self target bug

[Laksa]

hello.

i notice a crazy bug recently.

the game auto-targets myself, every few minutes (sometimes every few seconds).

whether i am soloing fates, healing in a dungeon, or doing nothing at all - it happens.

for example, i leave my character alone, deselect all targets... in a few seconds.. bang! the game autoselects my character. similar to pressing F1.

no scripts/ windows/ programs running in the background..

edit: i realize this happens more often when i get my pet (ifrit/etc) and companion (chocobo) out - perhaps they are targetting me to return to me??

you can imagine how frustrating this gets - cant get anything done at all...

any suggestions besides uninstalling ffxiv altogether???

[Laksa]

i found a temporary workaround. for some reason it works, and im not sure why.

here are the steps:
1. go to keybind settings
2. under targeting, 'set targeting mode to PC Only' - give this a shortcut. i used 'shift-D' for easy access.
3. when zoning, fighting mobs, etc - targeting mode is usually auto reset to 'All' or 'Other' (shown right above HP bar).
4. when i click 'set targeting mode to PC only' - it becomes Enemy (yes, another bug. it shows enemy instead of friendlies -and 'set targeting mode to enemys' will say 'friends' instead. way to go
5. everytime i get that auto self select bug - i switch to 'set targeting mode to pc only' (which shows the word 'enemy' on my hp bar) - and this stops the auto select!!!

hope this helps someone, as it helped me.

[Furlamseere]

Thank you Laksa for your posts concerning this issue and thank you for reporting it. It appears that this issue has been resolved; as such I'm going to close this thread. If you're still having problems, please create another bug report thread and use the bug reporting template found Here. Also, please state the steps you have attempted to resolve this issue.

- Furlamseere