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Well, after spending a total of probably 4 hours trying to get someone... ANYONE to help me out in game (some asinine reviewer said that this game actually had a helpful community... I have yet to see it in-game) - and submitting a Customer Service ticket almost 24 hours ago and not hearing back, I thought I'd try here for some help.
One of the things I was most excited about with SWG was JTL, so first thing I did was start learning how to be a pilot. After flying for a bit and learning a few skills, I'm at the point where I think I should be able to add a droid to my ship... but I can't.
I've been trying to load an R5 droid I bought, along with a flight computer, into a Z95. It won't take it when I press the "Load" button - and it doesn't give me any error notice like, "Cannot load droid" - it just doesn't do anything.
Can someone give me a detailed explanation of what skills I need, what equipment I need and then how I actually add the droid to the ship? (The holocron documentation for this game seems to assume you've played the game before... not exactly helpful - and there's little documentation on loading the astromech).
Regardless, if I can't load a droid into a Z95, how do I take advantage of any of the skills I'm learning (shield manipualtion, etc).
From what I can tell, you have to have the right droid interface installedwhich matches the certification level of the droid.
Alemtris wrote:
Hey, I'm a newbie here...
Well, after spending a total of probably 4 hours trying to get someone... ANYONE to help me out in game (some asinine reviewer said that this game actually had a helpful community... I have yet to see it in-game) - and submitting a Customer Service ticket almost 24 hours ago and not hearing back, I thought I'd try here for some help.
One of the things I was most excited about with SWG was JTL, so first thing I did was start learning how to be a pilot. After flying for a bit and learning a few skills, I'm at the point where I think I should be able to add a droid to my ship... but I can't.
I've been trying to load an R5 droid I bought, along with a flight computer, into a Z95. It won't take it when I press the "Load" button - and it doesn't give me any error notice like, "Cannot load droid" - it just doesn't do anything.
Can someone give me a detailed explanation of what skills I need, what equipment I need and then how I actually add the droid to the ship? (The holocron documentation for this game seems to assume you've played the game before... not exactly helpful - and there's little documentation on loading the astromech).
There are two different types of "droids" you can put into a ship. One is an Astromech droid, the other is a Flight Computer. Flight computers are easy, because they don't do anything else, but Astromechs can be confusing; the R2/R5/whatever droid can only function as an Astromech droid if the astromech module was included in its original build by the Droid Engineer. You can tell if the module was included by examining it; if it mentions something about "Pilost required astromech level", that tells you what level of astromech it is.
Three other things:
1. You can only use certain levels of Astromechs. At 1111 pilot you can use Level 2 Astromechs/Flight Computers. You can buy them and generate them into your d-pad, but you can't insert them into your ship.
2. You have to have a Droid Interface loaded into your ship *before* you try to load the Astromech. Doesn't matter what level it is (that just determines how fast the droid can execute programs), except that you have the cert to use that level component.
3. Some ships take Astromech droids, most take Flight Computers. Y-Wing, X-Wing and JSF take Astromechs, AFAIK, and everything else takes Flight Computers.
When you successfully load a droid into your ship, it'll turn red in the display. That's the only indication that it has been loaded. It is also a little buggy; sometimes after adding or removing components from your ship, your droid will unload itself without updating the display. Always a good idea to remove and reload it before taking off, after you've updated your ship config.
That help?
So, looks to me like I have matching levels... clearly I can't tell, though, and there's obviously no documentation to tell me whether I'm even on the right path here... :-\
Alemtris wrote:
I have a "Sienar Fleet Systems Mark I Imperial Droid Interface" installed and I'm trying to install an R5 unit with "Pilot's Required Astromech Certification: Level 1"
So, looks to me like I have matching levels... clearly I can't tell, though, and there's obviously no documentation to tell me whether I'm even on the right path here... :-\
Try a Flight Computer instead.
Droid commands? Naw, I never bothered with those (a guide)!
and then
A Comprehensive Droid Routine Breakdown
both from the Pilot forum.
I'll try loading in the Flight computer and see what happens.
idolatry wrote:
Alemtris wrote:
I have a "Sienar Fleet Systems Mark I Imperial Droid Interface" installed and I'm trying to install an R5 unit with "Pilot's Required Astromech Certification: Level 1"
So, looks to me like I have matching levels... clearly I can't tell, though, and there's obviously no documentation to tell me whether I'm even on the right path here... :-\
Try a Flight Computer instead.What server are you on?
I'm on Ahazi server. Sorry if it sounds like I'm complaining a lot. I'm coming from WoW, where getting into the game and playing is a breeze. The documentation is nice, the in-game tutorials are fantastic and the community is really helpful. With SWG I feel like I'm speaking a different language. And, the new player tutorial was great until they just dump you off with nothing to do and nowhere to go in Tatooine.
In spite of that, though, I'm enjoying the space combat especially (I'm an old fan of X-Wing, Tie Fighter, XWA). I'm just trying to get the most out of the JTL part of the game, I guess. And, maybe I'm trying to go a bit too fast, as I clearly don't understand some of the mechanics of how this stuff works.
Alemtris wrote:
I'm on Ahazi server. Sorry if it sounds like I'm complaining a lot. I'm coming from WoW, where getting into the game and playing is a breeze. The documentation is nice, the in-game tutorials are fantastic and the community is really helpful. With SWG I feel like I'm speaking a different language. And, the new player tutorial was great until they just dump you off with nothing to do and nowhere to go in Tatooine.
In spite of that, though, I'm enjoying the space combat especially (I'm an old fan of X-Wing, Tie Fighter, XWA). I'm just trying to get the most out of the JTL part of the game, I guess. And, maybe I'm trying to go a bit too fast, as I clearly don't understand some of the mechanics of how this stuff works.
I hear ya The paper manuals are all out of date so they're useless. Best place to get info on JTL is the Pilot and Shipwright profession forums, ironically.
I come from TIE Fighter et al myself, and I think the complexity is what attracts me to SWG, and JTL especially. All sorts of great customization options; no two ships are the same, and you can tweak everything to suit your own piloting style.
I'd recommend the Pilot FAQ 3.0 in the Pilot forums as a good place to start. If you're still not clear on some things, feel free to shoot me a PM. Or better yet,drop Ahazi and come over to Valcyn, the new unofficialJTL server
idolatry wrote:
I'd recommend the Pilot FAQ 3.0 in the Pilot forums as a good place to start. If you're still not clear on some things, feel free to shoot me a PM. Or better yet,drop Ahazi and come over to Valcyn, the new unofficialJTL server
Well, I've only had the game about a week, so ditching out on Ahazi would be no skin off my back. If Valcyn has as much JTL action going on as you say, I'll definitely be better off there, as that's where I see myself spending the majority of my time.
So, then, starting off as a fresh character, what do you recommend? Jump right into JTL? Or, take some time on the ground, first?