[Major] Friendly guards/npcs name plates invisible in PUBLIC maps, visible in private/test session

Summary

Friendly guards/npcs name plates are invisible in public maps, visible in private/test session. Island settings are set to show them for friendly characters.

This makes adding bots to games almost impossible as players have no way to differentiate friendly from enemy bots. They keep shooting friendly ones.

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What Type of Bug are you experiencing?

Character

Steps to Reproduce

Join this private code 9455-9777-7509, jump down and notice that name plates are visible.

Join this public code 7585-2554-7417, jump down and notice that name plates are INvisible.

To recreate this put 2 guard spawners on a map, one set team 1, other team 2. In island settings set Always Show Name Plates to Always Show To The Team.

Expected Result

Name plates visible as guards are friendly and island setting have friendly name plates On.

Observed Result

Name plates invisible in public map codes for friendly guards.

Platform(s)

Windows, Nintendo Switch

Island Code

7585-2554-7417

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FORT-832696 is ‘Closed’ as ‘Fixed’. The issue will be addressed in 33.10.

This is still not fixed in 33.10. Some nameplates are visible, other don’t, especially for players joining maps in progress or switching teams.