Graphical Glitches

[Infernal Fury]

I've just recently started Planeshift, and its a great MMORPG, but for some reason when I fight someone and walk around, a blue rectangle says something in the bottom-left hand corner, but its so fast i can't see it. Then when i walk over the the stairs for example i suddenly fall down vertically from the screen.

On the other hand, I know its not my computer because it's handled it before.

Can someone please tell me whats happening? 

If this is in the wrong forum, my fault I apologise but i really have just started, a few days back and i think i would be more in the "Newcomers" section.

Thanks,
Infernal Fury.

[Ralleyon]

That blue writing you mention is an old bug, that just won't die. It doesn't appear very often however and it is not dangerous in any way, more of an annoyance.

Now the second bug you describe is even more familiar to us under the name of "Falling off the edge of the world". It mostly happens when you lag and server thinks you are under the level of the actual floor, from what I know. It is also bound to be fixed somehow, the devs are looking into this since it bothers a lot of people.

For now, try to avoid doing hit and run attacks in places where that falling has happened to you until the bugs get fixed. This is still a game in development and for a pre-alpha stage, it is not uncommon. I would rather have expected even more bugs in this stage of development honestly, so it's only bound to get better and bug free with time.

/offtopic This should have been in the Technical Help: IN GAME bugs (after loading world) section in my opinion.

[Infernal Fury]

Thanks a lot, i really needed that. Now i know to avoid deeper parts of the dungeon!   

[Syilph]

The blue rectangle is the label of an item placed in some weird place, inside a wall, usually. Or the label of a player... But that's not the most fearsome graphical glitch You'll find others. Anyway, if you find some and feel the need to report them on the bugtracker (http://www.hydlaa.com/bugtracker/) feel free to do so as a "content" bug (in the bug description write "Content- description here"). Just make sure the bug isn't reported alreaddy by doing a search first.
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[Ralleyon]

Well you don't need to stay away from places, it rarely happens when simply walking or running around.