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Member
Hidden pieces only available when online
Hi, I am not sure if this has already been mentioned (i did have a quick look but didn't find anything) but when playing yesterday I spent around an hour going through the same 5 tracks looking for the last hidden piece. After around an hour I noticed that the game wasn't connected to Uplay. I closed the game and opened it again and found the piece right away.
Are the hidden pieces only available when the game is online?
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Member
I think you pretty much answered your own question.
Like the bunker, or the slot machine, this event is dependent on you being connected to Uplay. Although when you are offline the icons above the five possible map piece locations shouldn't show up. In your case it kind of sounds like they were there, which could lead to confusion.
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Junior Member
Yeah this is one of the BS things with the event. I almost lost a piece because the uplay server kept failing (my wi-fi had 5 bars). So I reseted after every course, took one of the hint race and discovered after that I as no longer connected. The server fail more often since the update. My theory is that idle players coming back as too much to handle.
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Community Developer
Yes, the event needs the connection to the server, like many features such as the Bunker, the daily missions, the Slot Machine, etc.
JollyCharly
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Member
Also, if for some reason the tracks are showing when you've lost connection and you find the piece, it won't count. You won't lose it, but you will have to run the track and collect the piece again when you have a connection.
This was another thing the prospector missions were good for, you could do them offline. There is now nothing you can do offline (apart from story if its not complete) other that a bit of practice.