When using a map which is already fully explored, the map shows the blue arrow for player 2 in the home base location, even though player 2 is not playing.
The last location of player 2 was in the home base location prior to closing and saving the game. Player 2 has not yet played this world after syncing from the old game to the new game.
Cleaning up old tickets: This ticket has not been updated recently (~1 year+) so is being closed as Cannot Reproduce. If you feel this is still a valid issue then please comment, or create a new ticket following the Issue Guidelines.
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