Problem - Boxes Pausing

[Gatita]

Version of KissAssist.mac?

KissAssistVer=12.001

When did your problem start?

About 5-7 hours ago?

Character Role?

1. Assist

What class is having this issue?

1. Shaman

How often does this issue occur?

Often

Can you reproduce the issue?

Yep! Turn on KA and play for 3-5 mins!

While using KA, my boxes keep pausing! They just stand around doing nothing. No error code in MQ window or anything. Sometimes they start back up but sometimes not. I know it says Shaman for class but its all my boxes: Shaman, Cleric, Enchanter, and Beastlord.

 

[scottpeterson99]

I was just about to start a post about the same kind of thing. Its hard to describe. I'm maining with a Necro and using a Bard and Shammy and some mercs. I start KA on the Necro pet....Things seem fine at first and Shammy starts buffing away. During combat early on Bard assists and Shammy will do a debuff. But all that glorious activity never seems to last. I really noticed when Canniblize become wildly inconsistent when I started using that on the Shammy. It may be I also don't understand how KA runs through the INI file. So let me try to narrow down a question and see if this leads me to better understand:

For instance if I add this: Buffs1=Cannibalize|mana|80|50
Let say my mana is under 80....Shammy will usually pop off one Canni...sometimes it will cycle 2-3 times. Why is it random? Its never actually Cannied back to 80% mana. It just stops casting even at fullish HP. I had considered maybe as it reads through buffs it must be doing all kinds of weird things that I cant see.

OPs issue I see sometimes also where the Bard will not start melee consistantly....it may or may not even start to fight...its that inconsistency I don't understand where the INI file remains the same but the outcomes at least in these instances are not consistent. Though maybe ping and talking to a server could get things out of whack? I just don't know but I'm curious. It would be better to know that sometimes stuff just does not go smooth because of some back end thing vs its a problem with the INI. I'm really new with KA so still trying to sort out what I am doing.

(edit: and does zoning require a relaunch of /mac kissassist?)
(edit 2: and why does my interface not respond well to opening bags and clicking/picking up items in it. This just started happening an hour ago....in fact the whole interface is kinda iffy from mouse scrolling in/out to clicking anything. For instance the inventory window title bar seems fine. I can grab it, drag it around, and the cursor detects the little x button. But if I move the cursor down over the inventory window it does not seem to really recognize what's under my cursor. Its just unresponsive to most of the window like gear items etc. Its super buggy. But since it just started, I assume not related to the above which has been happening since I started learning KA three days ago. )

Thank all!

 

[Sic]

definitely double check your "background fps" is not set to minimum.

eq uses the fps cycles to "do work" so if you're trying to automate things in the background, and they are set to min background fps, you can and will have issues with automation

 

[scottpeterson99]

Thanks Sic...feel like I've hijacked the thread from the OP may may be related. In my case I've not fiddles with the FPS, but thats a good bit of info on the "background FPS". Are there ever issues where commands are getting out of sync with the EQ server and it takes some amount of time for KA to cycle back through the INI commands? My ping rate is ok but can sit around 250ms often. Was curious how fast KA goes through those INI instructions. Presume its lightning fast.

 

[Branson24]

While using KA, my boxes keep pausing! They just stand around doing nothing. No error code in MQ window or anything. Sometimes they start back up but sometimes not. I know it says Shaman for class but its all my boxes: Shaman, Cleric, Enchanter, and Beastlord.

I run three zerkers with the exact same ini. For some reason one of them will just stop doing anything. The best fix I can find is to camp out and then back in on that toon, then restart KA.

The zerker in question is an ogre. A partial issue I found is that in certain areas he has to bend over to get through doors or under trees and whatnot. He then does not stand back up properly. This causes him to do nothing at all until I figure it out. Is there a was to add a line to KA to check upright position and fix automatically?

 

[ctaylor22]

Well KA checks if your sitting to stand you, but does not check if your ducking. I think there is a setting for auto-ducking. You can turn that off I think.