I'm getting multiple reports and have also experienced myself an issue where there is insufficient time to get out after hearing footsteps. The situation usually plays out like this:

I> search bed

I>

Footsteps nearby make you wonder if you're pushing your luck.

I>

You rummage around the massive bed, until you find a hooded cinnamon cloak bearing the crest of House Guemos. It looks valuable, so you decide to take it.

Roundtime: 10 sec.

IR>

I> northeast

You go northeast.

[Someone Else's Home, Kitchen]

Goldenoak floors lie beneath batiste rugs. A long diamondique counter fills the center of the room.

You also see the kitchen window.

Obvious exits: northwest.

I> go window

A scream shocks you, as the owner discovers you ransacking their home. You flee, the owner's calls for help following you outside.

"Stop right there!" The shout reverberates through the area as the guard charges towards you. "You're under arrest!"

I had understood that this wasn't intended to be the circumstance - that as long as you didn't linger (as you can see, I'm not lingering), you should be able to get out in time. Is this an incorrect understanding? Is there always going to be some level of risk if the footsteps come right about the same time as the input for searching the surface?

I've run into the same thing, and it sucks. I only steal from Clans now because I'd rather lose a hand than 110 plat.

I'm just not sure what the resolution is, burgle is supposed to be inherently very dangerous and the issue is ping between the game engine and personal internet.

> that as long as you didn't linger (as you can see, I'm not lingering), you should be able to get out in time.

The footsteps will trigger a few seconds earlier now. Previously, if it was really bad timing you could have only a second after RT. Now it should be more like five seconds.

I’ve also added another benefit for survival primes. If you have every room unlocked, and extra survival primes who don’t have a room to randomly unlock, they will instead add some time to the microseg.

Javac
That one guy

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