A player who joins mid-game appears right on top of someone

Picking a start spot at random puts the newcomer inside a friend or next to an enemy about as often as you would fear. Choosing the spot that is farthest from everything else is better, but two people joining in the same moment still collide. Here is the choice, the tie rule, and a protective pause scaled to how crowded it is.

Why this works

A newcomer knows nothing about the scene, so the first moment decides their mood. The place with the most room around it gives them time to look, and a safe window that grows when space is tight covers the cases where room is missing.

When not to use it

It is wrong when the spot has meaning, for example a team base, a checkpoint or a story start where everyone should meet. Then use that fixed place, or the one next to a friend the person chose.

In the full entry

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

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Use the Spielerando entry "A player who joins mid-game appears right on top of someone" (read_entry online-new-arrival-spawns-away-from-everyone) in my game. Build it step by step, and show me how you checked that it works.

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