Anyone notice that peds are running and screaming for nothing now?

[Guest]

Interesting. I thought it was dependent on players mental state. For example, mental state points add up from session to session. Making the npc population more edgy when freeroam killers appear on the scene.

[Gridl0k]

Interesting. I thought it was dependent on players mental state. For example, mental state points add up from session to session. Making the npc population more edgy when freeroam killers appear on the scene.

 

I checked the release notes (High Life) and it does mention that killing NPCs makes you psycho, so maybe they do react. The notes don't say they do.

[joel15cat]

Yes, absolutely yes. The NPC think you're the beast. I can't find logic.

For example, in this trial, in the second 0:33-0:38 the NPC screamming for nothing.

 

[Arrows to Athens]

This game's f*cked, and has been for a long time. The worst part is, Rockstar don't care.

[lll-H-I-M-lll]

The games slowly collapsing on itself but we all want more its going to happen and eventually get worse

[theNGclan]

Nothing has changed. It's placebo.

 

The pedestrians are not programmed to just freak out for nothing.

 

Peds can be scared by violence, near misses with vehicles, other NPC actions, and fast driving.

Edited May 11, 2016 by theNGclan

[Hunter]

I didn't notice as I usually have that effect on people anyway.

Honestly, this.

 

I'm either nuking everything from a Savage, zipping around mowing people down in a car/bike, or having gunfights with people. I don't blame them for screaming.

[Primexjaytee]

I'm sure its not nothing. Your character is probably just hideous

[Furry_Monkey]

Nothing has changed. It's placebo.

 

The pedestrians are not programmed to just freak out for nothing.

 

Peds can be scared by violence, near misses with vehicles, other NPC actions, and fast driving.

 

The proximity of those events is what's screwed though. I've seen the most extreme example of this where I've been in Paleto Bay and NPCs were screaming and running away, shouting the usual "I DON'T WANNA DIE!!" etc., and the police were all pointing guns in the same direction and shouting their garbage about hating you and that you should "shut up, you fat f*ck", but there was no-one else in the whole map outside the city area.

 

Yes, NPCs only ever react to events, but sometimes (not a lot) they don't have to be nearby.

[theNGclan]

That's caused by sync issues in netgame.

[Mr_Zombly]

They remind me of myself, I wake up screaming for some reason.

[TallishRifle]

They're screaming because rockstar won't release more heists

[5.7]

Bunch of parasites, the lot of 'em! R* said the reason in high NPC (foot and vehicle) is due to lack of interiors turned the NPC into walkin' zombies and left 'em with driving skills from, Stevie Wonder.

Edited May 13, 2016 by 5.7

[The Retaliator]

not on lg they don't

[FrugalDangerMan]

 

 

 

Actually, I legit have noticed this recently. In a session my myself, just walkin with no weapons out, and everyone starts screaming and running away. Weird.

Did you have your wedding tackle out again...frightening the townsfolk?

Yes.Then it's your own fault. I told you to cut it out.

...ow.

[TheFroggmann]

They do seem to have a higher sensitivity to chaos than they used to. I observed this last weekend when I ventured into a public lobby. As soon as I stepped out of TInsel Peds started freaking out due to gaggle of red dots that were shooting up Vespucci.

[Pedinhuh]

The more patches this game gets, the more stuff is added into the coding, the more sh*t like this happens.

If I'm not mistaken the Heists updates shat all over NPC traffic AI, they weren't that bad before.

 

Now, I not saying that we should just stop receiving updates, but it's still food for thought.

Edited May 14, 2016 by pedinhuh

[blingdiablo]

Maybe your character is just really f*cking ugly?

[Broblab]

not on lg they don't

we arent talking about lg.

 

nobody cares about lg.

[Gridl0k]

FWIW my character started running the other day while rubber banded in a circle for Exec Search, ie without me touching the run button. The jet strafe was pretty close so it's not quite the OP issue but I've never had that happen before.

 

I think it was changed the same time as they added back the u-turning NPC drivers.

[Ker Juice]

NPC's running and screaming like OP described is the result of chaos being caused miles away. It is annoying and stupid. OP is correct in saying it was not always this way- definitely not for the first couple of years this game has been out. I want to say this crap started at the end of last year. Another annoying sound is hearing players using the marksman rifle while you are miles away in your home/garage, or a jet doing an explosive sweep. Pure nonsense. I can't help but think these flaws are the result of Rockstar cutting corners patching something like the garage under the map glitch.

[War Machine800]

Its not that I hate, its the screams. I can be sitting there perfectly fine,  and one of them screams in that long, roar scream thing, the ones female npcs do. That makes me go on a full city killing spree.

[HopalongCasidy]

On 5/8/2016 at 7:53 AM, Furry_Monkey said:

It the same as when you go past a police station and there are not players for miles around, but the police are all pointing their guns and shouting about how killing makes them erect. Yet another in a long list of things broken in this game.

Someone probably had a mission in there prior to your passing.  The FIB bldg. alarm goes off when someone runs that casino set up.

[eejyool]

1 hour ago, HopalongCasidy said:

Someone probably had a mission in there prior to your passing.  The FIB bldg. alarm goes off when someone runs that casino set up.

My man that post is from 2016. But since I'm here and I've been reading this forgotten post I have to say, isn't it weird that this happened after the Executives and other criminals update, which added the ability to call in the Buzzard through the CEO menu? Considering that the NPCs react to a vehicle's guns as normal guns, so if you point your buzzard towards them it's like you're aiming at them, causing them to freak out, that's the best explanation I've got for this otherwise out of place phenomenon

[HopalongCasidy]

1 hour ago, LodwigRedemption said:

My man that post is from 2016. But since I'm here and I've been reading this forgotten post I have to say, isn't it weird that this happened after the Executives and other criminals update, which added the ability to call in the Buzzard through the CEO menu? Considering that the NPCs react to a vehicle's guns as normal guns, so if you point your buzzard towards them it's like you're aiming at them, causing them to freak out, that's the best explanation I've got for this otherwise out of place phenomenon

haha early browsing.  never had the buzzard’s gun freak em out, weaponized tampa and nightclub van mini, yes.