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Client Side "Ghost-" Item Duplication when losing connection. Repro included
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Description

I messed around in my inventory while playing the experimental version. During one of the server laggs items in my inventory got duplicated. The duplicated item seemed to have the same identity since both items get highlighted when drag&dropped around the inventory. Hence I called it a "Ghost-" Item.

I had a suspicion that it was related to server lag / losing connection to the server and regaining it. After experimenting I confirmed my suspicion. {F32814}

Details

Legacy ID
3041507619
Severity
None
Resolution
Open
Reproducibility
Always
Category
Inventory
Steps To Reproduce

There are most likely several ways to reproduce this but this is how I did it to confirm item ghosting duplication through connectivity issues.

  1. Put item in your hands
  2. lose connection (unplugging network cable)
  3. drag&drop move item from your hands into inventory slot A
  4. move same item, that is still in your hands, into inventory slot B (different from A)
  5. regain connectoin (plugging network cable back in)
  6. deselect item from your hands by clicking the X icon
  7. move item that is now in slot A into slot B

Now the item should exist in both item slots A and B. Whereas one seems to be a fake item and its slot cannot be used anymore manually.

Additional Information

Only leaving and reconnecting to a server solves the issue.

Event Timeline

Gekker edited Steps To Reproduce. (Show Details)Nov 2 2015, 11:57 PM
Gekker edited Additional Information. (Show Details)
Gekker set Category to Inventory.
Gekker set Reproducibility to Always.
Gekker set Severity to None.
Gekker set Resolution to Open.
Gekker set Legacy ID to 3041507619.May 8 2016, 11:59 PM