New guy question - character resetting upon server join.

[Primal Rend 5]

Ok straight to the point.. I need to know how to avoid getting my character wiped on login to a regular mode server. This has happened three times now and I have no idea how to avoid it. Basically I'll join a public server from the internet tab and when I login I immediately get a red message saying that the server hasn't connected to the public hive or something like that and I've been told to leave it immediately because it could reset my character if I don't leave fast enough. So I press Escape to leave and click on exit and any other server, i start off as a new spawn again with everything gone. The last time this happened i exited before my screen even loaded past the message box with the red text and it still reset me.

 

I'm beginning to think there's something else I need to do instead to keep my stuff. Any ideas? Or is this a design bug?

 

Thanks.

[crimsonbzd 247]

None of this should be happening.

As of right now you're able to 4 distinct characters. 1 for Stable Branch - Third Person, 1 for Stable Branch - First Person, 1 for Experimental branch - Third Person, and 1 for experimental branch, first person.

I don't know of any existent bugs or errors that consistently cause character wipes, and as I understand it if a server is not connected to the central hive it will not show up on your list.

Furthermore, as I understood it the red messages in the bottom (unless it specifies it's from BE client) are set by the owner of the server, and the "This server will delete your character" message is a ploy by server owners who think they're crafty into tricking people to stay out of their server so they can farm loot.

 

 

SO. Either

A) You're dying every time you log out, which is very easy to do if you don't know where the current safe places to log out are. Be aware that when you log out your character stays in place for 30 seconds doing all sorts of obvious motions, including standing up, crouching, sitting down, and raising your gun.

You could be getting killed by players or zombies in that time. Zombies that aren't on your screen or actually able to attack your physical character could be killing you too. Protip: if all else fails, run for 2 minutes in the forest. If you can go 2 minutes without ANY zombie aggro, you should be safe to log out... players are a different story but the woods in this game are large.

B ) These servers are having issues or are using a white list by a program outside of BE's control. Same thing as hacking but on a server level. Either way, find out who the server provider is (vilayer, etc) and report the issue to THAT COMPANY.

As for what you can do right now: Find a server that does not have that message, or any message or at all, Favorite it, and play there. I'll advertise to you StincFinger's Pleasure Palace server (search "Pleasure Palace" it'll come up, can't miss it.) This server is owned by someone I know to a degree. Either way I play on it often and can gurantee you that it does not delete your character, and the Admin is non-abusive.

however, I would suggest making this a habit will all servers that work well for you. If it has low-latency, doesn't delete your character, and has a non-abusive or non-participating admin (an admin who just lets anyone use their server for any style of play and doesn't often boot people or make spots for their clan etc) then Favorite it.

Edited August 7, 2014 by crimsonBZD

[Primal Rend 5]

None of this should be happening.

As of right now you're able to 4 distinct characters. 1 for Stable Branch - Third Person, 1 for Stable Branch - First Person, 1 for Experimental branch - Third Person, and 1 for experimental branch, first person.

I don't know of any existent bugs or errors that consistently cause character wipes, and as I understand it if a server is not connected to the central hive it will not show up on your list.

Furthermore, as I understood it the red messages in the bottom (unless it specifies it's from BE client) are set by the owner of the server, and the "This server will delete your character" message is a ploy by server owners who think they're crafty into tricking people to stay out of their server so they can farm loot.

 

 

SO. Either

A) You're dying every time you log out, which is very easy to do if you don't know where the current safe places to log out are. Be aware that when you log out your character stays in place for 30 seconds doing all sorts of obvious motions, including standing up, crouching, sitting down, and raising your gun.

You could be getting killed by players or zombies in that time. Zombies that aren't on your screen or actually able to attack your physical character could be killing you too. Protip: if all else fails, run for 2 minutes in the forest. If you can go 2 minutes without ANY zombie aggro, you should be safe to log out... players are a different story but the woods in this game are large.

B ) These servers are having issues or are using a white list by a program outside of BE's control. Same thing as hacking but on a server level. Either way, find out who the server provider is (vilayer, etc) and report the issue to THAT COMPANY.

As for what you can do right now: Find a server that does not have that message, or any message or at all, Favorite it, and play there. I'll advertise to you StincFinger's Pleasure Palace server (search "Pleasure Palace" it'll come up, can't miss it.) This server is owned by someone I know to a degree. Either way I play on it often and can gurantee you that it does not delete your character, and the Admin is non-abusive.

however, I would suggest making this a habit will all servers that work well for you. If it has low-latency, doesn't delete your character, and has a non-abusive or non-participating admin (an admin who just lets anyone use their server for any style of play and doesn't often boot people or make spots for their clan etc) then Favorite it.

 

Yea I've only been doing the stable branch third person (normal mode, latest stable version) for one character.

 

My apologies, the frequency at which this occurs is a bit misleading here. Sure, this has happened 3 times, but I've been playing a week and I can think that I've been on at least 40 maybe 60 servers by now so it'll be impossible to replicate this. It's a small chance but annoying when it happens.

 

If it's worth it/relevant to add, the second time this wipe happened was when i reconnected to the server 1-2 mins after the server reset itself.

 

Also whenever I log out, i do so in the woods when i've been crouched for a minute. But I'll go deeper like you said, I may be dieing.

 

I'll take a closer look the next time this happens assuming it does again and do a screenshot of the exact red text. Never did look to see if the red was from the BE client and not just a ploy. I was more focused on just exiting as soon as possible.

 

Thanks for the points.

[Ransurian 23]

Avoid empty fragnet servers. Most of them aren't connected to the central hive, even though they're on the server lists as plain as day. Only a handful of other servers have connectivity issues.

[Ransurian 23]

...as I understand it if a server is not connected to the central hive it will not show up on your list.

Well, that just isn't true at all. Plenty of Fragnet's empty or near-empty LAX servers, for instance, can -- and will -- wipe your character if you join them, and they're showing up as legit stable branch servers on browser lists.

Edited August 8, 2014 by Ransurian

[crimsonbzd 247]

Well, that just isn't true at all. Plenty of Fragnet's empty or near-empty LAX servers, for instance, can -- and will -- wipe your character if you join them, and they're showing up as legit stable branch servers on browser lists.

 

I don't see them, ever. That's why I have the "as I understand it" pre-clause on there. I don't know anything official or any statements that say what servers do or do not show up on your list, I've just never seen these servers appear on mine at all.