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Arcs becoming invalid for no apparent reason

Ashuroa

By Ashuroa,
Posted on: 2009-04-11 09:57 in ALL ACCESS Gameplay Technical Issues Bugs

 

Posted

Okay... this is a bit long and convoluted so bear with me.

I have written an arc in English on the English Client. I have done this on the German server. It shows up as having no errors. However I can't test the arc. When I try to test I get the accept field and when I click it nothing happens. When I try to publish it I get various error messages (not the same one consistently) like contact invalid, text field xy contains obscene/copyrighted text.

Now when I log over to an English server (Union) I CAN suddenly test and I can also publish without problem. I can also play the published arc and so can others.

When anyone on the German server tries to play the arc however they can't. They hit play and nothing happens.

Now after this happens, I (still on Union) can't start the arc anymore either and it doesn't show up on search anymore. It has somehow become invalid.

If I now republish it (without changing anything in it) it becomes playable again on Union.

As soon as anyone tries to play it from Zukunft (the German server) it again becomes unplayable.

We have now tested that with another arc that had the same problem of suddenly becoming unplayable and it was the exact same thing.

So my guess is that some arcs have something in them that makes them incompatible with the German server and therefore flags them as invalid after they have encountered problems with being played from there.

And it seems it's a lot of arcs that suffer from this. About 3/4 of the arcs I try to start from Zukunft don't work. If all of them go invalid as soon as I try them...

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Posted

That is a major problem, but well done for finding it!

�How do I like my MMOs? I like them the way Paragon Studios used to make them.� - a fitting tribute from kiasa.org

EU, Union mostly.

 

Posted

I've done some more testing on this. Here's the further findings:

- I can start the arc from Defiant without making it invalid.

- If I try to start it from Vigilance however I again can't start it and it becomes invalid.

- Again I just have to republish from Union or Defiant and it will be valid again.

So it obviously must be something about language.

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