Game Mechanics: Trade Bug

[astarothel]

Have only had it happen once to some guy I was selling a deity to. We both tried to open trade at the same time I figure. (The 'interested in a trade' message popped up while I already had trade open with them.) I cancelled out of it because it was lagging when I tried to drop the doll into the window and it ate the poor guys pp.

[Kainzo]

Is this still happening?

[Lazortag]

If it is, there's an easy way to avoid this when making very large transactions for multiple items: do several trades at once and smurf the transaction (ie divide it into several micro transactions). That way the chance of a failure eating 10K and making you slit your wrists is ridiculously low.

Also, I think when making transactions of say, 5K or more, using a GM as a middle man would be an acceptable short term solution, provided the GM was willing. Both players could trade their money/items to the GM, and the GM could trade everything back to the opposite players, so that if a mistake happens, the GM can always fix it and verify that the transaction occurred.

I have a question - is there a way to actually recover lost plat (due to game logs verifying that a certain amount of platinum was deleted for no reason)? Thanks.

[Daranin]

This bug just happened to me a few minutes ago. Woodelfw (players name) gave me some random gear for a torch (mage quest piece). He logged his mage for me to give him the torch and i met him in gfay. I opened up trade with the torch, added a charred guardian breasplate i was going to have him give my rogue, then i changed my mind about the breast plate so i canceled the trade, briefly the torch appears in my inventory but then dissapeared when the trade window was closed. Now i only have the breastplate but the torch is gone. I sent a petition and have been waiting for a response. Makes me look like a shady character when someone gives you an item for transfer then it mysteriously dissapears.

- Daranin 50 Druid

[Uthgaard]

This was fixed. Zone and it should be in your inventory.

[Daranin]

Thanks for the prompt reply. I zoned into crushbone. No torch in my inventory.

~Daranin

[Haynar]

I made only one change in the code concerning trades. It had to do, with when you cancel a trade, to ensure that the other persons trade cancels correctly. But I will reverse those changes if we confirm an issue with trading again.

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