We’ve identified some issues with Tagging in the 1.8.2 release, and are working to resolve them as quickly as possible.
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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This is really awful and annoying.
Does anyone know if any of the recent mods that handle auto-tagging or improve dog behavior correct or circumvent this bug?
Yes.
Auto tag does not help in my experience. Does your dog mod help?
Seems like it does (duo only though)? I mostly double-ping with a 200ms threshold with the occasional attack single button command and “attack pinged” command for testing.
I think a tiny mod can also revert the code changes if that helps anyone?
I thought it was gonna be hotfixed by now so I didn’t really look at it other than to spot the changes.
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A standalone mod fix for it would be awesome if it’s possible. Who knows how long this will take to hotfix.
I mean if the part of the Arbites mod fixes it (seems fine of us), I don’t feel like I need to do more work unless it’s something else like reverting the other portion of the code not touched by me (if it needs to be for a fix).
Just toggle off the parts you’re not using, if they’re off and you restart your game like it ask, it won’t hook into the other parts.
I didn’t have issues that I noticed but it was only 2 of us with dogs this time.
So…lemme know.
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