Traps never work, why?

Apologize that I'm a month late, found this through google search.

I believe there is a reason why some people can't ever catch anything.

I'm experiencing the same problem so I tested traps with debug to find out what's happening.

The answer to the problem is this: If you quit the game when cell with traps you placed is unloaded, then load the game and continue playing without visiting said cell, the traps will NOT have a chance to catch anything until you get back to them to "wake them up" and get out again to 75+ tiles distance. Only after that point and before you quit the game will they work. Which is most definitely not how you would expect them to work.

I've posted a bug report on this already but so far got no response.

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