stuck pets bug and solution


Mandu

 

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We have all seen the pets getting stuck after a loading screen when they are "automatically resummoned".

I noticed something different a while back.
My Demons/Time mastermind, right after Freedom launched, never saw stuck pets.
I forgot about this until just a little while ago, due to having moved away from playing masterminds for a while.

I noticed something odd about those Demons versus my other Robots mastermind.
The upgrade power icons, when they were resummoned, were stacking for the Robots.
It was as if the upgrade power was either being used multiple times after each zone load or the pets were carrying over the instance of the upgrade powers from every previous zone load.


I think fixing the upgrade buff stacking will solve the pet freeze after loading screen issue.



Also, it could very well be that, since Demons pet AI seems to work fine, the stacking upgrades are possibly causing the pets to have "too many copies of the granted powers to choose from" and thus favoring brawl(whether they can use it or not) when the AI has trouble picking a ranged power to use.

Anyway, at least the sticking bug can likely be solved.



Edit:
Can a VIP please private message this thread to a developer, specifically somebody who will make sure it gets read by the right people and worked on?


 

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Easy way to test this. Some mastermind with the sticking problem zones without upgrades and sees if the pets get stuck.


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Originally Posted by Mandu View Post
Easy way to test this. Some mastermind with the sticking problem zones without upgrades and sees if the pets get stuck.
Good idea, except that the stacking upgrade powers could be a symptom of whatever is making them stack, rather than the cause.

I just know Demons, after the release of Time Manipulation, did not have the issue for at least the month I played it and reached level 24 or so, and I always see the upgrade power icons stacking when my Robots zone.


 

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Has anybody else noticed their Demon pets or other pet sets not having the "freeze after loading screen" bug?


 

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I believe that this thread will and more than likely has already been read by a red name and possibly passed along....


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Originally Posted by Sevenpenny View Post
I believe that this thread will and more than likely has already been read by a red name and possibly passed along....
I hope so, but they have missed more obvious threads(no offense as they're only human).

They may ignore me, though, since a good chunk of my posts are not as civil and good as this idea. I'm not afraid to admit to my faults.