Creature Handler Archive
Thread: Is there a way around this pet bug?
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StudioOnion
Thu Jun 10, 2004 5:40 pm
#1
I apologize in advance if this has been asked a million times already... I looked back a bunch of pages and couldn't find anything....
Sometimes (usually right after a battle) I get a bug with my pet where I can no longer do anything with/to him except ride him around. He won't attack or follow; I can't feed him; He won't do tricks; etc etc. I can't even store him, not even from the datapad. The radial dial on him only has the options "Examine" and "Climb Aboard", I believe. I can usually tell when this bug has gone into effect because he (a Cu Pa) sort of crouches a bit, like he's frozen... except he's not, since I can still hop on board and drive him around. The only way I've found to "reset" so that I can command and/or store him is to log *completely* out and back on (a quick deco/reco will not do it.)
Has anyone else experienced this bug? Does anyone know what causes it? Lag? Is it related to the autostore bug? Again, it seems like it mainly happens right after a battle, like for example if I'm attacking 3 guys, he finishes killing one guy but then he "freezes" and will not attack anyone else, but I can't store him or re-call him or anything. Only thing I can do is hop on and run away. I've only noticed this bug since the latest publish, and it happens a *lot*... so much that I'm reconsidering finishing CH (even though that's been my main goal since I started playing)... it's a much worse bug than autostore, because they won't follow any commands unless I log out and log back in. Makes using pets an enormous headache.
Sometimes (usually right after a battle) I get a bug with my pet where I can no longer do anything with/to him except ride him around. He won't attack or follow; I can't feed him; He won't do tricks; etc etc. I can't even store him, not even from the datapad. The radial dial on him only has the options "Examine" and "Climb Aboard", I believe. I can usually tell when this bug has gone into effect because he (a Cu Pa) sort of crouches a bit, like he's frozen... except he's not, since I can still hop on board and drive him around. The only way I've found to "reset" so that I can command and/or store him is to log *completely* out and back on (a quick deco/reco will not do it.)
Has anyone else experienced this bug? Does anyone know what causes it? Lag? Is it related to the autostore bug? Again, it seems like it mainly happens right after a battle, like for example if I'm attacking 3 guys, he finishes killing one guy but then he "freezes" and will not attack anyone else, but I can't store him or re-call him or anything. Only thing I can do is hop on and run away. I've only noticed this bug since the latest publish, and it happens a *lot*... so much that I'm reconsidering finishing CH (even though that's been my main goal since I started playing)... it's a much worse bug than autostore, because they won't follow any commands unless I log out and log back in. Makes using pets an enormous headache.
BlindTyldak
Thu Jun 10, 2004 5:51 pm
#2
There is, but you won't like it . . . die. That stores the bugged pet and you can recall him again.
I thought I was the only one with that bug, and I've only seen it once. Is it just your cu pa? Because it happened to me on a natural cu pa as well, on Dathomir.
StudioOnion
Thu Jun 10, 2004 5:57 pm
#3
Hmmm, maybe it *is* something specifically with Cu Pas, if you've only seen it once and it was with a Cu Pa... because it happens to me about 1 out of 3 battles with my CuPa, but then I've been using him exclusively for battles at least since the last publish. I'll try using a different pet for a while and see what happens.
StudioOnion
Thu Jun 10, 2004 6:00 pm
#4
Although that would still really stink, as I really like using my Cu Pa as a dual vehicle/weapon, with ranged attack, and as a BE I made up a whole mess of them for that purpose... would suck to find that they're practically unusable.
BlindTyldak
Thu Jun 10, 2004 6:12 pm
#5
Maybe that's what it is . . . anyone else with feedback? The time it happened to me a rancor went aggro on my cu pa, putting it in attack mode. I jumped on and ran off before it could be damaged, but that was it. But you know, now that you mention it, it WAS a BE'd cu pa, because I remember deleating a mess of them as I collected rancor babies since they were just Level 5 junk mounts. I held on to that one specifically at the time because I wanted to be able to pull out a couple of combat pets if needed and wanted to be spare on the mount CL.
LyteFoot
Fri Jun 11, 2004 5:49 am
#6
I get the same thing with vehicles. Basically the beast is ghosted. The system thinks it is stored yet since its visible gives you the minimum number of options. You can probably click on it in the data pad and see the call option. Either call it and you will see 2 of it briefly before the first one dissappears or simply move on and leave it till you need to call it again.
BlindTyldak
Fri Jun 11, 2004 8:28 am
#7
Well for me at least, it went beyond ghosted; my mounts ghost on me constantly. This one was completely stuck in the world until I died, and none of the normal ghosting tricks would work.
LyteFoot
Fri Jun 11, 2004 9:06 am
#8
Ouch you have a lot of problems. Are you on dial up? Do you get a lot of graphics lag? I'm asking because I suspect a lot of problems are latency related. As the servers get loaded they will lag and when you add any client or network lag to that I suspect a lot of data comes in too late so isn't handled well on one end or the other.
I fortunately could upgrade my machine and have DSL so I see far fewer issues. A 3 gHz processor, 1 gig memory, Radion 9800 pro, Audigy 2, and DSL means very little lag for me. About the only lag I get is when the server takes longer to send data like the delays in bringing up a radial menu's options.
BlindTyldak
Fri Jun 11, 2004 10:03 am
#9
I know its not on my end . . . my machine isn't particularly high-end, but it's very well ballanced, I'm on cable (and typically hog the neighborhood) and I never, ever have lag problems unless the server itself is having them. I've been in the middle of huge PvP battles and been about the only person who is getting decent FPS while everyone else is getting kicked out and hanging left and right.
KillerZeke
Fri Jun 11, 2004 2:43 pm
#10
My Cu Pa has the same trouble from time to time on any planet. I use him alot because he is also my mount and I have seen this on every planet except maybe Endor were I do not spend any time.
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