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DrunkenFrenchma's avatar
6 years ago

Crypto Drone fails to scan enemies in range

Product: Apex Legends
Platform:PC
Please specify your platform model. PC
AMD or Nvidia Model Number Nvidia 960M
Enter RAM memory size in GB 16GB
What is your gamertag/PSN ID/EA Account name? DrunkenFrenchman
Please provide your squad mates' gamertag/PSN ID/EA Account name if possible.
Are you using any software with an overlay? No
Which Legend were you playing (if applicable)? Crypto
Which Legends were your squad mates using (if applicable)?
Where did the issue occur? In a match
Which part of the map or menu were you in? If you don't remember the exact name, please describe the area or what you were trying to do in the menu. Town Northwest of Bunker
What were you doing when the issue occurred? E.g. respawning a squad mate at a beacon, using an ability, a squad mate left the game. Fighting in a building, placed drone to cover our rear.
Did your squad mates also experience the issue? No
How many matches had you played in a row before the issue occurred? dozen probably. Happens seldom but is usually a death sentence when it does.
When did this happen? (dd.mm.yy hh:mm) 1pm CST 7/23/2020
How often does the bug occur? Rarely (0% - 9%)
How severe is your issue? Major impacts to gameplay
What happens when the bug occurs? Crypto drone will sometimes not detect/scan enemies when they are in range. I have noticed that this tends to happen most often when it is place in the corner of a room facing towards the wall, it will fail to detect any enemies in that room.
What should be happening instead? Detecting Enemies in direct line of sight
Steps: How can we find the bug ourselves? Trial and Error, am not able to replicate it consistently yet but theory is that part of the drone somehow clips into the wall and therefore doesn't detect enemies because it doesn't have direct line of sight anymore because of it.

Had no recording software running but will try and post it next time I run into it.

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  • EA_Kent's avatar
    EA_Kent
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    5 years ago

    @DrunkenFrenchman 

    Thanks for the report!

    Your theory about the line of sight being broken makes sense. If you do manage to grab a video of this happening please feel free to link it here. I'd really appreciate it. 

    /Kent

  • @EA_Kent I kinda had the same problem but on xbox. I tried to record it but couldn't get it in time.

    My team and I were heading to the Cage from the direction of Artillery (passing through the rocky archway). I was using my drone to scout ahead for enemies. They were on the left side on the high ground, only 2 out of 3 enemies scanned. The enemy not scanned was crouching so I thought "maybe its glitched and I need to get closer" but the enemy still didn't get scanned and shot my drone down. I was with randos and didn't have my mic in so I couldn't warn them, they pushed thinking there were only two and we ended up dieing. Seeing as it was an open area and I was fairly close to the enemies with my drone I feel its very likely they could have been hacking. My drone was facing them head on, I feel it is possible that it was just an unfortunate glitch but less likely than the person cheating. I unfortunately have no way to find out who it was, everyone was hopping around I couldn't keep track of who was who.
  • EA_Kent's avatar
    EA_Kent
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    5 years ago

    @LilTatahTot 

    Thanks for the info! No worries about not being able to grab a video. I appreciate the details. 

    /Kent

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