[RoR] Sheep becomes invisible while standing

[Grandy02]

GAME INFORMATION

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• GAME BUILD #: 141935
• GAME PLATFORM: Steam
• OPERATING SYSTEM: Windows 11

ISSUE EXPERIENCED

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In Return of Rome, since patch 141935, the idling Sheep often turns invisible, then reappears. Probably because it uses a second idle animation that isn’t available.

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. Open the Scenario Editor and place a Sheep (and a unit that prevents the player from losing).
2. Test the scenario. Watch the Sheep and see it becoming invisible.

EXPECTED RESULT

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The Sheep should remain visible.

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[majiira]

the same thing happens to me but only when I use data mods (for example 6x tech 10x resources)

[IvanHCastro]

@Grandy02

Could you confirm this issue is happening when you don´t have any mod activated? As @majiira mentinoed, this could be related to a mod that is conflicting with the animation

[Grandy02]

@IvanHCastro I’m not using mods.
When viewing the dataset of RoR with the Genie Editor, one can see that the Sheep is configured to use a second idle animation (“IdleB”), which doesn’t exist (anymore) in the drs folder.
The base game Sheep doesn’t use a second idle animation.

[IvanHCastro]

Thanks for confirming that fast!

I reported the issue, as you mentioned it is related to use an incorrect animation

[SlenderBadger98]

Found this issue in build 143421. Sheeps turned invisible for moments, then turned visible again. This happened on a loop, in a “twingling/blinking” manner.

[SlenderBadger98]

@SlenderBadger98

in build 143421

Also, I noticed that butterflies disappeared after a few seconds, too, only to appear again, and then go invisible again (on a loop). Maybe it has something to do with the bug that affects sheep, too, @fe_dev_team.

[Grandy02]

I think Butterflies were like that before. No second idle animation configured for them. Whether it’s actually intended to be like this, I don’t know, though. Note that Butterflies don’t have “normal” sprites, the little blue ones are particle effects.