[Submitted 69742] VFX on some skills wearing off early

09/28/2021 13:32
Title: The VFX on Many Skills Not Working Properly
Reproduction Rate: 50%, as in they won't display about half of my play time.
Blocker? No
Details: The vfx on Shield of Ice and Solar Flare will often not display or stop displaying after playing for a few minutes. Other players report that Immolation and Shield of Crystal are also affected. I've also noticed that sometimes Solar Flare displays twice with one cast.
Steps to Reproduce: Can't figure out why it stops working. Sorry. It seems to be completely random from my perspective.
User Specs:
OS: Windows 10 (10.0.0) 64bit
CPU: AMD FX(tm)-8350 Eight-Core Processor (8) System RAM: 32661
GPU: NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1060 6GB GPU RAM: 6052
SotA.Win.64.1448.Date.09.20.21
Area: Novia_R6_Forest01_03
Area Display Name: Far Hinterlands
Loc: (-38.5, 15.4, 111.3)
Debug: Tm92aWFfUjZfRm9yZXN0MDFfMDN8fCgtMzguNTAyLCAxNS40NDQsIDExMS4zNDIpfCgwLCAtMC45ODYsIDAsIC0wLjE2Nil8LTI3MjEuMzExfDMxLjE4OTY1fDYuMjg4MDk0

Edit: I would like to add that since R94 that I'm often missing the vfx on Cone of Cold and Ice Field as well.

 

Can confirm immolation has this behavior too. After a few (usually at about half of the runtime) the vfx disappears but the skill is still active. Makes it hard to see visually when it goes off for real and needs recasting.

 

I’ve been trying and trying to find any way to replicate the vfx disappearing, but haven’t figured out how yet. It seems to only disappear during combat in an adventure scene.

If you stand in your home, and cast immolation, either a 1 stack or 2, and then stand there and do nothing, the vfx will display the full amount of time the spell is still active.

My guess is then some action (a specific melee combat glyph?) can cause it to disappear, even if the spell is still active. Also possibly using some melee combat combo glyph.

 

Try turning off GPU Occlusion in video options?

 

I have that turned off.

 

Doh. I noticed immolation VFX disappearing on me, so I turned it off and that fixed it .. was hoping that would help here too.

I just played with shield of ice for a bit and didn't notice it disappear.. I had GPU occlusion on tho -- so I turned it off, quit the game, and reloaded - but still didn't see it vanish.

I'll fiddle around a bit with this tomorrow on my other desktop during my downtime.

 

I would like to add that since R94 that I'm often missing the vfx on Cone of Cold and Ice Field as well.

 

I verified that Shield of Ice, Shield of Crystal, and Immolation VFX disappeared after some time even though the skill was still active.

I cannot reproduce the issue mentioned with Cone of Cold, Ice Field, and Solar Flare.

@Garfunkel Humperdinck Solar flare and Ice field both seem to work OK for me. Can you think of a common denominator for when you experience this? For example, is it only when in a party, when wearing certain gear or a weapon, maybe a particular scene, etc?

 

Unfortunately not. The only thing that seems to coincide with it is the use of Night Vision or Night Vision expiring, but even that isn't consistent. Could just be a coincidence. I've chatted with other players that are losing the vfx on these spells as well. I'm paying close attention to try to note any patterns that might reveal some information.

It's also possible that the problem with the buff spells is totally unrelated to the AoE spells. It might be a hard nut to crack.

 

Submitted: Issue 69742