Character invisible (gamebreaking unresolved issue)

[Dathrys]

Hello, I am writing this post to request support from a DM to fix a bug that has affected one of my characters named Dathrys Maelorn. Whenever I log onto play as Dathrys he is invisible, I cannot see him and resting and dispelling seems to do nothing to fix the problem. I cannot summon a familiar also. I requested support ingame today and a DM tried to fix the issue by taking control of, resting and eventually killing my character ( which resulted in a loss of 2k gold). I have other characters on the server that this bug does not affect and one other which it does.

[cornelius_4]

Sometimes something similar happens to monsters, where their model is missing, but their name can still be seen when you press Tab. This makes them impossible to target, but it's usually fixed in a relog.

Very rarely, I've also seen characters and monsters that had no model and also didn't have a visible name when tab was pressed. I don't remember if that one persisted through a relog, but I do think it went away somewhat on it's own eventually. Perhaps a reset is needed for that.

[Dathrys]

By relog do you mean exiting to main menu then joining server again? Because I have done this, after resting and dispelling and it doesnt fix the issue. It really sucks because I was starting to have fun playing as this particular character.

[cornelius_4]

Yeah, relog is exiting to the main menu and joining the server again. It's still there? Hmn. I don't really have a solution, so the following is just a description of the variations of this kind of bug that I've seen.

Case 1: the model is invisible, but the name can be viewed with tab. This one can be fixed by a relog or sometimes using a transition.

Case 2: Both model and name is invisible (presumable the same as your bug). I've had this happen once, but it was long ago and with the old NWN, so I unfortunately don't remember how it was fixed, only that I didn't need a DM to do it. Could you try "-dispel"? Probably won't work, but it's the sort of thing I'd try if it happened to me. How about server transitions, is it still there on another server? You could log in from a different server than you're on. You'll be ported of course, but you might see if your character shows up for a second before you're redirected to the correct server. Or you could just walk to a server transition, to check, if you can.

Case 3: model and name is invisible, but only to others. Not sure if this is a unique case, but I had one day a few months ago, where a friend said he couldn't see my name and model, but I could see them myself. He could see npc's and other players though. This persisted through relogs, but somehow went away after he restarted his computer. I might have restarted mine too.

Case 4: model and name is invisible on a summon, after being out of view for a while. Sometimes when I run ahead of my zombie summon, after it has been out of view for a while, it will join the fight, but neither model nor name is visible, but I can hear that it is there fighting. This can persist for several rounds, but does seem to go away within the span of a minute or two.

In the old NWN, I'd normally only see case 1 happen, and it was regular enough that it could happen once or twice during a session, or not at all. That one is still around and about as common as before. Case 2 only happened once to me throughout the span of years. Case 3 and 4 I've only seen in NWN:EE. If case 4 happens, it seems to be able to happen again, somewhat regularly even, if I run far enough away from the zombie, it will return and can fight, but I woulnd't be able to heal it for example, and I know it isn't stealth, because then it should become visible when it makes an attack.

[Batrachophrenoboocosmomachia]

Hello, I am writing this post to request support from a DM to fix a bug that has affected one of my characters named Dathrys Maelorn. Whenever I log onto play as Dathrys he is invisible, I cannot see him and resting and dispelling seems to do nothing to fix the problem. I cannot summon a familiar also. I requested support ingame today and a DM tried to fix the issue by taking control of, resting and eventually killing my character ( which resulted in a loss of 2k gold). I have other characters on the server that this bug does not affect and one other which it does.

What race is Dathrys Maelorn? Did this begin around the time you originally posted this thread, or had it been ongoing before then?

[Morderon]

Okay should be fixed, you're going to need to redo your outfit and helmet on login.

[Dathrys]

Dathrys is a Sun Elf, class level 9 wizard.

[Dathrys]

Still broken. But not a big deal, will see If I can figure it out on my own. Thanks for the help.