AC's and AT's

[Rion of Erb]

Question/Issue:
Every once and a while when I transition to a new area from the overland map with my animal companion summoned, she disappears after a moment but her party image remains..... and when I right click on her I get a generic command pop up for a random player on the server.



Any ideas? The simple solution is to unsummon when transitioning, but just wondering if this is a known issue or something weird with my toon?

EDIT: the real problem with this issue is that you re unable to unsummon your AC when this happens and are forced to rest and resummon to get your AC back.

[I-KP]

Yup, I encountered that problem quite often. The work-around is not to transition with a the companion Summonned and do not re-summon the companion close to a transition.

[t-ice]

That work-around has a glitch if your AC is harmed. The lovely un/re -summon trick heals him right up. Or at least so I would recall. Also if you have intra-area transitions, the ACs will be left behind, and the un/re -summon trick again falsely gives the AC a heal. At least the DM can give the AC ports if you're riding with one.

[Happycrow]

A DM handling a big party, otoh, can't really spare the cycles to do that.
If there's a big group, I just warn the DMs and ask if it's okay -- and have the compassion to actually heal my own ACs.

[CloudDancing]

Just don't summon your pet UNTIL you need it. Unsummoning it will sometimes even reset the timer. Ask for a rest if you get into trouble and your timer is broken.

Note: It has been attempted to fix this but while animals were fine, people could not AT. So back to the drawing board.