Messengers & -playerlist Can't Find Unstealthed Character

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Messengers & -playerlist Can't Find Unstealthed Character

Post by Aellowyn » Wed May 01, 2024 1:56 am

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I've ran into multiple people having an issue where they cannot be found by the messengers after coming out of stealth, including myself.

I suspect this is due to stealth; logging off stealthed, transitioning servers stealthed, just stealthing?
Not positive. Even logging off unstealthed and logging in the next day, sometimes still can't be found on the same server.

Steps to reproduce:
Use stealth at some point.

Expected result:

-Stealth then unstealth, can now be reached by speedy messenger or any message.

-Logging in after logging off unstealthed, can be reached by speedy messenger.

Actual result:
Can't be found. Also not shown on the list with -playerlist.
Unstealthing doesn't fix it. Relogging can, but it still glitches without transitioning servers, but possibly due to toggling stealth at some point.

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Re: Messengers & -playerlist Can't Find Unstealthed Character

Post by LivelyParticle » Wed May 01, 2024 10:29 am

I have this issue a lot, and even when I don't log out stealthed I don't appear on the -playerlist on logging in.

To add to this, I've also had messengers while in stealth (after the 'you are no longer able to be reached by speedy' message). I seem to have been able to fix it by logging out in stealth, logging in, unstealthing, logging out again, logging back, and relogging once more to appear.

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Re: Messengers & -playerlist Can't Find Unstealthed Character

Post by ReverentBlade » Wed May 01, 2024 12:42 pm

Happened to me today. Stealth and disguises and the messenger system are still very buggy in general. Logging off in stealth will always break it. You have to unstealth and relog. Changing disguises will sometimes not update on the playerlist. These players cannot be contacted (even via Tells, let alone messengers) until they relog. Today I stopped getting messengers after only briefly being in stealth, no logging off or server changing at all.

Something is broke.


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Re: Messengers & -playerlist Can't Find Unstealthed Character

Post by Iceborn » Tue May 14, 2024 7:23 am

I'm bumping this because I don't want to forget about it.
If anybody has additional information it would also be appreciated.

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Re: Messengers & -playerlist Can't Find Unstealthed Character

Post by serono » Tue May 14, 2024 7:30 am

Iceborn wrote:
Tue May 14, 2024 7:23 am

If anybody has additional information it would also be appreciated.

viewtopic.php?f=12&t=42854
Its likely the same bug described here.

Functions such as -ama and the portal-page (viewing PC online) are affected.


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Re: Messengers & -playerlist Can't Find Unstealthed Character

Post by In Sorrow We Trust » Tue May 14, 2024 6:30 pm

it is the same, and requires some back-end changes to fix as it is part of a larger issue that affects all naming systems.


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