Character begins punching/attacking repeatedly, does not stop punching.
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First time I logged into DayZ stable branch since .51 rolled out, and my character immediately starts punching and does not stop. Disconnecting and reconnecting to the same server did _not_ stop the animation, nor did closing and reopening DayZ or fully rebooting my PC.

It is not just the animation, but also the sound, and the effect of damage seems to be applied (I stood in front of a zombie, while attacking animation played, and it was staggered and appeared to bleed, as when melee attacks land usually... I did not kill it so I don't know if damage is actually applied).
I came across another player who confirmed I was endlessly punching, so the animation bug is also serverside.

Details

Legacy ID: 3376465131
Severity: None
Resolution: Open
Reproducibility: Always
Category: Controls

Steps To Reproduce

Unknown, but it has not stopped for me since .51...

Additional Information

Things I've tried that do not help (except for the duration of the overriding animation):
-Dropping what's in hands
-Putting something else in hands
-Switching melee weapon
-Sprinting
-Vaulting/Jumping
-Pressing Spacebar to exit combat-mode (lowering fists)

Things that help indefinitely... sort-of (bug returns when I'm standing again)
-Crouching (moving or still)
-Prone (moving or still)
-Swimming (moving or treading water)

Things I've not yet tried
-How a loaded gun interacts
-How an unloaded gun interacts

Event Timeline

Bohemia added a project: DayZ.May 8 2016, 8:51 PM

Throwdo_Baggins edited Steps To Reproduce. (Show Details)Dec 6 2014, 2:10 PM

Throwdo_Baggins edited Additional Information. (Show Details)

Throwdo_Baggins set Category to Controls.

Throwdo_Baggins set Reproducibility to Always.

Throwdo_Baggins set Severity to None.

Throwdo_Baggins set Resolution to Open.

Throwdo_Baggins set Legacy ID to 3376465131.May 8 2016, 8:51 PM

CalliCosmos added a subscriber: CalliCosmos.May 8 2016, 8:51 PM

Might be a dumb question but did you try simply left clicking? I frequently have this problem and that fixes it.

Throwdo_Baggins added a subscriber: Throwdo_Baggins.May 8 2016, 8:51 PM

I've tried clicking, but it doesn't effect it at all.
One thing that I did notice was that when I pressed Esc to open the menu, my character stopped attacking (until I closed the menu again). Also, while the bug persists, when I mouse over options in game it doesn't select them (so it's not actually /clicking/ but I don't know what else it could be).

Additionally, when I started playing again this morning, the bug seemed to have stopped. I'm not sure what caused this, but I did happen to log out while swimming... so maybe when I was logging in it tried to force me to start attacking again, but failed because you can't punch while treading water?

Jackslayer added a subscriber: Jackslayer.May 8 2016, 8:51 PM

Well this is an old bug just press esc and resume and it will stop its easy to figure it out... when happen again press esc then resume it............

Jackslayer, did you not read my note?
"One thing that I did notice was that when I pressed Esc to open the menu, my character stopped attacking (until I closed the menu again)."

That is, when I close the menu, the punching begins again.

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