Development Cycle Archive
Thread: Vehicle Issues...
Vehicle disapears out from under me.
This usually happens when going long distance, but I've had it happen on short trips too. Not sure if server boundaries have anything to do with it (since we players can be sure of where the boundary is).
One night I was going from POI to POI on Tatooine. While riding from the Krayt Graveyard toFort Tuskin (mosty a straight line except where I had to avoid buildings, rocks, and such). During the trip I had a few times where I "bounced" back a few hundred meeters. When I got to the Fort I exited my vehicle and POOF, it was gone. I did what I wanted there, got far enough away to camp and re-gen my swoop. I then headed South to the next closest POI (Jawas I think) made it there, but did not got off my ride. Moved on to Ben's hut with no problems. Then the Pit of Crakoon. Got there, got deseased, and headed to town. Now the trouble started, between the Pit and Anchorhead I must have had my swoop POOF on me about every time the desease hurt me. Ride a few hundred meeters POOF, camp, re-gen, ride a few hundred meeters (repeat all the way to town).
Another night I was going from POI to POI on Naboo. I had less trouble but I did have it disapear a few times. I started in Theed after making sure I had repaired my vehicle to 100%, stored it and re-gen it (to save the repair so I did'nt loose it when it did POOF). I never moved but this processof saving my repairs dropped myhit points100 or so (WHY?). Anyway I traveled south with fairly good luck. Went to the Theed Waterfall, then Amidallas Beach with no problems (never got off my swoop). The I went to the Imp Weapons Facility. Made it there fine. Got off my swoop fine. Went in and looked around (never did figure out that badge). When I came out my ride was gone and had to camp to get it back. After that I had it POOF on me 3 more times as I was going cross the South of Naboo towards Moeina. Once in Moeina I put it away and logged off.
I hope this helps you figure out the problem. I enjoy the quickness of getting to places with vehicles, but having them disapear out from under me is very annoying. I could understand loosing it in the field if some thing disabled it (not that I want that).
SueDenim wrote:
1. About 4 times out of 5, when I exited my vehicle, it would *immediately* disappear. According to the Datapad, it was still "out" (i.e., "Store" option was there.) I'd then "store" it and be able (*if* in a city or camp) to generate it successfully. I've not yet had a vehicle disappear on me while inside it or moving.
This exact situation has happened to me only once. Otherwise, my speederbike has been working more or less perfectly for me. And the time it happened was when I did not wait for the vehicle to come to a complete stop before exiting. So, from now on, I always come to a complete stop and pause for a few seconds before unmounting. Hope this helps to track down the problem.
I didn't have a problem with my vehicle storing until I transferred my X-34 the other day and bought a speederbike. Now it autostores sometimes, especially when I'm travelling either to or from Coronet. Last night it auto-stored as I was just entering Kor Vella. It can auto-store while I'm riding at full speed, or while it's parked while I'm in a store.
With my X-34, I never seemed to experience auto-store. It always seemed to just warp to another part of town, particularly the spot where I'd called it. This happened especially in Kor Vella, or in Nym's when I was doing Nym's missions and travelling back and forth between the stronghold and the cantina. When I parked by his cantina it would warped towards the stronghold, but not all the way.
By the way, excellent job with Nym's quests. They were a little easy, but very fun.
What problems am I seeing!? 
Try to ask what am I hearing. 
A VERY annoying and VERY unpleasant sound when Vehicles stops or starts. Sounds like:
TSHHHHHHHHHHHHHHH!!!!!! (like an air pressure hose or something)
It hurts my ears and I always zoom out or turn down the volume when I hear it. 
Please remove or alter this strange sound that sound like nothing I ever heard in the movies.
Thx
I generated my speeders in both TC/Moenia and Starsider/Moenia and
left them to idle there by themselves for an hour.
No poofing ensued.
I have had several issues on/off:
1. When I go to the garage sometimes and I pay to repair the vehicle it works. Then I store it and get it out later and it looks like it was not repaired at all. I had to waste 6K before getting the repair to stick. (good money sink 
)
2. I also have had my vehicle store in the middle of no where. All the sudden I am running, Kinda funny actually.
3. I have noticed (mainly at the shuttle/spaceports on Endor) that I will get off my vehicle and then try to store it. The speeder will run away. It doesn't go too far, just the the edge of the space port (perhaps by design)
4. I have also noticed "warping". I am a MCH and get off my speeder frequently to tame. Sometimes when I dismount I warp to a place about 20-30m away from my speeder. Other times I noticed that I intially warp but then come back to where I should be. The screen even redraws.
5. While not "hurting" me, I occasionally "jump" for no reason. Server Boundry issue? All of the sudden I am up in the air like I just went off a short cliff.
My 2 cents....
Happy Holidays!
I have only one issue so far, and it is also a CH issue. AUTOSTORING!!!!!
Sorry but I am very passionate about this. Most of the time becaise it either costs me my life or a lot of time. IE:
1. I decided to take my speeder across the ocean on corellia to Vreni Island and it stores right in the middle. I hit numlock, grabbed somethinf to eat and I was still swimming when I gor back.
2. I was on Lok and a Kimo starts chasing me and I think I'm gonna outrun him. Autostore followed by horrible bloody death (but I came back and killed him later).
Fix this one issue and I will be happy. Sorry for yelling, but this issue HAS to be fixed (glad I don't have a jedi yet).
JediChocobo wrote:
SueDenim wrote:
1. About 4 times out of 5, when I exited my vehicle, it would *immediately* disappear. According to the Datapad, it was still "out" (i.e., "Store" option was there.) I'd then "store" it and be able (*if* in a city or camp) to generate it successfully. I've not yet had a vehicle disappear on me while inside it or moving.
This exact situation has happened to me only once. Otherwise, my speederbike has been working more or less perfectly for me. And the time it happened was when I did not wait for the vehicle to come to a complete stop before exiting. So, from now on, I always come to a complete stop and pause for a few seconds before unmounting. Hope this helps to track down the problem.
Hmm, interesting. As far as I can *tell*, I'm not exiting while moving, and the vehicle appears to be at a complete stop. However, that being said, I wonder if something somewhere still "thinks" I'm moving? This sort of thing happens when placing structures and similar sorts of actions, when you get a "You can't do this while running" message even though, from your perspective, you're not moving.
Issue that I get a lot are:
Occasionaly when terrain updates within 64 meters of me, it causes my vehicle to bounce really high in the air .. its really annoying.
Radial menu doesnt properly update to display "exit vehicle" or "enter vehicle", as well as not displaying the right "store" and "generate vehicle" in the datapad radial.
Storing a vehicle while underneath an object like a shuttleport platform on the dantooine imperial outpost gives the following error "can't see target". When you then exit the vehicle, it flies off on its own to a point near the platform.
Trying to repair a vehicle while on the entrance ramp for the garage can sometimes cause the error message "cant see target"
When server load begins to increase due to server population, the dissapearing vehicle bug becomes more apparent. I can happily play on a server with my vehicle called perminantly without it vanishing from 12pm GMT to about 6pm GMT, after that it will sparadicaly vanish on me. There doesn't appear to be any noticeable trigger to this. It can happen while riding, while i enter a structure, while i enter a city, while i cross a server boundary ....
Seems to happen on tatooine for me i have been all over naboo and working on coreilla badges now and it has not vanished yet while rideing
But there are a few bugs
Other than the vanishing bike if you repair your bike while on it and them say go back to your house you cant store it but you can call another one but the new one will be at the same condition as it was before you spent 3200 credits to fix it this should not happen
the vanishing bug seems to have no apperant rhyme or reason it just happens but it seems like if you pass through a town or even a player city a few mintues afterwards it will go poof
but it does not allways happen like that.
OK OK .. I have a Solution!!!!!
Leave the Auto-Store code IN!!!Stay with me on this... two things would need to be added.. and if they were... I think everyone would be riding vehicles around HOPING they poof...
1) Make simple camps usuable by all - eliminates the "grief" aspect of the bike-poof..
2) Design and implement a character model feature that shows what would really happen when someone is going 20-30mps andsuddenly is left to fend for themselves, hitting the ground feet first... an instant face plant and tumble/slide for 10-20 meters.... .. get up dust off.. this should happen to those that store their bike while riding and in motion too... hehe
I know I would LOVE to see that happen... would be funny as hell.. =) .. you know.. Fun?
I have noticed one thing that is different with this patch than the others. As of this patch I am able to store my pet while I am mounted on it.Previous to this patchI was not allowed todo this, I don't know if this has anything to do with it but I hope it helps.