OpenXRay/xray-16

COP - Stalkers spawn at a close distance

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#2,020 opened on Dec 25, 2025

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Description

Describe the bug This could be a vanilla bug, the stalkers squad is spawning too close to player. I suppose it could be fixed with some A-life adaptations?

To Reproduce Steps to reproduce the behavior:

  1. Load attached saved game named "spawn" and wait around 23 seconds.
  2. squad spawns

Expected behavior the spawning should be less noticeable, they should appear at bigger distance from player

Screenshots, videos https://drive.google.com/file/d/1yBmkG1FkgVCPD2Lx9u8Vt-hfDup9Nede/view?usp=sharing

BugTrap error report saved game

savedgame.zip

Desktop (please complete the following information): OpenXRay Release Master Gold build 9816, Dec 23 2025 (Windows 64-bit, static) GitHub Actions build 6158 (20470115048) from commit[57a82460278a4f42b4a64273b87abe174ac17731] branch[dev] (built by OpenXRay/xray-16)

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Research direction
Investigate the A life settings for stalker squad spawning and increase the minimum distance from the player to avoid close spawns.
Tech stack
cpp
Domain
game dev
Issue type
Bug
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3
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Half day
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Active
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Clear
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C++
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60