Custom weapon disappeared

jrivett · Post by **jrivett** » Sun Feb 17, 2013 2:39 am

I created a custom Particle weapon in the Weapons Lab, and it appeared in my cargo as expected. I moved the installed Particle weapon to cargo, and tried to install the new weapon, but it just disappeared. It wasn't sold (no confirmation dialog), it isn't in my hangar, and it wasn't jettisoned. Where did it go? Worse still, when I reloaded the game I saved just after creating the new weapon, it was still nowhere to be found.

Any ideas?

Post by **Vice** » Sun Feb 17, 2013 2:49 am

I ran through a series of tests and verified all check systems are in place and working, I couldn't duplicate what you describe. So unless you disabled the double checking, it would verify before selling it. So a couple of questions surface. What sector did this take place in? What method did you use to try and install the cannon on your ship? And finally, what version of the game are you using?

I'd be interested in seeing your current pilot profile that this happened with, you can send it to me via e-mail (starwraith.com > contact).

jrivett · Post by **jrivett** » Sun Feb 17, 2013 12:22 pm

Sector: Olympus Delta; Harris Mining Station
Method used to equip new weapon from cargo: right-click
Version of game: V2.308

I just noticed that even though the slot for the Particle weapon shows as Empty, it also shows a sale value of 3420. Also, when I select Particle weapon only and fire, nothing happens but my energy drops.

Whaaaa?

Shieldwolf · Post by **Shieldwolf** » Sun Feb 17, 2013 2:14 pm

woof.... Try swapping between ships in the hanger Vice. That's where I had the same problem too.

Maarschalk · Post by **Maarschalk** » Sun Feb 17, 2013 3:31 pm

From post: 158927, Topic: tid=10608, author=jrivett wrote:Sector: Olympus Delta; Harris Mining Station
Method used to equip new weapon from cargo: right-click
Version of game: V2.308

I just noticed that even though the slot for the Particle weapon shows as Empty, it also shows a sale value of 3420. Also, when I select Particle weapon only and fire, nothing happens but my energy drops.

Whaaaa?

LOL!.... Did you try to Target an enemy ship and shoot at it,
you might have a cloaked particle cannon invisible weapon!.....

:P:P:P:P:P

Lazarus · Post by **Lazarus** » Sun Feb 17, 2013 5:27 pm

From post: 158929, Topic: tid=10608, author=Shieldwolf wrote:woof.... Try swapping between ships in the hanger Vice. That's where I had the same problem too.

Can confirm this. Custom weapons don't like Mr. Hanger.

Post by **Vice** » Sun Feb 17, 2013 9:07 pm

I've tried swapping ships and custom weapons to/from hangars and custom weapons to/from the cargo bay without success in duplicating the issue. If someone can post steps to duplicate it, I can look into it further.

I also haven't received your profile for analysis yet jrivett.

jrivett · Post by **jrivett** » Mon Feb 18, 2013 12:52 am

Pilot file attached.

Post by **Vice** » Mon Feb 18, 2013 3:12 am

Thanks for the profile. It all looks good, including recently stored activities. So a couple of possibilities came to mind. The design may have failed one of the integrity checks, which may have a flaw in it. An old profile was copied over in an attempt to restore past conditions. Or the transfer system for one/two categories has a flaw in it that only surfaces when trying transfers under certain conditions (ie with two items in the cargo bay of the same class or something). Was this in single player or multiplayer? Do you have a copy of the profile at an older state with the custom particle somewhere (ship or hanger)? Maybe saved in another slot? Do you recall what the custom settings you applied where, including weapon class and slider values? I can continue to try to duplicate the problem using your profile with that information.

jrivett · Post by **jrivett** » Mon Feb 18, 2013 6:34 am

The weapon I created was a Fusion Particle type, with all the sliders cranked all the way up (hey, I was curious). My cargo hold was empty at the time. The weapon appeared with a weird designation that I can't recall, but it seemed to be a representation of the characteristics of the weapon. The equipped weapons were a Metal Vapor Beam weapon and a Particle weapon that I can't recall right now. This is all in single player mode. I don't have a profile with the weapon: I saved immediately after I created it, but when I loaded that profile right after the weapon disappeared, the weapon was still nowhere to be found, so it must have been auto-saved somehow. I'm not sure about that, since I'm a bit unclear on the conditions under which profiles are auto-saved.

Shieldwolf · Post by **Shieldwolf** » Mon Feb 18, 2013 6:43 am

From post: 158955, Topic: tid=10608, author=Vice wrote: So a couple of possibilities came to mind. The design may have failed one of the integrity checks, which may have a flaw in it. An old profile was copied over in an attempt to restore past conditions. Or the transfer system for one/two categories has a flaw in it that only surfaces when trying transfers under certain conditions (ie with two items in the cargo bay of the same class or something). Was this in single player or multiplayer?

woof.... Mine was an older save, so that may be my problem. I was only able to transfer 1 custom weapon over, but not the other. ( Kept the one I wanted more. So right now am ok with it.) Mine was in multiplayer. Anyways, thanks for your insight Vice.

jrivett · Post by **jrivett** » Tue Feb 19, 2013 6:23 pm

Okay, I tried it again. This time I made sure that I had no Particle weapon equipped. The new weapon (exactly the same specs as the last time) was equipped immediately when I created it. It appears as "P:FP>82Y/79R/16C". Works fine.