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Title: My characters go invisible
Post by: oktokels on May 24, 2021, 04:01:25 PM
They dissapear in mid game, in some maps (mostly the added maps), they all go invisible, except for a few ones. I don't know why, i don't see a clear pattern to determine what could be the cause. My instincts say maybe could be something with the map, some of them are imported from FF1  :ff:, and i'm playing the 3d reich. Anybody with the same problem???
Title: Re: My characters go invisible
Post by: BentonGrey on May 24, 2021, 11:02:31 PM
Howdy Ok, is it possible they're falling "through" the map at some point?  I know this can happen in the robot factory MP one, for example.  Is it in the same place, or specific characters?  Can you replicate it?
Title: Re: My characters go invisible
Post by: oktokels on May 25, 2021, 12:22:10 AM
Quote from: BentonGrey on May 24, 2021, 11:02:31 PM
Howdy Ok, is it possible they're falling "through" the map at some point?  I know this can happen in the robot factory MP one, for example.  Is it in the same place, or specific characters?  Can you replicate it?
Hi Benton, i know there are maps that have a "hole" in the middle, where the characters could fall down, but this is not the case. Recently i played the russian military base, and it happened in that map, and it continually keeps happening in other maps. I've noticed that if i put a character with private army or with a summon power, it tends to increase the probability of happening, and almost every character dissapear except for their summons or armies. So, i don't know. Maybe i'll try passing the maps over the EZNifConvert and see what happens. Thanks for responding.
Title: Re: My characters go invisible
Post by: BentonGrey on May 25, 2021, 02:55:31 PM
Man, that's weird!  It shouldn't be the maps themselves, really.  I've seen mesh pieces disappear at certain angles because of video card/settings/driver issues, but I've never seen a character disappear like that.  Can the characters still interact?  Are they invisible, or have they somehow been removed from the game?

Given the correlation with FFX attributes, I'm thinking there's some kind of weird scripting thing happening.  What game mode(s) is this happening in?
Title: Re: My characters go invisible
Post by: oktokels on May 26, 2021, 01:21:20 AM
Quote from: BentonGrey on May 25, 2021, 02:55:31 PM
Man, that's weird!  It shouldn't be the maps themselves, really.  I've seen mesh pieces disappear at certain angles because of video card/settings/driver issues, but I've never seen a character disappear like that.  Can the characters still interact?  Are they invisible, or have they somehow been removed from the game?

Given the correlation with FFX attributes, I'm thinking there's some kind of weird scripting thing happening.  What game mode(s) is this happening in?

They do interact, i can see the FX's. Maybe it happens when there are too many characters in one map, that could be it, a memory shortage. In that case, it must be something with the hardware of my PC. Guess it's time to improve things a little :doh:
Title: Re: My characters go invisible
Post by: BentonGrey on May 26, 2021, 02:09:17 AM
How many characters are typically on a map when this happens?  I think something like that is perhaps possible, though I haven't encountered it.
Title: Re: My characters go invisible
Post by: oktokels on July 04, 2022, 10:37:27 PM
I just wanted to update this issue as I found a solution.

To give some context, this issue only occurs when I don't have any heroes on the main team and only have characters on the enemy list. I usually watch the characters fight in teams, and in the main team I only leave the blank character named "-------". This is a way to spectate team fights.

When I have many characters that have summons or private army, they disappear after a while and I can only see their summons or their army. I found that if I move the character "-----" near the battles, the characters reappear !!  :thumbup:

I guess to free up memory, the game will make characters that are not near the main team disappear.
That?s it !
Title: Re: My characters go invisible
Post by: BentonGrey on July 05, 2022, 03:28:38 AM
Ahh!  Glad you figured it out, Ok!