Known Issues for Update 4

Garion

Lol, poor NBs.

Cogo

antmck2011rwb17_ESO wrote: »

Cogo wrote: »

antmck2011rwb17_ESO wrote: »

With regards to crafting - traits don't work either. All crafting stations any zone, any character. The item window doesn't update at all - doesn't show materials or traits as you change them. I have noticed that checking and unchecking the 2 little check boxes at the top makes the item window reflect any changes. Selecting this every single time is a real pain.

Ok, WHAT are players doing on the PTS server? Any reason we have one? Someone must have noticed any of these?

All these problems are getting fixed, but did not a single player on the PTS get any of these? Do we really need to come up with BRIBES for players testing? Zenis arena and Cyro event was successful and found lots of solutions!

@ZOS_JessicaFolsom

Settings reset sucks! Really sucks! But it happens.
Settings resets happens in most MMOs! Get used to it.

Solution:
Make a GLOBAL setting! So you can choose your settings, keybindings and everything again. BUT only needed ONCE for your account. As an option!

This UI setting may or will happen again, in a year! Or on client side by addons or computer crash, etc.
An account option to save settings when changed, gives all players an "easy" way to fix it themselves. Sure, we need to do the settings again. But only once.

That's ok! (Yes, it is!)

Zenimax, please add an option to "save" your settings as char or account?

With 1 option, we need to do settings again, but not 7 more times.

I only have 1 alt btw, so I am thinking about all players. Not just me.

This can not be to difficult to add? (I am not a coder, but is this not an "easy" thing? If its complicated, then ok)

How about an option to backup settings locally (ie on your own computer). That way if it hits the fan you can restore your settings that you backed up earlier. How's that for an idea

Sounds good but depending a lot on the MMO. Not all MMO have this option due to technical reasons. Some do, some don't. The reason is not if they want or not, but what kind of data and software is used for the "setting".

It is NOT as easy as an .inf file or something. Hence, my question to Zeni, if its not to difficult to do.

Any data on your computer can be edited, by you. Then the same file will "execute" in the game. Security, abuse, you name it.

Same thing as you suggest but by Zenimax "backup". THAT's a great suggestion.
However, then you add a "backup" feature. And that needs a software to handle it. Not just a button to save an .ini file, in a database.

For example, players achievements are not "lost" even in crashes or bugs that don't show them. Or you killed X but the journal do not update. This is cause how databases works. Your "whole" char is a mix of files in 99% sure Oracle database. The files are not files, but raw "data". To "restore", or get data from there, you get the whole thing!

Good: As everyone has seen, you don't loose achievements etc. They are "on" your "database file". "rollbacks, your get your char, name, skills, exp, since last "save" of that database "data". All of it!

Bad: Its up to ORACLE, not Zenimax, what can be extracted and changed (backuped). As well as a software that needs to work with Oracle tech + the ESO software.

Easy: Get the data in the database. Safe, secure, fast. Must for MMOs.

Hard: Get the data, but not all of the Oracle "data". It's all or nothing. Or older saved "data".

I don't want to loose 2 days of gameplay, to get my settings back.

Again, my question to Zeni. Is it easy, to add the option to save settings to account?

Might be easy, or not. Hence my question.

antmck2011rwb17_ESO

Cogo wrote: »

antmck2011rwb17_ESO wrote: »

Cogo wrote: »

antmck2011rwb17_ESO wrote: »

With regards to crafting - traits don't work either. All crafting stations any zone, any character. The item window doesn't update at all - doesn't show materials or traits as you change them. I have noticed that checking and unchecking the 2 little check boxes at the top makes the item window reflect any changes. Selecting this every single time is a real pain.

Ok, WHAT are players doing on the PTS server? Any reason we have one? Someone must have noticed any of these?

All these problems are getting fixed, but did not a single player on the PTS get any of these? Do we really need to come up with BRIBES for players testing? Zenis arena and Cyro event was successful and found lots of solutions!

@ZOS_JessicaFolsom

Settings reset sucks! Really sucks! But it happens.
Settings resets happens in most MMOs! Get used to it.

Solution:
Make a GLOBAL setting! So you can choose your settings, keybindings and everything again. BUT only needed ONCE for your account. As an option!

This UI setting may or will happen again, in a year! Or on client side by addons or computer crash, etc.
An account option to save settings when changed, gives all players an "easy" way to fix it themselves. Sure, we need to do the settings again. But only once.

That's ok! (Yes, it is!)

Zenimax, please add an option to "save" your settings as char or account?

With 1 option, we need to do settings again, but not 7 more times.

I only have 1 alt btw, so I am thinking about all players. Not just me.

This can not be to difficult to add? (I am not a coder, but is this not an "easy" thing? If its complicated, then ok)

How about an option to backup settings locally (ie on your own computer). That way if it hits the fan you can restore your settings that you backed up earlier. How's that for an idea

Sounds good but depending a lot on the MMO. Not all MMO have this option due to technical reasons. Some do, some don't. The reason is not if they want or not, but what kind of data and software is used for the "setting".

It is NOT as easy as an .inf file or something. Hence, my question to Zeni, if its not to difficult to do.

Any data on your computer can be edited, by you. Then the same file will "execute" in the game. Security, abuse, you name it.

Same thing as you suggest but by Zenimax "backup". THAT's a great suggestion.
However, then you add a "backup" feature. And that needs a software to handle it. Not just a button to save an .ini file, in a database.

For example, players achievements are not "lost" even in crashes or bugs that don't show them. Or you killed X but the journal do not update. This is cause how databases works. Your "whole" char is a mix of files in 99% sure Oracle database. The files are not files, but raw "data". To "restore", or get data from there, you get the whole thing!

Good: As everyone has seen, you don't loose achievements etc. They are "on" your "database file". "rollbacks, your get your char, name, skills, exp, since last "save" of that database "data". All of it!

Bad: Its up to ORACLE, not Zenimax, what can be extracted and changed (backuped). As well as a software that needs to work with Oracle tech + the ESO software.

Easy: Get the data in the database. Safe, secure, fast. Must for MMOs.

Hard: Get the data, but not all of the Oracle "data". It's all or nothing. Or older saved "data".

I don't want to loose 2 days of gameplay, to get my settings back.

Again, my question to Zeni. Is it easy, to add the option to save settings to account?

Might be easy, or not. Hence my question.

Good point - didn't think of that. Just a suggestion

Srugzal

pulsarxz wrote: »

I'm getting a bad hitch in the game every 10-15 sec or so running around in the world. Game ran beautiful before patch. Please look into this. Thanks!

I've been getting terrible lag spikes in combat in Coldharbour. I was killed several times as a result. I've been working with the particle effects setting, but it doesn't seem to make any difference.

Funny, but I didn't see the new lag spikes mentioned in the release notes...

bertenburnyb16_ESO

"User settings have been unintentionally reset.

You will need to set any of your settings again, which includes keybindings, gameplay, camera, interface, and social. We apologize for any inconvenience that this has caused."

pff there goes half my evening of game time...

is this really nessesary? isn't there a way to save your settings (and also copy then to other chars) because this is a total avoidable pain in the backside

Gigglesnort

Group leader not available in party to invite others to group, have to drop party and re-invite everyone when wanting to add new player.

tinythinker

Hello, I have another possible addition to the list

I had a chance to try out Dragonstar Arena yesterday and it was really fun. Loved the announcer. I noticed though that after I chose the wayshrine option after a group wipeout, one of the other group members became invisible aside from the group member arrow hovering nearby. We could still talk, when we went back to the arena the fight triggered properly, etc, he was just invisible.

After the next wayshrine res, a second group member became invisible. After the next, the third, but only until we went back into the arena, the the third was visible again. After wiping that time, only one group member were visible again back at the wayshrine point.

So, to sum, I guess something like "Other members of group randomly becoming invisible to player after that player uses wayshrine to resurrect in the Dragonstar Arena"?

demonlkojipub19_ESO

WylieCoyote1511 wrote: »

Did they lay off the staff that know what they're doing and leave the ones that don't to run the game?

New to ESO?

stefan.gustavsonb16_ESO

In the guild store all of the entries are prefixed with '[eng]'.

Great. They fixed this, at long last, in the main login screen, but then it crops up in a much more annoying place. Amazing how the UI programmers for this game not only do a terrible job in general, but also never seem to learn from previous mistakes.

Morrighan_Ravenborn

Agreed, crafting not working. Have only tried clothier at V1 and not only is the level displayed incorrect, by styles & traits do not seem to be applied. I refrained from actually creating something as I did not wish to waste my mats, but the graphic displaying what will be made just shows a vanilla, no traits & no styles that are to be applied.

Lionxoft

ZOS_GinaBruno wrote: »

Crafting & Economy

• Displayed item levels are not corresponding properly with the number of materials used at crafting stations.
  • STATUS: Will be fixed in patch 1.4.4

You know this was reported the first day that update 4 was on the PTS, right?

Seems that the "PLEA FOR HELP ON PTS" wasn't that important. Wonder what the excuse was? Pretty sure this was reported by most that went on there to check out the Nirnhoned trait. I know for a fact I reported it.

A PLEA FOR HELP ON PTS
As you all know, every major patch spends a number of weeks being tested on our Public Test Server (PTS). We would love to have more of you participate in Update testing on PTS—right now, we have a dedicated crew of players who run through new content there before it launches on our live servers, but it isn’t a large enough population to find some of the more esoteric load-related problems.

Now that Update 4 has hit PTS, please go over and try out the new content and see what you think. Be sure to give feedback, especially any bugs or balance problems you encounter. As a reminder, every current subscriber has access to PTS, and you will be able to create high-level characters appropriate to the content featured in the Update. In the future, we plan to add some kind of incentive for helping us test new content, so keep your eyes open for details.

http://www.elderscrollsonline.com/en-us/news/post/2014/08/20/the-road-ahead----august-20

tinythinker

Oh, and I forgot to add that the World Freeze/Crash bug in medium to large battles is back for Cyrodiil, even when pop on server is only 1 bar per Alliance and when local internet connection is strong/steady. Graphics already lowered to medium to avoid issues in PvP. Didn't show up again for me until after this latest patch, but has happened a few times now in a relatively short span.

Aenra

you know, i love the guy asking "what are THEY doing on PTS?"

he won't bother himself, lol, hell no.
but THEY..the morons good-willed people doing his work for him, what are THEY doing! How dare they not notice each and every bug?

awesome man, really ^^

Davadin

1. When you said "Improve Fire Animation" did you mean "Remove Fire Animation"? lol... My ring of fire, fire breath and Volcanic rune (that I can think of) now has no fire animation AT ALL. Looks a little..... dull. Please fix.
2. Crafting like others have said. If you select the type of ingot is fine, but when you increase/decrease the number, it doesn't increase/decrease the end-product preview. I haven't actually craft it so i don't know if it's a preview error (crafted item is correctly ranked), or the toggle error (crafted item is wrong rank)
3. I still have Stoneheaver as my hireling lady and i can still delete her mails even without confirming....? Aren't you changing these?

eventide03b14a_ESO

AllPlayAndNoWork wrote: »

Amazing, looks like I wont be playing for a while til you get NB fixed as both my toons are NB's. Any chance of a refund while you fix something that was working marginally better prior to the patch ?






Sorry, you cant' hear me, i'm breaking up ............

At least my Nightblade vampire was enjoyable to play for very short amount of time. Of course the vocal minority got their way and now the class is even more broken than ever. I'm really starting to hate this game.

Cica

With equipped restoration staff you get forced from ego-perspective to third-person-perspective if you are sprinting.
Only appears if you got your staff in your hand. I tried changing main and second hand weapons - with demolition staff it works fine...

I think I read in the patchnotes that they fixed this kinda issue (appeared to happen with one-handed weapons sometimes) - obviously something went wrong..?

eventide03b14a_ESO

Garion wrote: »

Lol, poor NBs.

They really should just abandon the class. It's pretty clear they are never going to get it right.

Lava_Croft

@ZOS_GinaBruno

Retreating Maneuver is bugged while grinding in Craglorn. Casting the skill works fine, but afterwards the particle fx and the sound repeat themselves at random intervals for a random number of times. The largest amount of fake casts was 9 times after I casted the spell.

The walking animations when using a staff bug out very often, leaving you moving forward while doing nothing but constantly spreading your legs and bringing them back together. This bug was present before, then probably fixed and is now back.

While technically not a bug, the new staff animations are atrocious. I'm sorry.

Lorkhan

people cant invite me to group because my nickname has a special caracter.

Mitrenga

To Walk on the Far Shores Quest

Septima Tharn teleports herself to the top of a pillar and stays there, summoning nothing and she is not coming down either. I tried casting spells on her since she is in range but immune to any damage.

I will buy fire catapults just to get past this quest.

Davadin

mikeandsharrahub17_ESO wrote: »

I thought the door issue in Cyrodiil was supposed to be fixed with this update or are these doors for decoration and the only way to get out of a keep is to jump off 2nd level?

Let's also add "our patches break more *** than they fix" to the list cause that is a known issue.

Doors are fixed last night AFAIK.... works fine. No more getting stuck for me and many others in THor....thor something. the 30 days campaign.

antmck2011rwb17_ESO

Gigglesnort wrote: »

Group leader not available in party to invite others to group, have to drop party and re-invite everyone when wanting to add new player.

I've had this problem too - before Update 4. Really odd looking at group and there's no leader???

Davadin

eventide03b14a_ESO wrote: »

Garion wrote: »

Lol, poor NBs.

They really should just abandon the class. It's pretty clear they are never going to get it right.

Got blown to bits last night in Cyrodiil by 2 cooperating NBs.... each delivered 2 skills and I'm dead with 4 hits under 2 seconds. I have the screenshot at home to proof it.


Yes, 2 second. I got stunned out of my horse first and before I can stand back up I'm already dead.



Nothing wrong with the damn class.

Davadin

Lionxoft wrote: »

ZOS_GinaBruno wrote: »

Crafting & Economy

• Displayed item levels are not corresponding properly with the number of materials used at crafting stations.
  • STATUS: Will be fixed in patch 1.4.4

You know this was reported the first day that update 4 was on the PTS, right?

Seems that the "PLEA FOR HELP ON PTS" wasn't that important. Wonder what the excuse was? Pretty sure this was reported by most that went on there to check out the Nirnhoned trait. I know for a fact I reported it.

A PLEA FOR HELP ON PTS
As you all know, every major patch spends a number of weeks being tested on our Public Test Server (PTS). We would love to have more of you participate in Update testing on PTS—right now, we have a dedicated crew of players who run through new content there before it launches on our live servers, but it isn’t a large enough population to find some of the more esoteric load-related problems.

Now that Update 4 has hit PTS, please go over and try out the new content and see what you think. Be sure to give feedback, especially any bugs or balance problems you encounter. As a reminder, every current subscriber has access to PTS, and you will be able to create high-level characters appropriate to the content featured in the Update. In the future, we plan to add some kind of incentive for helping us test new content, so keep your eyes open for details.

http://www.elderscrollsonline.com/en-us/news/post/2014/08/20/the-road-ahead----august-20

Make it that people who spend at least 6 hours in PTS gets a purple weapon set. 12 hr gets a purple armor set. More you get the special VR14 stuff... I DUNNO... those kind of rewards.

and you'll get TONS of people flooding the PTS, guaranteed.

eventide03b14a_ESO

dsoegiartob16_ESO wrote: »

eventide03b14a_ESO wrote: »

Garion wrote: »

Lol, poor NBs.

They really should just abandon the class. It's pretty clear they are never going to get it right.

Got blown to bits last night in Cyrodiil by 2 cooperating NBs.... each delivered 2 skills and I'm dead with 4 hits under 2 seconds. I have the screenshot at home to proof it.


Yes, 2 second. I got stunned out of my horse first and before I can stand back up I'm already dead.



Nothing wrong with the damn class.

Any class could have accomplished that with a bow. There are no Nightblade specific abilities that grant instant death. Had you fought against any two players of any other class that had even a small clue how to play this game you would have had the same result. Play a Nightblade and when you realize that half of your abilities don't function properly or are just plain useless you will see what an exercise in frustration it is.

Lionxoft

dsoegiartob16_ESO wrote: »

Lionxoft wrote: »

ZOS_GinaBruno wrote: »

Crafting & Economy

• Displayed item levels are not corresponding properly with the number of materials used at crafting stations.
  • STATUS: Will be fixed in patch 1.4.4

You know this was reported the first day that update 4 was on the PTS, right?

Seems that the "PLEA FOR HELP ON PTS" wasn't that important. Wonder what the excuse was? Pretty sure this was reported by most that went on there to check out the Nirnhoned trait. I know for a fact I reported it.

A PLEA FOR HELP ON PTS
As you all know, every major patch spends a number of weeks being tested on our Public Test Server (PTS). We would love to have more of you participate in Update testing on PTS—right now, we have a dedicated crew of players who run through new content there before it launches on our live servers, but it isn’t a large enough population to find some of the more esoteric load-related problems.

Now that Update 4 has hit PTS, please go over and try out the new content and see what you think. Be sure to give feedback, especially any bugs or balance problems you encounter. As a reminder, every current subscriber has access to PTS, and you will be able to create high-level characters appropriate to the content featured in the Update. In the future, we plan to add some kind of incentive for helping us test new content, so keep your eyes open for details.

http://www.elderscrollsonline.com/en-us/news/post/2014/08/20/the-road-ahead----august-20

Make it that people who spend at least 6 hours in PTS gets a purple weapon set. 12 hr gets a purple armor set. More you get the special VR14 stuff... I DUNNO... those kind of rewards.

and you'll get TONS of people flooding the PTS, guaranteed.

Hehe, I don't think that's a good idea. "Come do work for us that our staff should be doing! Get a purple item that will be worthless in a few months because we will raise the vr cap again! Don't forget that you will not receive wages!".

12 hours at the avg rate for functional testers as consultants... Yeesh, that would be robbery. 12 hours of testing would cover almost 2 years of subscription fees. :P Hope that shows just how much they are trying to get away with here.

Scottezl

Wolfenbelle wrote: »

@zazamalek @pssyfngr3‌ @tinythinker‌ @SteveCampsOut @ZOS_CatK‌ @ZOS_GinaBruno

Zaxamalek, in another thread I posted that I'm experiencing the off line bug. There, ZOS_CatK suggested the same thing that ZOS_GinaBruno did at the top of the page.

I did exactly as they recommended and the code did NOT work. Thanks for mentioning the add on. Don't know if it will work. Will give it a try, but it's only a workaround. I'm very displeased that GinaBruno's post said this -- "STATUS: Potentially fixed in patch 1.4.4. As a temporary workaround, you can try typing in /script SelectPlayerStatus(1) in your chat window."

That temporary workaround does not work. I tried it several times. It does absolutely nothing.

@Wolfenbelle,

You might try it again. I was able to make it work last night. In fact, I toggled it back and forth several times using that script command. Just make sure there are no spaces in SelectPlayerStatus(1). The only space is between Script and Select.

/script SelectPlayerStatus(1) Sets your status Online
/script SelectPlayerStatus(2) Sets your status Away
/script SelectPlayerStatus(3) Sets your status Do Not Disturb
/script SelectPlayerStatus(4) Sets your status Offline

Good luck!

Davadin

Lionxoft wrote: »

dsoegiartob16_ESO wrote: »

Lionxoft wrote: »

ZOS_GinaBruno wrote: »

Crafting & Economy

• Displayed item levels are not corresponding properly with the number of materials used at crafting stations.
  • STATUS: Will be fixed in patch 1.4.4

You know this was reported the first day that update 4 was on the PTS, right?

Seems that the "PLEA FOR HELP ON PTS" wasn't that important. Wonder what the excuse was? Pretty sure this was reported by most that went on there to check out the Nirnhoned trait. I know for a fact I reported it.

A PLEA FOR HELP ON PTS
As you all know, every major patch spends a number of weeks being tested on our Public Test Server (PTS). We would love to have more of you participate in Update testing on PTS—right now, we have a dedicated crew of players who run through new content there before it launches on our live servers, but it isn’t a large enough population to find some of the more esoteric load-related problems.

Now that Update 4 has hit PTS, please go over and try out the new content and see what you think. Be sure to give feedback, especially any bugs or balance problems you encounter. As a reminder, every current subscriber has access to PTS, and you will be able to create high-level characters appropriate to the content featured in the Update. In the future, we plan to add some kind of incentive for helping us test new content, so keep your eyes open for details.

http://www.elderscrollsonline.com/en-us/news/post/2014/08/20/the-road-ahead----august-20

Make it that people who spend at least 6 hours in PTS gets a purple weapon set. 12 hr gets a purple armor set. More you get the special VR14 stuff... I DUNNO... those kind of rewards.

and you'll get TONS of people flooding the PTS, guaranteed.

Hehe, I don't think that's a good idea. "Come do work for us that our staff should be doing! Get a purple item that will be worthless in a few months because we will raise the vr cap again! Don't forget that you will not receive wages!".

12 hours at the avg rate for functional testers as consultants... Yeesh, that would be robbery. 12 hours of testing would cover almost 2 years of subscription fees. :P Hope that shows just how much they are trying to get away with here.

What? No, dude, no no no.

ZOS should *NOT* put a requirement "you have to fill-in 10 bugs at least or 5 problems or do monthly report"...

Just *logs in* and play, and you get your reward.

1 out of 5 will submit a bug, so if you want to calculate your ROI, you divide that QA wage by 5....

The goal is to put a LOT more people in PTS.... having A LOT of bugs submitted is priority 2....

Howl

The Draughr in Howling Sepulchres aren't classed as undead and don't work with Fighter's Guild abilities.

Elsonso

@ZOS_GinaBruno‌

Just a suggestion. You should go back to this thread and copy the items from Update 3 that did not get fixed.

http://forums.elderscrollsonline.com/discussion/124067/known-issues-for-update-3/p1