Seawolf Monsters Wiki | KB / Deformation Issues-Sinking

Q: I'm sunk into the ground while wearing the dragon! How do I fix this?

If the avatar's shape is changed while deformed, the avatar will appear to sink into the ground. We've done our best to limit this sinking feeling, but it may still occasionally occur.

There are two levels of severity to this bug, and two ways this might be fixed.

Method 1)
Rez the undeformer and use it. It can be found in the Miscellanea folder. Within 20 seconds you should snap back into shape. If you're still sinking, try method two.

Method 2)
a) Wear a non-deforming avatar.
b) Wear the dragon again.

This bug is caused by one of two things. Either the client loading your shape after it's loaded the deformations (in which case method 1 will work), or the server loading a shape after you're already deformed (in which case method 2 will work).

Running the undeformer, for method one, will "deruth" the player. This primarily works when other people see you as sinking, as it makes them reload your avatar, giving their client another chance to load the shape before the deformations.

Replacing your avatar and putting the dragon back on is a shortcut for undeforming and changing your shape. If you change your shape, the server will recalculate where your hip offset from the ground is. If you're deformed, it will calculate it wrong and you will sink or float. By undeforming and changing your shape, you make it recalculate properly.

When you wear a non-deformed avatar, it should undeform as you take the dragon off, then change the shape into the new avatar. This will pop you out of the ground. If it doesn't happen in the right order, then wearing the dragon again will put on the dragon's shape first, popping you out of the ground, then apply the deformations second so you don't sink.