Buffs being applied, and then returning to the Star Menu

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11.11.16 12:02
kke2100

Buffs being applied, and then returning to the Star Menu

Hi BB,

It's getting annoying having to 'double check' all buffs placed or having placed.

Asking for i.e. 10 buffs placed; see all targets glowing and then leave for an adventure
- after some hours returning to home isle to discover that one (or more) buffs didn't stick.

Buff back in star for the player who placed without success, hours of production without buff, building possibly 'out of sync' with game play.

Get it sorted.

Screenshots from today from 'News tab' and whisper with my friend who applied the buff (twice)
http://prntscr.com/dv2jmz
http://prntscr.com/dv2k6d
11.11.16 13:05
BB_Saqui

If anyone else has similar reports of this issue, we'd definitely like to hear about them!
11.11.16 13:32
Madorosu

Quote:

Originally Posted by BB_Saqui

If anyone else has similar reports of this issue, we'd definitely like to hear about them!

Try looking here!
11.11.16 13:49
BB_Saqui

Quote:

Originally Posted by Madorosu

Try looking here!

This is a different issue - as the buffs kke2100 is giving as an example actually return back to the Star Menu.
11.11.16 14:00
Madorosu

Quote:

Originally Posted by BB_Saqui

This is a different issue - as the buffs kke2100 is giving as an example actually return back to the Star Menu.

In that case... try looking here!
11.11.16 14:38
BB_Saqui

Quote:

Originally Posted by Madorosu

In that case... try looking here!

Again, the instances in that thread aren't the same, as the buffs didn't return to the Star Menu. Thank you though for your efforts in assisting!

I'm looking for examples in which a player tries to buff another player's buildings, and then after a short while, finds the buffs back in their Star Menu, and the buildings that were originally buffed not showing any evidence that it occurred.
11.11.16 15:02
Ynita

This is a bug that has been reported for more than three years.
http://forum.thesettlersonline.com/t...uot-stick-quot
11.11.16 15:14
lordloocan

This happens almost every day. Constant irritation.

Earlier today I used 3 rabbit's foot buffs for a guild mate, all 3 shining nicely so back to home island for me. He then told me that one wasn't done so back I went and yep left hand of 3 gold towers now showed as un-buffed so I did it again. Now I have no idea if the system had taken the original rabbit's foot or not but it is a real pain even if it didn't. I advise guildies with the 'buff a friend 50 times' (stupid number) part of excelsior quests to stay on the island for several minutes after doing the 50th. Even then they often find they are only recorded as having done 45 - 49.
12.11.16 01:04
Madorosu

00:30am GMT - Sat. 9th November

http://image.prntscr.com/image/018bf...496060df53.png

Two buffs applied by guild mate:

00:30 Pasta on the Friary (highlighted)
00:31 Feast on the iron mine (to the left of the friary)

Approximately ten minutes later I notice that the Friary is no longer glowing.
Enquiry of guild mate reveals that the Pasta has returned to his star which he then re-applies.

A three year old thread in the Verified Bugs section of the forum and you're asking for further examples...

#HeadDesk
18.11.16 12:57
SnowBlizz

This morning friend applied 3 grilled steaks to my goldtowers. Only 1 stuck first time around. I couldn't see any being buffed at all. Visited adv, and found 1 worked.
He went back home and had gotten 2 steaks back and went in for a second go when they "stuck". He was having serious lag issues on his end, slow island graphics loading when coming to my island and chat typing lagged.
Log only registers the last 2 buffs placed though.
http://image.prntscr.com/image/bf659...5e7f88ed18.png
19.11.16 08:09
NicciNZ

i have had this more than once when buffing, slowing down and making sure buff 'takes' has become habit, going back over buffed buildings to ensure they are buffed...sometimes get home to find 'Buffs' still in star menu. However going to some else island or adventure and returning home has star menu reading as it should.
19.11.16 08:12
NicciNZ

Quote:

Originally Posted by lordloocan

This happens almost every day. Constant irritation.

Earlier today I used 3 rabbit's foot buffs for a guild mate, all 3 shining nicely so back to home island for me. He then told me that one wasn't done so back I went and yep left hand of 3 gold towers now showed as un-buffed so I did it again. Now I have no idea if the system had taken the original rabbit's foot or not but it is a real pain even if it didn't. I advise guildies with the 'buff a friend 50 times' (stupid number) part of excelsior quests to stay on the island for several minutes after doing the 50th. Even then they often find they are only recorded as having done 45 - 49.

have had several lower members with this issue as well, 48-49 of 50 and no buffs left...they been making 50 platters so should therefore be done when finished
19.11.16 10:31
Dorotheus

Many moons ago this used to be a issue. What we found was that the server was not keeping up with you as you applied buffs so we devised the buff protocol.

1 Apply a buff
2 Wait until shiny effect was visible
3 Repeat until all buffs applied

Yes it takes longer to apply the buffs doing it this way but it had a nearly 100% reduction in buffs failing to work.
19.11.16 10:37
HFoC

This isn't about buffing too fast, Dorothy, this is about buffs starting to work, even confirmed in the log, and then disappearing after a few minutes.
19.11.16 10:50
Madorosu

Quote:

Originally Posted by Dorotheus

Many moons ago this used to be a issue. What we found was that the server was not keeping up with you as you applied buffs so we devised the buff protocol...

Didn't work in my previous example. There was a significant pause between the two buffs as my guild mate switched between the two different buffs and asked me to confirm that I wanted a sleeping mine buffed. I saw the Friary 'light up' about a minute before the mine did, as the News log confirms. The server must have received the information that the Friary was buffed, or how else could that information been passed on to my client?
11.01.17 16:36
BuftonTufton

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Originally Posted by BB_Saqui

If anyone else has similar reports of this issue, we'd definitely like to hear about them!

You're kidding right?
This happens all the time, to everybody in my guild. No problem with a self-buff, but whilst it often looks as though an external buff has been applied (you get the message and the 'swirl' begins) a couple of seconds later the buff is gone. Sometimes the screen seems to 'stutter' before this happens,But there is no obvious pattern. What precisely is going on?