Player spawns do not enable correctly

Development Getting Started & Setup
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If I open a blank template

  1. set the two spawns to be enabled in pre-game and gameplay only resepctively.
  2. Place a green tile under the pre-game spawn
  3. Place a red tile under the gameplay spawn.
  4. Add another spawn, set it to be enabled on create only, and place a blue tile underneath

As a result after clicking launch session, I enter edit mode and I am standing on the red tile (gameplay only spawn). And when I start the game I am on the green tile (the pre-game spawn). And the create only spawn is never used at all.

What is going wrong here?

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I have also tried with the gameplay spawn’s ‘use as island start’ unchecked

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but that results in me only spawning on the pre-game spawn and never the other two.

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spawnTest.zip (74.1 KB)

here is my example project if anyone wants to test.

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Yeah its funny,

Launch Sessions don’t test pregame phase, yet the island start is usually at the pregame spawnpads, so the game starts on them, which then requires a respawn to get to the gameplay spawnpads.

I use a bit of priority group with enabled during always for pregame and game, although I’ve had a situation whre the priority breaks down after using too many priority groups

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Can you give any specifics on what priorities need to be set? Is the larger number given to pre-game?

I found that if I invert the expected values it works correctly, except for people who spawn mid-game.

i.e. if I make the pre-game lobby spawns to be gameplay only, and the in-game spawns to be enabled as ‘pre-game only’. Then, indeed, people are properly in the pre-game lobby, and then spawn in-game in the map. However, people who spawn mid-game end up in the lobby.

I guess I will have to monkey about with setting enabled to always and adjusting priorities.

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With SpawnPad priorities, the lower the better (Opposite to volumes).

Yeah it makes it a bit ??
I have used Priority 2 on Pregame with Island Start on and Priority 1 on Gameplay Spawns with Island start off and had them Enabled Always,
This works alright but the Use as Island Start is a bit of a fly in the ointment, Joining Players will always spawn at Island Start, until they die or manually respawn.
So I just stuck a teleport to game area.
Another idea may be a damage volume that kills any lobby spawners, forcing them to the higher priority spawn.

Another factor to add in the tinkering is using class or team specific pads.