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Sounds like there is a buff running that causes them to lose health...assuming he had food and water....was he injured at all? If you want to help test... Comment out the Maslow task and remember the subsequent tasks so there are no number gaps.
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I don't know if he was injured. Is there any indicator that would let me know? And if he loses health, is there any way we can heal him?

I would like to help, but I'm not sure what exactly should I do?

So, should I just comment out this line for all NPCs?

Code: 
<property name="AITask-6" value="MaslowLevel1SDX, Mods"/>
like so?

Code: 
<!-- <property name="AITask-6" value="MaslowLevel1SDX, Mods"/> -->
and rewrite the order of AITasks so that there will be no number gap?

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In the meantime, I made a backup file and started editing the original xml file according to these changes (I hope they are correct). While doing these changes, I noticed that there is a difference between NPCAmmo (the NPC I hired) and the rest of the NPCs:

Before this task:

Code: 
<property name="AITask-9" value="WanderSDX, Mods"/>
, other NPCs usually have this task:

Code: 
<property name="AITask-6" value="Look"/>
, but NPCAmmo has this task instead:

Code: 
<property name="AITask-8" value="GuardSDX, Mods"/>
. Is this ok? I just wanted to make sure. For now I will leave that part and just proceed according to the original plan.

 
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That AI task change is intended as he is ranged and needed to help him hold his position. all could use guard instead of look though as they are similar tasks. I found the dying issue, they are failing to eat and drink while patroling. Sphereii is away and working on code changes. Adding some other edits to help them heal by themselves if hurt. They could not restore thier max HP once damage, just healed to the new lower amount.

I'm testing another update that separates the NPCs from Blooms Animal stuff and its dependencies. Seems to be working as expected. Once thats complete and Sphereii updates the code to fix the NPC issues to date, I will look to convert the bandits and Wandering traders to use the NPC base class, and that will enable factions across all entities.

 
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That AI task change is intended as he is ranged and needed to help him hold his position. all could use guard instead of look though as they are similar tasks. I found the dying issue, they are failing to eat and drink while patroling. Sphereii is away and working on code changes. Adding some other edits to help them heal by themselves if hurt. They could not restore thier max HP once damage, just healed to the new lower amount.
I'm testing another update that separates the NPCs from Blooms Animal stuff and its dependencies. Seems to be working as expected. Once thats complete and Sphereii updates the code to fix the NPC issues to date, I will look to convert the bandits and Wandering traders to use the NPC base class, and that will enable factions across all entities.
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I was just about to inform you that the change didn't seem to have any effect and another NPCAmmo that I hired is also losing his health.

I'm glad to hear that you already found the problem. In the meantime, I was standing inside the strip club POI with hired NPCAmmo and there was also HarleyQuinn NPC (not hired) and she was fighting some enemies. As I was watching the console messages to see if the health of NPCAmmo is still getting lower, I received some red error message that I didn't catch before. I think it's related to HarleyQuinn NPC that was near by. I opened the log and I think the following lines are related to that error message:

2019-04-27T18:57:27 5468.127 INF Entity 1327 killed by 1176.Unable to open archive file: D:/Hry/7D2D/Alpha17/My_Mods/My7d2d_2/7DaysToDie_Data/../Mods/Xyth NPCs/Resources/@modfolder(Xyth NPCs):Resources/HarleySounds.unity3d

(Filename: Line: 586)

2019-04-27T18:57:33 5474.537 ERR Loading AssetBundle "D:/Hry/7D2D/Alpha17/My_Mods/My7d2d_2/7DaysToDie_Data/../Mods\Xyth NPCs/Resources/@modfolder(Xyth NPCs):Resources/HarleySounds.unity3d" failed!

2019-04-27T18:57:33 5474.537 WRN [AudioLog] AudioManager::AudioData::Play() - failed to load audio clip #@modfolder(Xyth NPCs):Resources/@modfolder(Xyth NPCs):Resources/HarleySounds.unity3d?Iseeyou.
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That path looks wrong. Shouldnt have 2 references to the mod folder.. should be: D:/Hry/7D2D/Alpha17/My_Mods/My7d2d_2/7DaysToDie_Data/../Mods/Xyth NPCs/Resources/HarleySounds.unity3d

 
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Pushed version 1.2 that untangles the NPCs from the Blooms Animal husbandry mod, and from dependencies of that mod. Sphereii has development code to fix the failure to eat and drink on patrol that was causing the wounded buff that eventually lead to death. The update is in EntityAliveSDX so watch for an update for that modlet.

 
That path looks wrong. Shouldnt have 2 references to the mod folder.. should be: D:/Hry/7D2D/Alpha17/My_Mods/My7d2d_2/7DaysToDie_Data/../Mods/Xyth NPCs/Resources/HarleySounds.unity3d
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Well it is weird indeed, because the actual path where this file is located is this: D:\Hry\7D2D\Alpha17\My_Mods\My7d2d_2\Mods\Xyth NPCs\Resources\HarleySounds.unity3d

I have no idea why the game couldn't find the file. Did I mess up the settings of Mod launcher?

I was trying to follow the tutorial video, but the truth is that I had to change the base path, because the default was on C, I wanted it to be on D. Unfortunately I had to edit the settings file manually to do that, because when I clicked on Settings in Mod launcher itself, it didn't show up anything.

 
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Checking SDX_EntityAliveSDX for update, there is version 1.0.0.0, unfortunately I can't remember what was the previous version and I can't compare the files because I decided to wipe the modded game completely and do a new one from scratch. Is this version 1.0.0.0 the updated one? If it's not, I wouldn't mind to download the updated one from repository, I'm just not sure which one should I get. Is it the one in

Code: 
https://github.com/7D2DMods/SDXModsDevelopment/tree/master/Targets/7DaysToDie/Mods
?

 
He updated it but might have forgotten to change the version number. Not sure what repo is current besides the production one listed in his SDX post and linked to the Launcher. Sphereii just updated the version number so it should say update in the launcher.

 
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He updated it but might have forgotten to change the version number. Not sure what repo is current besides the production one listed in his SDX post and linked to the Launcher. Sphereii just updated the version number so it should say update in the launcher.
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Thank you for letting me know. I will try.

 
Sounds like there is a buff running that causes them to lose health...assuming he had food and water....was he injured at all? If you want to help test... Comment out the Maslow task and remember the subsequent tasks so there are no number gaps.
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Do you have any thoughts on the issue i mentioned about zombies and distance and possible travelling in vehicles.

 
Doubtful on the traveling in vehicles. In this game, players kind of "wear" the vehicle, so i probably would be quite a bit of code to get an NPC to enter the vehicles. The follow command should do most of what you are looking for. The NPC should run to keep up with the player, but will not keep up with a very fast vehicle. I don't think we will be doing much more with the AI until A18, mostly just focusing on bug fixes to the existing AI. Sphereii and I have other projects we are spending time on, and are waiting to see what modders do with this NPC and Domesticated Animal framework.

 
Doubtful on the traveling in vehicles. In this game, players kind of "wear" the vehicle, so i probably would be quite a bit of code to get an NPC to enter the vehicles. The follow command should do most of what you are looking for. The NPC should run to keep up with the player, but will not keep up with a very fast vehicle. I don't think we will be doing much more with the AI until A18, mostly just focusing on bug fixes to the existing AI. Sphereii and I have other projects we are spending time on, and are waiting to see what modders do with this NPC and Domesticated Animal framework.
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Speaking of bugs, I think I found another one. I hired NPCAmmo again, he attacked a zombie and console showed up with red message.

Here's a snippet from log:

NPCAmmo: Mickey D The NPCAmmo - ID: 360 Health: 789.6 Stamina: 371.5503 Thirst: 75.09011 Food: 372 Water: 75 Sanitation: Disabled.Food Items: foodCornBread,foodCornOnTheCob

Water Items: All Water Items

Food Bins: cntSecureStorageChest,cntStorageChest

Water Bins: water,waterMoving,waterStaticBucket,waterMovingBucket,terrWaterPOI

Current Order: Follow

Current Leader: 171

Active Buffs:

buffnpcstatuscheck ( Seconds: 1752.85 Ticks: 35057 )

buffstatuscheck ( Seconds: 1752.85 Ticks: 35057 )

buffnpcsanitationstatuscheck ( Seconds: 1752.85 Ticks: 35057 )

buffnewbiecoat ( Seconds: 1752.8 Ticks: 35056 )

buffperkabilityupdate ( Seconds: 527.4 Ticks: 10548 )

Active Quests:

Patrol Points:

Currency: item=549 m=0 ut=0 Faction: 6

(Filename: C:\buildslave\unity\build\Runtime/Export/Debug.bindings.h Line: 43)

NullReferenceException: Object reference not set to an instance of an object

at EAIMaslowLevel1SDX.PerformAction () [0x00000] in <filename unknown>:0

at EAIMaslowLevel1SDX.CheckForWaterBlock () [0x00000] in <filename unknown>:0

at EAIMaslowLevel1SDX.CanExecute () [0x00000] in <filename unknown>:0

at EAITaskList.OnUpdateTasks () [0x00000] in <filename unknown>:0

at EAIManager.Update () [0x00000] in <filename unknown>:0

at EntityAlive.updateTasks () [0x00000] in <filename unknown>:0

at EntityAlive.OnUpdateLive () [0x00000] in <filename unknown>:0

at EntityNPC.OnUpdateLive () [0x00000] in <filename unknown>:0

at EntityAliveSDX.OnUpdateLive () [0x00000] in <filename unknown>:0

at EntityAlive.OnUpdateEntity () [0x00000] in <filename unknown>:0

at World.TickEntities (Single _partialTicks) [0x00000] in <filename unknown>:0

at GameManager.gmUpdate () [0x00000] in <filename unknown>:0

at GameManager.Update () [0x00000] in <filename unknown>:0

(Filename: Line: -1)

NPCAmmo: Attack():

(Filename: C:\buildslave\unity\build\Runtime/Export/Debug.bindings.h Line: 43)
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EDIT:

I just noticed that the "follow me" command is not working. It worked before but it doesn't work now. When I hired him, he didn't really follow me even when I clicked "follow me" command. When I clicked "guard here" and then "follow me" again, he started following me, but his animation looked strange, like if something wasn't right, it looked better previously. We broke into the garage of Hotel Ostrich in Navezgane, that's where I received that red error message in console. After that I killed couple of zombies inside the garage, but I noticed he didn't really follow me. I tried to go outside and he stayed inside the garage. I tried to give him different commands and then "follow me" again, but he doesn't move.

 
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Did you update all the code files and spawned a new NPC? There were lots of big changes today and you might have some older files. I just ran a series of tests on a new spawned AmmoNPC, both before and after hiring, and during patrol, wander and guard, killed zeds without error.

I recommend you delete all the NPC files and dependencies and reload them.

 
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Did you update all the code files and spawned a new NPC? There were lots of big changes today and you might have some older files. I just ran a series of tests on a new spawned AmmoNPC, both before and after hiring, and during patrol, wander and guard, killed zeds without error.
I recommend you delete all the NPC files and dependencies and reload them.
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That's why this is strange, because I deleted everything and started all over again, so this is a new game, but I will look into Mod launcher to see if I have some missing files or files that need to be updated.

EDIT:

Ok, this is weird. I looked in Mod launcher, clicked "Pre-Sync Mod" button, started the game again and I started a new world and "follow me" seems to work again. So far no errors.

 
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I've hired NPC Baker, Harley, and Bill....out of all of them, Baker has been the only one to remain in my employ for any amount of time. The rest, randomly, just wander off and forget you paid them 1000 credits.

Is their service meant to be time-limited or do they actually have reliability factors coded in? If it's a time factor, it's a REALLY short time factor for some of them or maybe it's a glitch in the code.

I also get that pop-up command console when in the presence of some NPCs with a red error but i forgot to include it.

I hired a total of 3 of them to guard my building. It almost seems as if they get bored over the next 4-6 hours and just leave and they don't even have the option to get brought back.

Is it because i leave the area to explore?

 
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Xyth,

that red NRE showed up again, a while after hiring Bill the NPCAmmo and I hate to say that, but he seems to be stuck again, he's unable to follow me. :( Do you think it might have something to do with that red error message in the console? :(

Also, I didn't spawn him this time, I just wanted to play and meet him randomly in the world. It's interesting because previously, when I spawned him two times using F6, this problem didn't happen. Also, I was on my way to the trader (initial quest) when I hired him, I hope this can help to isolate the bug.

Here is the log. NRE should be a little bit before closing the game.

 
I've hired NPC Baker, Harley, and Bill....out of all of them, Baker has been the only one to remain in my employ for any amount of time. The rest, randomly, just wander off and forget you paid them 1000 credits.

Is their service meant to be time-limited or do they actually have reliability factors coded in? If it's a time factor, it's a REALLY short time factor for some of them or maybe it's a glitch in the code.

I also get that pop-up command console when in the presence of some NPCs. I've got a screen shot but it won't take the upload for some reason.

Been seeing a lot of this on the SEREVER side

NPCBaker: Attack():

NPCBaker: Attack!

NPCBaker: Attack():

NPCBaker: Attack!

Invalid Layer Index '1'

Invalid Layer Index '1'

Invalid Layer Index '1'

Invalid Layer Index '1'

Invalid Layer Index '1'

Invalid Layer Index '1'

Invalid Layer Index '1'

Invalid Layer Index '1'

Invalid Layer Index '1'

Invalid Layer Index '1'

Invalid Layer Index '1'

 
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Is Patch_Entity Install Possible by Mod Launcher?I can't use SDX Launcher:miserable:
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If you're having issues, with SDX, you might wanna just uninstall and wipe 7d2d then reinstall it. I went through all kinds of insanity and nothing i was told to do worked but i happen to see that in the guide and it cleared all issues. That and having a copy of Net Framework 3.5 installed on my system.

 
If you're having issues, with SDX, you might wanna just uninstall and wipe 7d2d then reinstall it. I went through all kinds of insanity and nothing i was told to do worked but i happen to see that in the guide and it cleared all issues. That and having a copy of Net Framework 3.5 installed on my system.
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Thank you！

As you say problem was caused by Framework 3.5

My PC dont installed Framework 3.5

Your explanation really helped!

Thank you:smile-new:

 
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