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Thread: BE Faq Thread V2.0 Please read here first Holo BE info also inside.

Khevlar
Thu May 13, 2004 12:44 am
#40

Thank you for the great FAQ. I'm having a problem with the grinding macro though. Whenever using a special crafting station to make anything "Special" I get "crafting completed" spammed a couple times and nothing was practiced/created and no experience is gained. I do lose the materials though. It doesn't happen with constrictor cloths or anything I can make without using the Food and Chem station. I have gone through the process step by step manually and when the dialogue box appears with the options to 1)experiment 2)create a prototype 3)create a manufacturing schematic I typed in /createPrototype which results in the box disappearing, no further screens popup and I get the crafting session ended message with nothing created or practiced, no experience gain but I do lose the materials.


Has anyone else experienced this? Is there a workaround? Thanks in advance for any help offered.



Ixtli
Thu May 13, 2004 1:38 am
#41








Khevlar wrote:

Thank you for the great FAQ. I'm having a problem with the grinding macro though. Whenever using a special crafting station to make anything "Special" I get "crafting completed" spammed a couple times and nothing was practiced/created and no experience is gained. I do lose the materials though. It doesn't happen with constrictor cloths or anything I can make without using the Food and Chem station. I have gone through the process step by step manually and when the dialogue box appears with the options to 1)experiment 2)create a prototype 3)create a manufacturing schematic I typed in /createPrototype which results in the box disappearing, no further screens popup and I get the crafting session ended message with nothing created or practiced, no experience gain but I do lose the materials.


Has anyone else experienced this? Is there a workaround? Thanks in advance for any help offered.







The reason that you get "crafting compoleted!" is because of the following command....


/createPrototype;


/createPrototype practice no item;


Both lines are different. You use the "/createPrototype;" when you want a item to be created. When you don't want a item to be created you use the command "/createPrototype practice no item;" whichyou have guessed by now creates no itme in your inventory. Also, with either command you will loose any resources that you have allocated for the item even if you have not created one. This is the same when the crafting stage fails completly. The dialog box disapears because you have entered the command /createPrototype or /createPrototype practice no item.


Even though, you have created no item. You still should receive experience points for any items that you have, or have not created.If you are not getting xp in any of the trees then it could be for the following reasons.


1.) You have reach the limit of the skill tree. This means that you may have not received training in a pictular skill that you now have qualified for. In other words you now qualify for Tissue Engineering I but you did not receive or have someone train it to you. You may continue to receive xp until you reach a certain limit. Usually when this happens you receive a system message on your screen. This also happened to me as well. The solution wat to train in the approiate skill that I qualified for and after that I started recving xp again.


2.) What also happened to me at one point is where I thouigh I was not getting xp and there was a issue with xp being recorded. However, after I used the /logout command and then loged back in again. I saw that the xp was in fact being recorded.


I use the following macro when I want to repeatly create a item.


/AutoCraftTent:


/ui action toolbarSlot01;


/selectDraftSchematic 39;


/pause 20; (Note: This command give me the allowable time in order to choose the materals for the item being crafted)


/nextCraftingStage;


/nextCraftingStage;


/nextCraftingStage;


/createPrototype;


/createPrototype;


/pause 15; (Note: A pause needs to be at the end if you are looping this macro. This gives it enough time to finishe the prototype item and place it in your inventory)


/macro AutoCraftTent



In addition, note that there are three commands in sucession which is the /nextCraftingStage and /createProtype;. These are actually necessary. If you are typing in the commands manualy make sure that each command ends with a ";".






May the force be with you, always...

Ixtli
Master Doctor, Teras Kasi Master
Nahualli
Thu May 13, 2004 2:05 pm
#42

this is fascinating.. what does this have to do with blowing up a military installation?


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Ixtli
Fri May 14, 2004 8:12 pm
#43






Khevlar wrote:

Wow, thanks for the feedback. I only had 2 "/nextCraftingStage;" lines. It worked fine with general crafting items but not with the schematics that required the special crafting device. I added the 3rd line in and retried it and it's working now. Thanks again for the help










You are very welcome,




If you have any other questions feel free to post.




May the force be with you, always...

Ixtli
Master Doctor, Teras Kasi Master
TravisC555
Sat May 22, 2004 5:18 am
#44

Please help me with the macro.


I can't seem to get it to select the right schematic, it always selects a Small Glass schematic when I want it to select a Small Stimpack A schematic....please help.





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Master Shipwright, Master Merchant
Ixtli
Sat May 22, 2004 6:06 pm
#45






TravisC555 wrote:

Please help me with the macro.


I can't seem to get it to select the right schematic, it always selects a Small Glass schematic when I want it to select a Small Stimpack A schematic....please help.








Well, It looks like what is being selected would be included in the General Crafting Tool. When creating a macro for crafting make sure that you are counting from 0 to the item that you want to craft. For example. 0 will be the first item listed in the schematics on the datapad.


You also want to make sure that you do not count a item that will not be included in the crafting tool that you are using. Such as a Genetic Template will not be included in the General Crafting tool, but will be in the Food and Chemical crafting tool. This includes items that are only listed when near a crafting station.


If you need any additional help just let us know



May the force be with you, always...

Ixtli
Master Doctor, Teras Kasi Master
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