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I just bought a house, and a Weapon/Droid/General crafting station off of a vendor, and plunked them down and went to craft merrily along in private last night--only to find that the crafting station didn't seem to be working! I put it in my house, fired up one of my specialized crafting tools, but none of my specialized schematics are showing up even when I am standing right next to it, and I don't get any experimentation ability there, either.

Has anyone else experienced this, and is there something I am doing wrong?

I own the house and maintenance is completely paid up on it. I am completely able to do specialized crafting at stations in other people's houses or at public stations with the same tool. I've verified that it is the right sort of tool in the description. I've tried picking it up, re-installing it, etc., logging out, logging back in, you name it. Can't think of anything else to try... should I report it as a problem or can someone tell me if this is a known issue and what I can do about it (without simply throwing away the money I spent on it and having to go buy another one!)?

Thanks in advance!

***fired up one of my specialized crafting tools***

which tool? If you are using the WDG station then it will only work with the WDG tool, even if another tool can make it. Also you have to be pretty darn close to it to make it work.

What are you trying to make that's not showing up? Have you made them before? Give us a little more specifics.

I had the same problem. And I know this sounds implausible but if you pick up the crafting station and take it with you on a planet to planet flight -- then put it back into your house it will work again.

Go figure.

Thodius

Fred; yes, using the WDG tool. I'm unable to see or make specifically anything available in the Firearms line of WS... although I have schematics for DH17, DL44, DLT20, etc, on my datapad and can make them at other stations, they aren't showing up when I am standing at my own. I've made each of these before, plenty of times.

Thodius--thanks for the idea, I'll give that a shot tonight and let you know if it worked for me too!

Private crafting stations ranges overlap and do not work together (or at least before last patch... haven't tested since).

If you have two private stations in the house, make sure that they are far apart and that you stand right by the one you are trying to use. If you are in range of two of them.... it is anybody's guess as to which one it will try to use. If it is using the wrong one your tool will not recognize it and you will not qualify for the private station recipes.

This may not be your problem.... but I have experienced this as well as others.

Droids USED to have the problem also where if it had more than one type of craft station, it only recognized one of them. Period. Now they all work (yeah!).

I had this problem the first night I tried to make vehicles. I was using a friend's crafting station. I have used other people's stations many times, so I know that ownership is not an issue. It happened right after the patch so maybe there is a connection.

That's interesting. I only have the one station in the house, but I have a pretty close neighboor... do you suppose if he has one it could be conflicting? I tried it in a couple of different rooms, but both times it was on the side of the house next to him. I'll try it on the other end of the house, too.

Thanks!

I would be very surprised if the range reaches another house. Most of these problems I have seen were within 25m of each other. You didn't have a droid with another crafting module out did you?

Too bad not on Tarq or I would make you another one to try to see if it is just bugged.

1.You may try resetting it away from the wall, this sometimes works(I have heard the outside walls cause a problem occassionally.

2. Especially for WDG crafting stations, you need to stand close to it. I have to stand almost in the center and right up against it for mine to work properly. I don't have to be tis close on any of my other type of Stations.

3. Make sure you are using the WDG speciality tool and not the General crafting tool

To do a quick check to see if it is working properly, click on the tool and bring the radial commands up, if you slide the cursor onto the use tool option icon at the top of the radial dial, an open hopper icon should pop up. If it doesn't ,you are not getting the proper response from the staion

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Thodious wrote:

I had the same problem. And I know this sounds implausible but if you pick up the crafting station and take it with you on a planet to planet flight -- then put it back into your house it will work again.

Go figure.

Thodius

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I can confirm the above try it!

Several reason why stations fail, as stated before, they are too far into the wall, or you are closer to another station than that one, or there is something between you and the station, thefore it won't work. If you get the message 'you can't see the hopper', chances are there is something in between you and the station. I did a large run of stations, and out of about 500, one was bugged to the point it could be used no matter how it was tried. A bunch of people tried it out, different houses ect. I finally just deleted the thing.

I do have 44.5 rated stations available on starsider, crystal hollow, dantoonie. Feel free to buy one, most should be working, I think....

Hi,

i got +43 Starshipcrafting station setup and working with a +15 tool. i almost get only failures. Works much better at public crafting stations. Anyone else experiencing this ?

Every once in awhile on the Architect forum we see people with this problem. What people have done in the past which *sometimes* helps is to pick up the crafting station and move it around in your house. If that doesn't work, post this in the Architect forum and maybe one of the other folks there will remember some other potential fixes.