Sprint Bug

Nermy · June 2018

Anyone got any workarounds or solutions for this bug?

For those who don't know it's when you sprint in a fight and for some reason you get stuck in sprint. No skills will go off because the game thinks you are sprinting. It's a real pita, was in some big fights last week with my guild and was pretty much useless. Well, more useless than I usually am...

Bergzorn · June 2018

Sprinting until out of stamina fixes it for me. Given I survive.

frozywozy · June 2018

https://forums.elderscrollsonline.com/en/discussion/415823/auto-sprint-stamina-loss-abilities-lock#latest
https://forums.elderscrollsonline.com/en/discussion/414169/a-new-sprint-bug-that-causes-character-lockout#latest

No green post yet.

Nermy · June 2018

Yeah, I had read those. Just wondered if anyone has any idea hot to stop it without smashing my keyboard to feck...

Anrose · June 2018

Run in circles until you’re out of stamina. Seriously, it’s a crude fix which brings a brand new problem of having zero stam, but it works.

Etaniel · June 2018

Press the sprint key, simple as that.

Izanagi.Xiiib16_ESO · June 2018

Try 1) double tab shift it's a quicker fix than "running out of stamina"
2) I'm wondering if outfits make a difference. Try running with/without and outfit or a costume

This and the wrong weapon display bug are super annoying

Nermy · June 2018

So @Izanagi.Xiiib16_ESO , your advice is to get nekkid? lol!

Thanks guys, will try doing that next time. It is so frustrating, especially in the middle of a huge fight.

Bergzorn · June 2018

Etaniel wrote: »

Press the sprint key, simple as that.

If this works, and I'm quite sure it didn't work for me in the past, I will feel soooo stupid.

Agrippa_Invisus · June 2018

I've always been able to "fix" it by tapping Sprint. It will disengage it.

zyk · June 2018

Agrippa_Invisus wrote: »

I've always been able to "fix" it by tapping Sprint. It will disengage it.

Yeah, this bug has been around forever and tapping sprint has always fixed it for me.

Nermy · June 2018

zyk wrote: »

Agrippa_Invisus wrote: »

I've always been able to "fix" it by tapping Sprint. It will disengage it.

Yeah, this bug has been around forever and tapping sprint has always fixed it for me.

It's only recently I have really noticed it. I remember one where you had to keep swapping your bars.

GreenSoup2HoT · June 2018

Sounds like either a computer issue or an internet upload issue. Computer issue could be how fast you have a key set to repeat. So if you hold down a key for long enough your sending 1000000 sprint commands to the server. Or your internet upload speed is so slow that whenever you try to do another action your overwriting it or something.

Could be an eso bug i dunno.

Agrippa_Invisus · June 2018

GreenSoup2HoT wrote: »

Could be an eso bug i dunno.

ESO has bugs? Noooooo.

Koolio · June 2018

GreenSoup2HoT wrote: »

Sounds like either a computer issue or an internet upload issue. Computer issue could be how fast you have a key set to repeat. So if you hold down a key for long enough your sending 1000000 sprint commands to the server. Or your internet upload speed is so slow that whenever you try to do another action your overwriting it or something.

Could be an eso bug i dunno.

I’ve had this bug on console many of times. I think it has something to do with animation cancelling and clicking sprint. Like it gets locked up on the que.

zyk · June 2018

edit: I might have missed the sarcasm. Maybe?

frozywozy · June 2018

GreenSoup2HoT wrote: »

Sounds like either a computer issue or an internet upload issue. Computer issue could be how fast you have a key set to repeat. So if you hold down a key for long enough your sending 1000000 sprint commands to the server. Or your internet upload speed is so slow that whenever you try to do another action your overwriting it or something.

Could be an eso bug i dunno.

Most def a router issue, or l2p. can we please close this thread and move on?

Own · June 2018

@ZOS_GinaBruno any investigations?

zyk · June 2018

Own wrote: »

@ZOS_GinaBruno any investigations?

They are currently investigating the potential impact of Crown gifting to their bonuses.

Recremen · June 2018

Tapping your sprint key again tends to fix it, but not necessarily always. But who doesn't love accidentally running off keep walls into the zerg waiting below?? While we're at it, anyone have a fix for the roll dodge bug where your roll dodge button stops respecting directional input and just makes you go backwards?

Rin_Senya · June 2018

@ZOS_GinaBruno @ZOS_GinaBruno @ZOS_BrianWheeler @ZOS_Wrobel

Do you guys still read this forum?..

zyk · June 2018

Rin_Senya wrote: »

@ZOS_GinaBruno @ZOS_GinaBruno @ZOS_BrianWheeler @ZOS_Wrobel

Do you guys still read this forum?..

Maybe if we gift them enough Crates, they'll start fixing some bugs...

Sharee · June 2018

The bug is caused by getting a micro-loadingscreen while holding sprint. During the load screen the game "forgets" the state of your sprint key, and does not register that i has been released (it still thinks you keep it held down). As mentioned, pressing and releasing the sprint key lets the game catch up on the state of the key, returning you to normal.

Nermy · June 2018

Sharee wrote: »

The bug is caused by getting a micro-loadingscreen while holding sprint. During the load screen the game "forgets" the state of your sprint key, and does not register that i has been released (it still thinks you keep it held down). As mentioned, pressing and releasing the sprint key lets the game catch up on the state of the key, returning you to normal.

Oh, that's very interesting.

Anyway, happened to me in a big fight and mashing the shift key cleared it so that's grand.

Ertosi · September 2018

Had an interesting variant of this bug where I got locked out of sprint. All skills were unavailable for use, couldn't use light or heavy attacks, couldn't mount up or sneak, couldn't weapon swap. The only available actions I could take were walk, not walk and fish. Luckily I was on a fishing expedition...

It happened in Cyrodiil when I was tracking down my last fishie for the region. I was on DC and had traversed the map to get to the only Ocean fishing holes on the entire map, which the Devs evily placed directly in front of one of AD's main gates. Everything was fine until I slipped off a rock and started getting nibbled by slaughterfish. I got one of those micro-loading screens while they were eating me, then managed to make it back to shore before dying (barely lol). After that, everything was locked out, as mentioned above. It took another couple of hours of slowly lumbering from water hole to water hole, but happy ending... I'm now a Master Anger! XD

Looking back and reading above, it looks like getting those micro-loading screens doesn't just affect your movement state while sprinting but all of your movement states. My best guess is there was some sort of a flag that said I was still swimming and therefore unable to select any skills, attack, ride, sneak, or weapon swap.

And no, hopping back in the water and out again, letting the fishies nibble me again, and tapping the sprint key didn't help; I tried all of that while affected by the bug. Luckily everything was back to normal once I exited Cyrodiil.

zyk · October 2018

This bug continues to be a major issue. Has ZOS even acknowledged it?

I sprint a lot. It's something I do frequently in combat without even thinking about it. So when the bug occurs, it's extremely jarring and frustrating. Multiple times a night, I'll have an opponent stunned and in execute range and I'll run circles around them instead of finishing them off.

Dominion_Nightblade · October 2018

Another bug at the bottom of my please fix list.. It has only gotten me rekt 1 time, and that was because I didn't know the solution. Hit sprint key again and done

zyk · October 2018

Dominion_Nightblade wrote: »

Another bug at the bottom of my please fix list.. It has only gotten me rekt 1 time, and that was because I didn't know the solution. Hit sprint key again and done

I've known the solution for years. This bug has always been an issue to varying degrees. However, it's become more of an issue over the past few months. Further, tapping shift does not always immediately fix it anymore as has been previously noted.

Of course, not all bugs impact all players equally. For me and others I know, this bug is impacting my performance *at least* a few times an hour. Sometimes it's a few times a fight.

Izanagi.Xiiib16_ESO wrote: »

This and the wrong weapon display bug are super annoying

I agree, that is another bug that is driving me insane because I tend not to look at my bars.

Sharee · October 2018

zyk wrote: »

This bug continues to be a major issue. Has ZOS even acknowledged it?.

Yep - the patch notes even mention ZOS added additional logging to help track down the cause.

zyk · October 2018

Sharee wrote: »

zyk wrote: »

This bug continues to be a major issue. Has ZOS even acknowledged it?.

Yep - the patch notes even mention ZOS added additional logging to help track down the cause.

Oh nice. I missed those patch notes. That's very good news. Thank you.

Nermy · October 2018

I saw that in the PTS notes. Good to see it being addressed because it still affects me about 2-3 times a night.