"Someone is using that"

Gargath · April 2017

Do you possibly know their name?
Another interesting glitch in this great looking game

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Any ETA on solution?

Elsonso · April 2017

When I am done with it, you have it. Until then, keep your paws off!

Shadowshire · April 2017

Gargath wrote: »

Do you possibly know their name?
Another interesting glitch in this great looking game .
Any ETA on solution?
(image deleted from quoted OP to save space)

FWIW, I cannot determine where the node is located just from looking at the screenshot. It looks as though you may be using the Fryakin's Mini Map add-on without the option enabled to show the location name below the mini-map. Or you could be using another mini-map add-on instead. Regardless, no one can fix the flaw if the report does not tell them, or show them, exactly where to find it.

Currently, there is a Nirnroot node in Hollow City (Coldharbor) which cannot be gathered because "Someone is using that". I used the <F1> key to display a menu with the Feedback feature in the game client, which enables players to report bugs and send other messages to the development team in-game, and attached a screenshot. It has been several days since I submitted it. I would upload the screenshot with this message to show it, but I have since deleted that one.

As to when or whether these errors will be fixed, I don't know whether they can be corrected without patching the game client. The error has happened two or three times before, and within a few days of my reporting it, the error was corrected, but I cannot recall whether the game client was patched on my computer before the node became collectible again.

On the face of it, ZOS hasn't found and corrected the bug in the game software which causes the outcome to happen. Instead, they just correct the data record for the node.

Elsonso · April 2017

Rivenspire. Shornhelm.

WuffyCerulei · April 2017

Your guar is using it.

Gargath · August 2022

I bit necro, but I found the same issue today while gathering resources on Betnikh island.

I tried with picking first resource node and saw this - Someone is using that.
Moved to another one - Someone is using that.
The same with next 2-3 nearby.
I'm sure I saw no other players around.
When running between nodes, they were slowly disappearing one by one.

Finally after 5 attempt I saw a player character jumping our of nowhere in front of screen, like he was in some invisible mode - picking up resources without going out of shadows. I just returned to game after long time but last I remember It was not possible to pick up resources in stealth, even today game is pulling me out of stealth automatically.

A bot with game breaking stealth mode? Or another instance players not visible for my instance, mixed in this point due to game code broken?

ZOS_Kevin · August 2022

Hi Gargath, did you use in-game bug reporting to report this as well? We can get a bit more data out of that to pinpoint what happened in your particular instance.

Hämähäkki · August 2022

ZOS_Kevin wrote: »

Hi Gargath, did you use in-game bug reporting to report this as well? We can get a bit more data out of that to pinpoint what happened in your particular instance.

Come on, that bug is as old as the game itself

I had that bug like 7-8 years ago. One would think you should have all the data you need by now

Elsonso · August 2022

Hämähäkki wrote: »

ZOS_Kevin wrote: »

Hi Gargath, did you use in-game bug reporting to report this as well? We can get a bit more data out of that to pinpoint what happened in your particular instance.

Come on, that bug is as old as the game itself
I had that bug like 7-8 years ago. One would think you should have all the data you need by now

They do have the data, but every time they try to access it, it says "Someone is using that".

Hämähäkki · August 2022

Elsonso wrote: »

Hämähäkki wrote: »

ZOS_Kevin wrote: »

Hi Gargath, did you use in-game bug reporting to report this as well? We can get a bit more data out of that to pinpoint what happened in your particular instance.

Come on, that bug is as old as the game itself
I had that bug like 7-8 years ago. One would think you should have all the data you need by now

They do have the data, but every time they try to access it, it says "Someone is using that".

Hahahaha 🤣

I like that

Gargath · August 2022

ZOS_Kevin wrote: »

Hi Gargath, did you use in-game bug reporting to report this as well? We can get a bit more data out of that to pinpoint what happened in your particular instance.

Hello, thanks for your interest, I did not report in game, since I wasn't sure is it a bug or not.
All I have is this picture
https://drive.google.com/file/d/1FBZI15m9joMJmYAlrmNWRMRk60zZn6f0/view?usp=sharing

made on Betnikh island in 1.08.2022 10:40 a.m.
Character name Bastet Ubasti

BenevolentBowd · August 2022

I've seen this happen a long time ago where bots were using 3rd party hacks.

However, I've seen some "legitimate" cases of this as a result of the "phasing" in the game. Phasing refers to areas of the game that can change depending on where a character was in the local quest line. Phasing was a very annoying problem because people had difficultly playing with their friends because of progression differences that made their friends invisible during some quests.
I think ZOS removed most of the phasing in the game as a result.