PLATFORM That Takes You to Boat In Erudin Is Bugged/Broken

[Deathrydar]

I am creating another thread with the correct title in it for this issue.

The platform that is supposed to take you to and from the boat in Erudin does not move. The boat works fine, but you cannot get to the boat. The only alternative is to jump off of the boat and swim to the docks if you are coming to Erudin. If you are heading from Erudin.....well, good luck...there is a way, but it requires a lot of patience, swimming, location accuracy and shark dodging.

Please fix! This has been broken for over a week now!

Here is the link to the original post about this issue. Unfortunately, the creator titled it incorrectly:
http://www.project1999.org/forums/showthread.php?t=38473

Thank you!

[Stormhowl]

I'd question the necessity of a second thread; but then again, it's been nearly 2 weeks since the issue was first brought up on the forums without an official acknowledgement that there even is an issue. /shrug

[Deathrydar]

We needed a 2nd thread because after two weeks, one developer looked at it, went on the boat (because that's what the title in the subject line says is broke) and then dismissed it.

I figured if I started a new thread with the correct bug in the subject line, someone may look at it and fix it. :cool:

[Ripp]

This thread is needed. It's the platform that is borked, NOT the boat.

I'd love an ETA for this. I have a toon stuck in Erudin and I don't want to have to bug the GMs again if at all possible.

[VileLoric]

The devs said you need to swim to around -400 -1700, wait for the boat, and hop onto it when it arrives by swimming into it - this is a temporary workaround. (Best to aim for the mast.)

[Uberdubie]

This is hands-down the biggest bug I've ever come across on P1999, since it breaks the game sooooo badly.

Curious as to why not one dev has given a response about this yet (other than trying to convince themselves this monstrous bug doesn't exist... how embarrassing). Hope you fellas aren't honestly stumped!! :/

[Rotted_Corpse]

The devs said you need to swim to around -400 -1700, wait for the boat, and hop onto it when it arrives by swimming into it - this is a temporary workaround. (Best to aim for the mast.)

The dev's didn't say that. another player did. And the thread did state after we discovered the boat does come (out of sight from the dock) that its the shuttle to the boat that isn't working. Just takes them reading the thread is all to find out what the issue is.

[Orzenn]

Just in case there is still a misunderstanding, this:
http://www.project1999.org/forums/attachment.php?attachmentid=1178&stc=1&d=1307638714
is what we are referring to. It has been stuck for nearly 2 weeks and has resulted in atleast 3 people leaving p99 (from posts in previous thread):(

It would probably be best if updates from other players on this issue used the above photo in their post, this photo is located at:
http://www.project1999.org/forums/attachment.php?attachmentid=1178&stc=1&d=1307638714
to avoid any future misunderstanding (as found in previous thread) :(

[Orzenn]

Ok. I boarded the boat in South Qeynos AND timed the route. Results as below.

Boat docking in Qeynos (starting point):
00 mins 00.00 secs

Boat Zoned into Erud's Crossing:
01 mins 39.60 secs
arrival at dock:
03 mins 34.16 secs

Boat Zoned into Erudin
06 mins 44.69 secs
arrival at dock point:
07 mins 45.22 secs
(people waiting on shuttle at the time report it did not move, and I visually confirmed shuttle did NOT dock with boat)

Boat Zoned into Erud's Crossing:
09 mins 22.13 secs
arrival at dock:
11 mins 56.84 secs

Boat Zoned into Qeynos:
14 mins 29.07 secs
arrival at dock:
15 mins 26.37 secs

So, the boat cycles it's entire route in 15 minutes 26.37 seconds (that's from Dock to Dock)

One person on the shuttle reported his waiting time at 75 minutes. Assuming his measurement is exact, this would mean the boat had cycled it's route 4.86 times.

In short: the shuttle IS broken.

Screen shots of timing and the shuttle NOT docking with the boat available upon request.

[Ripp]

Bump.

[Maitresse]

Still broken as of this post. I think we need those arcane science gnomes to come investigate :)

[Deathrydar]

I don't understand. Usually the devs are all over these bug forums, but they seem to have been absent as of late. Especially with this issue.... :(

[Morlaeth]

It's called a skif.

[Uberdubie]

^ And it's spelled skiff. :)

I don't understand. Usually the devs are all over these bug forums, but they seem to have been absent as of late. Especially with this issue.... :(

I'd have to agree. A bit over a month ago I can confirm that this was working perfectly, but now it's been broken for 2 weeks and it's downright odd nothing was even acknowledged yet, let alone fixed. Either they're stumped on how to fix this, or the devs here have some sort of racial prejudice against Erudites, and intentionally don't want their kind intermingling with the rest of Norrath.

Either way, fixing a bug this massively game-breaking should be priority #1, and at this point it would be fantastic to just hear that they're "looking into it". That's really not asking too much, is it?

[Orzenn]

It's called a skif.

In the context of water, skiff and shuttle are synonyms.

And, sadly, the only acknowledgement we've gotten was a 'blow-off' from a misunderstanding dev. :(

[Deathrydar]

Maybe our microphone is broken?

HELLO?

[Ripp]

Maybe our microphone is broken?

HELLO?

*tap tap...*

Seems to be. :D

[Deathrydar]

For God's sake, there are Erudites out there that need aid and we can't get it to them!!!

[paineel]

This thread is needed. It's the platform that is borked, NOT the boat.

I'd love an ETA for this. I have a toon stuck in Erudin and I don't want to have to bug the GMs again if at all possible.
pay a wizard or druid to come pick you up and drop you off sucks but better then waiting for it to be fixed

[Deathrydar]

I think the developers may be all playing on the Fippy server! :p

[Ripp]

pay a wizard or druid to come pick you up and drop you off sucks but better then waiting for it to be fixed

Thanks, I left a couple of days ago (mast trick lol). I'm more concerned for the new players who might not know about the problem and quit.

*cricket...cricket...*

[Deathrydar]

Thanks, I left a couple of days ago (mast trick lol). I'm more concerned for the new players who might not know about the problem and quit.

*cricket...cricket...*

Yeah, I posted that concern earlier as well....:(

[Fist_The_Lord]

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[Pudge]

guys, didn't you know? awhile after kunark came out the skiff in erudin stopped working for 5 weeks.



o wait no it didn't

[Deathrydar]

AN Erudite's story...


Day 17: Still is the skiff.....no response from the one's they call, the devs. There is nothing more left for me to kill on this god-forsaken continent.

PLEASE FOR THE LOVE OF ALL THAT IS HOLY!! WHAT IS GOING ON WITH THIS????!!!!

[Ripp]

Bump for the poor Erudites.

[Deathrydar]

Hey! Remember when this worked?

[Deathrydar]

Just FYI, I got this from another thread:

If there were a switch to flip, it would have been done Oct. 2009. You're severely underestimating the time it takes (mostly in research) a handful of people to reverse engineer all of these formulas.



I spent an hour trying to recreate the erudin shuttle bug on my test server about 30 minutes after the post first went up. The shuttle worked consistently. I tried a blind fix in this patch for what I thought might have been causing the problem. It apparently didn't work. Unless the bug gets fixed, there's no point in me addressing it. The reality is still that you'll have to petition or swim out to the boat yourself in order to get to Qeynos.

Basically, from what I get from this, is that they are trying to fix it, but because they can't figure it out, they see no need to let us know it's being worked on. :confused:

[Orzenn]

Linkage to thread?

From the date listed in the quote, it looks like this is from 2009 -- if this is the case, it possible it's not being worked on at all.

If this isn't the case, it would not hurt the devs to atleast let us know, directly, that it is indeed being worked on...

EDIT -- BAH!! lol -- never mind on linkage, didn't notice it in the quote; the date is current and it appears they are working on this.


EDIT, Again...
The devs ARE working on this, they are just having trouble identifying the cause of the problem -- until resolution, the boat can either be boarded using the 'Mast-Method' (heh, like that name, thanks to the one who thought it up) or petition for a ride to Qeynos (per Kanras). In short, they know, and they are trying. :D

[Ripp]

Linkage to thread?

From the date listed in the quote, it looks like this is from 2009 -- if this is the case, it possible it's not being worked on at all.

If this isn't the case, it would not hurt the devs to atleast let us know, directly, that it is indeed being worked on...

EDIT -- BAH!! lol -- never mind on linkage, didn't notice it in the quote; the date is current and it appears they are working on this.


EDIT, Again...
The devs ARE working on this, they are just having trouble identifying the cause of the problem -- until resolution, the boat can either be boarded using the 'Mast-Method' (heh, like that name, thanks to the one who thought it up) or petition for a ride to Qeynos (per Kanras). In short, they know, and they are trying. :D

Is there a "We're Currently Working On..." thread somewhere? If not, I'd sure like to see one. Communication goes a long way. :)

[Rotted_Corpse]

The quote is from the post Kanras made "Regarding Major Changes". It is a response to someone talking about bugs that are not fixed or being fixed and are posted on by many with no responses made by dev's (other then the "the boat is working and i'm on it right now" reply LOL).

Click the > (arrow) in the quote to be taken to the post.

Rotted Corpse
Necromancer of Cabilis

[Rotted_Corpse]

dbl post

[Orzenn]

The quote is from the post Kanras made "Regarding Major Changes". It is a response to someone talking about bugs that are not fixed or being fixed and are posted on by many with no responses made by dev's (other then the "the boat is working and i'm on it right now" reply LOL).

Click the > (arrow) in the quote to be taken to the post.

Rotted Corpse
Necromancer of Cabilis

To make it a little easier:
http://www.project1999.org/forums/showthread.php?t=39900

It starts off talking about unintentional changes/nerfs that went in due to patches; someone that has posted in this thread mentioned the shuttle being down and asked for an ETA or acknowledgement; Kanras acknowledged.

Heh, I see you caught it, Ripp; I'll leave this here for the others. :D

[Rotted_Corpse]

Any update on this issue?

[Deathrydar]

Any update on this issue?

[Green]

The platform that takes you to the boat in Erudin WORKS again.
Yay

Thanks to who ever fixed that.

[h0tr0d (shaere)]

Yeah I had to swim out in the water, and try to swim with the boat as it zoned... worked as I zoned into Erud's crossing with the boat.

[Amelinda]

Yeah I had to swim out in the water, and try to swim with the boat as it zoned... worked as I zoned into Erud's crossing with the boat.

i just took the time to ride the boat all the way around. made sure when i got into erudin to ride the skiff to the docks and back.

this all works again.

[Nytewind TP]

I'm on the shuttle with what seems to be Lev. Shuttle hasn't moved for a while. I did see the shuttle move this morning.

Still seems broken in my book.

[Servellious]

Confirmed broken again. The raft at least. 60+ mins didnt budge

[Khaedyn]

this is still not fixed.

[dcapotos]

Why does this remind me of Katrina? Just sayin...

[Khaedyn]

lol