I’m not sure whether or not this is a bug on WoW’s end or unique to me, hence the ? in the title.
Anyway! Whenever I get randomly disconnected from the game, the ‘Scrolling Combat Text for Self’ option turns itself off when I log back in. By ‘randomly’, I mean disconnects that happen without either me manually logging out, the game server going down, or the AFK timer. Usually it happens while in combat, but not always. These disconnects also aren’t a very common occurrence, so it’s not like this is a huge hassle to deal with. I’m just not sure why disconnecting like this toggles the option off, is all.
Yes! This has been happening to me as well. And quite frequently lately. I’ve tried lots of things. Did the dns flush. Router resets. ISP provider assured
Me my internet is fine. Windows repairs ensured nothing was running in the background. Changed / minimized game settings. Run with addons and without. Doesn’t matter. Still happens and EVERY time I disconnect when I log back on my self combat text is clicked off.
Here’s the thing about WoW: Almost all settings that are changed will NOT save if you are DC’d or alt+f4 out of the game.
You have to do a full proper DC OR you have to type /reload right after you make your changes. This forces the config to save locally and it also makes your macros and server bound changes save as well.
Kinda condescending and toxic don’t you think? You act like three different people only use alt+f4 to log off, or always dc and have never once changed the setting and logged off correctly.
I too have the same issue, i didnt associate it to disconnecting though and haven’t really tried to replicate it. but now that i know im going to play around and see if its dc related for me as well. It seems random for me as well but dc would make it seem random. Also on the dc’s, does anyone else dc half the time when they are flying at a mob and RIGHT before landing cast a spell (in my case judgement or avengers shield)? Like i time it to have it hit the mob about the same time i hit the ground and as soon as i hit the ground i dc, and yes i can replicate this without addons, and deleting my wtf/interface folders.
I ended up reading another post here on the forums that seemed to have an explanation for this issue. Apparently, your character occasionally clips into the ground when landing after dismounting in midair and when this happens, you instantly get disconnected because your character is partially out-of-bounds. Looking back at my experiences, this makes sense for whenever it happens to me as it’s always when I’m ‘dive-bombing’ a mob on a flying mount. Doesn’t ever happen when I’m already on the ground!
But…this is the only option that toggles itself off when these disconnects happen. None of the other options change! It also only ever turns itself off…doesn’t go the other way and turn itself on if it was already off. It’s just weird!
Still happening constantly – sometimes several times a day.
In response to some of the posts above, I certainly haven’t hit F4 each time. It happens when I enter an instance, when I change characters, when I log in an hour later. Seemingly when I haven’t done anything remarkable at all.
It’s a bug that’s been around for years – and while I get that it’s pretty low on the priority list, it also gets tiresome enough that I searched the forums to see if it’s a known / common issue.
still happening to two of our accounts. We are exiting the game properly meaning logout and then exit. This setting is not being persisted in Shadowland client.
Happens to me too in SHadowlands, it switches off whenever I log off.
Was wondering if a mod is doing it, but nope, even client complete reset.
Also in Shadowlands there is no “for all characters” settings at all? they all saved individually regardless anything (e.g. in list of loadable mods the drop-down combo box does nothing).
I’m going to necro this in hopes that someone has an answer for this.
It happens to me all the time. It has been doing the for me for at least the last 8 months or so.
No idea why. It doesn’t just happen when I disconnect. It will happen if I log off properly and log back in normally.
It’s inconsistent when it happens as well. Some times it’s on just fine like I left it, and other times it’s off for no reason. Some times it switches itself off just after switching characters. I’ll log out properly, switch to a character, log out properly again and back onto the first character and the setting will be turned off.
I don’t use any other combat text addons anymore, so I know that’s not what’s interfering with it.