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Thread: Droid power stuck at 75%..don't think it's a visual bug
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JavelinCatcher
Wed Feb 16, 2005 2:46 pm
#1
HRRNighthawk wrote:
Hey guys, just built a merchant barker protocol droid for myself today and set him out there at theed spaceport while i did other things. Well, at first i kept tabs..saw its power percentage going down, no problem. Now i look 2 hours later and it's *still* stuck at 75% (and i did see it at 75% two hours ago). I figure it's visual and run out to the droid and it's still operating. I stored/re-called it and it still shows 75% and the power level isnt' going down. I've never used a battery on it...and i was never more than 900m away from it (sitting in my house/shop).
Any news on if this is a known bug or something new?
NH
1) A droid's charge lasts 4 hours
2) The "75%" is a display bug. They still run out of power eventually. There have been reports that if you are excessivly away from your merchant barker droid that they will sometimes not drain any power for a period. However, reports are inconsistent.
jefmes
Wed Feb 16, 2005 5:07 pm
#2
This bug also makes it more difficult to use the auto-repair abilities since you don't get an accurate reading on the remaining power. If it's not in the bug list, please put it in!
HRRNighthawk
Thu Feb 17, 2005 1:21 am
#3
Hey guys, just built a merchant barker protocol droid for myself today and set him out there at theed spaceport while i did other things. Well, at first i kept tabs..saw its power percentage going down, no problem. Now i look 2 hours later and it's *still* stuck at 75% (and i did see it at 75% two hours ago). I figure it's visual and run out to the droid and it's still operating. I stored/re-called it and it still shows 75% and the power level isnt' going down. I've never used a battery on it...and i was never more than 900m away from it (sitting in my house/shop).
Any news on if this is a known bug or something new?
NH
Jenden
Thu Feb 17, 2005 1:22 am
#4
It is a known bug (not sure if on our list though). The droid's do run out of power, I'm not sure if they run out as soon as they hit 75% or if they get the full 100% but its just not displayed.
HRRNighthawk
Thu Feb 17, 2005 1:33 am
#5
well it's obviously not when it hits 75%...as i'm sitting here with it and it's still going strong. My understanding though was that batteries on droids only lasted about an hour...this thing has been going for the better part of three.
IreuONeil
Thu Feb 17, 2005 1:41 am
#6
This showed up with publish 12 didn't it?
Ive noticed it woking differently on different types of droids, my barker/trap/harvest droids seem to use the full 100% but only display down to 75%. yet my crafting and storage droids seem to only use 25% of the charge, running out as soon as they drop to the 75% mark... quite frustrating pulling out a battery every time i want the droid to group...
Talmor1
Thu Feb 17, 2005 1:45 am
#7
I believe the consensus is that they increased battery life to 4 hours last I heard. I hope they haven't nerfed batteries already 
PaladinX333
Sat Feb 19, 2005 7:18 am
#8
This bug happened in the publish where they increased droid batteries to4 hours. I've reported it over and over again. The displayed power never falls below 75% even though the droid eventually runs out of power.
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