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Originally Posted by [uL]Pottus
I think it's better to just keep all the NPCs you need connected I will give some reasons.
- It's best to keep player slots separate from NPC slots
- Dynamically connecting NPCs will change the server slot count which some server owners might not want
I'm not saying that it won't work but from a quality point of view its probably not a good choice.
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Id say that depends on the point of view. It might look better if the total player slots are constantly the same, but by means of performance, additional players lead to decreased performance, and thats true for real players and NPCs, even if they arent streamed in for the others (the impact will be small, but existing). Also, what I mentioned in the first post, NPC streaming can safe player slots when they are needed. When going with gamehosters you pay for slots, including the NPCs, so why pay for 10 if you never need more than 5 at the same time? NPCs usually arent important enough to justify blocking the slot from a real player. Id rather play with one more real player than with one more shop NPC if the server is full
But yep, that mostly depends on the server itself, and the importance of the NPCs roles. If its a NPC zombie mode its pretty much the opposite of course, thats why it definitely will be toggleable if I decide to add it.
