.
- Adding a bed: no spawnpoints, no home.
- Deleting a path of foundations up to the 1st block: no spawnpoints, no home.
- Deleting the entire floor except the foundations under the pillars: no spawnpoints, no home.
Finally, I traced the no-build zone around Buc’s Bay with unconnected foundations every 5-10 meters, and THAT’S when the purge finally decided it was OK to attack and target a single foundation unconnected to anything else:
At that point, it finally announced itself as expected and attacked after the countdown, but what a huge waste of a Saturday morning/afternoon. >.<
Lastly, since it bears mentioning, none of the mods in-use touch any files related to the purge AFAIK:
Please provide a step-by-step process of how the bug can be reproduced. The more details you provide us with the easier it will be for us to find and fix the bug:
- Build a charming little place at the base of the spire for Heliograph Heights.
- Witness that all purges, from either a full meter or admin-spawned simply refuse to happen.
- Start building all sort of other stuff in the area to placate the Purge’s targetting logic.
- Finally get purged when you resort to random foundation spam bordering a no-build zone.