Possible cause for zones crashing..

[JerleMina]

I'm in The Ruins. When it crashes, it seems to be almost always right as I'm initiating an HO(Fighter, level 8 here) Sometimes it works, sometimes it doesn't, but the few crashes I've seen coincide with my HO wheel opening almost exactly.Nobody else in the zone.Doing some thorough testing..One HO(Wild Swing->Taunt) off without a hitch.Start up a second HO, start my Wild Swing, drop to char select right as it finishes, with zone down.<p>Message Edited by JerleMinara on <span class=date_text>12-16-2004</span> <span class=time_text>07:14 PM</span>Edit Two: Second test.Two HOs(Wild Swing->Taunt) went fine.Third HO, same situation as the first test. Open opportunity, use wild swing to initiate solo HO, drop as wild swing finishes.<p>Message Edited by JerleMinara on <span class=date_text>12-16-2004</span> <span class=time_text>07:16 PM</span>

[Miracleknig]

When it happened to me most often was after I got a new quest.

[JerleMina]

<blockquote><hr>Miracleknight wrote:When it happened to me most often was after I got a new quest.<hr></blockquote>I'm currently hunting quest NPCs for Vleko's Plan(exiled orcs).. I'll try hunting regular stuff and seeing if I crash.

[Genthiel]

<DIV>I have crashed to character select 5x total, 4x while fighting (yes, I was using HO's) 3 in Ant, 1 in peat bog.</DIV> <DIV> </DIV> <DIV>and 1x while entering Antonica.</DIV>

[JerleMina]

More testing info:Stopped fighting quest npcs.. Just went harvesting. Was in for a substantial amount of time. Did find another bug where an npc aggro'd on me, the model stayed in its spot but it kept beaitng me up.. I ran to guard, guard fought it, and when it died the corpse appeared on the ground below the guard..Anyways I stopped fighting.. Harvested for a few mins. Decided to try killing a shoreside asp..One HO(Wild Swing->Taunt). Second HO, right as I finish wild swing, bam. Zone down.

[Oakraven Desa]

<DIV>IOR keeps flicking out of existance for me but not everyone in the zone</DIV>

[MotleyFo]

I've got this but don't have access to HO yet (level 4)

[Oakraven Desa]

<DIV>Hi dave!</DIV> <DIV> </DIV> <DIV>Guard attacked a goblin and the person closes to him LDed but the rest of the zone seemed to hang in their</DIV>

[Moorgard]

<DIV>We're looking into the HO zone crash problem as well. Please keep the data coming.</DIV>

[Oakraven Desa]

<DIV>Well im in a twilight zone now, I can move around it and nothing else moves, zone in and out and same thing</DIV> <DIV> </DIV> <DIV> </DIV>

[Miracleknig]

Same thing, as if the server froze. I had to click the X up in the top corner in order to Leave.

[JerleMina]

<blockquote><hr>Moorgard wrote:<DIV>We're looking into the HO zone crash problem as well. Please keep the data coming.</DIV><hr></blockquote>I can almost 100% confirm that it's an HO thing. I fought one of the same NPCs that crashed me(using HO) while only doing my combat arts(just not popping opportunities up) and no crashy.Folks if you're in a zone and it crashes and you didn't use an HO, it's someone else who did. Spread the word and tell everyone to stop using them until it's fixed!

[JerleMina]

More data:A few people have said they've done HOs all they want and no crashing.. I wondered if they were only doing one per encounter and perhaps that worked..Nope <img src="/smilies/69934afc394145350659cd7add244ca9.gif" border="0" alt="SMILEY" /> Did one on a group encounter, then went after a blue^^ and bam <img src="/smilies/9d71f0541cff0a302a0309c5079e8dee.gif" border="0" alt="SMILEY" />

[Miral]

<DIV>remember this is a testing environment, not an extra 4 character slots where oyu can preview the upcoming changes. We need to test the hell out of this HO crash so that its not still there when this gets pushed to live next week.</DIV>

[PhourZwanZig]

<DIV>Ive been having it crash while doin nothing even.. Doesnt seem to be anything that you actually do that causes this.. Ive had it happen while 1. Zoning   2. Changin Options in menu  3. Sending Bug report (2wice)  4. HO while in battle (maybe- was in battle thats for sure)  5. Changin money at bank  6.  Browsing Merchant..</DIV> <DIV> </DIV> <DIV>Many things i was doin at time of boot to CS screen as seen above so I wouldnt say that its just HO related</DIV>

[PhourZwanZig]

<DIV>K.. Now I notice a difference between the different boots.. </DIV> <DIV> </DIV> <DIV>1. HO Boots - cause you to goto CS screen but cannot log back in w/o restarting Client</DIV> <DIV> </DIV> <DIV>2. Random Boots - cause you to goto CS screen but you can log back right away</DIV>

[Miral]

<DIV>doing HO in Epic8, boot to CS and out of Epic (have to start over!)</DIV> <DIV>trying to move my xp bar while in Epic8.. lost connection to entire server, and cannot reconnect</DIV>

[JerleMina]

Server's down.

[Oakraven Desa]

<BR> <BLOCKQUOTE> <HR> JerleMinara wrote:<BR>Server's down.<BR> <HR> </BLOCKQUOTE><BR> <P>that was a GM HO</P> <P>it was Blackguard Higby Saave and bonepile doing the Emergency fix this now triple whamy</P> <P>and this time moor did not break the chain!</P> <P>:smileywink:</P> <P> </P><p>Message Edited by Oakraven Desade on <span class=date_text>12-16-2004</span> <span class=time_text>09:34 PM</span>

[JerleMina]

More data:Did a Sky Cleave. Zoned. Did a Crushing Anvil. Zoned. Did an HO(Don't know what, I'd assume one of the two I'd already done). Zone down.Zoning does not fix.