Dancer Archive
Thread: just an fyi to dancers about possible bug
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sweatyclimber
Wed Nov 10, 2004 6:30 pm
#1
Esharra wrote:
Sounds like you were attacked by a stealth /setp.
no its a bug, i've seen it happen in a PC cantina as well
FuschiaD
Wed Nov 10, 2004 7:09 pm
#2
I wonder if this has anything to do with BF. I'll see if I can test this tonight.
Anoewyn
Wed Nov 10, 2004 9:23 pm
#3
Eeep, a bug that lets people a buff passively while ungrouped...... Gawd, lets keep it under wraps lest the buffbots..... **shudders**
Honestly though - I sure hope it was a stealth /setp, though the dancer really should tell you if they did or did not do that, is only polite 
Xyrdre
Thu Nov 11, 2004 12:27 am
#4
I dunno... one night, someone got a master musician buff, full 2 hours, while listening to me play, ungrouped, and un-setperformed. And I'm only a 0 0 3 0 Musician...
pap
Thu Nov 11, 2004 1:37 am
#5
hi just to let you guys and girls know i was on bloodfin last night and in a big group. i was working on my pistoleer templete and i had alot of bf so i started watching a dancer who was buffing people now this dancer never entered our group. Before he finished the dance cycle i thought i had spoted a friend of mine so i ran out of the cantina and got the standard message "you are too far away so you stop watching ( so on and so on)" now here is the funny thing i look over at my buff status and i got a full dancing buff from this person. don't know if you people care or if you want to test this out i sent in a bug report and thought i give you all a heads up. also for anyone that think that the group leader must have invited the dancer he was far away from the outpost. anyways just figured i tell you and if someone can test this great i will try it again tonight when i get on.
NeillM
Thu Nov 11, 2004 3:16 am
#7
Interesting, were you grouped with a Master Musician? Was there one in the room?
Xyrdre wrote:
I dunno... one night, someone got a master musician buff, full 2 hours, while listening to me play, ungrouped, and un-setperformed. And I'm only a 0 0 3 0 Musician...
Panthu
Thu Nov 11, 2004 5:18 am
#8
Ent Buffs used to work like this, people just watched long enough and they got a buff. From what we've been told, our buff code is a mess. It's totally possible that sometimes our "new buffs" are being applied with our "old buff" mechanics. Certain changes to other parts of our code could increase this little mix up frequency I would guess.
Aleyo
Thu Nov 11, 2004 10:31 am
#10
It's also possible that this was a 'delayed' buff from before, where you go through the process that would get you buffed but don't /stopwatch or /stoplisten, then leave the area while the entertainer stops entertaining (and thus not triggering the 'you are too far to watch/listen' code). You can then /stopwatch or /stoplisten at any time to trigger the buff (or activate it with the 'you are too far..' code as seemed to have happened this time).
pap
Thu Nov 11, 2004 12:18 pm
#11
well if you peeps figure this out great i just thought i give you a heads up with the new no looping macro going into effect the last thing you want is people not paying you money and just getting free buffs like they do now 
i was master doc i it would piss me off if i was buffing one person and everybody around him got a buff for free too lol good luck peeps.
i was master doc i it would piss me off if i was buffing one person and everybody around him got a buff for free too lol good luck peeps.
Xyrdre
Thu Nov 11, 2004 2:57 pm
#12
NeillM wrote:
Interesting, were you grouped with a Master Musician? Was there one in the room?
Xyrdre wrote:
I dunno... one night, someone got a master musician buff, full 2 hours, while listening to me play, ungrouped, and un-setperformed. And I'm only a 0 0 3 0 Musician...
Yes, I was grouped with and playing Western with famousFATWOOKIE in an otherwise emptyplayer cantina at the time. None of the other band members hadsetperformed, we asked at the time while trying to figure out why the other player received the buff while listening to me. The buff recipient is an alt of another very knowledgableFFWB master musician, so it's unlikely to be confusion on the part of the listener either. Nor had the buff recipient recalled being in another group with master musicians earlier in the evening. There was the possibility that he could have received a previous passive buff which didn't trigger until much later with the /stoplisten from listening to me, but that apparently wasn't the case either.
At the time, we ran through question and answers with all of the musicians present and the buff recipient, and thought perhaps it was a bug with Western. Now it appears to be a bug with all types of entertainer buffs, and not based on a particular song or dance. We thusfar haven't been able to determine what might be causing it, so it's very difficult to attempt to reproduce.
Tiaga
Fri Nov 12, 2004 2:36 pm
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Aleyo wrote:
It's also possible that this was a 'delayed' buff from before, where you go through the process that would get you buffed but don't /stopwatch or /stoplisten, then leave the area while the entertainer stops entertaining (and thus not triggering the 'you are too far to watch/listen' code). You can then /stopwatch or /stoplisten at any time to trigger the buff (or activate it with the 'you are too far..' code as seemed to have happened this time).
There's another variant of that. If you don't get the buff (Stopped listening too quick or already had a buff) and another buff is applied, it won't take even if you stop listening/watching. Then if you watch any entertainer (Of the same type as the buff I believe) for 2 minutes, you get the buff. You could watch a novice entertainer shuffling back and forth on basic for 2 minutes and it would be enough.
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