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Not logged in for 49000 days....

ElysanWhyte

By ElysanWhyte,
Posted on: 2009-06-01 21:07 in ALL ACCESS Gameplay Technical Issues Bugs

 

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All of my toons across the servers are displaying that they have been offline for over 49000 days, and I have not recieved my 12 month vet award. Anyone else having the same problem?

 

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I used to have a long detailed thread about this.. I'll try to keep it short this time....

That results from your computer's clock not being in sync with the server's.

Check the date time, and timezone on your computer's clock and try it again.


Don't worry.. that number is just cosmetic. It has NO bearing on Day Jobs, WW/BM items, or SG leadership status. It's just a simple calculation the client does comparing the time "last_online" reported by the server, to your computer's "current_time" so we can get an idea of how long it's been since we used our characters.

Too much technical info:
IF "current_time" is a time earlier than "last_online", it results in a negative number, which the client subtracts from the maximum value of the 32-bit field (4294967295) in seconds, which equates to:
49710 days, 6 hours, 28 minutes, and 15 seconds

You can test this by changing the year on a correct clock to 2010 and you will see the client report about 365 days offline. Changing it to 2008 will report about 49345.

Another cool trick you can do is change your clock back about 1 minute. After logging out a character, it will show you offline 49710 days.. but if you wait a few seconds (or a minute ), you will see it disappear when "current_time" finally passes "last_online".

 

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LOL

Thanks for the advice, log in problem now resolved

The vet award looks like a petition job though.

thanks again mat

Elly

 

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[ QUOTE ]
LOL

Thanks for the advice, log in problem now resolved

The vet award looks like a petition job though.

thanks again mat

Elly

[/ QUOTE ] Oops. I didn't realize that was an issue too. I thought you saying you didn't get your 12 month vet was just your way of saying how long you've been playing..

Yeah, there is currently a Veteran Rewards problem. Check your NCSoft account management page to see when you were supposed to be due for it, and send in a ticket. Good luck.