[Submitted 69120] 5 - 33 second delay before showing any Adventure XP received in skills window

05/21/2021 10:45
Title: 5 - 33 second delay before showing any Adventure XP received in skills window
Reproduction Rate: 100%
Blocker?
Details: While running around various scenes, solo and having no pet summoned and no LUA mods running, I pressed the k key and had the skills window open and clicked on the Adventure Tab. I then carefully targeted single creatures and then timed how long it was taking to see any adventure XP getting received in the skills window after killing a creature. I was able to observe anywhere from around 5 seconds to a 33 second delay before I would see any adventure xp gained in the skills window.

Steps to Reproduce: Ensure the LUA directory is completely empty of all contents. Start a new session of the game. Have Multiplayer option set to Party. Enter Tanglemire, or Overland Plains Encounters on Mistrendur. Press the K key and click the Adventure tab. Carefully target a single creature and kill it. Start a timer and observe how long before you see any adventure xp gained in the skills window. Observer a delay between 5 to 33 seconds before any adventure xp is shown in the skills window.
User Specs:
OS: Windows 10 (10.0.0) 64bit
CPU: Intel(R) Xeon(R) CPU E5-1620 0 @ 3.60GHz (8) System RAM: 16303
GPU: NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1080 GPU RAM: 8079
SotA.Win.64.1384.Date.05.10.21
Area: Mistrendur_R1_Tanglemire
Area Display Name: Tanglemire
Loc: (-30.6, 118.3, 316.5)
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Don't know if reply is proper in bug forum....This delay was intentionally introduced to improve performance if I remember correctly. Been a pain in the a$$ since. Apparently damage is accumulated for a period of time and posted all at once.

 

@Chris said on stream he'd look into it. (though he did say it might not be something they fix, just communicate better)

(i recall this being a message batching thing, too)

 

It's been in for a while now, two years at least, I think. Oddly enough, a meticulous collection will result in immediate addition.

 

i also want to document that there's a specific delay on undead: back when skeleton and lich mages had an ability to rez their fallen allies, a delay was put on just undead xp so you can't kill a skeleton, get the xp, have it get rezzed, and kill the same mob again for more xp. there's a time period during which the rez could work and xp is delivered after that time, though looting a fallen undead mob removes that timer and forces the delivery.

undead mages can't rez anymore; they had a habit of starting a rez just before they themselves died and having it self-apply.