Familiars and cats sometimes getting stuck, not responding to Call button & not advancing growth/hunger/summ time, until relog
What I did: I don't know! But having raised more than 200 kittens now, I often randomly noticed that this had happened, and I finally found a way to reproduce it consistently: I take an abyssal parasite to the law altar, craft some runes, teleport to house, and use my mounted glory ammy to teleport to edgeville.
What I expected to happen: My familiar may or may not follow me all the way to edgeville, but in any case will materialize by my side if I press the Call button. If the familiar is a kitten/cat, it will continue to increase in growth and hunger regardless of whether it's standing next to be or if it's fallen behind. Similarly, if it is a summoning familiar, its time left will continue to decrease regardless of its state.
What actually happened: The familiar get somehow "stuck". I don't simply mean that it's not following me around anymore (e.g. due to an obstacle, or a teleport that it didn't follow me in), but rather also the following:
- Familiar/kitten/cat ignores Call button.
- Familiar timer stops decreasing. Kitten/cat stops increasing growth and hunger.
- Everything gets fixed when relogging (growth/hunger will start increasing again from then on).
I seem to recall that in one instance (out of dozens), running very far fixed the issue spontaneously, but my memory is hazy and the problem fixing itself may mean that it is not in fact this issue, but that I was simply impatient.
IDs of related NPCs/items: Abyssal parasite NPC 6818, its summoning pouch item 12035
2009-era source (if relevant): I couldn't find source that this specific thing should nor shouldn't happen.
Screenshots or video: 2023-08-15_08-46-46.mkv
LIVE SERVER username affected by this issue: Player Name
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