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Odd alt+tabbing behaviour
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Salpad
Carebears with Attitude
#1 - 2012-06-25 22:57:13 UTC
Sometimes I fly AFK with my Freighter (it's not worth ganking, by the way!), and so I alt+tab out of EVE and do something out in windows while my snail crawls along the spacelanes.

But surprisingly often, my ship's computer starts talking about requesting docking permission at the exact moment in which I alt+tab tack into EVE. And then I see my ship hanging out in space, <750 meters from station, and soon after it docks, and the hangar/cargo view loads up.

It's as if my ship doesn't dock while I'm alt+tabbed out of the EVE client. It's as if it hangs in space, waiting. 3-4 hours ago, I set my Freighter to autopilot 2-3 jumps, and then I came back an hour later, and when I alt+tabbed back into the client, my ship requested docking permission.

What is going on? This seems like new behaviour to me. I am quite sure that the game didn't behave so half a year ago. Back then, the game events proceeded as one would expect, whether the client was at the forefront of had been alt+tabbed out of.

What has changed? Is there a potential problem here? I do fly safe, never carrying a valuable cargo (I'm serious; I am not worth ganking), but it still bothers me that my ship's autopilot does not function like it used to, and like I expect it to, and that I potentially can hang out there in space, 500 meters from a station, for hours, and only dock when I actually physically alt+tab back into the client.
ElQuirko
University of Caille
Gallente Federation
#2 - 2012-06-25 22:57:45 UTC
Use the windowed mode bro. Much easier.

Dodixie > Hek
Salpad
Carebears with Attitude
#3 - 2012-06-25 22:59:24 UTC
ElQuirko wrote:
Use the windowed mode bro. Much easier.


But what is going on in the game world? Is this just some effect I'm seeing, while my ship actually docks as soon as it should, and there's just some kind of weird interface lag?

I think you misunderstood my question!
Mons Pubis Giganticus
Doomheim
#4 - 2012-06-26 00:37:01 UTC
that is odd
RubyPorto
RubysRhymes
#5 - 2012-06-26 00:39:12 UTC
Strange behavior. Let's get Stensson to look into it. I hear he's good at keeping things under control.

"It's easy to speak for the silent majority. They rarely object to what you put into their mouths." -Abrazzar "the risk of having your day ruined by other people is the cornerstone with which EVE was built" -CCP Solomon
Morganta
The Greater Goon
#6 - 2012-06-26 00:39:43 UTC
Salpad wrote:
ElQuirko wrote:
Use the windowed mode bro. Much easier.


But what is going on in the game world? Is this just some effect I'm seeing, while my ship actually docks as soon as it should, and there's just some kind of weird interface lag?

I think you misunderstood my question!
its sound related

when you alt-tab sounds lose sync

alt tab out while warping and the warp sound will go on and on until you tab back in and see you're sitting at a gate and not moving at all.
Salpad
Carebears with Attitude
#7 - 2012-06-28 17:54:37 UTC
This is a bump.
15th Century Portrait
Doomheim
#8 - 2012-06-28 18:00:56 UTC
RubyPorto wrote:
Strange behavior. Let's get Stensson to look into it. I hear he's good at keeping things under control.

I never thought I'd have to tell a goon this, but
get the **** over it already
you're boring us
Ghost Xray
Hedion University
Amarr Empire
#9 - 2012-06-28 18:05:14 UTC
I've seen the same OP. I alt-tab to my main and alt and if I set my main to dock, then alt-tab to the alt to drive him around some, my main wont actually jump or dock until I alt-tab back.

I haven't tried windowed mode to see if it's any different.
Victor Twenty
The Scorpion Brothers
#10 - 2012-06-28 18:06:10 UTC
I have notice some changes with the way EVE acts when EVE is minimized. Prior to inferno I was able to auto pilot my characters when minimized and they would dock. Since inferno this does not work any longer, if your client is minimized your ship will sit outside station until the moment the session is active.

Sounds like CCP wants more people to loose ship due to stupid game mechanics. This should go a long way in retaining multi account players or not!


Vic20
Solstice Project
Sebiestor Tribe
Minmatar Republic
#11 - 2012-06-28 18:29:13 UTC
15th Century Portrait wrote:
RubyPorto wrote:
Strange behavior. Let's get Stensson to look into it. I hear he's good at keeping things under control.

I never thought I'd have to tell a goon this, but
get the **** over it already
you're boring us
He's not a goon.
You're not very attentive.
Salpad
Carebears with Attitude
#12 - 2012-06-29 12:30:47 UTC
My ship does actually travel, some of the time when I'm alt+tabbed out of the game.

I just find it disturbingly coincidental, how often I hear the docking request voice at the exact moment that I alt+tab back into the game client.
MadMuppet
Critical Mass Inc
#13 - 2012-06-29 15:00:56 UTC
There is something screwy with sounds again. I know when I look at the Steam Store and uncheck the mute on the demo videos that the sound in Eve will be broken until I restart the client.

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VanDam
Caldari Provisions
Caldari State
#14 - 2012-06-29 15:26:27 UTC
Eve has sound?
Jovan Geldon
The Scope
Gallente Federation
#15 - 2012-06-29 16:12:57 UTC
15th Century Portrait wrote:
RubyPorto wrote:
Strange behavior. Let's get Stensson to look into it. I hear he's good at keeping things under control.

I never thought I'd have to tell a goon this, but
get the **** over it already
you're boring us


u wot m8
Rath Kelbore
Caldari Provisions
Caldari State
#16 - 2012-06-29 17:35:43 UTC
ElQuirko wrote:
Use the fixed windowed mode bro. Much easier.


fyp

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