Double me ? '(IF glitch)

[Tartopum]

I was in pink desert wearing my (freshly earned) white robe and after reaching the first "cloth" i discovered that i was not alone any more.
What was weird was that the other person (white robe too) was always standing very close to me doing exactly the same movements i was doing at the same exact time. In fact it's so much the same that the only explanation is that i am two !
Chirping shows two different symbols and the two of me are constantly charging each other (infinite fly !) so it's not only a graphic bug but realy a double instance thing.
An other strange thig is that "we" are sliding slowly even when seated unless there is something (like a wall) to block the way.

Can't find anything about that in the wiki. Does that happen frequently ?

[Knock-knock-joke]

It is a rare glitch!

[Knock-knock-joke]

Infinite Flight (IF), there must be an article on wiki, please look

[Tartopum]

Thank you !
You are right what happened looks like the IF glitch (i was not using the right keywords)
It's late here and i have to leave but i'll try to come back here tomorow and give a more detailed report

[raving_madness]

we should make some names a redirect maybe. the wiki has many things, that you probably only discover, if you already know about them :D

twin companion?
double-me or double me ?

should it be at the "brand new" FAQ... there is also a glitch, where a companion just leaves (no dust, but sometimes dust to) and reenters a level, but sitting. then leaves again and it repeats. thats no where mentioned on the wiki yet i think.
but it happens "regularly"

(still so much to do on that wiki... especially the investigation things, where we have long articles with quotes from people...)

[Tartopum]

I have writen a more detailed report in the wiki IF discussion page

[Tartopum]

I got that glitch again tonight !
That time it happened in Broken Bridge and i went up to the end of paradise with my twin.
Sadly i was unable to go through the very end because my wayfarer didn't want to go further just before the moment everything fades to white but i verified the save file and the last person i traveled with was ... myself !

[raving_madness]

omg thats so great! i think many "rare" glitches, might be not that rare. its just that people dont really recognise it as gift or dont know who to tell it!

i didnt had much time past days, but read a bit over your story! very interesting! i admit i never tried CS losing it and then going to another level :o

i ll put your infos on the IF article and try to get more general infos together (next week :D).
dont know how present the whole thing well tbh. (especially ps4 since i dont have ps4, ahve to rely on what people tell).

if you are interested on teamworking to sort and present things on the wiki or writing about certain stuff. you are welcomed! come to the wiki discord!

[Tartopum]

More details about my second IF (23 jan) :

Following my previous encounter with IF i decided to do some more tests connecting/disconnecting while entering various levels from CS. After some unsuccessfull tries i entered BB while connected and at first i was alone but my twin suddenly appeared while i was reaching the first symbol.
From that point "we" went through the whole journey up to the end of Paradise where my wayfarer couldn't do the two last steps in the end canyon before your figures fade to white.

Sliding :
During the whole journey we were constantly sliding/drifting slowly like during the previous time.
I was very carefull to move away from the light circles while triggering them and to enter them so the sliding would push me into the circle in order not to get caught in the "endless walking loop".
I think that the sliding was what prevented me to reach the very end because its direction was opposite to where i was supposed to go (if i stopped to move forward i was sliding backward) and at that point my wayfarer was slowing down more and more up to the point where he wasn't able to go further and i had to exit to CS.

Companion list :
Because of the "can't go further" thing i was unable to reach the Companion List at that time but opening the save.bin file showed that my last companion's name was my own name.
The following day i restarted from the last save ("continue" or something like that from the main menu) and because i hadn't played since my twin journey i was able to go (alone) through the Snow and Paradise Levels and reach the Companion List (see picture) that showed my own name as last companion plus two other sybols without names (maybe some people i accenditaly met while doing my connect/disconnect tests)

OOB :
During the Snow level i went OOB from the heater room (as far as i can tell i went through the roof) and eventually returned to normal but my twin was still stuck OOB. I couldn't see him through the walls but the chirping buble was apparent. Problem was that while we were not close enough anymore the Infinite Flight was gone and without it i was not able to fly to the place where i thought the OOB started to reach my twin and see if i could get him inside again.
After some time i eventually went away from the heater room and the twin suddenly popped next to me (big relief !)

https://steamcommunity.com/sharedfiles/filedetails/?id=2372777553

My twin and me having fun in Paradise :
https://steamcommunity.com/sharedfiles/filedetails/?id=2372803176

[raving_madness]

ok atm i am sitting down and taking notes to summarise you stories :) but ofc keep the whole story too.

for info: normally disconnects by distance never happen in Paradise! if i lose them, i normally fly quickly to top to look if they also went quickly. either wait there and hope they dont search for hours in the level or fly around in the level, while doing loud chirps, so they can see your bubble.
it could be just a crash on their side, they might accidently got stuck in a rock and cant leave.. etc :(

i d really enjoy, if we could work together on making the IF article nicer. probably splitting into several articles. PC and steam verison at least, but then we d need to check for links, that wont work anymore and such.. eehh ^^ help?

P.S. the info about a dissapearing companion in paradise is very interesting!
on the ps4, often people get IF, when a companion disconnected and black cloth glitch appeared. when they finish the game or go to CS, they have IF in CS :o

[raving_madness]

ah about the companions list:
afaik the names are added "from top". like last time i sniped someone, finished with them and my name was on the bottom of their list..

since you quit and continue: i heard that names arenot actually deleted in the save.bin, only overwritten. maybe some info was still in the save.. messing the list.

once tried to connect when having the twin and it didnt work. probably impossible to meet others with twin. but not sure yet :)

P.S.: working on the article and stumbled over the ps4 info, about connecting to a new companion when having IF will make cancel IF. I dont think this is paired with the PC get stuck in light circle thing. but next time we get it, should test to go offline maybe :o

[emmaline]

This is happening to me right now exactly as you’ve described, over and over. Idk how to fix it lol😭

[raving_madness]

did you try to turn it off and on again xd

make sure you start journey "online", connected to the internet/steam servers. that should work imo.

if the internet connection and connection to steam is stable, you shouldnt get it all the time.
note: quit to title keeps you connected to a companion for quite a while. dont QTT to get rid of the twin (or other companions).