With the relatively recent setting to increase the radius in which missions can spawn, it appears that certain missions are for some reason spawning in the middle of the ocean. I was semi under the impression that is shouldnt be possible (though I could be mistaken)
Unfortunately this has always been the case, but the mission generation range slider did make it more noticeable. The missions are not technically generating in the sea, they're spawning on 'pathable' routes in the sea. Most commonly this will be things like ferry routes etc.
It's really irritating, not least of all because it causes units to take very long routes to get to the mission, or to path directly to it as the crow flies, which results in them moving very slowly. I hope the devs will take the time to add a bit of sanity checking to the mission generation code, to query whether the coordinates selected are within the ocean and if so to then re-roll the mission from scratch. Another workaround they could do would be to allow the mission generation range to be set on a per-station basis, so we could opt to set our stations on the coast to a 1x range (which does not entirely eliminate the issue, but does reduce it), whilst still keeping the higher ranges for inland stations.
you can drag you mission area circle away from the ocean/water.
you can drag you mission area circle away from the ocean/water.
I have still not found this option / menu
Where is it?
It is at the bottom of the page of your station where you edit the station. At least for me it is.
It is at the bottom of the page of your station where you edit the station. At least for me it is.
This doesn't exist in the UK version other than for Lifeboat and Search and Rescue stations.
UK version
Search and Rescue stations.
Not on Search and Rescue
On Mountain Rescue, this is the only one I have
It is at the bottom of the page of your station where you edit the station. At least for me it is.
We do not have this mechanic for most buildings on the UK version. Its only present on some SARs buildings
Unfortunately this has been a long standing issue hence why Lifeboat stations were given the mission spawn areas to stop them generating on land.
The game can not distinguish between land/sea, the DEVs have tried but not joy.
Missions will still spawn on ferry routes as mentioned above.
The point of smaller spawn areas near the coast and larger areas in land would be the best fix, not ideal I know.
ChiefBoden61 Please be mindful when commenting on the UK thread of differences between US/UK
Unfortunately this has been a long standing issue hence why Lifeboat stations were given the mission spawn areas to stop them generating on land.
The game can not distinguish between land/sea, the DEVs have tried but not joy.
Missions will still spawn on ferry routes as mentioned above.
The point of smaller spawn areas near the coast and larger areas in land would be the best fix, not ideal I know.
ChiefBoden61 Please be mindful when commenting on the UK thread of differences between US/UK
Then perhaps adding spawn areas as exists in the US version would be the best stopgap solution
Alctw10 I did realize that this was the UK thread, but did not realize there were such significant differences. I was just trying to help the player.
Then perhaps adding spawn areas as exists in the US version would be the best stopgap solution
You will notice that each version receives something before the other.
UK has had features before US. This way they can trial it per server before making the decision to roll out to others, better this way than trial all versions at once.
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