Korvayer
02-06-2008, 08:24 PM
The Trade, The Spider, and the Disconnect
A Short Story by Korvayer of Bijou
About the Author
My name: Korvayer
My server: Bijou
Field where the bug occurred: Moonlight Tomb
Time: ~4:30 PM PST Wednesday Feb. 06, 2008
Bug Description
I experienced a bug while trading with a player in Moonlight Tomb. The item I put up for trade was one Power scroll (1). I locked my trade in (it was meant as a gift). The other player put up a pile of ~16 Old Spirit Dust, thus unlocking my trade.
At this time, the other player was attacked by a spider. I used Snearing kick and proceeded to pummel it while the trade window was still up. While I was fighting the spider, we both locked our trades. Before the other player managed to accept the trade, she was disconnected from the server.
Unable to complete the trade, I cancelled it. I found that I was unable to loot what the spider had dropped. We were not partied, and the other player did not take part in attacking the spider. She did, however, cast a heal on me.
Thereafter, I was unable to pick up loot from anything I had killed on my own using the auto-loot hotkey. I don't believe I tried left-clicking on any of the loot. My inventory wasn't full, and there was no system message to explain my inability to acquire loot.
With my character standing over a few item drops, I logged out to the character select screen, and immediately logged back into the game. I was then able to pick up the loot that I previously could not; the bug was gone.
Replication and Analysis
Unfortunately (or fortunately), I haven't yet found myself in the same situation. If I had to, I would take a guess that the monster confrontation did not contribute to the bug, and that it was solely a result of the other player's disconnection. However, I suppose it is possible that the mean spider just didn't want us to trade. *HISS*
A Short Story by Korvayer of Bijou
About the Author
My name: Korvayer
My server: Bijou
Field where the bug occurred: Moonlight Tomb
Time: ~4:30 PM PST Wednesday Feb. 06, 2008
Bug Description
I experienced a bug while trading with a player in Moonlight Tomb. The item I put up for trade was one Power scroll (1). I locked my trade in (it was meant as a gift). The other player put up a pile of ~16 Old Spirit Dust, thus unlocking my trade.
At this time, the other player was attacked by a spider. I used Snearing kick and proceeded to pummel it while the trade window was still up. While I was fighting the spider, we both locked our trades. Before the other player managed to accept the trade, she was disconnected from the server.
Unable to complete the trade, I cancelled it. I found that I was unable to loot what the spider had dropped. We were not partied, and the other player did not take part in attacking the spider. She did, however, cast a heal on me.
Thereafter, I was unable to pick up loot from anything I had killed on my own using the auto-loot hotkey. I don't believe I tried left-clicking on any of the loot. My inventory wasn't full, and there was no system message to explain my inability to acquire loot.
With my character standing over a few item drops, I logged out to the character select screen, and immediately logged back into the game. I was then able to pick up the loot that I previously could not; the bug was gone.
Replication and Analysis
Unfortunately (or fortunately), I haven't yet found myself in the same situation. If I had to, I would take a guess that the monster confrontation did not contribute to the bug, and that it was solely a result of the other player's disconnection. However, I suppose it is possible that the mean spider just didn't want us to trade. *HISS*