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October 26th, 2011 | EarthBound
Miles sent this in the other day:
Nothing too major or anything, but I came across a glitch I hadn’t heard anything about before.
In Threed, after staying in the hotel, I walked out into the room where the bellboy offers the newspaper. Using the For Sale sign cause a customer to appear as usual. Upon the completion of the sale or choosing not to sell something, the customer vanished instead of running off-screen, and the “Good Morning” music started from the beginning again.
I have tested this a few times, and it seems consistent.
I remember this happening somewhat regularly for me, maybe once or twice per playthrough of the game. I wonder what the deal is. I think I’ve gotten it to happen in other places before too, sometimes with the Escargo Express guys – has anyone else got this to happen consistently?
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7 Comments to Disappearing EarthBound Citizens
 | Mato said on Oct. 26, 2011 |
I’d imagine if they could find the way in they’d be able to find their way out, but maybe it’s indeed a problem with the pathfinding algorithm.
 | Miles of SmashWiki said on Oct. 26, 2011 |
Somewhat related: I also took some screenshots of customers appearing in odd places with no problem. The path-finding algorithms seemed to work fine in these places.
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 | LakituAl said on Oct. 26, 2011 |
@Miles
That reminds me, I ought to find a screenshot I had where Mach Pizza found me on Moonside!!
 | RandomGuardian said on Oct. 26, 2011 |
I’m not suprized at the disappearing man but the music restarting is strange to me.
 | GreenTL said on Oct. 26, 2011 |
This happened to me once, it was the Escargo Express on the small walkway in Saturn Valley towards the hot spring.
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| Erikku8 said on Oct. 26, 2011 |
This is the first I’ve heard of that one, but yesterday, I was playing Mother 2 on my SNES and when I continued my game, Ness started out fully clothed and then suddenly turned naked. I was in Magicant, of course.
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Does this have anything to do with the odd path-finding algorithms in the game?
That is, something like
1. Person finds you
2. Person buys thing
3. Person can’t find way out of map. What the #$^& does he do now!?