This is the same behavior that cause the songs to sometimes fail to start
because the client and server get out of sync and one thinks the effect is
already up while the other is attempting to start it. So that it drops
after you restarted it instead of before.
Kit
-----Original Message-----
From:
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kim@...]
Sent: Tuesday, March 07, 2000 3:09 PM
To: '
eqbards@onelist.com'
Subject: RE: [eqbards] Breaking from conventional tactics
From: <
kim@...>
On Tue, 7 Mar 2000, Reeves, Patrick W wrote:
>
> I am pretty sure GZ stated at one time our Dot songs are all 3 ticks. One
> odd behaviour I noticed with them is that the debuff effect/Icon will
> sometime disappear before the final pulse of damage is applied. But this
my
> be a client refresh thing. I found this behaviour while self testing the
> songs on side by side computers (yes I bought a second account just to
test
> songs, sad heh).
I'm pretty sure the effect icons are entirely client-side, and
have no basis in reality (what the server thinks). You'll
notice that in those long lag bubbles, your icons will drop.
But if the effect is server-side (e.g. Hymn), the effect is
still there (hp still increment).
I think the way it works is your client sends a "starting this
song" message to the server. The server sends back an "ok,
starting this song" message (aka "your feet move faster"),
which causes the client to put up the icon. The icon stays
for two heartbeats (somehow synchronized with the server, but
timed locally). So if you yank the network cable, the icon
disappears on its own at the appropriate time. If there's any
server-side lag, this can cause the client/server to get out
of synch, causing icons to disappear locally before the server
ends the effect.
--
John H. Kim
kim@...
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