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Thread: Nova Cockpit Fire (Bug?)
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Fidgiter
Thu Dec 16, 2004 9:10 am
#1
Last night I took my Nova out on its maiden voyage and had a great time. We progressed to tougher and tougher encounters until eventually I was forced to jump away after taking a beating. The alarms were shreaking and fires were blazing but we were alive. I limped to the space station and had everything repaired and pulled a short distance away from the station to do a quick inspection of the ship since the alarms were still wailing.
As I was pulling away I heard a scream behind me and turned to see one of the gunners running around on fire and the white fires of plasma vents burning. I leaped out of my seat and caught fire but fought the fires while managing to stay alive. I moved about the ship until all the fires were extinguished but still the alarms wailed.
I knew there was a software glitch with these big ships and thought it was nothing more than just a false alarm. Everyone healed their burns and returned to their stations. As I proceeded into the cockpit I caught fire again. I checked the two conduits and they looked good then I tried to repair them and the system confirmed they were good. I landed and launched again and sure enough as soon as we got into space everyone caught fire (since they start in the cabin).
Needless to say I'm a bit distressed <lol>I don't want to have everyone's first experience on my Nova to be "Aaaaaah! I'm on FIRE!"
Has anyone else experienced this? Is there any option other than doing a redeed? I just decorated the ship and am not particularly fond of the idea of having to remove all my decorations but that sure is better than killing off my crew every time we launch =>P Help!
Infestus
Thu Dec 16, 2004 9:15 am
#2
its a known bug and very annoying one. thus far the only solutions are:
1) to wait for a server reset
2) log out for an hour or so (some say this has worked... other said not)
3) have a friend damage you in a duel to a point where a console ruptures and then repair it with a repair kit
4) redeed the nova and then bring it out again (not sure if this works)
some known/rumored causes
1) repairing at a station while the alarm is going off
2) hypering while the alarm is going off
3) missing consoles... example: boosters are causing the alarm... but no terminal to repair it (another bug in itself?)
***Edit***
the bug applies to all multipassenger ships (nova, decimator, YT)
and its the same for actual fires as it is for just the alarm.
Message Edited by Infestus on 12-16-2004 08:17 AM
da5in
Thu Dec 16, 2004 10:55 am
#3
Mayor,
No disrepect but...
How cool! You mean if your ship is damaged and on fire, the crew is at risk? That is some very cool RP stuff. I haven't had much opportunity to fight in a multiplayer ship, so sorry if I am overly excited about this.
As for the bug - that sux - if the fire is out, and everything is patched up, then the fire should stay out.
Bastilaa
Thu Dec 16, 2004 11:51 am
#4
a Re-Deed of your ship will fix the problem (or server reset) I have had it happen several times on my YT, once caused a triple incap 
Fidgiter
Thu Dec 16, 2004 12:06 pm
#5
Yeah, it was pretty cool. That's why I wrote it up as I did! It was alot of fun fighting for our lives to put out all the fires and one person actually died in the course of things and worse yet it was the doctor. The annoying part is that it couldn't be done since there wasa "hidden" conduit.
da5in wrote:
Mayor,
No disrepect but...
How cool! You mean if your ship is damaged and on fire, the crew is at risk? That is some very cool RP stuff. I haven't had much opportunity to fight in a multiplayer ship, so sorry if I am overly excited about this.
As for the bug - that sux - if the fire is out, and everything is patched up, then the fire should stay out.
La_Vo
Sun Dec 19, 2004 10:47 pm
#6
Not Cool
To redeed requires all items to be taken out of the ship, I died 3 times trying to empty the loot box. The room with the loot box is also affected by the fire bug. As it was 5am there were no docs available to come up to help me. I shall wait til this bug is fixed before taking any risks in my Nova again.
La'Vo
Master Carbineer/BH0400/Alliance Ace Pilot
Odajja
Sun Dec 19, 2004 10:58 pm
#7
It Prob the Best idea the Devs had for ships. And Its being Ruined by this bug. I have 2 VT now One i use for Cool factor and a Bare Bones no decor one for PVP. Whiich isnt often due to the bug.
FantasticPlastic
Mon Dec 20, 2004 5:49 am
#8
I agree it's a very cool idea. However the bug that prevents the fire from being fixed is a serious problem.
It's happened to me on my Decimator, and others have experienced it too.
http://forums.station.sony.com/swg/board/message?board.id=pilot&message.id=32700
O.
It's happened to me on my Decimator, and others have experienced it too.
http://forums.station.sony.com/swg/board/message?board.id=pilot&message.id=32700
O.
Bastilaa
Mon Dec 20, 2004 11:04 am
#9
La_Vo wrote:
Not Cool
To redeed requires all items to be taken out of the ship, I died 3 times trying to empty the loot box. The room with the loot box is also affected by the fire bug. As it was 5am there were no docs available to come up to help me. I shall wait til this bug is fixed before taking any risks in my Nova again.
La'Vo
Master Carbineer/BH0400/Alliance Ace Pilot
I have found a real easy way around the problem, just take Vercupti, this gives you a lot more time to resolve the issue.
Random note: Doaba on Corellia is the best place to land your ship, as when you take off you are within /comm distance of the station
Falcatta
Mon Dec 20, 2004 11:29 am
#10
Hey Fidgter
On my Alt's YT all it took to fix was to log out and back in.
If you think that's cool take that thing out on a tier 4 mission with the mission holder on the Nova. Take a fighter escort as well. We did that with D'lannia's nova and kibbs had the mission. I think there were about 5 of us doing escort around it.
All the incomming ties go for the mission holder on the nova so it's a good fight plus you get the added cool screenshot oppertunities.
Flying escort around a nova that's getting targeted is fun as hell.
On my Alt's YT all it took to fix was to log out and back in.
If you think that's cool take that thing out on a tier 4 mission with the mission holder on the Nova. Take a fighter escort as well. We did that with D'lannia's nova and kibbs had the mission. I think there were about 5 of us doing escort around it.
All the incomming ties go for the mission holder on the nova so it's a good fight plus you get the added cool screenshot oppertunities.
Flying escort around a nova that's getting targeted is fun as hell.
Fidgiter
Mon Dec 20, 2004 12:48 pm
#11
I've been getting pretty good use of the Nova despite this annoying bug and flying it with a fighter escort is definately awesome. It isn't hard to avoid the fire except when it is a cockpit fight and launching but being prepared for it avoids suprises. The sound is annoying for some but since I play without any sound it doesn't impact me.
The only thing that has worked to date is waiting until a server restart. The next day everything is back to normal.
I've tried logging out for 1 hour and it didn't work. I've tried fixing it before doing a jump and it didn't work.
CNevyn
Mon Dec 20, 2004 8:23 pm
#12
Feliz, having just purchased my Nova blueprints, I'm hesitant to buy the deed yet.. lol, I wanted to compliment you on lighting critical repair areas though, fantastic idea. I'll certainly use it when I prep mine. (Probably after they fix this bluddy bug...)
Bkiddin
Mon Dec 20, 2004 10:53 pm
#13
yeah its a REALLY annoying bug, i was in my friends nova and i thought i was going to pull my hair out. There needs to be an option to turn the stupid alarm off!!!!
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