KNOWN ISSUE: Tagging Issues Post-1.8.2

We’ve identified some issues with Tagging in the 1.8.2 release, and are working to resolve them as quickly as possible.

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Issue Type (Required):

Perks

Issue Description (Required):

When a Boss is marked with the Veterans Focus Target keystone I cant send my dog on the boss anymore since I cant Tag it anymore.

Dont think this was a thing before the Patch.

Steps to Reproduce (Required):

If an enemy is tagged yellow by a vet I cant send my dog at that enemy.

[PC] Do You Use Mods? (Optional):

No, I don’t use mods

Reproduction Rate (Required):

Constant (100%)

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Issue Type (Required):

Player Mechanics

Issue Description (Required):

Cant tag enemies most of the time after last update.

Steps to Reproduce (Required):

Tagging during a mission.

[PC] Do You Use Mods? (Optional):

Yes, and I’ve tried disabling them

Reproduction Rate (Required):

Often (<75%)

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I am getting this too same details

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TLDR: I am having this problem as well, only when Mastiff is around.

PLATFORM:STEAM

I am having trouble with tagging as well, I use a button on my razer mouse, but I don’t think this is related, I do not use mods. I’m only having this issue with Arbites, I tried Veteran it works fine. I replicated this in the Meat Grinder, very bizarre, it is almost random how it wants to work, it wants to work depending on distance of enemy, whether or not the Mastiff is already tagged onto an enemy. I’ve tried my full skill tree and an empty tree. No difference it seems. Once I put the Lone Wolf skill on, so Mastiff is Gone, the problem clears up. Tagging items seems to work, albeit it is tagging the item a little offcenter to the left, not what i’m truly aiming at.

Yeah glanced at the code and it seems there was some tweaks done to the “smart tag” systems as it related to arbites mostly and singe/double tap pings/tags.

See Added Version 1.8.2 (Scripts) 06-30-25 · Aussiemon/Darktide-Source-Code@935eb70 · GitHub
Click on anther file in the left hand explorer tree and back to “hud_element_smart_tagging” for it to scroll properly.
If you scroll the left-hand pane to the top you’ll see a filter, type “smart”

Can confirm, been playing almost non-stop since Arbites release, and latest patch broke something on tagging. Sometimes it outright refuses to tag whatever is in front of me, doesn’t matter if it’s highlighted by other abilities or not.

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Also got this issue.

PC - Steam - No mods - Uk - Virgin Media

On the positive side I have had less system crash…

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Pings were working fine for me before hotfix and still do on other classes. But now double is broken for dog control on Arbites.

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Can you elaborate?

I have my dog set to double tag control.
Normal pings on single input and double pings work fine on other classes.
But on Arbites, singles and doubles are very inconsistent, most often failing for multiple tries if they ever work.

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this happened to me yesterday, I thought it had something to do with the event, good to know it’s been acknowledged

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Same problem. Its like I try to tag thin air. Enemy remains completely untagged and cannot send my dog towards it either. Happened in completely open areas and large enemies close to me. Not using any mods regarding tagging.

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