Old bug: zoom stops working

[kmoustakas]

There's this really old bug, since ever I started playing the game.

At random times the zoom via mouse scroll stops working and the only way to fix it is to close the client. Switching characters doesn't work. I'm sure years ago someone had pointed out how it happens and what to do to fix it but searching the old forums never worked for me.

Anyone remember how we avoid this or restore it?

 

[Striga]

I don't know how to avoid or restore.
But when the mouse fails, you can, IIRC, continue using keyboard shortcuts. Something on the numerical keyboard, perhaps, with plus/minus keys.

EDIT: Wiki says it's Num 7 / Num 9.

 

[Putti]

From what I remember it can trigger when interacting with bags (collectable, ingredients etc.). I'm not 100% on how, but I guess it's something like if you hover the mouse over the bag then the mouse wheel will scroll through the bag instead of zooming and sometimes that gets stuck?
It probably triggers off other things as well and unfortunately I don't know of any way to fix it other than restarting the game.

 

[Zvdegor]

@rabidfox mentioned that anything can trigger it if you interact something ingame it has a slider but you use thr mouse scroll.

 

[GrindFlayer]

This is a bug that has riddled both games for as long as I can remember. I haven't been following Lotro's forums much in the last few years, but I do remember that some years back, the devs requested players to send as much data to the bug reports when this bug occurs -- starting from mouse type and all the usual technical details, activity they were doing etc. So it's clearly a mystery to them too. IIRC, nothing conclusive came out of that thread.

Lots of theories (using the colloquial definition of "theory" here) have been submitted during the years; different mouse types, using the wheel when your camera is in a congested space (e.g. inside a building), interacting with whatever, opening/closing whatever things, different character types and so on. AFAIK, no one has been able to reproduce the bug with 100% certainty. If anyone can say for sure that one/some of these trigger situations mentioned in this thread work, I'd be happy to test them when I have more time. For what it's worth, the bug was present in the other game way before it had any sort of bags introduced (like the collectible, gem etc. in DDO).

But one thing I know for a fact: In this game, the wheel eventually starts working again if I keep playing that same character long enough. It may take 5 minutes or 2 hours, but if I'm persistent enough, I end up noticing that the zoom is suddenly working again. That has never happened to me in Lotro. Maybe this game has more possible "trigger points" for the bug, which could also act as "release points"? I dunno.

 

[MysticDragon___Littlemama]

Yes, still around, I have not had it happen in a long time, but this weekend it did suddenly happen and had to restart client to fix it. Only way I could ever 'fix' it is always restart and then ok.
Could not figure out what triggered it, never was a common thing each time. Mid quest, a raid, different area, no idea.
Over the years I've used different setups and mice etc.. Still it happened now and then.

 

[Sophie The Cat Burglar]

This bug is super annoying.

 

[Driaza]

Still happens to me from time to time and yes only solution is a complete re-start of the game

 

[Timmius]

For me it triggers if I type something in a bag's search box and then don't clear it

 

[axel15810]

If in full screen, alt + tab to get out of DDO, and then alt + tab again to get back to the game usually fixes it for me without having to restart the game.