Character changed locations while at character select screen.

[Tekoneiric.6817]

I left one of my characters near the Temple of Kormir, went to the character screen and got occupied with something then when I went back in the character was in the City of Amnoon right between the waypoint and emporium POI. Did the admins reset something in the last two hours?

[Inculpatus cedo.9234]

Sometimes, the client loses track of where a character was/is/ supposed to be. Skritt happens.

[Tekoneiric.6817]

> @"Inculpatus cedo.9234" said:

> Sometimes, the client loses track of where a character was/is/ supposed to be. Skritt happens.

 

Could be related to disconnects also. I just had one happen.

[Inculpatus cedo.9234]

Yes, that could cause a loss of information between the server and the client.

[Just a flesh wound.3589]

I’ve had it happen with disconnects. The game forgets where you are and moves you to a wp.

The other day I was in Malchor’s Leap and starting lagging pretty bad so I logged out and logged back in. My char was moved from beside the tree harvesting spot to near the portal (and it was under the map).

[Bollocks.4078]

Wouldn't it be the server that keeps track of where you were when you logged out? If you log in from a different computer how would that client know where to put you?

 

This issue happens to me a lot in a very repeatable and predictable way. Usually it goes like this:

1) go to a new map/zone

2) log out to char select screen

3) log back in to same char

4) now that char is in a position as if they just zoned in to that map

 

if I log in to a different char first then the issue doesn't happen.

[Inculpatus cedo.9234]

My bad; server, then. Thanks.

[crepuscular.9047]

i remember this happened to me quite a lot during the first few weeks of PoF launch

[rng.1024]

Not sure of applicable, but if I remember correctly there is an event at that wp that might have been in progress when you logged in. If you were standing somewhere where, say - some boxes were summoned to limit an area all of a sudden the game needs a new place to put you. And indeed it seems to use waypoints for this. Since there's only 3 wps or something on that map I guess they use the uncontestable ones, which is the amnoon one in this case.