[The Bug Notes] Compendium of current Bugs / Exploits

WillhelmBlack · January 2016

Video of bugged doors and keep walls.

First you see me enter a keep door only to come out of the same side, then I approach a keep wall which is totally missing to me. It seems the enemy cannot enter so this is a major bug that could possibly be turned into a major exploit.

http://youtu.be/Y1Q1tDLlWpc

Xantaria · January 2016

WillhelmBlack wrote: »

Video of bugged doors and keep walls.

First you see me enter a keep door only to come out of the same side, then I approach a keep wall which is totally missing to me. It seems the enemy cannot enter so this is a major bug that could possibly be turned into a major exploit.

http://youtu.be/Y1Q1tDLlWpc

The first thing in the video happens a lot when you spam a door. You basically used it twice in the lag and that is why you landed on the other side. The lag is also responsible for not letting you in through the door after that (and the roots).

The second thing just leaves me with a big WTF in my face.

lonewolf26 · January 2016

/bug is bugged. Any messages you type longer than 100 characters are truncated when viewing your bug report on help.elderscrollsonline.com.

Xantaria · January 2016

lonewolf26 wrote: »

/bug is bugged. Any messages you type longer than 100 characters are truncated when viewing your bug report on help.elderscrollsonline.com.

Bugception?

Xantaria · January 2016

Updated with new juicy Exploits and Bugs!

Iduyenn · January 2016

DK-chains: Actually quit a lot of mobs are not pullable with chains because they seem to stand on another terrain, wich gives them immunity. Sometimes you have to jump and humptidumpti to reach them, but very often even that doesnt work. Ist just annoying and i would wish to see it fixed.

Nifty2g · January 2016

@Xantaria

Multiple Mundus Stones (General): Yes, this is still a thing. I know exactly how it works and I know 2 people who have accumulated multiple Mundus Stones (one with 7, one with 3) and also watched them while they did it. It's a weird Exploit because it doesn't work on all characters. At this point I do not know which requirements the character used for this Exploit needs to meet but I know how to do it if your character does meet them.

Fantastic. This really needs to be fixed already, I am sick of this bug being a thing, have you PM'd this devs about this one? It's probably the worst thing that needs immediate fixing.

Nifty2g · January 2016

I've got two

http://forums.elderscrollsonline.com/en/discussion/239387/bugged-item-set-scathing-mage

http://forums.elderscrollsonline.com/en/discussion/237048/bug-immortal-round-9-ash-titan

Refuse2GrowUp · January 2016

@Xantaria Sorry if I missed it, but it doesn't look like Torug's Pact is on your list of bugged equipment. Please note that on the previous page (24) I submitted a lengthy post about how it is bugged in a previously unknown way on PS4.

Also, have some of the bugs, exploits, etc been removed? I no longer see some things I thought were on the list that are still known issues in game...

* jumping over partially broken keep walls to get within the keep without fully destroying the wall
* slow falling if you fail to fully jump over an object
* fall damage in excess of 50k if hit with meteor on stairs (even if on the bottom step)
* getting dismounted if you get a campaign notification
* Willows Path

Kalebron · January 2016

Yesterday I changed equipment and noticed I had over 6.5k spell damage, but when I changed areas, it went back to normal. I wonder if something like this happened to the person who slaughtered all those people. I do wish I had that much spell damage. I'd be wiping everyone. LOL.

Ezareth · January 2016

Nifty2g wrote: »

Ezareth wrote: »

Xantaria wrote: »

Ezareth wrote: »

Can we get Purifying Ritual "purifying off" crystal fragments added to the list?

Also Power Overload getting stuck in heavy attack or no attack when spamming light attacks too fast?

Also the being unable to use left click at all any more in the interface including block, break-free and using transitus?

Can you elaborate the issue with the crystal fragments + Purifying Ritual?

@Xantaria

Simple, you cast a fragment at a templar, he casts purifying Ritual. The fragment never hits the templar because it is "Purified". There are several other abilities that this can be done with although I Don't have a magicka templar so I can't say which ones with certainty.

If you're asking for this change, then you're saying to remove Purify on channeled abilities, which is a little unfair imo

I would like RD to be unable to be purged and roll dodged.

No I only think it should act like purge which works fine on removing channeled abilities. Removing casted projectiles mid-flight because they are projectiles I think you'll agree is not an intended mechanic.

lonewolf26 · January 2016

Xantaria wrote: »

lonewolf26 wrote: »

/bug is bugged. Any messages you type longer than 100 characters are truncated when viewing your bug report on help.elderscrollsonline.com.

Bugception?

Indeed. It appears to also extend to reports sent through the in-game feedback tool. I had initially reported this via the website to customer support but they recommended sending feedback in game. Normally I bug report with /bug.

Unfortunately this too results in message truncation. If you've lengthy feedback, or a bug report with steps to reproduce, it might be best to start in game via the reporting tools to get a screen shot and whatnot. Afterwards be sure to go back to the website and update it as whatever you typed in the free-form text box will likely be cut-off. No word on if this is affecting what ZOS sees on their end, but if I had to hazard a guess I'd say they're only getting part of the message.

EgoRush · January 2016

Kalebron wrote: »

Yesterday I changed equipment and noticed I had over 6.5k spell damage, but when I changed areas, it went back to normal. I wonder if something like this happened to the person who slaughtered all those people. I do wish I had that much spell damage. I'd be wiping everyone. LOL.

You can do this be splitting stacks in your inventory too. It sometimes bugs out your spell/weapon damage and you'll run with ridiculous numbers. A friend of mine hit >120K spell damage in Cyrodiil. However, it is just a visual bug for your character sheet - all your skills still hit at the appropriate damage.

Xantaria · January 2016

lonewolf26 wrote: »

Xantaria wrote: »

lonewolf26 wrote: »

/bug is bugged. Any messages you type longer than 100 characters are truncated when viewing your bug report on help.elderscrollsonline.com.

Bugception?

Indeed. It appears to also extend to reports sent through the in-game feedback tool. I had initially reported this via the website to customer support but they recommended sending feedback in game. Normally I bug report with /bug.

Unfortunately this too results in message truncation. If you've lengthy feedback, or a bug report with steps to reproduce, it might be best to start in game via the reporting tools to get a screen shot and whatnot. Afterwards be sure to go back to the website and update it as whatever you typed in the free-form text box will likely be cut-off. No word on if this is affecting what ZOS sees on their end, but if I had to hazard a guess I'd say they're only getting part of the message.

This happens also to tickets. I highly doubt it's on their end aswell though because that would make it impossible for them to deal with any tickets.

dlepi24 · January 2016

I'm not sure if this has been mentioned yet or not, but I'll go ahead and add it. I know for sure this bug exists on Xbox One but I'm not positive about other platforms. As a magic nightblade, when I get marked I usually purge it off. Sometimes though the mark won't purge off no matter how many times I use it and I end up wasting a lot of magic trying to get it off thinking I have may have multiple negative effects that I need to purge first. If I die while I'm marked I'll respawn still marked and requires a relog to get it to fix the visual glitch. I'm fairly certain it's only client side that sees the visual glitch because players in my group report that I look fine to them.

I think what causes it is if I'm marked multiple times. I think if I get marked and I purge it and then become marked again either at the same time or in a certain amount of time it makes the mark remain on my screen. It can be a very annoying bug and seems to happen often (5-10 times a day).

code65536 · January 2016

Cosmetic bug: Glass heavy sabatons are using textures from the gloves/bracers/gauntlets that you have currently equipped:
http://forums.elderscrollsonline.com/en/discussion/239510

Valkyn Skoria proc rate too low after IC update (either intentional stealth nerf, or, more likely, an unintended bug from something else they changed):
http://forums.elderscrollsonline.com/en/discussion/238307

Xantaria · January 2016

More Exploits, More Bugs!

Lava_Croft · January 2016

dlepi24 wrote: »

I'm not sure if this has been mentioned yet or not, but I'll go ahead and add it. I know for sure this bug exists on Xbox One but I'm not positive about other platforms. As a magic nightblade, when I get marked I usually purge it off. Sometimes though the mark won't purge off no matter how many times I use it and I end up wasting a lot of magic trying to get it off thinking I have may have multiple negative effects that I need to purge first. If I die while I'm marked I'll respawn still marked and requires a relog to get it to fix the visual glitch. I'm fairly certain it's only client side that sees the visual glitch because players in my group report that I look fine to them.

I think what causes it is if I'm marked multiple times. I think if I get marked and I purge it and then become marked again either at the same time or in a certain amount of time it makes the mark remain on my screen. It can be a very annoying bug and seems to happen often (5-10 times a day).

This visual bug is easily reproduced by having Mark Target repeatedly spammed on yourself by someone who accidentally rolled a Nightblade.

Xantaria · January 2016

Lava_Croft wrote: »

dlepi24 wrote: »

I'm not sure if this has been mentioned yet or not, but I'll go ahead and add it. I know for sure this bug exists on Xbox One but I'm not positive about other platforms. As a magic nightblade, when I get marked I usually purge it off. Sometimes though the mark won't purge off no matter how many times I use it and I end up wasting a lot of magic trying to get it off thinking I have may have multiple negative effects that I need to purge first. If I die while I'm marked I'll respawn still marked and requires a relog to get it to fix the visual glitch. I'm fairly certain it's only client side that sees the visual glitch because players in my group report that I look fine to them.

I think what causes it is if I'm marked multiple times. I think if I get marked and I purge it and then become marked again either at the same time or in a certain amount of time it makes the mark remain on my screen. It can be a very annoying bug and seems to happen often (5-10 times a day).

This visual bug is easily reproduced by having Mark Target repeatedly spammed on yourself by someone who accidentally rolled a Nightblade.

IT WAS AN ACCIDENT I SWEAR

NeillMcAttack · January 2016

I actually found a simple work around for my issue.
GUILD STORE PS4.
When sub category choices are not displaying, simply choose and load a seperate main category (This seems to reset the UI in some way). Then just return to the desired sub category and 9 time out of 10 it will load correctly.

Alcast · January 2016

Xantaria wrote: »

Lava_Croft wrote: »

dlepi24 wrote: »

I'm not sure if this has been mentioned yet or not, but I'll go ahead and add it. I know for sure this bug exists on Xbox One but I'm not positive about other platforms. As a magic nightblade, when I get marked I usually purge it off. Sometimes though the mark won't purge off no matter how many times I use it and I end up wasting a lot of magic trying to get it off thinking I have may have multiple negative effects that I need to purge first. If I die while I'm marked I'll respawn still marked and requires a relog to get it to fix the visual glitch. I'm fairly certain it's only client side that sees the visual glitch because players in my group report that I look fine to them.

I think what causes it is if I'm marked multiple times. I think if I get marked and I purge it and then become marked again either at the same time or in a certain amount of time it makes the mark remain on my screen. It can be a very annoying bug and seems to happen often (5-10 times a day).

This visual bug is easily reproduced by having Mark Target repeatedly spammed on yourself by someone who accidentally rolled a Nightblade.

IT WAS AN ACCIDENT I SWEAR

It is not your fault Xanti, there seems to be smth wrong with the Character Creation Menu

Xantaria · January 2016

This bug thread has reached a number of Bugs and Exploits it has never seen before. At this point I don't even know what to say anymore.

Well atleast I can say this: Thanks to everybody who is testing, helping and spreading awareness around things that aren't working how they should.

I still dream of they day where issues like those are hotfixed the day they occur and the QA department of Zenimax actually starts working instead of drinking coffee.

EgoRush · January 2016

Alcast wrote: »

Xantaria wrote: »

Lava_Croft wrote: »

dlepi24 wrote: »

I'm not sure if this has been mentioned yet or not, but I'll go ahead and add it. I know for sure this bug exists on Xbox One but I'm not positive about other platforms. As a magic nightblade, when I get marked I usually purge it off. Sometimes though the mark won't purge off no matter how many times I use it and I end up wasting a lot of magic trying to get it off thinking I have may have multiple negative effects that I need to purge first. If I die while I'm marked I'll respawn still marked and requires a relog to get it to fix the visual glitch. I'm fairly certain it's only client side that sees the visual glitch because players in my group report that I look fine to them.

I think what causes it is if I'm marked multiple times. I think if I get marked and I purge it and then become marked again either at the same time or in a certain amount of time it makes the mark remain on my screen. It can be a very annoying bug and seems to happen often (5-10 times a day).

This visual bug is easily reproduced by having Mark Target repeatedly spammed on yourself by someone who accidentally rolled a Nightblade.

IT WAS AN ACCIDENT I SWEAR

It is not your fault Xanti, there seems to be smth wrong with the Character Creation Menu

It's bad that this kinda of bug is believable...

Glaiceana · January 2016

Confirming in my thread here that the werewolf quest has been fixed by the latest patch!
http://forums.elderscrollsonline.com/en/discussion/231713/bug-werewolf-quest-glitched-for-everyone-now-fixed-since-v2-2-9#latest

Xantaria · January 2016

Glaiceana wrote: »

Confirming in my thread here that the werewolf quest has been fixed by the latest patch!
http://forums.elderscrollsonline.com/en/discussion/231713/bug-werewolf-quest-glitched-for-everyone-now-fixed-since-v2-2-9#latest

Yep, seen your thread already and removed it from the list a few days ago.

swiftmoney09 · January 2016

I'm having a bug on PS4 where none of my abilities or attacks will work for a short time. It appears that my character is stuck in sprint somehow because my stamina will drain even though nothing is happening. Hitting sprint will bring me out of the bug. Someone told me this was fixed on PC a long time ago but is still a issue on console, but I can't confirm it. This bug is really annoying in Maelstrom.

I submitted a bug report and have been back and forth with zos, but don't seem to be getting anywhere.

https://youtu.be/K8-oOrAnfcw

https://youtu.be/lZYpyDpZFt4

Xantaria · January 2016

swiftmoney09 wrote: »

I'm having a bug on PS4 where none of my abilities or attacks will work for a short time. It appears that my character is stuck in sprint somehow because my stamina will drain even though nothing is happening. Hitting sprint will bring me out of the bug. Someone told me this was fixed on PC a long time ago but is still a issue on console, but I can't confirm it. This bug is really annoying in Maelstrom.

I submitted a bug report and have been back and forth with zos, but don't seem to be getting anywhere.

https://youtu.be/K8-oOrAnfcw
https://youtu.be/lZYpyDpZFt4

This is indeed sprint lock ... It has been fixed in most cases on PC but it still happens from time to time :S

Xantaria · January 2016

Still thinking about if I should add the new Bugs they implemented for us recently.

POps75p · January 2016

I would think that it would be a GREAT idea to fix the bugs in this game b4 you move on to more complex issues like getting rid of the vet ranks

your not losing people because of vet ranks being in the game, but your are because of the numerous bugs that go on forever. I didn't notice (but didn't look at all in complete detail) but being kicked out of Wrothgar when I go into the bank or medium/light armor building near the bank, happen 3-6 times per day depending on how many times it travel there to drop off stuff etc

Refuse2GrowUp · January 2016

Refuse2GrowUp wrote: »

Note: I am on PS4 NA

So, I know you already have Torug's Pact 2pc as bugged. Issue is that you report that although the 2pc bonus Spell Damage is not showing on the character paper stats, you are indeed receiving the bonus. Initially, I did a quick test and it seemed to be correct. Running a helm and staff 2pc, I unequipped the helm, spell damage stayed the same but tool tips dropped; equipped the helm again and spell damage stayed the same but tool tips returned to normal.

Issue:

Unfortunately, during the initial test I did not have a gold helm with the same enchantment to equip in the helm's place during the quick test. I did not initially account for the loss of max magica...thus less damage on the tool tips. I assumed this to be the loss of spell damage.

Anyway, realized my flawed first test and now have another gold helm to swap out to compare for a more accurate test. Long story short - On PS4, Torug's pact IS broken if we are only going by skill tooltips. Since we don't have damage numbers (damn you ZOS), I cannot test if the damage itself is actually effected. However, there is an interesting twist...see below.

My gear for this test:
Main body: Gold Seducer set
Shoulders: Gold Kena Divines
Helm: See test: Swapping between infused Kena and Infused Torug's light
Wpn: Gold Torug's Resto w/ Precise

For this, I am using a light gold Molag Kena helm with the same enchantment and same trait as a light gold Torug's Pact helm. No buffs active, no food, not in Cyrodiil...

Test 1: With Molag Kena Helm and Torug's Resto staff (thus 2pc Molag Kena has no effect on paper stats and I only have a 1pc Torug's).
* Spell Dmg is 2,808
* Max Magicka is 34,543
* Frags tooltip for 9,630
* Spell Resist is 9,721

Test 2: With Torug's helm (thus same 1pc Kena bonus as above, but now also the 2pc Torug's bonus)
* Spell Dmg is 2,808
* Max Magicka is 34,543
* Frags tooltip for 9,630
* Spell Resist is 11,656

In both tests, the damage tooltips for Crystal frags remains unchanged...thus Torug's 2pc is NOT effecting the Crystal Frags tooltip (remind you, we can't see damage numbers on console so it may or may not actually register there). However, this test did reveal one very interesting thing...when equipping the Torug's 2pc, my Spell Resist went up 1,935, the exact bonus provided by Torug's 4pc (gold).

In summary, Torug's 2pc spell damage is very likely bugged on PS4 and not providing any damage bonus, although it IS providing the 4pc bonus in place of the 2pc bonus.

Two take-aways (aside from Torug's is broken):
(1) We NEED damage numbers and a battle log on console to test this stuff
(2) This NEEDS fixed as I and many others have invested a lot of gold, mats, upgrade materials, kutas, etc in crafting this set...that is broken.

If there is anyone that can think of control factors I may have missed and wants to confirm and/or run their own tests, I would appreciate the confirmation.

swiftmoney09 wrote: »

I'm having a bug on PS4 where none of my abilities or attacks will work for a short time. It appears that my character is stuck in sprint somehow because my stamina will drain even though nothing is happening. Hitting sprint will bring me out of the bug. Someone told me this was fixed on PC a long time ago but is still a issue on console, but I can't confirm it. This bug is really annoying in Maelstrom.

I submitted a bug report and have been back and forth with zos, but don't seem to be getting anywhere.

https://youtu.be/K8-oOrAnfcw
https://youtu.be/lZYpyDpZFt4

Lol, I was just coming to write about this and saw Swift beat me to it.

This bug is wayyyy beyond annoying. It happens to me at least once an hour in PvP, though often quite more frequently! Seems to happen less frequently in PvE, but happens often enough there as well.