Jumping NPC bug

Hoax

Ascalonian Squire

Join Date: May 2006

Vanguard of the Forsaken

E/Me

24 Jun 2008 at 02:07 - 1
i have encounted npc's that seem to run and jump into there spot then warp back a bit and repeat. idk if this has been covered before in another post.
hers a link to video http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=R2H7N0Fa37o
srry bout the bad quality

jiggles

Desert Nomad

Join Date: Sep 2007

N/

24 Jun 2008 at 02:22 - 2
afaik You've got a corrupted .dat file, delete it and re-install and everything should be fine. Or live with it, whichever one floats yer boat

Konig Des Todes

Konig Des Todes

Ooo, pretty flower

Join Date: Jan 2008

Citadel of the Decayed

The Archivists' Sanctum [Lore]

N/

24 Jun 2008 at 04:32 - 3
Most likely corrupted file... but what if its test for animations for GW2 jump system? Plausible, but more likely to be a corrupted file.

Ben-A-BoO

Ben-A-BoO

Wilds Pathfinder

Join Date: Aug 2006

Europe

24 Jun 2008 at 07:17 - 4
Looks cool,
Keep the .dat file

Lord Sojar

Lord Sojar

The Fallen One

Join Date: Dec 2005

Oblivion

Irrelevant

Mo/Me

24 Jun 2008 at 08:41 - 5
Quote:
Originally Posted by Azazel The Assassin
Most likely corrupted file... but what if its test for animations for GW2 jump system? Plausible, but more likely to be a corrupted file.
Nope, its a corrupted .dat file. Another funny glitch of this is that the characters standing still will look they were hit by a bus and fly through the air 10 feet and landing like a ragdoll. Quite funny, until Guild Wars stops launching.

SnipiousMax

SnipiousMax

Perfectly Elocuted

Join Date: Sep 2005

24 Jun 2008 at 13:44 - 6
You'll need to reinstall the .dat, so I've moved you over to the tech forums! :P

Hoax

Ascalonian Squire

Join Date: May 2006

Vanguard of the Forsaken

E/Me

24 Jun 2008 at 17:54 - 7
although not in the video ive also noticed the xunlai chest spinning on some occasions
would this also be because of the .dat file?

Sir Pandra Pierva

Sir Pandra Pierva

Forge Runner

Join Date: Apr 2007

Sardelec yelling at Tenshi

Angels Of Strife

E/

24 Jun 2008 at 19:10 - 8
ya how do people corrupt the dat file?
i wanted to do that just to see what would happen.

Snograt

Snograt

rattus rattus

Join Date: Jan 2006

London, UK GMT??0 ??1hr DST

[GURU]GW [wiki]GW2

R/

24 Jun 2008 at 20:16 - 9
Possibly getting disconnected while the .dat is being written to? It's one of those annoying things that "just happens" sometimes.

Lord Sojar

Lord Sojar

The Fallen One

Join Date: Dec 2005

Oblivion

Irrelevant

Mo/Me

24 Jun 2008 at 20:20 - 10
Quote:
Originally Posted by Hoax
although not in the video ive also noticed the xunlai chest spinning on some occasions
would this also be because of the .dat file?
Yep, animations seem to be subject to .dat corruption more so than other areas. It may be and most likely is the structure of the .dat system.

Dark Kal

Krytan Explorer

Join Date: Dec 2006

25 Jun 2008 at 08:08 - 11
That was rather amusing to watch. (Un)fortunately my .dat file has never been corrupted after three years of play.

Gems

Gems

Ascalonian Squire

Join Date: May 2008

UK

Hexually Transmitted Disease [HTD]

E/A

26 Jun 2008 at 00:25 - 12
Thank god some one asked this question, Mine have been doing the same thing for three days... i thought it was funny at first... but now it's getting rather annoying I'll try the .dat thing and hope it works!

Taixen

Taixen

Frost Gate Guardian

Join Date: Apr 2008

England

A/

26 Jun 2008 at 12:02 - 13
This occasionally happens to my character, and any hero/henchman/other people.

Is quite amusing to see what appears to be 8 people shadow stepping from enemy to enemy... For a while >.<.

-re-install-.