Guide Unintentional Deletion Of A Class

iMoe · Aug 22, 2016

What im testing now is if you hit esc in the deletion screen, but then go back and hit cancel right after, will your class still be deleted?

Aya · Aug 22, 2016

Moe_Ronickah said: ↑

It certainly is a pain in the neck, and would be awful for anyone with only one class, or losing a high level class.
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thx by telling me this,now im sure of what to NOT do when im doing this with my assassin and my archer ;-; they are special for me (much more my archer,it was my first class *starts to cri from nostalgic ;-;* but this,thanks by telling us it ;w;

IggyBoii · Aug 22, 2016

Moe_Ronickah said: ↑

Wynncrafters, we have had sporadic reports, both on the forums and on the GitHub, of classes being deleted. I've been trying to track down what has been happening, and today, I have an answer for you.

To start, there has been a recurring theme about deleted classes; they are always gone when a player logs back in. Some players have reported accidentally right-clicking the class in the class selection room, and bringing up the "Delete Confirmation" dialogue box, some don't remember doing any such thing. There has been a bit of discussion about whether or not players have been accidentally confirming the deletion or not, with everyone saying "No", I didn't hit that nasty confirm button. Well, given that the "kill it with fire" button is a green check mark, and the "don't do it" button is a red X, I've never been sure as to whether or not anyone was right about what they hit.

It. Does. Not. Matter.

That's right, it doesn't matter for this issue. On my alt account, I created a new class, and played it until I got to Lv4. Then I went into the lobby, clicked on the compass, and right-clicked the new class in order to bring up the class deletion box. I very methodically hit the "Esc" key, then reselected the class again. I then played the class for a few minutes, then repeated the entire process. 50 times (yes, I counted them). The class never disappeared. During this process, I accidentally did this, once, to a low level class that was holding a bunch of Bob's Tears and depressing weapons. Once.

Now, it gets depressing. Hours later (a little while ago), I logged back in and went to check my inventory. Guess what happened? Both of the classes that I had used the "Esc" key on to leave the "Delete Confirmation" dialogue box were deleted. That's right. There is a bug here. Apparently, there is a chance, and it may be 100%, that if you close the "Delete Confirmation" dialogue box with the "Esc" key, that your class WILL be deleted. I have no idea how long this will take to happen, and it does not matter.

What does matter is this: If you enter this dialogue box, tell it "NO!", don't use the "ESC" key to leave the box. There is an error in the default logic such that when you use the "ESC" key, it is not the same as telling the dialogue box "NO", and you may (will?) lose your class.

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finally someone has put a stop to it :D

iMoe · Aug 22, 2016

Okay so I tested it, and if you hit esc on the deletion screen, then go back into the deletion screen and the red X it won't delete your class! I've been waiting for about 4 hours and it hasn't deleted. So I guess until this gets fixed for good, a temporary fix is to just reopen the menu and click the X. Maybe I just got lucky with testing, someone else should test this out.

Moe_Ronickah · Aug 22, 2016

iMoe said: ↑

Okay so I tested it, and if you hit esc on the deletion screen, then go back into the deletion screen and the red X it won't delete your class! I've been waiting for about 4 hours and it hasn't deleted. So I guess until this gets fixed for good, a temporary fix is to just reopen the menu and click the X. Maybe I just got lucky with testing, someone else should test this out.
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You have only tested it once, on one class. Believe me, it doesn't always fix the issue.

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IggyBoii said: ↑

finally someone has put a stop to it :D
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It won't be stopped, until the code is fixed. That takes finding out what the problem in the code is, and, as it is not a 100% fail/no fail situation, for now, just be very careful.

coreynj · Aug 22, 2016

Feel bad for the people who lost their classes. That must suck.

Tealy · Aug 23, 2016

This needs to be stickied lol

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