What suddenly happened to my character?

[fargris]

I seem to have lost my character on metalforge ('fargris') - I can time it rather precisely to yesterday (5 February 2011 ~10:00 GMT) because I was reinstalling my system. One of the first things I did was build the client and log on; after seeing my character was where it was supposed to be, I logged out, copied my keydindings from backup and logged on again, but was this time met with an a "repeat password" etc - I didn't complete the setup, but could somebody in charge please tell me what is going on here? Is it a temporary lapse, have you lost all backups, have you decided to reset the server completely and throw out people's characters?

If so, would it be possible for you to send me what dataset constitutes my character - stats and whatever - along with instructions on how to patch it into a server that I will set up at home? I would hate to lose - again - what amounts to many hours of work: I have tried build up a character with a balanced set of skills, and spent many hours on summoning and praying in particular.

[Leaf]

I seem to have lost my character on metalforge ('fargris') - I can time it rather precisely to yesterday (5 February 2011 ~10:00 GMT) because I was reinstalling my system. One of the first things I did was build the client and log on; after seeing my character was where it was supposed to be, I logged out, copied my keydindings from backup and logged on again, but was this time met with an a "repeat password" etc - I didn't complete the setup, but could somebody in charge please tell me what is going on here?

You did not log out. You used the quit command, which deletes your character.

"fargris quits the game."

Is it a temporary lapse, have you lost all backups, have you decided to reset the server completely and throw out people's characters?

No. Nothing like that has happened.

[Leaf]

My character (fargris) on metalforge seems to have disappeared suddenly, this Saturday morning (GMT) - do you have a backup? And could you restore it for me?

Character was restored from the Feb-4th backup.

The backup on Feb-5th took place *AFTER* the player file was lost, so that is why I used the one from the 4th.

Please update your contact email address in your web forum account.

[fargris]

Great stuff! Thanks a lot.

You say I quit? I am pretty sure I didn't - could this have happened because of an error or something? I can't completely rule out that I went and used quit, it was a very busy day; but wouldn't I have seen a warning in a big dialog, telling me that I was about to lose my character?

Any way - thanks a lot for saving me :-)

[Leaf]

You say I quit? I am pretty sure I didn't - could this have happened because of an error or something?

Log files confirm it, the quit command was used.

I can't completely rule out that I went and used quit, it was a very busy day; but wouldn't I have seen a warning in a big dialog, telling me that I was about to lose my character?

Depends on which client and version of client you are using. More recent clients have a "bigger" dialog warning about the quit command.