Bug Planet bug (segment problem)

[HolyCookie]

I'm not sure how this happened, why and if it is reproducible but here is a pic:


Me and Fellow_Starmadian were doing some logic stuff on a planet and now I can't build there anymore Luckily we've got backups except for my roller coaster
Almost everything was docked to the segment and it appears the segment sunk by exactly the height of 1 segment.

 

[Snowtiger256]

This seems to be a case of segment inversion, a bug that makes planet swallow whatever's on the plate. It usually causes a lot of lag because whatever build was on the plate starts to collide with the core of the planet and with the plates next to the affected plate. How's your FPS and Ping while near that planet?

 

[SmilingDemon]

Clearing client cahce and/or server restart isnt fixing that ?

 

[HolyCookie]

This seems to be a case of segment inversion, a bug that makes planet swallow whatever's on the plate. It usually causes a lot of lag because whatever build was on the plate starts to collide with the core of the planet and with the plates next to the affected plate. How's your FPS and Ping while near that planet?

totally normal (as far as you consider "normal" near a planet)

 

[nightrune]

I've had segments disappear, usually if I relog its fixed.

 

[SmilingDemon]

I disagree ... this isnt normal ... it might be a server load glitch. where the entity plate isnt placed on the core properly. (and therefore hardware,lag something like that related)

we had that before, where it was a real problem and not fixable by client cache deleteion or server reboot ... that one was fixed afaik

 

[HolyCookie]

Yea Luckily this wasn't important at all (except my roller coaster!)

I can see this being a big problem on other servers. I might have something to do with docking objects to the planet (both normal and using the pickup points and shootout rails) There was nothing else special about that planet segment.

 

[Snowtiger256]

Yea Luckily this wasn't important at all (except my roller coaster!)

I can see this being a big problem on other servers. I might have something to do with docking objects to the planet (both normal and using the pickup points and shootout rails) There was nothing else special about that planet segment.

This is exactly one of the reasons many servers discourage players from settling on planets. For many MP servers, settling on Stations is the preferred way, because it avoids planet-related problems and usually offers players better FPS and ping due to not being on an entity that the game has to load for very long.

 

[Trekkerjoe]

Reminds me of this: Steam Community :: Screenshot :: My ship must have been too heavy

Is there a way to make a station with planet-gravity? Even if it requires editing the sector. Or perhaps, if there was an old coin planet. Perhaps we can avoid this problem by avoiding planet cores.

 

[HolyCookie]

hè that's strange..... everything repaired itself (except the undocked entities which are now stuck within the core) after a couple times of re-logging.