Items disappeared from inventory!!!

[Jael RD]

I lose my hitchhikers towel from my inventory and Alukard player too, before i went to sleep all was fine, as you know i almost dont sleep so i let my char in the storage in AFK mode when i woke up my towel was gone, i had change the map, log off and log in again, but my towel is gone, any one knows whats happening? (is not undyed it dissapeared)

[o11c]

We're not too inclined. There are no known exploits that allow remotely taking over the client; the most likely thing is someone wandering past your physical machine and messing with stuff.

Although there are some rare circumstances in which the server can lose or duplicate items (e.g. trading right before the server crashes), this is not one of them.

[Jael RD]

We're not too inclined. There are no known exploits that allow remotely taking over the client; the most likely thing is someone wandering past your physical machine and messing with stuff.

Although there are some rare circumstances in which the server can lose or duplicate items (e.g. trading right before the server crashes), this is not one of them.

I know no one touch my machine cuz i went to sleep about 2 AM and i woke up 5 hours later with the item missed, i only know two others players with the same problem,, the bad is that i need to break my back trading to get another one. , thnkx for the answer o11c, If you or someone else has another idea I will thank you greatly.

[Villain]

You had your shop running while you were sleeping, maybe you sold it.

[nelson6e65]

Oh... A friend mine got a Orange instead a Towel when blanked it!
Like at 02:00 am hours (local time [-4:30])

[Crush]

Moved from Off Topic to General Support


Note that in order to fix a bug, a programmer needs an exact way to reproduce the circumstances which lead to it. "I had Item X and later I hadn't had it anymore" isn't enough information to pinpoint an issue. On the other hand "when you do X and Y while W and Z, and then you take a towel our of storage, you always get an orange instead" would be a bug description a programmer can actually use.

[Nard]

[21:10:53] <Yubaba> can you sing later
[21:10:55] <Yubaba> ?????
[21:10:56] <Yubaba> XD
[21:11:06] -*- irukard is looking for song to sing
[21:11:21] <irukard> Yubaba: rather not.
[21:11:31] <irukard> the day was long, and I got only one beer
[21:11:49] <irukard> I will go sleep as soon as I finish this one
[21:11:57] <irukard> I got nothing better to do
[21:12:17] <Nard_> Hello :/
[21:13:07] <Nard_> Has anybody heard about a problem with hitchhiker's towels?
[21:13:35] <cody> No, you have to tell it.
[21:13:54] <irukard> now I sing APC
[21:14:17] <Nard_> My orange one has just been replaced by an orange after I used it to warp to GY
[21:14:35] <irukard> Nard_: to be honest, you posted your problem on forums
[21:15:08] <irukard> but here no one really cares, wait for official statement on forums
[21:15:17] <Nard_> I did not, do you mean I have to?
[21:15:17] <Lizandra> your towel was replaced by an orange?
[21:15:27] <Nard_> yes
[21:15:29] <irukard> we are developers not towels searchers
[21:15:30] <Yubaba> irukard can you sing on saturday? xD
[21:15:33] <Lizandra> LOL
[21:15:45] <Lizandra> sing while you explain texturing
[21:15:49] <Yubaba> yes
[21:15:50] <Nard_> You are stupid irurkard
[21:15:55] <cody> irukard: On the forum was something about an orange lollipop.
[21:16:01] <irukard> Nard_: yes, maybe
[21:16:02] <Yubaba> Nard please dont call irukard stupid
[21:16:09] <irukard> Nard_: there is such option
[21:16:15] <Nard_> yes i do and repeat
[21:16:20] <Yubaba> no
[21:16:21] <irukard> Nard_: but that does not mean that I care
[21:16:22] <Yubaba> you dont
[21:16:45] <irukard> Yubaba: I do not need defender
[21:17:06] -*- Yubaba is disturbed
[21:17:07] <Yubaba> xD
[21:17:11] <irukard> Yubaba: someone who devoted 6 years of his live to develop a free game must me stupid or crazy
[21:17:12] <Nard_> I would never post something here to troll
[21:17:25] <Nard_> and neither in forum
[21:17:56] <irukard> Actually it's more than 6 years XD
[21:18:13] <Nard_> now if you don't think I'm serious wait for other complaints
[21:18:53] <irukard> Nard_: I really do not care about sinking boat called eAthena server
[21:19:02] <irukard> I never did
[21:19:22] <Nard_> then what are you doing here?
[21:19:43] <irukard> developing content for CR1 purpose
[21:19:59] <BigCrunch> irukard, nard whether or not one of you is stupid or not is for the main channel not the dev channel
[21:20:01] <irukard> designing decent skill system
[21:20:23] <BigCrunch> and if the item is being changed to another item then it is a problem
[21:20:33] <irukard> BigCrunch: indeed
[21:20:56] <irukard> Nard_ should inform server admins about this accident not devs
[21:21:02] <Nard_> Mr BC I came here to report a bug, not to be laughed at
[21:21:21] <BigCrunch> nard, there is a post on the forums pertaining to oddness regarding Hitchhiker's Towels
[21:21:25] <irukard> Nard_: bug reporting system is Mantis
[21:21:49] <BigCrunch> I would recommend you post on the forum first, then report the bug via Mantis
[21:21:58] <irukard> Nard_: if you want to help us resolve problem please post a solution
[21:22:48] <Nard_> one person says to report on mantis , the second says to report here, the thitd on forum, whom am I supposed to believe?
[21:22:55] <BigCrunch> me
[21:23:04] <BigCrunch> i recommend the forum and mantis
[21:23:16] <BigCrunch> for maximum potential resolution
[21:23:29] <Nard_> or Jen, or Freeyorp, or o11c,
[21:23:34] <Nard_> ????
[21:23:48] <PjotrOrial> just highlight those and put it here
[21:24:26] <BigCrunch> ignore irukard he needs more triticale in his diet he's grumpy
[21:24:52] <irukard> XD
[21:25:03] <BigCrunch>
[21:27:53] <irukard> BigCrunch: join us
[21:28:01] <irukard> Meway is here
[21:28:14] <irukard> I need your help
[21:28:18] <Nard_> <irukard> Nard_: if you want to help us resolve problem please post a solution : when I hear that it does not gives me any will to work with you. go on not taking care
[21:28:41] <Nard_> you are on the good way
[21:30:57] <irukard> yea I know
[21:32:56] <BigCrunch> iru i cant

[Jael RD]

WTF¿¿??? What T. Fake??? is real i got one orange in my invetory and the others players too my towel is an orange now!!!!!!

[Nard]

exact conditions :
initial state south east of hunrscald south gate
use orange hitchikers towel in inventory
( warped to GY)
orange hitchikers towel is now an Orange

I will try on test server if the same happens.
I will report in that thread and Mantis too

Client used Manaplus 1.1.10.30

due to politeness and respect of some developers I am not sure I will report anything again.

[Jael RD]

There is a bug in the script. It gives back an Orange instead of an OrangeHitchhikersTowel.

Do not use the orange towel until this is fixed!

any idea is we gonna get back our towel? Me, Alukard, and Ferskelletor got the same problem.

[salmondine]

Sounds like the random improbability drive is working just fine....goes to pixel bowl of petunias and a whale!
towels randomly changing shape is douglas adams all the way.

So was this a funny hahaha in the script? This quest repeats in May every year also...don't bankrupt yourself.
seems more like a feature than a bug though...all towels have a random chance of changing....would revitalize the yearly quest!

[o11c]

A fix for Orange Hitchhiker's Towel disappearing has been pushed to the testing repository and will be included in the next server update.

As for replacing lost towels ... to my knowledge, there is no way to verify whether you actually lost your towel, or if you're lying and just want a free orange warp towel.

[Jael RD]

A fix for Orange Hitchhiker's Towel disappearing has been pushed to the testing repository and will be included in the next server update.

As for replacing lost towels ... to my knowledge, there is no way to verify whether you actually lost your towel, or if you're lying and just want a free orange warp towel.

I am not a fortune teller to know that the server had that problem with towels, if I was the first to talk about it the logical to think is that was because it happened to me, not because I wanted a free towel. right now only 4 players report the problem, Jael_RD, AlukarD, Ferskelletor, and Nard.

[Nard]

there is no way to verify whether you actually lost your towel, or if you're lying and just want a free orange warp towel.

As usual players who report bug may be liars. maybe there was no bug and you made no fix too.

right now only 4 players report the problem, [...]

nelson6e65's friend ?
Nami told me he knew somebody too (?)

[Big Crunch]

This bug has been fixed on the test server. Please do not use your orange towels on the main server or you will lose them. As soon as this is pushed to the main server i announce it