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#### Disappearing Rube

Dont know if this should go into bugs or if its a real feature but something occured during the test. I was in the middle of "negotiating" with Rube when the new day started and Rube disappeared - as you can imagine i was naturally slightly annoyed (my wife will testify to the language that came out!) - perhaps Rube doesnt like the dawn sunshine or maybe a bug.....I Dunno.

Posted 21 months ago by Bob Apple | Permalink

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- Happened to me too, Bob. Wasn't sure if I just took too long, or what - Glad you brought it up.
  Posted 21 months ago by Hab | Permalink
- Maybe I've been playing too much Nethack recently, but maybe The Rube suffers from a case of uncontrolled Teleportitis?
  Posted 21 months ago by Doc Oblongata | Permalink
- he stays still for a while. if you keep negotiating with him, he starts moving around and eventually disappears. also, once he starts moving the speech bubble also moves and is sometimes covered by other ui elements such as the minimap.
  Posted 21 months ago by Jellyfish | Permalink
- Yes, the Rube dialogue box was hidden by the rock's book during the whole negotiation, for me, even though I stopped and walked away, trying to reposition us in the screen. Finally I accepted a worthwhile trade when the name of the item was long enough that I could read the ends of it.
  Posted 21 months ago by glum pudding | Permalink
- The mini-map actually gets in my way quite often when traveling or mining. But with this test was the first time that I noticed the problem of the mini-map covering the dialog box of the Rube. It definitely made it difficult to negotiate with him.
  I also moved back a bit to try to reposition the box - but then the rock covered the box.
  He never disappeared on me though!!
  Posted 21 months ago by fadingfastx3 | Permalink
- Rube also disappears when he walks out of view. It took a couple of times before I learned my lesson.
  Posted 21 months ago by Tingly Claus | Permalink
- I had a Rock-Covering Rube-Speak moment myself. It might be more intuitive if his dialogue automatically jumped to the front so we could know what we're trading...
  But sometimes the thrill of a blind trade is exciting...
  Posted 21 months ago by Jhennauchan | Permalink
- I have never found Rube when Rube was also looking for me. So sad.
  Posted 21 months ago by Shwan | Permalink
- Having his dialogue jump to the front, and putting badge/rock/new day/etc. messages on hold while we're talking to him would definitely help.
  Posted 21 months ago by glum pudding | Permalink
- I like that Rube disappears if you keep trying to negotiate with him. It's a bit of a "don't be greedy" lesson.
  Posted 21 months ago by Double Rainbow | Permalink
- The Rube disappeared on me weekend before last. We were mid-trade and he just zapped out and the trade did not complete. I hope it is just a code-wrinkle because I would like to run into him more often!
  Posted 21 months ago by Mistress*of*Fishies | Permalink