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Log in issues when changing servers
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Description

I cannot change servers on alternate characters.
I have 2 characters.
I play character 1 on a server - say server 5000. I collect, find a place, build a base and log out.
I go to Character 2, and play on server 5100, I collect and things are good, I log out.
The next day a friend joins server 5200. I then go to character 2 and click change server and choose server 5200.
It logs character 1 into server 5200. I go and change the server to 5000 and get back to my base, and then log out.
I got to character 2 and choose server 5300, it then logs character 1 into server 5300.

Details

Severity
Major
Resolution
Open
Reproducibility
Always
Operating System
Windows 10 x64
Category
Server
Steps To Reproduce

I play character 1 on a server - say server 5000. I collect, find a place, build a base and log out.
I go to Character 2, and play on server 5100, I collect and things are good, I log out.
The next day a friend joins server 5200. I then go to character 2 and click change server and choose server 5200.
It logs character 1 into server 5200. I go and change the server to 5000 and get back to my base, and then log out.
I got to character 2 and choose server 5300, it then logs character 1 into server 5300.

Event Timeline

Geez changed the task status from New to Reviewed.Oct 25 2021, 11:57 AM
Geez added a subscriber: Geez.

Hello Ninjabob42.

All of the official third person view servers share the same character, and all of the official first person view servers share the same character. You can not pick a character for the server you play on.
On community servers, you have a different character per each server as they do not share the character database the way official servers do.
This means that anytime you will join a third person view official server, you will always have the same character no matter what you choose in the menu. Same applies for the official first person view servers.

Example: you have played on server 5000, the said server was a third person view official server.
Then you switch to the server 5100 which is a first person only server. On such server you will have a different character as the first person view and third person view servers on official dont share the same character database.
The next day you join your friend on server 5200, which is a third person view server - you will always have the character that is in the database that the official third person view servers use. In order to use the character you had on 5100, your friend would have to be playing an official first person view server.

Regards,
Geez

Thanks for the response.
That makes things tough because I like having a solo character and then one for grouping on official servers, but that is how it is!