Conversations ending when I say something

1. Title: Conversation Breaker
2. Reproduction Rate: 100%
3. Blocker? No
4. Details: In Soltown I initiate a converstation with an NPC and it crashes immediately after I click a highlighted response or just say something like name. It was having a slow responce time before, however I logged off and logged back in and it is still doing that. Only 44% of my ram is in use. I don't know if this is an NPC issue or a performance issue. I posted this here. THis happened around 7pm NBT and about 10 minutes before.
5. Steps to Reproduce: Talk to NPC and say something or click a responce.
6. User Specs: Windows 10 64 bit, patch 447 7.26.16

 

I didn't bother logging out when I posted this, and I was able to communicate with an NPC but with quite a bit of lag. ??? Load within the instance???? There were quite a few people singing some cuckoo song over and over again around me and lots of people casting spells to level up healing and light etc.

 

I've experienced this. For example, Geof at the refugee camp asks you your name, and every time I answered, the conversation would close. Thankfully, when I went back to him later, it worked okay.

This potentially has something to do with other players being in conversation with that NPC. Possibly, also issues with their inability to move towards you. I was talking to Emily, who was sitting in a chair, and another NPC was standing right in front of her. The conversation started, she tried to stand up, but then sat down, and the conversation was terminated because she couldn't stand up.

 

can not speak with Cugel, when I say something he disconnects. Issue has been resolved with latest patch.

 

anybody around you talking to him?

 

As found by a kind soul in this thread:

https://www.shroudoftheavatar.com/forum/index.php?threads/npcs-in-soltown-do-not-engage.55500/

Try deactivating the "Enable Conversation Close-Ups" option in the Game menu, it is in the bottom, it seems to help/clear the issue up, in fact if you do it near an NPC that bugged out for you, he will resume talking.

 

no I even logged out and tried again. as reported above issue has been resolved.

 

There is the Multiplayer Online workaround which is resolving the issue, but the actual bug with Cugel has not been fixed in the latest patch (Build 449).

 

Still, for example the Blacksmith woman in Soltown doesn't want to get to work. Its well into morning on the server as I write this.

Also, when saying bye to her in a stuck convo actually re-activates the close up scene.