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I have been running to a issues with my batteries, every time I log in or beam to my ship I always have to replace my batteries, This has gotten very annoying as I don't always notice and when I need to use my batteries they are not there.
Anyone else having this problem?
Anyone else having this problem?
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So, I can not help you. No, I do not use loadouts at all.
“Tell me and I forget. Teach me and I remember. Involve me and I learn.” -- Benjamin Franklin
So Cryptic changed how batteries work, in your inv/bank that stack of 20 is still a stack of 20, but once you slot it onto your ship it changes, it's now a single battery with 20 uses.
I suspect it was done this way because each item you slot on a ship is given a unique ID, that way the loadout system knows which item belongs in which slot.
The cause of most peoples issue with batteries is "topping up", basically doing that breaks the loadout, as that battery no longer has the same unique ID the loadout is looking for, so when you change space maps the system dumps them into your inventory.
Easiest way to deal with them is to carry a couple of full stacks in your inventory, sit in a social space map, remove the depleted batteries from the device slots and replace them with full stacks, then update your loadout to save the changes. Sometimes even this isn't enough to stop them being dumped back in to the inventory, to avoid this once you have saved the changes, and before you change maps, drag the batteries back into your inventory then click on the loadout to have the system slot them back into place.
Now for those who don't use loadouts, what you might not realise is that every ship has a "basic" loadout, if they didn't every time you changed maps all your gear would be in your inventory, problem with them is the only way to "lock" any changes you make is to change toons or quit the game.
“Tell me and I forget. Teach me and I remember. Involve me and I learn.” -- Benjamin Franklin
Strangely enough, this has been happening to me recently WITH loadouts saved. I thought it was just me the other night, but then it happened again. Not sure what's going on with this.
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Scroll back a bit.... Read the post by bejaymac.... he explains how those stacks of batteries work with the loadout system, now.
“Tell me and I forget. Teach me and I remember. Involve me and I learn.” -- Benjamin Franklin
As an old school game moder and sometimes beta tester I have a better understanding on how game code works than most, so when loadouts first came out I had to do a fair bit of experimenting, stuff just wasn't staying on my ship when I changed maps.
The info in my previous post is what my coder experience has told must be happening, but I can't guarantee it, it's just that it ties in nicely with everything I was seeing during my experiments.
Edit I tried what Bejaymac said about removing the whole stack and reequipping when in need of topping up and it works no more batteries removed and placed back into my inventory. Thank you again good sir
Hello rubber banding my old friend, time to bounce around the battlezone again, where are all my bug reports going?, out of love with this game I am falling, As Cryptic fail to acknowledge a problem exists, Shakes an angry fist, And from Support all I'm hearing are the sounds of silence.
Exactly why it works, who knows for sure, I just know that I have never had a problem with batteries, or any stackable item, disappearing from my device slots.