Account Already Logged In Error Fix

http://maplestory.nexon.net/News/News.as...ageIndex=1

Attention Maplers,

We have applied a fix for the “This is an ID that is already logged in, or the server in under inspection. Please try again.” error players may have been experiencing. Players will no longer need to wait for the next server maintenance or submit a ticket to resolve the issue.

If you encounter this error or an error that reads "Unknown error," simply try to log in again and you will not be prompted the error again.


Thank you for your patience!

-MapleStory Team-

finally after a year? good job nexon

Well they pineappleed up again. Remember when you would kill a monster and it would disappear and reappear? That's back.

*Edit: I lied. It only does that with mobs I kill with blank shot.

LOL.... Now they have it backwards...
If the account really is logged in elsewhere, you don't get the "account already logged in" error. Instead, it lets you select a world, channel, character, input the PIC - and then the client just closes with no message. And just to make it a bit more fun, it closes but doesn't exit, so you can't run Maple again until you terminate the process from the task manager.

LOL.... Now they have it backwards...
If the account really is logged in elsewhere, you don't get the "account already logged in" error. Instead, it lets you select a world, channel, character, input the PIC - and then the client just closes with no message.

Well hacking someone's PIC just got a sliver easier.

Ack! It's worse than I thought!
If you select a different character than the one already logged in, it lets you do it!

LOL.... Now they have it backwards...
If the account really is logged in elsewhere, you don't get the "account already logged in" error. Instead, it lets you select a world, channel, character, input the PIC - and then the client just closes with no message. And just to make it a bit more fun, it closes but doesn't exit, so you can't run Maple again until you terminate the process from the task manager.

been having that issue since DB patch, V.89, on windows 7, and it happen even when i close maple.

Ack! It's worse than I thought!
If you select a different character than the one already logged in, it lets you do it!

Wait what. 2 chars on the same acc at the same time???

Wait what. 2 chars on the same acc at the same time???

Yes

Wow, if that remains it's pretty awesome.

Though I just tried, and using storage on one, and trying to access it on the second makes the 2nd account unresponsive till you relog.

I don't see anything else wrong with this though. But knowing Nexon, this has probably created some crazy exploitable loophole.

Pretty certain this was unintended, otherwise the annoucement wouldn't have been "bug fixed" but rather "feature added".

Only question is whether it will be fixed before or after people figure out how to use this to dupe items or something equally bad.

Wow, if that remains it's pretty awesome.

Though I just tried, and using storage on one, and trying to access it on the second makes the 2nd account unresponsive till you relog.

I don't see anything else wrong with this though. But knowing Nexon, this has probably created some crazy exploitable loophole.

I'd be careful messing with this. You could end up deleting your mesos or something. Experiment on mule account with nothing valuable.

Pretty certain this was unintended, otherwise the annoucement wouldn't have been "bug fixed" but rather "feature added".

Only question is whether it will be fixed before or after people figure out how to use this to dupe items or something equally bad.

after

Multi-logging on same account works 100% now o_o it didn't work sometimes before last night's sc but now it works all the time.
I think it was intended because they even tweaked the storage to allow only one character to have it open at any time. The strange thing is that this is a HUGE feature that should have had a big announcement with it lol. then again "Players will no longer need to wait for the next server maintenance or submit a ticket to resolve the issue." seems like it's a glitch that was 'fixed'.

I don't see any reason to remove or fix this because what could possibly go wrong? PIC cracking? Nah, if someone had access to your id+pw then you got bigger problems. Duping isn't even possible because only one character can open the storage at the time, what other possible problems can arise from multi-char logging in?

I really love this new option because I don't have to worry about whether or not I should make new characters on separate accounts (no blessing) to be able to use both at the same time.

Multi-logging on same account works 100% now o_o it didn't work sometimes before last night's sc but now it works all the time.
I think it was intended because they even tweaked the storage to allow only one character to have it open at any time. The strange thing is that this is a HUGE feature that should have had a big announcement with it lol. then again "Players will no longer need to wait for the next server maintenance or submit a ticket to resolve the issue." seems like it's a glitch that was 'fixed'.

I don't see any reason to remove or fix this because what could possibly go wrong? PIC cracking? Nah, if someone had access to your id+pw then you got bigger problems. Duping isn't even possible because only one character can open the storage at the time, what other possible problems can arise from multi-char logging in?

I really love this new option because I don't have to worry about whether or not I should make new characters on separate accounts (no blessing) to be able to use both at the same time.

The fact that they did not announce this as a great and shiny new feature kind of gurantee it is not. Would be epic to be able to have store mule up at the same time as main, but I shall remain very doubtful of this whole thing.

Wow GMS just got...better :f6: I always wanted a second mule char logged in (latest being lv 60 visitor cube) but not being able to b/c it's on the same ID. Jealous

It was fixed anyway.

Though I just tried, and using storage on one, and trying to access it on the second makes the 2nd account unresponsive till you relog.

This maybe be why they're not announcing it as a great new feature. They may be unsatisfied with this form of duping-prevention. To an innocent player, having storage hang your game just because you previously used it on another char, seems like a bug. Not to mention that being blocked from using Cash Shop on all but one char must be very distasteful to Nexon.
Annoucing "You can now log on two different characters of the same account at the same time, but may only use cash shop and storage on one of them until you relog" doesn't sound very good either.
So they may not want to announce this until they have a more elegant way to prevent duping.

Another possibility is that they are "beta testing" this feature, unannounced. They knew the community would discover it, and that some people would immediately set to work trying to find ways to abuse it. They are keeping a very close eye on the database and packets of anyone double-logged, watching for any sign of illicit gains. They will only announce the feature to the general public once they have reassured themselves it can't be abused (beyond the obvious self-leech, etc).

The third, and most likely (imho), possibility, is that this is a glitch. They weakened the duplicate-login detection so much it no longer works at all. The block on storage and cash shop are coincidence, a side-effect of the way the database works: it locks records or entire tables to the client that first accessed/modified them, until it exits.
The strongest evidence to support this possibility is the fact that if you try to log in the same character twice, the client just crashes, instead of giving a "this character is already logged in" message.
That, and what we already know of Nexon. The first possibility would require them to care about players getting stuck and having to restart the client; the second possibility would require them to dedicate a lot of attention to exploit-prevention; the third just requires them to be incompetent and somewhat lucky.

It was fixed anyway.

Was not.
Tested just now.

No, it was 'fixed' shortly after the scheduled SC, I could not log in. Now it seems like it's working again, I can duo-log in all the time without problem.

Fixed it and then broke it again? Haha, oh wow.

Multi boxing? Yes please!

Keep it nexon, I dare you!