WotLK [Hunter] Previously called pet summons itself upon a loading screen.

[Luvonir]

For simplicity let's say you have a Wolf and a Ravager. You want to go for Arena and call your Ravager, but when Arena pops up you are loaded in with the Wolf.

Many examples can be given when you call another pet from your stable throughout the day. You play with Wolf and upon logging out, you now have a Ravager and sometimes no pet at all.

This is not a problem for PvE but it is literally game breaking in PvP. Anyone know a solution to this? And no, before anyone asks if this is due to "x y z", no. It is game's problem, not on user's end.

[Findrin]

For simplicity let's say you have a Wolf and a Ravager. You want to go for Arena and call your Ravager, but when Arena pops up you are loaded in with the Wolf.

Did you summon the ravager before entering the arena? because you suppose to pick a pet to have it by your side before entering arena or it will automatically pick the pet that is in the first slot of stable

[Luvonir]

Yes, Ravager was with me the whole time. Queue pops up, I accept it, and I'm loaded in with the Wolf. This is really easy to replicate if you have at least 2 pets.

[Luvonir]

And the "it will automatically pick the pet that is in the first slot of stable" is not correct. I have a Turtle on my first slot but it didn't summon itself since I didn't interact with it. Only the pet you have interacted while logged in causes this bug. Call 3 of your pets and they will randomly load themselves, but the other 2 you didn't touch will stay the way they are.

[Findrin]

So I created a hunter and tamed two pets , first a Ravager, then a Wolf. I summoned the Ravager and entered the arena; it showed up as expected without any issues.
https://prnt.sc/ujI-_mQhv6xN
Now, this might sound a bit dumb since we all know pets are saved server-side, but I used to be on a server where everyone had problems with their action bar spells resetting after each login. I suggested they remove the Read-Only from the client folder, and surprisingly, it fixed the issue. Maybe it could help with your problem too. Worth a try.

[Luvonir]

So I created a hunter and tamed two pets , first a Ravager, then a Wolf. I summoned the Ravager and entered the arena; it showed up as expected without any issues.
https://prnt.sc/ujI-_mQhv6xN
Now, this might sound a bit dumb since we all know pets are saved server-side, but I used to be on a server where everyone had problems with their action bar spells resetting after each login. I suggested they remove the Read-Only from the client folder, and surprisingly, it fixed the issue. Maybe it could help with your problem too. Worth a try.

I can't seem to uncheck Read-Only. It turns itself back on. Tried on both C & D drive.

Edit: attrib -r +s “path + name” doesn't help either. I have no idea how to stop this from reverting itself. Controlled folder access is also disabled.

[Findrin]

you must use an administrator profile or make your current profile administrator.
there is plenty of guids on how to do that , i will share some if you couldn't find one