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i was using my doc character on chilastra last night and wanted to make some factory schematics, but not having my own station, i went to find one in a friends house.
when i started making the items, i got the familar 'cannot access hopper' message, but i could not do any experimentation on objects.
tried this a couple of times, thought maybe there was a lag issue or something, so i logged and came back this afternoon and tried again with the same result.
i was kind of tired, so i didn't think about using my droid with a station installed last night, but when i used the droid today, i had no problems experimenting and creating schems.

i browsed the forum and announcements but didn't see anything about this.
did i miss something?
can we not use others craft stations to experiment anymore?

i have a m. art/arch on eclipse and haven't tried to use someone elses stations yet, so i don't know if it is a server specific issue or what.
i will check it out later tonight.

just a check, i tried posting this in the artisan forum too, but got a 'post flood' error.
can i only make one post per hour???

i was using my doc character on chilastra last night and wanted to make some factory schematics, but not having my own station, i went to find one in a friends house.
when i started making the items, i got the familar 'cannot access hopper' message, but i could not do any experimentation on objects.
tried this a couple of times, thought maybe there was a lag issue or something, so i logged and came back this afternoon and tried again with the same result.
i was kind of tired, so i didn't think about using my droid with a station installed last night, but when i used the droid today, i had no problems experimenting and creating schems.

i browsed the forum and announcements but didn't see anything about this.
did i miss something?
can we not use others craft stations to experiment anymore?

i have a master art/arch on eclipse and haven't tried to use someone elses stations yet, so i don't know if it is a server specific issue or what.
i will check it out later tonight.

i saw that droids were usable by master only now, which is fine by me, but the puzzling part about this was that i could 'use' the private station, just couldn't experiment.
i could see a hopper tab in the craft window, but it said i couldn't use the hopper on it, didn't try to either, maybe i should have.

I've found that his has happened to me from time to time in a room full of crafting stations... even before the JTL patch. Moving closer to the crafting station you wanna use normally helps the situation. FWIW, I have used a crafting station (in a room full of other stations, even) that isn't owned by me since the JTL patch went live. (I don't have a structure station in my house but wanted to make a starship crafting station.)

i tried this with my character on eclipse, and didn't have the same problem, so i need to go back to chilastra and try it again.
i know i was close enough to the station, i was basically leaning against the thing, as i said, i got the 'cannot access hopper' message, and there was a hoppper tab in the crafting window.

i tried this with my character on eclipse, and didn't have the same problem, so i need to go back to chilastra and try it again.
i know i was close enough to the station, i was basically leaning against the thing, as i said, i got the 'cannot access hopper' message, and there was a hoppper tab in the crafting window.

i didn't look to see if i had all available schems listed, wasn't concerned with it at the time. i was making med components and i could have made them without any station, i just needed to make factory schems.

the use of craft stations is based on complexity, i believe that if the comp is less than 15, or maybe 10, you can make it with a general tool, if it's 15-20 you need a specific tool like a food tool, 20-25 you need a public station, and anything over 25 requires a private craft station. numbers may not be exact, but they are close.

having a private machine usable by the public may have been a mistake originally, and if they want to fix it, thats fine, just list it as one of the changes in the new publish.
i don't 'need' to use someone elses machines, as both of my caracters have them now, my art/arch toon made his own for the house, and my doc has a droid with a station module in it, i was tired at the time and didn't think about using the droid, i just went to a friends house that had some stations.

Getting the hopper message doesn't seem to be indicitive of being in the influance of the proper crafting station. I do not have a structure station in or anywhere near my house but I still get that message if I'm in my house when I craft something using the structure tool. I have never, ever, used the hopper so I couldn't tell you if you can actually use a hopper from an incorrect station or not.

i went back to the original house i had this problem in on chilastra/corellia and had the same problem, but i couldn't find any other stations in town to verify the issue.
although i didnt craft, i looked for the complex schems when i started the station and they werent there, so im sure i wasnt 'using' the station.
unfortunately, i dont have any other schems that require a station except for my med parts so i cant try using a weapon, clothes, or structure tool to see if it is happening with those too.
anyone on chilastra want to try with some other tool?