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Thread: Personal Crafting Station....
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Gralyr
Thu Oct 14, 2004 11:36 pm
#1
OK..this is probably a total Noob question but i have no idea what's the problem (operator malfunction?:tongue
First, I just made Master Artisan and purchased a personal Weapons, Droid, General crafting station for my house/shop . When i go to make something using my "specialized crafting tool" I do not get the experimentation screen. It goes straight to create item. However, If i go into town and and use the public station with the same tool and itemI can experiment on it. The other strange thing is that i DO get the input hopper option (Recognizes that i have a station with storagepresent?) when crafting at my house
What am i doing wrong? why can't i experiment in my house/ shop ?
FYI..i do not have any trouble using personnal Clothing or Food stations (I can experiment with those).
Please Help!
Ty
Chucksta68
Fri Oct 15, 2004 3:51 am
#3
Do you have other crafting stations in the immediate area at your house? If so, and you're in range of the others, it will sometimes not let you experiment. I see this from time to time, and had to move my stations around a bit.
Hope this helps.
TheMalle
Fri Oct 15, 2004 4:08 am
#4
I think Chucksta here is on the right track.
As it sounds from your post, you have both a clothing and a food crafting station, most likely in the same house. Crafting stations have an "area of influence" in which you can experiment on items. If two station's areas overlap each other it's not unusual that they disturb eachother and that only one of the stations work.
Moving the station is one option, before you do that you could try to stand inside (literally) the crafting station you want to use.
As it sounds from your post, you have both a clothing and a food crafting station, most likely in the same house. Crafting stations have an "area of influence" in which you can experiment on items. If two station's areas overlap each other it's not unusual that they disturb eachother and that only one of the stations work.
Moving the station is one option, before you do that you could try to stand inside (literally) the crafting station you want to use.
sciguyCO
Fri Oct 15, 2004 4:26 am
#5
It's definitely sounding like your stations are overlapping. One way to check would be to access the input hopper of the station directly (oddly enough it's on the radial option of the related specialized tool) put something unique in each, and seeing what shows up in the "hopper" tab while you craft.
I'd say try to get the stations as far away from each other as you can within the confines of your house. If you've got just a small house, you may need to use separate rooms.
Dpjarrett
Fri Oct 15, 2004 4:49 am
#6
I have all four stations in the back of my small generic planet house. I find the most effective way to make sure the right station is used it to literally stand within a station.
Also, a simple way to check to see if you are in range of the station before getting to the experimentation phase is to look for an item on your crafting list that requires a crafting station. For instance, before I start to craft any vehicle I make sure that the X34 is on my list of things available to craft. If it's not, I know that I'm not within range of my crafting station and I can reposition myself and start again without wasting resources.
Gralyr
Fri Oct 15, 2004 6:48 am
#7
Thank you all for the quick responses.
I will try the suggestions you've made and see if it works.
Gralyr
Fri Oct 15, 2004 7:19 am
#8
Ok..this is just getting frustrating.
I first tried to make sure that all my stations are far enough apart and then stood "inside" each one and tried to make an item that can be experimented on ( i use the same item i could experiment on at the public station) . Cloting station- Fine, Food station- Fine, Weapon, driod, general - still not working (X34 does not show up on schematic list either) . So I go ahead and remove all the stations and put back down ONLY the Weapon, Droid station. Still doesNOT give me experimentation option or have the X34 schematic available. So even with only the 1 station set up I am still having problems.
suggestions?
BillB
Fri Oct 15, 2004 7:26 am
#9
I had the same problem with a Food and Chem station a few months ago. Turns out my station was bugged - I submitted a CS ticket and they replaced it.
TheMalle
Fri Oct 15, 2004 3:20 pm
#10
If you have a crafting tool that sais it has something in its "output hopper", then you must right click on the tool, hover the mouse above "start crafting" then click at the new button called "remove object" (or something along that name) 
sciguyCO
Sat Oct 16, 2004 12:44 am
#11
Sounds like a bugged station. The only other thing I can think to try is to see if you can use someone else's private station (you need admin rights on the structure to access the hopper, but you get the experimentation benefit from any station). Maybe try making a new WDG tool, see if that makes a difference.
Heck, I was even considering the possibility that someone had crafted a generic crafting tool, renamed it "Weapon, Droid, & Gen. Item Crafting Tool" and sold it to you. But that wouldn't allow you to experiment at a public station.
Ummm.....hmmm.....that wouldn't rule out the station getting renamed, though. The station does look like this,right? If not, examine it and look for a line in the description along the lines of "variation of: blah blah". If it's a renamed crafting station of a different type (or worse: a data terminal) I'd make note of the creator and never do business with them again.
Sheesh, how do I come up with such evil ideas...
Gralyr
Sat Oct 16, 2004 12:59 am
#12
Yeah, i think I'm gonna have to go with the bugged station idea. Will send a ticket tonight..hopefully they will fix it soon (holds breath).
SciguyCO ..LOL yeah it's the right machine..looks like picture =)
my other thought had been that I bought one that was "still crafting", dont know how else to say it. I once bought a Food Crafting tool (yes tool) that said hooper was full (/shrug) and so i couldn't use it. thought maybe it was something similiar, but i can't find anything wrong like that.
Thank you all that responded..wish me luck in gettin this thing fixed.
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