Cannot spawn vehicle - anyone else have the same?

[Gabrial]

OK, I have 2 characters : one can drive a sunderer the other a magrider. Every now and again (more often than not actually) they do not have the option to buy their vehicles and are faced with just being able to get an Ant. Anyone else have this problem?

 

[CliffyG]

You are only able to get certain vehicles if other types of base are in your control. Not sure what types you need for what vehicles though but i think it's in the manual.

 

[moo_work]

yeah often i can't spawn a reaver, only ANT comes up on the list - but i see other people spawning reavers from the same pad. If im not in a squad i relog and suddenly i can spawn reavers.

fucking anoying bug tho

 

[ViscountC]

"Advanced" vehicles - like the Reaver, the Sunderer and empire-specific buggies - are only available if your empire owns a linked Technology Centre base.

See - there *is* a point to owning the different types of bases (and it makes the 3-point Thresher even less attractive than the 2-point Harasser)

 

[moo_work]

so how come we did own a linked tech base & other people were spawning reavers of the same pad that i could only spawn ants from ??

bug imo

 

[Gabrial]

Moo - Ive seen the same thing where people spawn a 4 point reaver and I cant get my 3 point sunderer.

Cliff/ViscountC - I hadnt heard of this but I'll check up on it to see what it says about it. It makes sense what you are saying and would make capturing certain bases more important than others.

 

[Gabrial]

OK - found this in the manual:

Tech Plant - Provides access to advanced assault vehicles such as the Reaver, Heavy Assault Buggies, and Heavy Assault Tanks.

But this doesnt explain why some people in the queue can spawn a reaver while I cant spawn my sunderer I'll post a request in and ask them I think - I logged it using /bug in-game but no response. If it is a facility based thing then the option should be greyed out with some text saying "Your Empire does not hold the correct facility for this vehicle type", or something similar.

 

[bone_idle]

Maybe the tech plant got hacked just before you went to spawn a vehicle.

Saying that though this did happen to me when i had my reaver for all of 24hrs.

Also has anyone come across the non opening door bug. This has happened to me & squad mates quite a few times. And it seems to be in NC operated bases 95% of the time.

Maybe NC have a secret weapon. A Mig welder to weld shut CC doors

 

[Scooba Da Bass]

It happens all the time, and not in NC bases, but yes, it is incredibly annoying.

 

[[PS]Venom]

Uh the linked tech plant thing is broken Not active yet. At the moment none of the bases provide the things they're supposed to provide, AFAIK.

Not being able to spawn certain vehicles is a bug

Might be wrong though.

This patch fixes interlink facilities so that if you hold one on the continent all gun turrets auto fire at enemies. Joy.

 

[[PS]Riddler]

Gifv mig welder

 

[Gabrial]

Im pretty certain its a bug.

Last night me and a squaddie both tried to spawn sunderers (we are both certified for the sunderer). I only had the option for an ANT, he had the option for both a sunderer and an ant.

So there we go, its pretty much confirmed

 

[flownalk]

its a bug had it happy a few times to me, cant me mag out.. next grunt comes along and buys one GRRRRR

 

[Uriron]

Yep must be bug everyone getting reavers whilst I couldn't. I asked an outfit mate to unlock his reaver for me whilst he got another..

Quite annoying when you choose to respawn at a base quite a way from the action to get some air support and end up driving a bloody ANT back to the hotspot

 

[Deady]

http://boards.station.sony.com/ubb/planetside/Forum6/HTML/001534.html

 

[Gabrial]

Ive read about 5 posts now referring to this on the PS forums - I've even emailed the support people and logged it 3 times using /bug in game. Still no acknowledgement though so not sure they are doing anything about it.

 

[Gewny]

I have tested this on several occousions, and yes this bug is very much existing.

I have several times seen it, go to get killed somewhere and then next time I try its there like 2 mins later or so.

 

[Gabrial]

Quick update : I emailed the support guys and they confirm its a bug and asked me to /appeal in game when it happens. Just to let everyone know its acknowledged as a problem and that if we /appeal in game we can help them track it down.