Purge testing. Testlive Client. Singleplayer mode.
This test was an attempt to loosely mimic the location and conditions of a faulty purge reported in the Live PC Bugs subforum.
TL;DR - Many purges were triggered by admin commands, but only one wave of Cimmerian Beast Tamers ever appeared. Testing was abandoned after 1 hour of nothing spawning.
The supporting foundation was built from sandstone foundation pieces underwater and sandstone pillars were placed on each foundation stacked until just below the waterline to transfer 100 stability to the primary structure. Sandstone ceiling pieces were placed on top of pillars, and Reinforced Stone Foundation pieces were placed on top of the sandstone ceiling pieces. The primary structure was located at TeleportPlayer -8574.963867 -78903.953125 1313.735107 (marked by a green dot) and was built identical to all of my previous purge testing structures. A walkway leading to the mainland was constructed of Reinforced Stone Ceiling tiles, supported by intermittent sandstone pillars. A landing on the mainland was constructed from Reinforced Stone Foundations and stairs to ensure good ground contact and assist pathing AI. The first and only wave to appear spawned over the water next to this landing. At one point, the mammoth became stuck inside the structure, and my thralls were unable to target him. I admin-killed him, causing the game to report “Cimmerian Beast Tamers are regrouping”, and that was the last purge notification/activity I observed before logging off and exiting the game. After each subsequent attempt to initiate a new wave or a new purge, the event log showed that the purge had ended 2 minutes and 30 seconds after the event log showed that it had begun. I deleted the walkway and all supporting members in an attempt to force a purge to spawn at the main structure, but no on-screen activity was observed, and the event log still consistently showed that a purge had ended exactly 2:30 after it had began for each attempt. I gave up and exited the game after an hour of nothing happening. The following screencaps are presented in chronological order:
