I guess i do not exist...

PersonMan

PersonMan

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Some odd stuff definitely goes on with friends list.

CharacterA and CharacterB transferred. CharacterB had to change name because CharacterC already had the name. CharacterA adds CharacterC's name to friends list and gets CharacterB's race/class and level data. After relog CharacterA's friends list shows the combined classes and level of CharacterB and CharacterC.

CharacterB is a level 32 male Dragonborn 20 Sorcerer in a guild.
CharacterC is a level 2 male Dwarven 2 Barbarian not in a guild.
CharacterA's friends list for CharacterC who has CharacterB's old name shows a level 34 male Dragonborn 2 Barbarian 20 Sorcerer who is not in a guild.
 
TheStranger

TheStranger

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What PersonMan said...I was unable to articulate the issue, but you said it perfect...That also happened to me...transferred and got -1 on my name...added the original name to friends list to see and it was me...but not me...but me...i changed my name and added the old -1 name to fiends list, which would not work...but you can still see the old me if you add me...so no one has my old name, or a ghost of me has it...idk...there is my 2 cents :)
 
PersonMan

PersonMan

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Str8nger said:
What PersonMan said...I was unable to articulate the issue, but you said it perfect...That also happened to me...transferred and got -1 on my name...added the original name to friends list to see and it was me...but not me...but me...i changed my name and added the old -1 name to fiends list, which would not work...but you can still see the old me if you add me...so no one has my old name, or a ghost of me has it...idk...there is my 2 cents :)
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For me it got even weirder on a character I transferred from hardcore to 32 bit. When adding my old name to friends list it gave exactly my character's info including my guild from hardcore which did not exist on the current server. After relog the level 21 character entry [in friends list] lost 10 character levels and 10 rogue levels (which makes it a level 11 character with only 10 class levels)

Anyway, very odd stuff with transferring character data and friends list.
 
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Xaerxiessia

Xaerxiessia

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Sylla said:
https://imgur.com/a/8Bstaso

anyone encountered this error? My friend tried to add me to friend list, but its not possible. And i can add her no problem.

Its probably related to my previous issue: https://forums.ddo.com/index.php?threads/transfer-completed-and-failed-at-the-same-time.22381/
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May we know by which way you were trying to add as friend ? The social panel , a command-line or the contextual menu from a name as link in the chat ?
If you did not try to add with the contextual menu , may you try and tell us if it works this way?

EDIT : I may be wrong but I may have an idea about what it is , and if that's this case , you 'll really need the CS to reset the name properly.
 
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Sylla

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Xaerxiessia said:
May we know by which way you were trying to add as friend ? The social panel , a command-line or the contextual menu from a name as link in the chat ?
If you did not try to add with the contextual menu , may you try and tell us if it works this way?

EDIT : I may be wrong but I may have an idea about what it is , and if that's this case , you 'll really need the CS to reset the name properly.
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Tried in the social contextual menu and also by right clicking the portrait/party/focus.

No idea why the name would be a problem, i had no -1 on it. I had other toons with the same name-2/-3 and renamed them in hope to fix my issue. No luck :(
 
Xaerxiessia

Xaerxiessia

Lost in Translation
Sylla said:
Tried in the social contextual menu and also by right clicking the portrait/party/focus.

No idea why the name would be a problem, i had no -1 on it. I had other toons with the same name-2/-3 and renamed them in hope to fix my issue. No luck :(
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The error message at first glance is really strange and inappropriate. Like if data were altered.
If you had used the command-line to change the name, but I understood that you didn't,
I'm wondering if the transfer tool is triggering non-required name change with non-alphabetic characters appended to the name.
I just saw a toon in the harbor on Moonsea with a name ending with '-' and no number.

In the default code page ANSII , one of the first characters simulates a backspace, per example, once thrown into a terminal.
With any random character + a 'backspace' added to your name in octal or hex format , you would not see the difference once displayed/printed/written.

EDIT : or 'null' char , x00 kinda common value as filler in raw data chunk, if 1 char-equivalent is added to the name .
 
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Xaerxiessia

Xaerxiessia

Lost in Translation
PersonMan said:
Was it a long name? Would expect if you are 1 shy of hitting the character limit you just get a '-'
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not at all, on the contrary , 5 character + '-' , which dragged my attention.
I checked in the char description ( 'examine' menu ) and that was precisely truncated.
 
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ACJ97F

ACJ97F

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Ooh, I have a line for this occasion! ... *flips to page #17* ... "Our condolences, your character has been Elminster'd".

Seriously though, that's happened to a few people, hopefully they'll sort that out soon for you.
 
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