Why are the spawns so broken?

[Setzaroth]

I doubt it is just me that has had this issue. Loading into a job and my personal vehicle is down the street and around the corner. What? Why? I call my mechanic while I'm standing on an overpass, and instead of the car spawning next to me or even on the same street, it appears on the highways below.

 

And don't even get me started on the Pegasus vehicles. Why aren't the spawns prioritized? It's bad enough the few destructable things instantly re-spawn as soon as you get 10 feet away from them, but if I call in a Heli/Jet I don't want to find a frogger or Malard or Luxor in the way. Also, why do you have to stay this awkward distance away when you call it in, lest you have to travel 5 miles to another spawn location? Seems like a stupid mechanic. Then again, a lot of things about online seemed to be only half finished ideas they pushed out the door.

Edited April 13, 2015 by Setzaroth

[Maxxeine]

*Post deleted.

Edited October 8, 2017 by The7thOne

[Arrows to Athens]

Once again, as it does not affect shark card sales it will either NOT be fixed or it will be the least of Rockstar's priorities and should expect a slow fix within several months time.

[paperbagdude]

Everytime I get killed just next to LSC in Burton (downtown if you will), I spawn like 3 blocks away from my death point.

 

Anyone else experienced this?

[senormidget]

The Hydra spawns in the Airport drive me crazy. Takes three or four attempts sometimes because of Luxors and Titans spawning instead.

[Arrows to Athens]

Everytime I get killed just next to LSC in Burton (downtown if you will), I spawn like 3 blocks away from my death point.

 

Anyone else experienced this?

I've had experiences where I spawn like 4 streets away from my death. I thought they tweaked the spawn system to prevent revenge kills.

[Clintonics]

One thing I've noticed is that when I kill other players, they spawn at least a couple blocks away.

 

 

This never happened before. I believe the spawn algorithms were altered after the Heists update.

I've been seeing some spawn blocks away and others are spawning very close to where they died - sometimes too close. I didn't really notice this until the update.

 

The after-heist spawns have been dropping me into warzones lol

Edited April 13, 2015 by CX25

[Bxx]

The place you spawn when you join the game is also broken, I like to leave it at Last Location, so I always drive back to my apartment before I stop playing (for the immersion bruh), before heists the game would spawn me in my apartment but now there is a huge delay to where the game saves your last location and i usually spawn at street some blocks away from where I live, or even at the last activity/place I been.

[Arrows to Athens]

The place you spawn when you join the game is also broken, I like to leave it at Last Location, so I always drive back to my apartment before I stop playing (for the immersion bruh), before heists the game would spawn me in my apartment but now there is a huge delay to where the game saves your last location and i usually spawn at street some blocks away from where I live, or even at the last activity/place I been.

This. I thought I was the only one. This is one of many problem after either the Heist update or the mini update after the Heist update. Cockstar messed something up in the code or something.

[CarimboHanky]

car spawn are horrible, one they finally fixed is the player spawns in freeroam...

 

back in the day, whenever i killed some i ran and hide behind a wall or something because 9/10 times the player i killed would spawn right behind me.

 

this was fixed a couple patches ago and heist update made the player spawn atleast half a block from where he was killed. depending on the location, this make it a bit more harder to spawnkill people.

 

which is not a bad thing at all.

[CrazyRay]

What I love is re-spawning on the street, in the open, so that the guy who just killed me can kill me again before I can even get my bearings and my gun out

[jamesf274875]

Yeah, it's really irritating. Ugh.

[CrazyHandz]

The place you spawn when you join the game is also broken, I like to leave it at Last Location, so I always drive back to my apartment before I stop playing (for the immersion bruh), before heists the game would spawn me in my apartment but now there is a huge delay to where the game saves your last location and i usually spawn at street some blocks away from where I live, or even at the last activity/place I been.

Change your hat/mask/parachute before you leave, make sure you're at the location you want to spawn. It will save your progress from there, this is what I do.

[Misanthrope Z]

this actually annoys the hell out of me

 

when i call for a hydra, it does NOT mean i'll settle for a f*cking luxor.

 

when i call for my insurgent, a tour bus is not what i had in mind

 

when i call for my savage, i don't want to drive all the way to where it is just to find a useless cargobob in it's spot

[LL Cool L]

you would think the game just came out from the comments lol

[Gaffa]

 

The place you spawn when you join the game is also broken, I like to leave it at Last Location, so I always drive back to my apartment before I stop playing (for the immersion bruh), before heists the game would spawn me in my apartment but now there is a huge delay to where the game saves your last location and i usually spawn at street some blocks away from where I live, or even at the last activity/place I been.

Change your hat/mask/parachute before you leave, make sure you're at the location you want to spawn. It will save your progress from there, this is what I do.

 

 

Doesn't always work.

 

In fact, if you do that and then leave straight away, 9 times out of 10 it doesn't work for me. (Xbox 360)

[CrazyHandz]

 

 

 

The place you spawn when you join the game is also broken, I like to leave it at Last Location, so I always drive back to my apartment before I stop playing (for the immersion bruh), before heists the game would spawn me in my apartment but now there is a huge delay to where the game saves your last location and i usually spawn at street some blocks away from where I live, or even at the last activity/place I been.

Change your hat/mask/parachute before you leave, make sure you're at the location you want to spawn. It will save your progress from there, this is what I do.

 

Doesn't always work.

 

In fact, if you do that and then leave straight away, 9 times out of 10 it doesn't work for me. (Xbox 360)

You have to make sure the yellow loading circle appears in the bottom right, and I always wait 10-15 seconds after that before leaving.

[colagamerXD]

One thing I've noticed is that when I kill other players, they spawn at least a couple blocks away.

 

 

This never happened before. I believe the spawn algorithms were altered after the Heists update.

I think they upgraded this on the PS4 version, or Heist update. so if you get killed by a guy over and over again, you spawn further away from him so you can run and get away.

 

 

 

The place you spawn when you join the game is also broken, I like to leave it at Last Location, so I always drive back to my apartment before I stop playing (for the immersion bruh), before heists the game would spawn me in my apartment but now there is a huge delay to where the game saves your last location and i usually spawn at street some blocks away from where I live, or even at the last activity/place I been.

Change your hat/mask/parachute before you leave, make sure you're at the location you want to spawn. It will save your progress from there, this is what I do.

 

 

Doesn't always work.

 

In fact, if you do that and then leave straight away, 9 times out of 10 it doesn't work for me. (Xbox 360)

 

I had the same issue on ps3, I just killed me couple of times.

but on PS4 (and maybe xbox one aswell) it works better.

Edited April 13, 2015 by colagamerXD

[hesselgren]

pegasus spawn almost never works if you drive towards spawnpoint from a direction you can see it. if its gonna spawn in any of the hangars. you need to go in slowly from the side, not straight on..

[Setzaroth]

pegasus spawn almost never works if you drive towards spawnpoint from a direction you can see it. if its gonna spawn in any of the hangars. you need to go in slowly from the side, not straight on..

I understand how the spawns work, I just don't understand why it works that way. And it has nothing to do with line of sight, it's distance based.

[hesselgren]

 

pegasus spawn almost never works if you drive towards spawnpoint from a direction you can see it. if its gonna spawn in any of the hangars. you need to go in slowly from the side, not straight on..

I understand how the spawns work, I just don't understand why it works that way. And it has nothing to do with line of sight, it's distance based.

 

yeah, actually i answered to antherer guy in this thread, about the airport spawns, forgot to quote =P my bad..

 

i also don't like how it works..

[Mach1bud]

I'm so used to this by now that it doesn't even phase me. Want a pegasus vehicle? Call way ahead, if I'm close to the spawn, turn away from it.

 

Call mechanic? Look at the ground, spawns closer.

 

Adapt and overcome.

[redpoint]

PvP in free roam is sh*t now, I don't wanna have to get a taxi just to get to someone who just killed me

[GR Choke]

One thing I've noticed is that when I kill other players, they spawn at least a couple blocks away.

 

 

This never happened before. I believe the spawn algorithms were altered after the Heists update.

Same here

[Shadowfennekin]

I love the new killed players spawn blocks away feature. A tank killed me, I summoned my Insurgent and blocked a alley I hid in with it. He blew it up and found out I was passive after he moved the remains. I then called Mors Mutual and summoned it again. Start walking towards it and hop on top. He fires like a dumbass and blows it up and not me. lol

 

I have so much fun with wannabe greifers now.

[Bootels]

Hah, called my Mechanic at LS Airport, he delivered my car at the LSC right next to it. Shut off my Xbox, didnt play for a week.

[LordVukodlak]

Once again, as it does not affect shark card sales it will either NOT be fixed or it will be the least of Rockstar's priorities and should expect a slow fix within several months time.

[Misanthrope Z]

I love the new killed players spawn blocks away feature. A tank killed me, I summoned my Insurgent and blocked a alley I hid in with it. He blew it up and found out I was passive after he moved the remains. I then called Mors Mutual and summoned it again. Start walking towards it and hop on top. He fires like a dumbass and blows it up and not me. lol

 

I have so much fun with wannabe greifers now.

you forgot to do the best part

 

 

 

where you go off radar, call your insurgent, place 4 stickies on the grille, ram that motherf*cker and detonate them with your grille buried into his tank- tank gets blown up, meanwhile there's a chance your insurgent will live

 

 

 

the insurgent is the ultimate tank buster

[GR Choke]

 

 

Once again, as it does not affect shark card sales it will either NOT be fixed or it will be the least of Rockstar's priorities and should expect a slow fix within several months time.

Hes not crying

[Juicyfer]

I thought I was the only one spawning several blocks away after getting killed. Does anyone already know if it's a set distance or if it's random?