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Thread: IT Focus Thread: Requesting information on the “Timer Bug”

Lerning
Thu Mar 04, 2004 1:50 am
#27

The...OMG why did I just fall off my vehicle-have amazing negative modifiers-with no ham bars-am I incapped or what - timer bug.


You know the one...you are buffed, you fall down go boom. More prevalent with shuttle rides, but happening without getting thrown from shuttle by thugs...


The clues that we have put together so far. The incap takes place when crossing a zone line. The workarounds seem to be 1) drag the body back to the zone from which you just came or 2) drag the body into another zone entirely 3) hope that something DBs you.


In NU yesterday the day/night sequences were off at times. When it was daytime in NU, it was night outside of city limites. Clue?


The bug struck me when I was about 1km east of NU, swimming and hit a zone boundary, I was on food buff. This was not passing into the NU limts, but dragging the body all the way to NU, I was able to get up again...albeit, no mind (-100/1).


I have been able to consistently repeat the effect once it begins. Drag body back to original zone and then cross zone line again. However, when this bug does strike other interesting things do take effect. Power boosts that seem to not end. Stuns that go on and on and on... etc...


Chrysalide
Thu Mar 04, 2004 1:54 am
#28








Ragnaat wrote:




TH, could you perhaps be a little more specific about which timers you're talking about? I have two timer issues that I think need to be looked at, but I don't know if they're at all the kinda of thing you're asking for input here:






The timer bug that we're trying to track down will most likely manifest itself when you get a system message telling you that you have to wait X amount of time before something happens. For example, the message that would normally say, "You cannot generate a vehicle for 23 seconds" might be incorrectly telling you, "You cannot generate a vehicle for 1852 seconds"... something along those lines. Issues with covert wait times, or mount gallop de-winding might be caused by the same problem, but that might be a little harder to tell. If we can track down what's going on with the crazy timer system messages it will be a little easier.


Anything and everything that you can tell us about the status of your character and the events leading up to when you got the bugged timer message would be most helpful. If your character was under the effect of any food or spice buffs at the time, just get off a shuttle or a transport, just walk out of a building, just got off of a vehicle, etc... the more info the better.


Unfortunately, it seems like it might be somewhat random, but if anyone can consistantly reproduce this happening, and can give us a step by step or can holler at us to come on Test Center and check it out, that would be awesome.


Thanks again for all your help!


Message Edited by Chrysalide on 03-03-2004 12:55 PM



Jeff "Chrysalide" Carpenter
SWG Lead Systems Designer

Slawek
Thu Mar 04, 2004 12:15 pm
#29
If you are talking about he one that incaps you and doesnt let you get back up her eis what i was doing

1. Decided to have a Combat Medic Disease my HAM

2.Disease all 3 stats blackbared

3.After i healed like 1 Action cause i was ina camp it ticked again incapping me with no timer.

4. I noticed that my action wasnt 1/1 but was 0/0 and there was no timer.


then my buddy came and healed me for soem wounds and i got up right away and he did heal the action so it went from 0/0 to 100/100
Bajor_Dit
Fri Mar 05, 2004 9:56 am
#30
I have had this happen after becomming incapped due to spices. After spice wears off, sometimes I get incapped. If I get healed by someone else, it does not help me, but the incap timer went to some absure -23568 or some such. It did count, but it was like a day long.



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KetherSWG
Fri Mar 05, 2004 1:35 pm
#31


Lerning wrote:



The...OMG why did I just fall off my vehicle-have amazing negative modifiers-with no ham bars-am I incapped or what - timer bug.


You know the one...you are buffed, you fall down go boom. More prevalent with shuttle rides, but happening without getting thrown from shuttle by thugs...


The clues that we have put together so far. The incap takes place when crossing a zone line. The workarounds seem to be 1) drag the body back to the zone from which you just came or 2) drag the body into another zone entirely 3) hope that something DBs you.


In NU yesterday the day/night sequences were off at times. When it was daytime in NU, it was night outside of city limites. Clue?


The bug struck me when I was about 1km east of NU, swimming and hit a zone boundary, I was on food buff. This was not passing into the NU limts, but dragging the body all the way to NU, I was able to get up again...albeit, no mind (-100/1).


I have been able to consistently repeat the effect once it begins. Drag body back to original zone and then cross zone line again. However, when this bug does strike other interesting things do take effect. Power boosts that seem to not end. Stuns that go on and on and on... etc...







I've seen this! It's scary!!! We dragged him back toward NU, and he recovered.



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