Does anyone else get this PS4 group finder bug (see pic)?

pecheckler

So i've observed that sometimes when I queue with the group finder and it takes longer than a few minutes that end up stuck in this void... bugged.. where I never ever get placed in a group no matter how long I wait. Even if I log off, even if I restart my PS4, and even if I try to queue with a different character. It usually fixes itself if I don't play for a day or two.

When the bug doesn't occur my queue time is never more than a few minutes (tank). I've observed that when the bug doesn't occur it usually doesn't occur for the entire play session, meaning I can play one random group after another after another for hours and hours. However on days when it does occur I am screwed. Totally unable to use the group finder.

Now for the screenshot. What's pictured randomly appears a few minutes after queuing on days when the bug occurs where I never find a group. It appears as about the time i'd normally be placed into a group. To close out of this I have to press the options button bringing up the menu. What's pictured will repeatedly reappear every few minutes forever.... even if I leave queue. The only thing that makes it go away is closing the game via the playstation button menu. However when I get back in game and requeue the problem starts all over again. The only thing i've found that fixes it is not playing for at least 12 to 24 hours.

So what i'm faced with here is each day when I log on i'm having about a 50/50 chance of this problem occurring. When it does i'm screwed. All I can do is shut the game down and try the next day. On days when the issue occurs I can easily recreate the problem after it first occurring on a specific day.

I've been unable to locate any other reports of this same issue.

I'd like to know if anyone else is experiencing the same problem and whether or not Zenimax is aware of it.

UltimaJoe777

I get this all the time. It's a result of using Options to close the menus out and return to gameplay. The game still considers the menu active and certain button/joystick use will make it display again. Simply open the menu and close it out with Circle to fix it.

pecheckler

UltimaJoe777 wrote: »

I get this all the time. It's a result of using Options to close the menus out and return to gameplay. The game still considers the menu active and certain button/joystick use will make it display again. Simply open the menu and close it out with Circle to fix it.

I always exit each menu one by one using the circle button. This menu also isn't being triggered by any button i'm pressing. I just switched back to the game which has been idle for 10 minutes as I made this thread and the screen was back, yet i'd not pressed a single button for the duration.

And even if it was a UI element bug exactly as you describe, why would that affect being placed into a group?

UltimaJoe777

pecheckler wrote: »

UltimaJoe777 wrote: »

I get this all the time. It's a result of using Options to close the menus out and return to gameplay. The game still considers the menu active and certain button/joystick use will make it display again. Simply open the menu and close it out with Circle to fix it.

I always exit each menu one by one using the circle button. This menu also isn't being triggered by any button i'm pressing. I just switched back to the game which has been idle for 10 minutes as I made this thread and the screen was back, yet i'd not pressed a single button for the duration.

And even if it was a UI element bug exactly as you describe, why would that affect being placed into a group?

It doesn't, or shouldn't. This bug could happen with any portion of the UI. I even once had it display my name/location/XP meter after closing the menus out lol

To be honest though this bug hasn't appeared for me in a pretty good while now...

pecheckler

UltimaJoe777 wrote: »

pecheckler wrote: »

UltimaJoe777 wrote: »

I get this all the time. It's a result of using Options to close the menus out and return to gameplay. The game still considers the menu active and certain button/joystick use will make it display again. Simply open the menu and close it out with Circle to fix it.

I always exit each menu one by one using the circle button. This menu also isn't being triggered by any button i'm pressing. I just switched back to the game which has been idle for 10 minutes as I made this thread and the screen was back, yet i'd not pressed a single button for the duration.

And even if it was a UI element bug exactly as you describe, why would that affect being placed into a group?

It doesn't, or shouldn't. This bug could happen with any portion of the UI. I even once had it display my name/location/XP meter after closing the menus out lol

To be honest though this bug hasn't appeared for me in a pretty good while now...

Thanks for the confirmation. I've never once seen this partial-UI pop-up except for the group finder class-role description popup. I'm obsessive about individually backing out of each menu one at a time. I started playing again 3 weeks ago and have experienced this broken group finder issues on about half of those days. Sometimes several days in a row. It's really killing the daily pledge experience gain benefits for me.

NewBlacksmurf

It's not just ps4. It's Xbox one too

Volrion

Yeah man I posted about this the other day. I have four vet characters. In the same session it worked for the first two, then nothing for the second two. Sat idle with about 50 people in Mournhold waiting for something to happen lol

I ended up logging off because of it.

disintegr8

If I could get into group using group finder I would let you know but....