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[Known] House Icon missing from compass

Discussion in 'User Interface (Including Launcher)' started by jiirc, May 11, 2018.

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  1. jiirc

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    5/11/2018 3:52 PM
    Title: House Icon missing from compass
    Reproduction Rate: 100%
    Blocker? No
    Details: I have a house in Brit Alleys and Brit Wharfs. When I zoned into those scenes, there wasn't the nice green icon on the compass showing me where my houses are. However, the 2 lots / houses I have in Ordinis Mortis (a POT) appear on the compass just fine. (I recalled to one of my lots in the POT.)
    Steps to Reproduce:
    - zone into a scene where you own a lot and house
    - check the compass to see if the green house icon appears
    - it shouldn't be there
    User Specs:
    OS: Windows 10 (10.0.0) 64bit
    CPU: Intel(R) Core(TM) i5 CPU 661 @ 3.33GHz (4) System RAM: 12222
    GPU: NVIDIA GeForce GTX 960 GPU RAM: 4053
    SotA.QA.Win.64.676.Date.05.11.18
    Area: Novia_R3_City_Brittany_Wharfs
    Area Display Name: Brittany Wharfs
    Loc: (366.0, 46.4, -119.0)
    Debug: Tm92aWFfUjNfQ2l0eV9Ccml0dGFueV9XaGFyZnN8fCgzNjUuOTc0LCA0Ni4zOTYsIC0xMTkuMDEzKXwoMCwgMC41MjUsIDAsIC0wLjg1MSl8NjY1Ljg1NDJ8MjUuOTk2MDF8NS45ODk2ODk=
     
  2. Lexie

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    I can't repro...I followed your steps exactly and it IS there. Darn it.
    I'm still looking for the special sauce for this. I know this is a bug that is carrying over from live for some folks
    @jiirc
     
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    @Lexie, I tried something out.

    For the first report, the original post, I had this scenario set up.
    1) I had my initial bind point in Ordinis Mortis. I had two houses there. I had a house in Brit Wharfs and a house in Brit Alleys.
    2) I entered Brit Wharfs from Novia. I zoned into the default spawn point and the southeast spawn point.
    3) In both attempts I could not see my house, even when standing in front of it. This occurs 100% of the time for me.
    4) I went into Brit Alleys. I zoned into the default spawn point.
    5) In Brit Alleys I could not see my house.
    6) Next I recalled to my bind point in Ordinis Mortis.
    7) I appeared in the zone in front of my lot. And the house icon appeared for both lots. (The lots are very close to each other.)

    At this point I reported the bug and saw your response. I figured why not try something else. So ....

    1) I decided that it would be good to leave OM and head to Novia.
    2) I came back into OM from Novia (I didn't recall but zone in the normal way.)
    3) Sure enough the house lot icons were missing from the compass.
    4) I then had another thought. Why not try something else.
    5) I went to my house in Brit Wharfs. I entered Brit Wharfs via Novia, of course there wasn't any housing icon on the compass.
    6) I went to the house and changed my bind point to the lot in Brit Wharfs.
    7) I left Brit Wharfs using the gates.
    8) I think I went back to OM.
    9) Either way I zoned back into Brit Wharfs using a recall scroll. Since this was my bind point I appeared right in front of the lot.
    10) And the house icon appeared.

    With this little bit of testing it seems that if you recall to a bind point at your lot then your house icon appears. If you enter the scene from Novia then your house icon doesn't appear. Granted this was only a handful of attempts but this is consistant so far.

    As for an explanation, I remember that Chris's performance changes included a different culling setup (routine, method, design) for when you recalled to your lot using a recall scroll and when you enter the zone from Novia (not using a recall scroll). So I'm wondering if the delay in your lot making an appearance in the scene isn't what might be causing the housing icon from appearing in the compass.
     
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    You maybe on to something there, although, one my main account I lose 2 out of 5 lots!
     
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    sometime in the past there was no icon shown on the compass when the tax was not payed.
     
  6. Lexie

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    @CatweazleX
    Thank you. I've added your info to bug report: 58939
     
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