Hearths in Mines

[Adam-]

When a hearth is in a mine you can't track the perpetrator.

Simple as that - fix please.

[loftar]

I'm pretty sure you can, now. Have you checked recently?

[KoE]

Well, the clue he's seen this on is on my land (and I've been attempting to track it as well). As soon as I saw it, I tried it, got the 'perp not logged in message', and then tried the Hearthfire. I got the error 'Perp cannot be tracked from this place', which according to the announcement thread means he's set up in a mine.

I decided to double-check and hiked up to the Ring of Brogdar to see if I could force-summon him there (that's doable with Theft clues, correct?) and I couldn't get it to work either, so I assume he actually has a Hearth. He also logged in a couple of times later and I got the same error message, until he briefly showed up above ground... just long enough for me to drop everything I was doing, rush across Bottleneck, and discover he'd logged off about two uses into the trail.

That was around noon CST (GMT-6), and I'm getting the same result now (6:45 CST).

[loftar]

Maybe, then, that's his hearth fire which is in the Inn of Brodgar? The Inn is using an old house implementation, which doesn't support tracking of stuff inside it.

[KoE]

Hmm - I'll check it out. Guess I'm making another hike up there.

[KoE]

Made the trip; I right-clicked the fire with the clue in hand, right clicked the fire with the clue in my inventory, and tried everything I could think of - didn't seem to work. Not sure if that implies that's not his hearthfire or if you can't force-summon from hearthfires there.

EDIT:

I also dropped the clue I was carrying in one of the baskets in the Inn, if anybody else wants to fiddle with it.

[loftar]

I also dropped the clue I was carrying in one of the baskets in the Inn, if anybody else wants to fiddle with it.

Ah. :)

I checked it out, and it turned out to be the stench of Jorb (a foul one indeed); and his hearth fire is in a parallel dimension, so to speak, so no, it cannot be tracked from middle-earth.

[Trafalgar]

Perhaps it should say "H4X! THIS HEARTHFIRE IS IN A PARALLEL DIMENSION! JOOOOORRRRBBBBB!!!" when you try to track his hearthfire?

[KoE]

I'm not sure whether to be honored (I can only assume he was checking if my crucibles need refueling - at least I certainly hope so) or mildly miffed that that I've been on a wild goose chase all day chasing the game's rough equivalent of God (or some unimaginable entity from beyond the fabric of space and time).

Probably the former, as I needed to get acquainted with the roadways to Brodgar most likely. The orthagonal/isometric/what-ever-cha-ma-callit stuff still screws me from time to time. And the fact all three treks I've made that way have been on near-moonless nights didn't help, heh.

I do agree that it'd be nice to have some sort of message like "Tremble, mortal, for you track the great Jorb!" or something.

[jorb]

Haha. I try to delete the clues I leave, but I forget sometimes. Sorry.