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Potentially Unintended Chat Message auto erasure affects Roleplaying

XimTheBard
XimTheBard
Soul Shriven
Hello, I will preface this by stating I am an avid roleplayer in the game and others who do not roleplay might not notice this.

Previously when typing a message in the chat box, we could click out of the box, pan around, and change our camera, before returning to our message to continue typing. This is something that is very useful for those of us whole roleplay. Things such as: a new character may enter, or there may be a change in the scene that we will have to pan out camera to be able to see. Or... another example is touring a character's house. We are moving while typing out our character's response.

Now as of this patch when someone starts to type a message in the chat box, and we click out of the chat box, the message is erased completely, which as you can imagine, is a very unexpected surprise.

I can see where this may have been intended, as if someone is typing a message, and then finds themself in combat, and is trying to press keys to react, but is stuck in the chat box typing instead, perhaps this would prevent that.

But I wanted to bring this up, to see if this was in fact intended or not.
I appreciate any response on the matter. Thank you!
Khajiit Roleplayer, Pve Warden main, Housing enthusiast, and architecture nerd.
Akir'i'ko Tz'jana - 7'7 Skyrim Raised Cathay-raht main
I love foxes!
  • Salyyn
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    Having the same issue at an RP event tonight. Multiple folks getting repeatedly tripped up by this new 'feature' with no way to resolve it. Sure, non roleplayers will look at this and think we're overreacting. It's comparable for the pve crowd of having your movement keys be disabled while a UI is opened, or, for the pvp crowd, kicking you from a battleground or cyrodiil que for mounting up. Small, yes, but aggressively frustrating to deal with
  • ZOS_Kevin
    ZOS_Kevin
    Community Manager
    Hi all, looking to get some additional information as we are investigating this. Are you using mouse and keyboard, gamepad/controller, both?
    Community Manager for ZeniMax Online Studio and Elder Scrolls OnlineDev Tracker | Service Alerts | ESO Twitter
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  • Salyyn
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    Mouse/Keyboard here. Pretty sure Xim does, as well. (We're in the same guild.) The funny thing is, thanks to pchat addon, the chat doesn't purge while the UI is open, but does as soon as the UI is closed, like, an inventory page, or quest log as examples. That said, even disabling addons, it still happened. I'll check if it happens on my steamdeck after the rp event is done to see if it affects controller UI too
  • Nitewalker314
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    Same problem here. Also using a mouse and keyboard, and disabling addons didn't help.
  • DrakeHellfire
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    Same problem here! Just had this issue and even removed addons to test. Using mouse and keyboard here!
  • XimTheBard
    XimTheBard
    Soul Shriven
    ZOS_Kevin wrote: »
    Hi all, looking to get some additional information as we are investigating this. Are you using mouse and keyboard, gamepad/controller, both?

    Mouse and keyboard, thanks Kevin.
    Khajiit Roleplayer, Pve Warden main, Housing enthusiast, and architecture nerd.
    Akir'i'ko Tz'jana - 7'7 Skyrim Raised Cathay-raht main
    I love foxes!
  • N00BxV1
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    The same thing happens while in gamepad mode and using the keyboard chat. Start typing a message then click the playable area with the mouse and the chat message gets erased.

    Edit:
    I just tested with the gamepad chat and it's getting erased as well.

    Edited by N00BxV1 on 29 October 2024 02:23
  • MrGraves
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    Having the same issue. keyboard/mouse. started with u44.
  • PureEnvelope35
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    Having the same issues, erases both with and without addons, any menu or clicking out of the chat box causes it to happen.
    Mouse and Keyboard but plugging in a controller had the same issue still happening.
    Fashion is the true endgame.PC EU
  • Mall0ry
    Mall0ry
    I've got the same issue with mouse and keyboard, it is not only annoying in RP environment, but also in PvP when you prepare an "OPEN" message before the gate is open so you just have to press the button when the enemy pours in. Now you are losing seconds in which you could siege, just for typing to warn to others.
    Hear the singing of our blades
    death has come, foes be afraid!


    EU PC GH AD only. Please give Cyro some love, Zos!
  • hiyde
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    This is driving me [snip] lol. I do a lot of copy/pasting of info into guild chat, alt-tabbing in and out of the game and now I have to build out the entire message first instead of adding blocks.

    Previous to this, there was another change where if you were typing in the chat box, then alt-tabbed to grab something to paste, it deselected the chat window. (you could click back in and continue, unlike now)

    [Edit for profanity.]
    Edited by ZOS_GregoryV on 14 November 2024 23:03
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  • ZOS_Kevin
    ZOS_Kevin
    Community Manager
    Just following up here. The team has identified the issue and is working toward a fix. Appreciate everyone's patience as we work through this.
    Community Manager for ZeniMax Online Studio and Elder Scrolls OnlineDev Tracker | Service Alerts | ESO Twitter
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  • SporkyRat
    SporkyRat
    Soul Shriven
    Yes! This is happening to me as well, glad you brought this up, Xim.
    (Not a role player, but I do a lot of dungeons and communication when not on voice is vital.)
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