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Thread: TERMINAL vendor workaround
Like many other merchants I had been having a problem with terminal and droid vendors. I dont know if it was a fluke, but I was able to place 3 terminal vendors in a row by doing a simple step. Previously I had tried about 20 or 30 robot and termials that after being intialized wouldnt let me use them, saying they werent intialized. Heres what I did
Dropped vendor
Rotated to desired position
Intialized vendor
Went to vendor control toseeintialize option was STILL THERE (it should be). held menu open a second then just dragged mouse away to close the menu.
Opennedvendor control menu a 2nd time to see intialize option is GONE
Clicked to USE VENDOR and it was ready to go and accept items
Hope this helps some.
This method does seem to work for me as well. Can someone else who is having the same trouble try this method.
Greatsails wrote:
Independtly Varified.
This worked for me as well. Thanks =)
Woot! Thanks. This is good news. Not only does it give those affected a way to get back to business, it also might provide insight for the devs into what the problem might be.
Good work Diggles!
This is not working for me.
I'm hurting, I've got two factories that have Output hoppers loaded, I've got three houses that are filled with maximum numbers of items.
I can't buy a shuttle ticket without destroying something. I have no reason for anyone to come to my shop.
This is day 3 of trying to put up a vendor.
I'm trying terminals, I'm trying the bartender robot, my entire gaming experience consists of logging in and trying something over and over againthat gives me the same, failing result,it's insane.
zep95 wrote:
This is not working for me.
I'm hurting, I've got two factories that have Output hoppers loaded, I've got three houses that are filled with maximum numbers of items.
I can't buy a shuttle ticket without destroying something. I have no reason for anyone to come to my shop.
This is day 3 of trying to put up a vendor.
I'm trying terminals, I'm trying the bartender robot, my entire gaming experience consists of logging in and trying something over and over againthat gives me the same, failing result,it's insane.
Zep95, so far this is the only work around that we have. I have presented both the error and this workaround to the devs but no one can say when they will find a solution or be able to implement it. Are you absolutely certain you are doing the steps exactly? I know it seems like a terrible question but if you haven't already print out the steps outlined above and do them slowly from the printout just to make sure you aren't missing something or doing something extra. Other than this we don't have any solution other than trying a different location. You might try that as well moving to a slightly different location in the house, and my apologies again if you have already tried these steps.
Ok, got it to work, when I opened the Vendor Control the second time I had to keep the mouse button depressed and slide it up to the Use Vendor.
If I released the mouse button after the second time of viewing the the Vendor Control I my click was would not work.
So while the mouse was depressed, I moved it to Use Vendor, released on that selection and it worked.
If there are macro comands to use the vendor I'll guess that they might help solve this. Thanks for the help.
I had this problem, at first. The way I got around it was to put the vendor where i wanted, then initalize it BEFORE paying maintenance.. If I paid maintenance in advance, the darn thing would say it wasn't initalized.
- Sharpie of Radiant
P.S. I had this problem 2 different vendors in two different houses.. Both times this fixed it.
I can't seem to get it to work. Pasted the direction into my in-game notepad and followed it a dozen times now.
placed it... rotated it... initialized it... opened 'vendor control' menu option (initialize still there)... released radial menu without choosing an option... opened 'vendor contol' menu option a second time (initialize gone now)... slid pointer to 'use vendor' (without releasing mouse button or letting the radial menu close) and attempted to use the vendor...
Get message "This vendor has not been initialized"
I'll try a few more times. :/
Had a customer service ticket on this for 2 days now with no reply!
Follow up.
I tried and tried again, still no luck. So I wondered if I was too close to my door. Ran to the back of my house and tried and failed. Then I stored my mount. Then tried in the back again... it worked. (using the work-around above). Of couse this vendor was in the middle of my back room, so I deleted it.
I tried again by the door... it worked. (again using the work-around)
Nothing for sure here, but try placing in a different part of the house first and make sure your mount or pets are stored away. This problem may have started with the introduction of mounts. Just a thought.
Further experimentation will have to be done by others... I'm not deleting this vendor to test it. 
Like Radiant-Sharpiesaid, I can only use my terminal vendors if I initialize BEFORE I pay maintenance.
Ialso can't "Create Vendor" before clicking "Privacy" once in the controls for the house. Just though it might be worth repeating.