BUG: Squeezing extra potions out of a potion keg
Posted: Thu Dec 22, 2011 11:40 am
REPORTED ISSUE: You can get more potions out of a potion keg than you put in.
ISSUE DETAILS: See steps to Recreate and Expected results (it will all become clear)
ENVIRONMENT DETAILS: I only tried it on Windows XP but I'm pretty sure this is a universal bug.
STEPS TO RECREATE:
Run 2 clients. Put a potion in an empty keg so it has 1 potion in it. Make sure neither of your 2 characters has any empty bottles in their bag (watch out for that one you got when you put a potion in the keg!), but also ensure that they have empty bottles within reach (e.g. on the ground or in a bag on the ground). Double click the keg using both clients, but do not target yet--it will ask what bottle you want to put that in. After both clients have the target up, select the nearby empty bottles.
EXPECTED RESULTS:
You now have an extra potion. Apparently the keg's potion "counter" is now at -1, which means you have to put 2 potions into it for it to have 1 potion in it. While it is at -1 potions, you also cannot put any other potions of any other type in it (until you fill it up back to 0).
I expect that as a result of this bug, cA will create a Deadly Poison creating macro cartel of >10 clients in which they manufacture potion kegs, squeeze out at least 10 deadly poison potions out of each keg, and then destroy that keg. Since the materials for a keg are ~180gp and the cost of creating a deadly poison potion = 120 gp per (20% chance of success at GM alchemy, 8 nightshade each = ~40 nightshade per DP), they will net approximately 1020 gold per empty keg created, and, if they sell full DP kegs at the price of materials (12k), they will make approximately 10k gold per keg (of course DP kegs are sold for more than just materials--e.g. 20k)--assuming they only use 10 clients for this macro. The world will also suddenly be full of deadly poison, and all the tank mages will cry themselves to sleep every night for years to come.
I also expect that several people will create bugged empty potion kegs that have -1 or -2 lesser poison or heal potions in them such that whoever buys / uses them is going to be like "?!!?!?!?!?!?!?!?!?!?!?!?!?!?!?!?!" when they cannot stick any of their potions in it even though it is "A specially lined keg for potions." That's going to be fun.
I also expect that others will sell these "negative potion" rares as rare items after this bug is fixed.
It is possible (although I dare not test it) that a negative-potion keg might annihilate when it comes in contact with a positive-potion keg, resulting in an annihilation event (like when positrons and electrons combine) converting all of both the potion kegs' matter (all 20 stones worth) into pure energy--more energy than many many atomic bombs, which would certainly wipe out the whole of Britannia (considering it is only a few miles across based on how long it takes to run across the entire continent).
This is obviously a VERY urgent bug! Who knows who might dare to create the ultimate doomsday device by combining a negative-potion keg with a positive-potion keg?
DATE REPORTED: 12/22/2011
STATUS: Fixed!
DATE STATUS CHANGED: 4/29/2012
ISSUE DETAILS: See steps to Recreate and Expected results (it will all become clear)
ENVIRONMENT DETAILS: I only tried it on Windows XP but I'm pretty sure this is a universal bug.
STEPS TO RECREATE:
Run 2 clients. Put a potion in an empty keg so it has 1 potion in it. Make sure neither of your 2 characters has any empty bottles in their bag (watch out for that one you got when you put a potion in the keg!), but also ensure that they have empty bottles within reach (e.g. on the ground or in a bag on the ground). Double click the keg using both clients, but do not target yet--it will ask what bottle you want to put that in. After both clients have the target up, select the nearby empty bottles.
EXPECTED RESULTS:
You now have an extra potion. Apparently the keg's potion "counter" is now at -1, which means you have to put 2 potions into it for it to have 1 potion in it. While it is at -1 potions, you also cannot put any other potions of any other type in it (until you fill it up back to 0).
I expect that as a result of this bug, cA will create a Deadly Poison creating macro cartel of >10 clients in which they manufacture potion kegs, squeeze out at least 10 deadly poison potions out of each keg, and then destroy that keg. Since the materials for a keg are ~180gp and the cost of creating a deadly poison potion = 120 gp per (20% chance of success at GM alchemy, 8 nightshade each = ~40 nightshade per DP), they will net approximately 1020 gold per empty keg created, and, if they sell full DP kegs at the price of materials (12k), they will make approximately 10k gold per keg (of course DP kegs are sold for more than just materials--e.g. 20k)--assuming they only use 10 clients for this macro. The world will also suddenly be full of deadly poison, and all the tank mages will cry themselves to sleep every night for years to come.
I also expect that several people will create bugged empty potion kegs that have -1 or -2 lesser poison or heal potions in them such that whoever buys / uses them is going to be like "?!!?!?!?!?!?!?!?!?!?!?!?!?!?!?!?!" when they cannot stick any of their potions in it even though it is "A specially lined keg for potions." That's going to be fun.
I also expect that others will sell these "negative potion" rares as rare items after this bug is fixed.
It is possible (although I dare not test it) that a negative-potion keg might annihilate when it comes in contact with a positive-potion keg, resulting in an annihilation event (like when positrons and electrons combine) converting all of both the potion kegs' matter (all 20 stones worth) into pure energy--more energy than many many atomic bombs, which would certainly wipe out the whole of Britannia (considering it is only a few miles across based on how long it takes to run across the entire continent).
This is obviously a VERY urgent bug! Who knows who might dare to create the ultimate doomsday device by combining a negative-potion keg with a positive-potion keg?
DATE REPORTED: 12/22/2011
STATUS: Fixed!
DATE STATUS CHANGED: 4/29/2012
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Good fix.