GUI windows keep resetting after 11/10/11 patch
By
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Posted on: 2011-11-10 24:46 in ALL ACCESS Gameplay Technical Issues Bugs
Oh trust me - it's getting bugged.
Every. Single. Time. It happens.
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Technically, you can save window defaults and load those defaults after you log in, but the idea of needing to take a moment to unbreak the UI every time you sit down to play for every charater is crazy.
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Originally Posted by Arcanaville
Softcapping an Invuln is fantastic. Softcapping a Willpower is amazing. Softcapping SR is kissing your sister.
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It is annoying, but I did have success saving the setup as default, and it seemed to be reloadable. I don't have time right now to try logging on and off multiple times to see how long it works. You have to stay logged out a bit for a fair test.
(The default-saving and -reloading buttons I'm referring to are at the very bottom of the "General" page of the options window.)
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Understood, but having to do this every single time we log in with every single character is tedious, to say the least.
To say the most:
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That's a quick fix, but the Target window isn't affected by it, and if you check your settings themselves, they don't actually change. The scrollers for color stay to their bugged settings.
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Originally Posted by Void_Huntress
Technically, you can save window defaults and load those defaults after you log in, but the idea of needing to take a moment to unbreak the UI every time you sit down to play for every charater is crazy.
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"Champion (the Community Server... or GTFO) is like a small town where everyone knows each other's names, for better or worse." -kojirodensetsu.
"If all you have is a hammer, everything looks like a nail." - Maslow's Hammer
Yeah, if I'm going to have to spend the first few minutes of every login rearranging my UI, that is just not good. And fairly unacceptable.
And, as if this bug doesn't make swapping from alt to alt enough of a pain, the /buycoh command is now gone. Is there any other slash command to drop out to the login (or character select) screen without having to wait 30 seconds?
This it the flippin pits! Colors gone, UI rescaled, positions moved, Inspiration tray moved, windows scaled to 100%....
Seriously, this happened to me twice now on the same character. I logged in, things looked normal. I then zoned to RWZ, and poof! UI reset. I stopped, fixed everything but the colors, then ran to AE to test the ambush nerf. I loaded into the mission, and pow! UI reset again.
Menu/quit/ quit to desktop.
With as much as I switch characters as needed, this patch is a major hindrance. It needs to be fixed ASAP
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This was the first issue I bugged during the Beta test. I've seen about a dozen other people respond to various posts that they bugged this, too.
Perhaps this should have been addressed before pushing it to live?
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Originally Posted by Zybron1
This was the first issue I bugged during the Beta test. I've seen about a dozen other people respond to various posts that they bugged this, too.
Perhaps this should have been addressed before pushing it to live? |
Perhaps. That and other things >.>
I'll jump on the train, the UI issues are unacceptable, why there's not been an emergency roll-back is even more so.
However, Freedom gave us a simple way to express our displeasure. Before Freedom we had to pay regardless if we liked the changes/issues/bugs or not. Now, that's no longer the case.
Downgrade your account to a freebie and don't spend any money in the store until it's back the way you want it.
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... Hit it ...
... Hit it ...
I'm paid up for three months, so... 
But OTOH, as others pointed out in the patch discussion thread, fix this ASAP for the sake of retaining Free and Premium players (who can just drop whenever things get seriously wonky), as well as VIPs.
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Good. Maybe then they'll stop ignoring it and do something about it |
Originally Posted by Smiling_Joe
Oh trust me - it's getting bugged.
Every. Single. Time. It happens. |
.The past year or so they've had to have devs login to beta to get people to install it and actually do the betatesting.....ignoring game-breaking bugs like this that have been /bugged since the first day of closed beta and then PUSHING THEM LIVE is not the way to make betatesters feel important
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What's that you say? NCSoft pushed a buggy as heck patch live? Why, I never!
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Still doesn't explain why the bug was pushed live when they apparently know about it.
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Originally Posted by Zwillinger
A fix for the resetting UI is already in an upcoming build.
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Build schedules are a very tricky thing. We're not able to just pop code in and send it over to be published the same day. Usually we have to send builds for publishing at least a week in advance. |
Originally Posted by Obsidius
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Still doesn't explain why the bug was pushed live when they apparently know about it. |
The ops team supports all NCsoft products, not just CoH. This requires rigorous scheduling which has to be adhered to.
Andy Belford
Community Manager
Paragon Studios
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I understand this, but I would think something like this UI problem would be enough to go, "Wait a minnit waitaminnit! Stop the execution!". o.o
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Originally Posted by Zwillinger
Build schedules are a very tricky thing. We're not able to just pop code in and send it over to be published the same day. Usually we have to send builds for publishing at least a week in advance.
The ops team supports all NCsoft products, not just CoH. This requires rigorous scheduling which has to be adhered to. |
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We didn't get any kind of acknowledgment that it was noticed in Beta, and it didn't even rate a 'known issues' item. What's up with that?
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Originally Posted by Zwillinger
Build schedules are a very tricky thing. We're not able to just pop code in and send it over to be published the same day. Usually we have to send builds for publishing at least a week in advance.
The ops team supports all NCsoft products, not just CoH. This requires rigorous scheduling which has to be adhered to. |
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Originally Posted by Arcanaville
Softcapping an Invuln is fantastic. Softcapping a Willpower is amazing. Softcapping SR is kissing your sister.
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Exactly. And forgive me Zwill, I'm not trying to kill the messenger, as it were. I'm just befuddled as to why such an issue wasn't a show-stopper.
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Originally Posted by Kheldarn
I understand this, but I would think something like this UI problem would be enough to go, "Wait a minnit waitaminnit! Stop the execution!". o.o
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Whatever reason they used to justify launching Issue 21.5 in this state, I know I'm not going to bother logging in until, at the very least, this one particular bug is squashed.
@Celestial Lord and @Celestial Lord Too
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For something that requires an entirely new build, it's very difficult to put on the brakes on support for every product in the West that NCsoft supports.
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Originally Posted by Kheldarn
I understand this, but I would think something like this UI problem would be enough to go, "Wait a minnit waitaminnit! Stop the execution!". o.o
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Andy Belford
Community Manager
Paragon Studios
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The OCR team doesn't scrub for bugs in Beta. That's QA. They don't currently have anyone who posts acknowledgment of bugs during beta. I'll discuss this with the QA managers and see if we can change that.
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Originally Posted by Void_Huntress
We didn't get any kind of acknowledgment that it was noticed in Beta, and it didn't even rate a 'known issues' item. What's up with that?
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Andy Belford
Community Manager
Paragon Studios
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No offense Zwil - I realize publishing schedules are what they are and that Paragon Studios isn't necessarily calling all the shots with that - but none of this explains why such a show-stopper wasn't squashed when it was reported in beta, which is at least one thing that Paragon Studios does have control over.|
Originally Posted by Zwillinger
The OCR team doesn't scrub for bugs in Beta. That's QA. They don't currently have anyone who posts acknowledgment of bugs during beta. I'll discuss this with the QA managers and see if we can change that.
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Ah well. As long as there's a fix. I'll just take a short break from the game until it does get fixed. Maybe I'll read a book or - looks at stomach - excercise.
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And here I was thinking that Beta testing was supposed to be for finding bugs that could be resolved before going live. I must've had a blonde moment
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Not that several players didn't report this during the VIP beta, but my GUI windows keep resetting to default positions every time I log in. Additional power tray bars are right in the middle of my window when I log in. I have to spend the first few minutes of gamplay (per character) rearranging my GIU to the correct layout. Only to have it reset the next time I log in.
If you're also seeing this issue, post here. I also recommend you /bug this every time you log in with this issue.