A friend's connection drops and their character stands in the way

When someone loses connection in a co-op game, their character either vanishes at once, which is harsh if they come back in a second, or stays solid and blocks everyone. A staged fade-out handles both. Here is how long each stage lasts, what the others can do meanwhile, and how the returning player is treated.

Why this works

Most lost connections are a blink, but a few are real exits, and you cannot tell which at first. Stages let you be gentle with the blink and still free the room for the real exit, without punishing anyone for bad luck.

When not to use it

Do not keep a ghost in a fast competitive game where a missing player gives the others an unfair edge or a blocked goal. There, hand the character to the computer at once or end the round.

In the full entry

• What to build, step by step
• Starting values and the reason for each
• 3 common mistakes and the fix
• A diagram of every state
• 25 lines of example code with 4 checks that pass
• How your AI shows you that it works

Say this to your AI

Use the Spielerando entry "A friend's connection drops and their character stands in the way" (read_entry online-keep-a-dropped-player-standing-for-a-while) in my game. Build it step by step, and show me how you checked that it works.

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