[Passenger]

Looks as if the pet command range was doubled in the May 3 patch after all:
- https://web.archive.org/web/20000128...or/bugs/4.html

3 . "problem pets"
Posted by Sabeth De'Soulbinder on May-08-99 at 05:20 AM (EST)

hehe gotta watch them youd think they really did have a mind of their own. heres a few things about them.

PETS and DUNGEONS well our necromonitor has spoken about this one, sometimes they just kill themselfs. (by the way sluggo i can verify it happens in Najena) my pet has killed himself twice here and other times gets blown back by a tentacle terror and gliches out leaving me to fight alone.

ok heres things to watch for (epsecially in places like befallen). your pet will chase your opponent into more agressiers, this is bad he can pull alot of things on you and he will. since hes al bit lower level then you he can easily start a trash train on you and everyone else (trash train is a green train, things you normally dont bother with anymore and just walk past) well now your pet got them all on you.

watch for mob trails (or paths as you might know them) this is routes that monsters take (ever notice if you stand by the wall your pet stops)? well sometimes it will cause him to run off to find you, this can also create a trash train or worse (in places like cazic thul, hmmm worse is the case).

ever have your pet run off? when hes on the sit down command, hehe this bites i've lost a few skelys this way, the boney guys are hard to find in most cases this is when hes chased something that ran away. if he gets on a mt. side or a slant well it seems the command radius shrinks considerably, so monitor him.

well everyone here knows their is a command radius (by the way verant has doubled the command radius in their most recent patch) this is the range at which your pet will respond. if you want to bring your pet in a dungeon i recommend (to avoid the situations mentioned above) is to keep your pet close and hot key /PET BACK OFF. hot key because h e will reattack if the creature continues to engage him.

other then the mob paths most these problems can happen outside of a dungeon as well, so just try to keep track of your pet.

There continued to be elevation issues it seems:
- https://web.archive.org/web/20010215...ML/055885.html

Jaytee_Bushwacker
posted 02-07-2001 11:23 AM
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One additional request to discuss. Pet Command radius along the Y-axis. I have been in numerous situations where perhaps my pet is 2 feet above me (Y) and 5 feet away (X) and i cant get it to follow me, attack (unless im getting hit), get lost, or guard. This happens a lot with elevation problems is there any way to look into this please?

Thanks for looking at this issue Alan, I hope you read some of my previous posts even if you didnt comment on them.

Thanks,

Jaytee Bushwacker <Obsidian Guard>
56 Conjurer,
Master S.T.U.J.
PETS! Never farm green areas without them!