Friends pawns not showing up on rift

[Zalred]

Hey guys, I'm having a issue where I add someone but I can't call their pawn to the rift cause their name don't show up on the list, and they can see mine.
Anyone having the same issue? It's server related? Any possible fixes?
Thanks.

[noir_7]

Try resting in a Inn to update the servers? I'm just guessing.

[Spelunker]

There are three main causes of this:

1) Either you or your friend aren't online in the game (Each of you should go into the game Menu and check Connectivity). This often happens when someone fights the offline Ur-Dragon and forgets to reconnect afterwards.

2) If you have over 99 friends. In this case try filtering your search e.g. level, vocation etc. if they're level 200 search for level 199 and they will probably show up. Some people just unfriend anyone who hasn't played the game for more than two weeks. This is also a good way to ensure you only hire active players.

3) If someone is banned for corrupted data e.g. from using mods. This will normally last for one week. In this case the friend can be seen in the summoning list but the pawn can't be summoned.

Hope that helps.

[Zalred]

Originally posted by noir_7:

Try resting in a Inn to update the servers? I'm just guessing.

I did that like 20 times, restarted the game and Steam. Nothing.

[Zalred]

Originally posted by Spelunker:

There are three main causes of this:

1) Either you or your friend aren't online in the game (Each of you should go into the game Menu and check Connectivity). This often happens when someone fights the offline Ur-Dragon and forgets to reconnect afterwards.

2) If you have over 99 friends. In this case try filtering your search e.g. level, vocation etc. if they're level 200 search for level 199 and they will probably show up. Some people just unfriend anyone who hasn't played the game for more than two weeks. This is also a good way to ensure you only hire active players.

3) If someone is banned for corrupted data e.g. from using mods. This will normally last for one week. In this case the friend can be seen in the summoning list but the pawn can't be summoned.

Hope that helps.

1) Both of us have it set to "Anyone"
2) I have 33 friends showing on the rift while I have around 40 friends that have the game and can see my pawn but I can't see theirs.
3) Well I don't think that's the case but let's see if something changes in a few days.

Thanks for the answer.

[Spelunker]

1) Both of us have it set to "Anyone"
2) I have 33 friends showing on the rift while I have around 40 friends that have the game and can see my pawn but I can't see theirs.
3) Well I don't think that's the case but let's see if something changes in a few days.

Thanks for the answer. [/quote]

For 1) I meant connectivity should show as "Online" within the game menu itself. Go to the menu, then "Options", then tab to "Gameplay" and connectivity should show as either online or offline. If the latter then change it to online. Your friend needs to do the same.


Occasionally people still have problems. Twice I've been able to find a friends pawn in list of friends in the rift but couldn't summon them but a day or so later they appeared. I've heard that sometimes the servers may not have updated for some reason but don't know for certain if that's true.

[Siloam]

Originally posted by Huata:

Hey guys, I'm having a issue where I add someone but I can't call their pawn to the rift cause their name don't show up on the list, and they can see mine.
Anyone having the same issue? It's server related? Any possible fixes?Thanks.

Have you tried a normal search by level/vocation/gender? Don't just look on your friend's list. I think that is Spelunker's #2 suggestion. You may have to open the rift stone menu several times, but often I can find friends in the search-by-level list when they are not showing in my friends list.

[Zalred]

I found out that Steam actually doens't show that they are playing DD:DA or either have it on their library, so the game don't find them in the rift because of that. I think it might be a Steam related problem so...
I'm gonna open a support ticket and see what happens.