Can't restore multiplayer custom mod game if missing player

[thieftdp8498]

GAME INFORMATION

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• GAME BUILD #: latest after march update
• GAME PLATFORM: Steam / Microsoft Store (both)
• OPERATING SYSTEM: Windows 10 / Windows 8 / Windows 11 (all)

ISSUE EXPERIENCED

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just as title said, cannot restore if we’re missing 1 player. ideally we’d want to have reconnection feature, since that isn’t avaialble at the very least allow us to restore without missing players after a crash/desync.

currently if a player is missing, restore for custom mod/game will not start, countdown does nothing until that particular player joins. if they dont join, we must host a brand new game.

FREQUENCY OF ISSUE

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• 100% of the time / matches I play (ALWAYS)

REPRODUCTION STEPS

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Here’s the steps to reproduce the issue:

1. play game until crash/desync
2. restore, wait for 1 or 2 players dont join
3. cannot start the restored game

EXPECTED RESULT

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can start the restore game with the below:

1. missing players (replaced by AI or nothing)
2. allow another player to substitute

[Felizon89]

@thieftdp8498 this like that by design, in order to restore a multiplayer game, you need the original players from this game.

[thieftdp8498]

can this design be changed? to not needing the missing player or have a substitute player/AI so that restore can at least start without them.

otherwise you cannot restore unless you play with people you know

[Felizon89]

I can talk with the team about it

[thieftdp8498]

that would be excellent… assuming they do address it.