Character regression

roddybug · 07-09-2004, 06:03 PM

Hi Z

Just had a wierd experience. I'd played for a couple of hours until the crash at about 8.00 BST today (9th) and amassed lots of goodies from lvl 2. I saved regularly and when I just logged on just now it was as if had never happened, no experience and no treasure. Was I dreaming?

T-D-C · 07-09-2004, 07:07 PM

Yeah that happened to me as well. I Lost a level and all my goodies and ended up back in the Tavern.

Z came on and said it was the server crash and the Server vault must't have saved properly.

Legolas · 07-09-2004, 07:24 PM

Happened to me three times so far, I'm relogging regularly to keep the damage to a minimum. I lost two levels twice and a bit of gear the third time, but fortuately it's easily enough replaced.

T-D-C · 07-09-2004, 07:45 PM

Yeah its usually easy to replace, unless some one else beats you to it when the server resets.

The crashs mainly seem to happen either in the Tavern or Skullport.

Must be all the NPC's I reckon.

Legolas · 07-09-2004, 07:55 PM

The NPCs, the merchants... in Undermountain it's the hordes of monsters being mowed down by well-placed area of effect spells.
What it boils down to is that it's the lag, yeah [img]smile.gif[/img]

Larry_OHF · 07-09-2004, 09:30 PM

What???!!! NOOOOO!!!!

It took me so much work! My poor Cleric is seeing early retirement in the future. Next stop...half-orc barbarians!

roddybug · 07-10-2004, 11:33 AM

I've just checked my local vault and found 222 Valdos. I looked at number 222 and that was almost certainly the final save before the crash because there were a dozen at 18th lvl and at the start of the session I'd just reached that level. Why is it saved to the local vault too? I don't have that much experience with server vaults, but it would explain a few mystery characters that I have obviously forgotten about creating.

Oh well, I'll just have to log out every half hour or so. I didn't lose that much, someone had beaten me to the good stuff *sobs quietly*

Edit:

Quote:

Originally posted by Ziroc:
Na, You came in as I was resetting it Larry [img]smile.gif[/img] I still have the INI default load as a local vault, and have to manually turn it off and I Saw you come in.. [img]smile.gif[/img]

That explains the local vault characters then!

[ 07-10-2004, 11:54 AM: Message edited by: roddybug ]

07-09-2004, 06:03 PM	#1
roddybug Manshoon Join Date: December 2, 2003 Location: United Kingdom Age: 56 Posts: 215	Hi Z Just had a wierd experience. I'd played for a couple of hours until the crash at about 8.00 BST today (9th) and amassed lots of goodies from lvl 2. I saved regularly and when I just logged on just now it was as if had never happened, no experience and no treasure. Was I dreaming? __________________ Why should I let the toad work Squat on my life? - Philip Larkin

07-09-2004, 07:07 PM	#2
T-D-C Ironworks Moderator Join Date: October 26, 2003 Location: Sydney, Australia Age: 44 Posts: 4,416	Yeah that happened to me as well. I Lost a level and all my goodies and ended up back in the Tavern. Z came on and said it was the server crash and the Server vault must't have saved properly. __________________

07-09-2004, 07:45 PM	#4
T-D-C Ironworks Moderator Join Date: October 26, 2003 Location: Sydney, Australia Age: 44 Posts: 4,416	Yeah its usually easy to replace, unless some one else beats you to it when the server resets. The crashs mainly seem to happen either in the Tavern or Skullport. Must be all the NPC's I reckon. __________________

07-09-2004, 09:30 PM	#6
Larry_OHF Ironworks Moderator Join Date: March 1, 2001 Location: Midlands, South Carolina Age: 49 Posts: 14,759	What???!!! NOOOOO!!!! It took me so much work! My poor Cleric is seeing early retirement in the future. Next stop...half-orc barbarians! __________________

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07-09-2004, 07:24 PM	#3
Legolas Jack Burton Join Date: March 31, 2001 Location: The zephyr lands beneath the brine. Age: 41 Posts: 5,459	Happened to me three times so far, I'm relogging regularly to keep the damage to a minimum. I lost two levels twice and a bit of gear the third time, but fortuately it's easily enough replaced.

07-09-2004, 07:55 PM	#5
Legolas Jack Burton Join Date: March 31, 2001 Location: The zephyr lands beneath the brine. Age: 41 Posts: 5,459	The NPCs, the merchants... in Undermountain it's the hordes of monsters being mowed down by well-placed area of effect spells. What it boils down to is that it's the lag, yeah [img]smile.gif[/img]

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