No red splats for falling stalactites (not just in ELoL)

beckylunatic · August 2017

I know this bug has been reported a ton in Lair of Lostmauth, but it also happens in the Adventures of the Lost Artifact quest in the Maze Engine campaign, and there it is quite literally a progression stopper (which means maybe now it will get bumped in priority!).

I just found out that if you die while the dragon is pursuing you, you don't get a second chance. The very angry dragon is waiting for you when you leave the fire again and will roast you with no saving throw. I aborted the mission and will try again, but success is pretty iffy since you can't see half of what you're trying to avoid.

beckylunatic · August 2017

(I tried again and succeeded by hugging the sides.)

hustin1 · August 2017

Red areas have been somewhat bugged since M12 launched. For instance, the large red area around the Plaguechanged Maw in the River District doesn't appear anymore.

beckylunatic · August 2017

I had a second character I wanted to get through this act of ME while 2xXP was running and failed multiple times. Right at the end when you need to dodge two dragon breaths at once, I keep getting knocked down by something I can't see I'm running into.

So I know it can be done, but at this point I'm just massively frustrated with it. Not much point wasting more time flinging myself against it hoping to get lucky again.

Barlgura roar also doesn't have an indicator in a lot of places anymore, although sometimes it does.

arcanjo86 · August 2017

plague changed maws in msp, rune wielder on runestead quest dont show red circles for their attacks

teflons7 · August 2017

Flamehexes in River District and Master Spellplague (not sure if they're in other areas) don't show the red area for their death explosion anymore. Been this way since Shroud of Souls.

smegman · August 2017

> @arcanjo86 said:
> plague changed maws in msp, rune wielder on runestead quest dont show red circles for their attacks

all plague changed maws are not showing their pbaoe attack red circle.... all stalagmite attacks everywhere (edemo, elol, to name a few) are not showing red circles, extremely frustrating! Also loot is sometimes not twinkling as well

beckylunatic · August 2017

Another missing visual FX I've found is in Bruenor's dailies that send you to fight demons in open zones. Their warning area to try to get the baby adventurers to stay away is no longer marked with a yellow circle, though there's still a text display warning when you cross the invisible line.

@nitocris83 I really want to make sure this one hits your weekly report. (Lostmauth boss battle too.)

beckylunatic · August 2017

smegman#1430 said:
Also loot is sometimes not twinkling as well

This just means you need to restart the game client @smegman#1430

smegman · August 2017

> @beckylunatic said:
> Also loot is sometimes not twinkling as well
>
> This just means you need to restart

I shouldnt have to restart my game though, it should work.

beckylunatic · August 2017

It's not a related issue to animations being outright missing. Visual degradation starts to interfere with FX that otherwise work normally, and can be fixed by restarting the client.

You can't work around FX that simply aren't there at all.

nitocris83 · August 2017

ack! Not good! People were horrified when I reported it with LoL and I know it's being looked at but this additional info is valuable. Thank you!

pitshade · August 2017

I get that (graphics degradation) from running through Icewind Pass/Biggrins Tomb and a few other places (Ballad instance, Siege map) It dates at least back to mod 10.5. Some of missing red for me datea back to 11.5 (CN death spheres, flamehex demise) but mod 12 made it much worse.

I elected not to bother starting ME on pally this weekend because of Becky's post. Hope this gets fixed soon.

smegman · August 2017

I also forgot to mention no red circle animation in illusionists gambit either, in addidition to ELOL, and Edemogorgon

smegman · August 2017

This is still not fixed btw.... very frustrating!

beckylunatic · August 2017

They've been through a single patch cycle since I made this thread, and have more pressing issues taking precedence.

greywynd · August 2017

I've been rotating through alts for various things and I've noticed that the degradation seems to happen faster on my GWF, for one. Just doing things like demon HEs in the Ring.

rickcase276 · August 2017

Also in the Ballad of Baphomet the spheres only appear as green mist. The ball and the area around it does not appear, as they did before Mod 12 launched.

nitocris83 · August 2017

A fix for the stalactites and plaguechanged maw was found but we're trying to target all other areas reported.

zebular · August 2017

Closing this up now as it was fixed in yesterday's patch. Should this reoccur or be found in other places not fixed with this patch, please make a new bug report thread. Thanks!

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"Splat" effects (warning circles) for the stalactites in the Lostmauth encounter, as well as various other encounters, now work like they did prior to the release of Tomb of Annihilation.

No red splats for falling stalactites (not just in ELoL)

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