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The 9.24 Client REALLY needs some help. [BUG][CLIENT][CHAT][FRIEND'S LIST]

Some Grumpy Dude·12/15/2019, 9:16:13 PM·66 votes·17,613 views

In Patch 9.24 Live Sandbox/Client there are a plethora of new bugs and I might as well bring up the ones I have had the displeasure of dealing with.

[zombie-brand-facepalm]

Friends List Bugs

  • Friend list groups are absolutely destroyed for me and other people. Every time I log into the league client my friends are thrown around and I have to hunt them down by searching for them INDIVIDUALLY. Sometimes minimizing the groups and opening the groups will fix a small part of the group but this is very rare.

  • Friend’s Groups are just outright broken and not working. I cannot add or move people in and out of groups. Group members are random at the beginning but will slowly sort if I stay logged in for a large period of time 10-15 hours (did this for testing to see how broken it really was).

  • Player active statuses have been completely messed up to where some are offline when they are online and vice-versa. There are also issues with people being seen in-game but are actually out of the game. With these status issues, it makes it hard or makes us unable to invite friends and/or anybody to lobbies if they are having this bug.

Client Chat Issues

  • Chat logs are not clearing correctly or even showing correctly 50% of the time.

  • Sometimes in the after game lobby there is nobody there, no chat or the ability to even talk.

  • Some people I have played with have been able to see their friends talking in private messages. They could not respond to it but they could see the messages being sent between the 2 individuals.

  • When someone messages me their message will not be seen as read even if I reply. The new message notification can take from 10 secs to go away, all the way up to 2 games later.

  • Champ Select Lobbies have a 50% chance of not even letting me connect at all to talk with my team or even my pre-made TILL AFTER I get into the game.

  • Chat will randomly disconnect in pre-game lobbies, champ select and after-game lobby. Pre-game lobbies have a 75% chance of letting me still use league voice with a 25% chance of it not working.

Client Performance Issues

  • Keeping the Client open for more than 2-3 games or 1-3 hours will cause high system usage that can cause computer lag even when not in a game.

  • Keeping the Client open for extended periods will result in the client freezing in lobbies or not taking people into the champ select which can/will result in a dodge that is not their fault.

  • Keeping the Client open for extended periods can result in the collection, shop or hextech crafting to no longer work.

  • Some people cannot cancel Matchmaking and are stuck in an endless loop unless they log out or the system EVENTUALLY fixes itself.

Lobby Issues

  • Icons and levels not showing up, Names will sometimes be outright wrong as well.

PS: Thanks for reading and see you out on the rift. (Arams are evil) [slayer-pantheon-thumbs]

PPS: Riot please fix the Mac Voice Chat bug. I would like to be able to talk to my friends who use a Mac. [sg-shisa]

PPPS: Added Lobby Issues in Edit 12/16/2019 The bug list grows and my faith in Riot dies.

[sg-ahri-1]

28 Comments

Celiasa12/16/2019, 6:19:16 AM11 votes

Client about as reliant as a bank ran by gypsies. If only Riot decided to fix the client instead of releasing around 3 champions in 2 months. But they are a small indie company, so they don't have the resources to fix a 6-month fucked client.

Derry Merbles12/16/2019, 5:44:01 AM7 votes

Honestly hoping to see a post mortem on the dev blog after this one.

Someone's getting shit at Riot HQ rn.

Frickface12/16/2019, 4:56:00 AM7 votes

Client's been slow and buggy for so long, but this patch really broke the camel's back. Every time I log in I have to toggle the grouping settings in the right order until it eventually at least shows me my friends in their proper folders. This is only made worse by how agonizingly laggy the client gets after 3-4 games as you said, meaning I've to restart and do the process all over again. We seriously need Riot to properly address the issues with this client, especially if there's some new bug or a whole batch of them every patch.

The DarkSlayer1/5/2020, 6:24:42 PM2 votes

Any update ?? is there any bug fixing in the next patch ?? we are summoner 3 of this client [slayer-jinx-unamused]

Ornn12/16/2019, 8:57:49 AM2 votes

client has been slow and buggy since 9.22 weeks ago riot refuse to do anything

The Ðeceiver12/16/2019, 4:34:25 PM2 votes

There's also another bug that has been going on for quite some time now. **It causes the client to be in low spec mode even though it shows that it isn't enabled in the settings page. **

Turning the setting on and off again fixes it temporarily, but the bug comes back once the client is restarted. It is very frustrating as it removes all the effects of the client which makes it look really clunky, while not actually making the client any faster at all.

Don't know if it's an isolated issue for mac clients as I am using one, but I do hope that it gets fixed ASAP alongside the other bugs as this is unacceptable considering the amount of time these bugs have been going on unfixed. [slayer-jinx-unamused]

SammyDayspring12/16/2019, 11:57:14 PM2 votes

It's been a disaster. They don't care. They would rather focus on their new projects.

RÉVÈNGE12/16/2019, 10:18:03 PM1 votes

riot is actually disgusting... how long has it been with no fixes? NOTHING... when its this fucking broken... cant view peoples profiles... cant see statuses... when people send you messages the notifs dont go away....fix your fucking client riot u monkey fucks, all you worry about is banning toxic chat and nothing else... how bout you add voice chat sowe can have a real conversation with our solo que teammates but what do you guys know youre just a small indie company right?

GoldsmithSmarty12/16/2019, 11:31:08 PM1 votes

Ironically, the newest patch has fixed couple of issues for me. I no longer have abysmal fps drops and it fixed bug splats that were caused by the previous patch. (I am quite sure that in couple of patches these issues will return)

Of course there is a price to pay, now I can't see nicknames of my teammates, only some long ass ID numbers and letters.

Whether your problem is fixed or not depends on a random chance. Riot is unable to fix a fucking launcher(s) for 10 years now. What can you ask from a small indie developer who have their office in one's garage.

Z McBaggins12/16/2019, 11:38:30 PM1 votes

Exactly this. It's horrible to use. To click a button you have to hover it for 5 seconds for the client to catch up. On a pretty high-end system, too.

Vape Duck12/16/2019, 8:59:30 AM1 votes

SO ITS NOT JUST ME, holy heck man this is rediculous, if only there was an option to still play without the godam League + patch which I think is whats messing everything up. My client and friends list especially is crazy bugged and i thought it was just me, glad other people are suffering too, hope rito gets their ass in gear cuz it's honestly dissuading me from playing League

Some Grumpy Dude12/17/2019, 4:54:18 AM1 votes

At this point I hope the store breaks and it links to all the bugs so they fix some of the issues going on. Riot staff coming back from holiday are not going to have a good time with all this stuff.

[zombie-brand-clap]

Ceasefire12/17/2019, 8:14:50 AM1 votes

Yeah it's honestly kinda pathetic how bad of a shape the client is in and despite all these issues Riot decides _"Lets release new 3 champions and release 20+ new skins within the span of less than 2 months" _ like why?

Oh and not to mention the like 5 other games that they're currently developing like shit i know bugfixin' doesn't earn them any money but like is lettin' the game just completely break a better option in their eyes or somethin'?

Seitan and vodka12/17/2019, 1:17:50 PM1 votes

I am unable to play because the game is working so terrible. It starts with game freeze for couple seconds, then it will say reconnecting (nothing actually wrong with my connection), then I need to force close the game, but it does not solve anything, game will be freezing constantly. Now 4 games a row, at last week I could play without that much problems or only at some games, now I don't get since game without being basicly totally unable to play.

OffendedDefender12/20/2019, 8:32:08 PM1 votes

My chat after end game is unbearable, i reinstalled it. It doesnt show who is still in the lobby if they are all gone or not and even if some one does type it just places it anywhere behind, after, last of any thing in chat. Friends list is a lost cause too.

FyrePhoenix2412/22/2019, 9:36:40 PM1 votes

[{quoted}](name=Some Grumpy Dude,realm=NA,application-id=LqLKtMpN,discussion-id=AGK18P2R,comment-id=,timestamp=2019-12-15T21:16:13.473+0000)

In Patch 9.24 Live Sandbox/Client there are a plethora of new bugs and I might as well bring up the ones I have had the displeasure of dealing with.

[zombie-brand-facepalm]

Friends List Bugs

  • Friend list groups are absolutely destroyed for me and other people. Every time I log into the league client my friends are thrown around and I have to hunt them down by searching for them INDIVIDUALLY. Sometimes minimizing the groups and opening the groups will fix a small part of the group but this is very rare.

  • Friend’s Groups are just outright broken and not working. I cannot add or move people in and out of groups. Group members are random at the beginning but will slowly sort if I stay logged in for a large period of time 10-15 hours (did this for testing to see how broken it really was).

  • Player active statuses have been completely messed up to where some are offline when they are online and vice-versa. There are also issues with people being seen in-game but are actually out of the game. With these status issues, it makes it hard or makes us unable to invite friends and/or anybody to lobbies if they are having this bug.

Client Chat Issues

  • Chat logs are not clearing correctly or even showing correctly 50% of the time.

  • Sometimes in the after game lobby there is nobody there, no chat or the ability to even talk.

  • Some people I have played with have been able to see their friends talking in private messages. They could not respond to it but they could see the messages being sent between the 2 individuals.

  • When someone messages me their message will not be seen as read even if I reply. The new message notification can take from 10 secs to go away, all the way up to 2 games later.

  • Champ Select Lobbies have a 50% chance of not even letting me connect at all to talk with my team or even my pre-made TILL AFTER I get into the game.

  • Chat will randomly disconnect in pre-game lobbies, champ select and after-game lobby. Pre-game lobbies have a 75% chance of letting me still use league voice with a 25% chance of it not working.

Client Performance Issues

  • Keeping the Client open for more than 2-3 games or 1-3 hours will cause high system usage that can cause computer lag even when not in a game.

  • Keeping the Client open for extended periods will result in the client freezing in lobbies or not taking people into the champ select which can/will result in a dodge that is not their fault.

  • Keeping the Client open for extended periods can result in the collection, shop or hextech crafting to no longer work.

  • Some people cannot cancel Matchmaking and are stuck in an endless loop unless they log out or the system EVENTUALLY fixes itself.

Lobby Issues

  • Icons and levels not showing up, Names will sometimes be outright wrong as well.

PS: Thanks for reading and see you out on the rift. (Arams are evil) [slayer-pantheon-thumbs]

PPS: Riot please fix the Mac Voice Chat bug. I would like to be able to talk to my friends who use a Mac. [sg-shisa]

PPPS: Added Lobby Issues in Edit 12/16/2019 The bug list grows and my faith in Riot dies.

[sg-ahri-1]

Add on it keeps saying "requires a password to enter room" after every game. Then blackout after each game.[slayer-jinx-unamused]

AfroDeity12/26/2019, 10:41:18 PM1 votes

I’ve been having the chat bug more often than not. Usually when I enter a lobby, the chat box just stays empty and nothing happens when I click on the bar to type. I’ve even done a full client repair a few times, and it only fixed the problem once.[zombie-brand-mindblown]

Frensy12/30/2019, 11:35:16 AM1 votes

The most upsetting thing besides having these issues is that Riot has not addressed them. Does anybody know why? Are they on holiday?

Amarastu1/2/2020, 7:40:39 AM1 votes

My chat after games end is broken to where i cant receive my weekly crates anymore. [slayer-pantheon-thumbs]

Rıots Bad Client12/16/2019, 4:46:41 PM1 votes

Imo a good client