Headless Horseman and cogwheel crash workaround
by Gregg Reece 
Oct 22nd 2010 at 7:00PM
That's right, tooltips are the cause behind this rash of client crashes. There are two ways you can get around this particular issue. One is to just disable tooltips. You can do this by setting up a single macro and putting it on your action bars.
Stickied post by player Deyneth of Wyrmrest Accord (US-H)/script GameTooltip.Temphide = function() GameTooltip:Hide() end; GameTooltip:SetScript("OnShow", GameTooltip.Temphide)
/stopmacro [btn:1]
/script GameTooltip:SetScript("OnShow", GameTooltip.Show);
/stopmacro [btn:1]
/script GameTooltip:SetScript("OnShow", GameTooltip.Show);
This will disable tooltips when you left-click the button and re-enable them when you right-click the button.
An alternative is a simple addon called CogFix which disables the simple addons which are causing this issue, but will allow complex tooltips (like when you mouse over a player or NPC) still remain visible. Any custom tooltip addon could possibly protect you from this bug, but your mileage may vary.
The developers are working on permanent a fix for this issue, but have to test things to make sure that the fix doesn't cause issues elsewhere.
Reader Comments (Page 1 of 3)
niko Oct 22nd 2010 7:06PM
glad you guys finally posted this, it's been very helpful (I've been using the macros).
TonyMcS Oct 23rd 2010 1:11AM
I also had a recurring problem with my boomkin being unable to port out of the HH dungeon - kept telling me I was dead. A GM Ticket and surprisingly about 5 min later a GM whispered me and confirmed the problem and provided a workaround. Just switch forms.
niko Oct 23rd 2010 1:23AM
haha, i had the same thing happen to my druid!
i ended up just hearthing and chalking it up to some other problem. Nice workaround!
sean Oct 23rd 2010 3:52AM
AMFG Lazy Tooltip is also a great addon to fix the cogwheel issue. (available on Curse)
-- This addon disables tooltips when entering an instance or raid and re-enables them automatically.
Braemin Oct 23rd 2010 8:31AM
Druid porting is a different issue. It happened on the 4.0.1 PTR as well. If you try to zone in or out in any form, you get the "You can't do that when you're dead" message. The solution is to go back to Tauren or Nelf form, then you can port just fine.
bushkanaka86 Oct 23rd 2010 10:20PM
Really sorry to ninja reply to the first post but I really hope to find any answer to this.
I used the macro posted above and it worked. But now, no matter how many times I push the macro button, my tooltips won't come back. I copied it exactly as it is in the post but I can't tell if there might be something wrong with the macro. The only way I can get my tooltips back is by typing /reloadui.
Blunderwear Oct 22nd 2010 7:08PM
What's odd is that sometimes I'll just freeze up for a few seconds if I hover over the pumpkin and sometimes the game will freeze up permanently.
It doesn't matter much, as my loot pumpkins are either empty or contain a flimsy mask of some variety. Why oh why won't you drop, you dumb helm? You're all I need!
Gen Man Oct 22nd 2010 7:39PM
They aren't empty. If you look at the log, you get 24 justice points.
Blunderwear Oct 22nd 2010 7:48PM
They're empty as in they contained no physical items. My main is way over the JP cap, anyhoo.
Erknost Oct 22nd 2010 7:11PM
I'm using the addon Tiptac, and I have not see the bug ones.
http://wow.curse.com/downloads/wow-addons/details/tip-tac.aspx
pancakes Oct 22nd 2010 7:33PM
TipTac has been working for me *almost* all the time. I've had 2 DCs due to the bug, but that's from doing the horseman at least twice a day since it's come out.
Viper007Bond Oct 22nd 2010 8:23PM
I had my game lock up for about 10 seconds, but then was good to go once. Never been D/C'ed.
Shuckles Oct 22nd 2010 9:42PM
I don't think TipTac prevents the bug so much as people might think. I use it as well, but I have still suffered one or two crashes. It's just that not everyone is affected. The severity of the effect also plays a role, were some will crash *every* time, and some like pancakes and I only crash every so often.
sean Oct 23rd 2010 3:54AM
I can confirm that TipTac, while a nice addon, does NOT "fix" the cogwheel issue.
Yrmes Oct 22nd 2010 7:11PM
This doesn't fix 100%. There are reports that it's still happening from time to time even with this in place.
It does SEEM to help, but there are still reports that it's happening despite it.
MysticalOS Oct 22nd 2010 7:55PM
more than likely if you still get it sometimes it's cause you moused over the pumpkin the second you joined instance
the addon is coded to check if you are inside an instance first, then if you are disable 1 line tooltips, else, if not in instance disable no tooltips at all (it's been confirmed issue ONLY happens in instances/BGs)
if you mouse over pumpkin the second your loading screen is gone, before the client refreshes your player status as "IsInInstance()" then you will still crash cause you are not protected yet.
lexxroth Oct 22nd 2010 7:11PM
Not sure if anyone else has had this too, but while in a dungeon last night, both I, and another player had WoW crash whenever we moused over the food table Mages can summon. It could be unrelated, but it's very annoying.
Yrmes Oct 22nd 2010 7:19PM
It's a known bug, it's all cogwheel items currently have a chance to cause freezing or crashing. Sometimes you can disable tooltips to stop it, sometimes you can tab out during the freeze to fix it, sometimes it doesn't even freeze until you click.
Currently mages can potentially crash a raid with a table.
VioletArrows Oct 22nd 2010 7:23PM
No, it's related. Mage tables, warlock portals and a few other things.
Guy Oct 22nd 2010 7:12PM
I got my mount last night, so I am good. I always froze. Being the tank everyone expected me to start it.