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[Swinebeast]

Hey guys, new player here, well when I play a match I will be but at the moment I can't add armor to my firebrand, I stripped it and can add weapons but the up and down armor arrows are blank.
Even from an empty mech this is the case, armor bar at the bottom says 0 with a grey bar.
I tried dragging off the upgrades to "reset" the armor but I can't, am a little frustrated with this.
I have checked out the guides and I can't see where I going wrong.

Any help for a frustrated newbie?

[Damon Howe]

Your problem sounds...unusual....

You're saying even when you've stripped all the armor off the mech, you can't increase it?

Edit: Remember that while you may have say 80 pts of armor for your Right Torso, that's 80 points front AND back. So if you have 14 points on the back, the max you can have on the front is 66.

Edited by Damon Howe, 01 April 2014 - 04:30 PM.

[990Dreams]

Never heard of this. Hitting print screen can take screen shots and this will let you upload them (I use it).

That would help diagnose the problem better. Maybe Koniving could understand better. Have you tried rebooting the game?

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Edited by DavidHurricane, 01 April 2014 - 04:34 PM.

[Marvyn Dodgers]

When in doubt, take screenshots and submit a support ticket.

[Alaskan Nobody]

Marvyn Dodgers, on 01 April 2014 - 04:32 PM, said:

When in doubt, take screenshots and submit a support ticket.

Seconding this - very strongly seconding this.

[Swinebeast]

Thanks guys, here is the link http://s23.postimg.o...fij/Armprob.png

You can see the greyed out up/down buttons.

Will submit a support ticket as I have no item/mech images anymore after the new patch (armour wasn't working on prev version yesterday).

Have used the fixer utility, and then did a fresh install to another directory, no joy.

Any ideas?

[Alaskan Nobody]

Swinebeast, on 01 April 2014 - 08:22 PM, said:

Any ideas?

Since you are also missing the images for the items (DHS and Beagle...) I would assume (dangerous I know) something bigger than just that - corrupted install that the "fixer" isn't seeing maybe

[Modo44]

Maybe you put in some upgrades or equipment/weapons that you have no Cbills for. Your screenshot shows 0 Cbills. Try removing all new elements. If that does not help, contact support. This may be a new bug.

I saw this happen when I tried equipping an Upgrade, like Endo Steel, without enough Cbills to actually buy it. It let me build the mech, but armor values could only be lowered. Note that the equipment list includes the number of owned items, and the UI should ask when you first try to add something new.

Since you are just starting, you need to play some matches with the trial mechs and whatever came stock with your Firebrand or other mechs you bought for MC. You will quickly earn Cbills during the first 25 matches, so you should have no trouble upgrading your mechs.

Edited by Modo44, 01 April 2014 - 08:47 PM.

[Alaskan Nobody]

Modo44, on 01 April 2014 - 08:32 PM, said:

I saw this happen when I tried equipping an Upgrade, like Endo Steel, without enough Cbills to actually buy it. It let me build the mech, but armor values could only be lowered. Maybe you put in some upgrades or equipment/weapons that you have no Cbills for. Try removing them.

An interesting thought - and one I had not considered (as if that would/could/should remove it from consideration )
But, he has no debt listed - no armor equipped - but enough Cbills to buy at least some armor - so I doubt it's that.

[Swinebeast]

Ok submitted a support ticket.

Well the full events were, after I bought the Firebrand it was already loaded out with armour of course,
the first thing I did exploring the mechlab interface was to click the down armour arrows, I realised the armour would remove but the "up" button stayed greyed which I thought was odd.
After realising my armour had gone MIA I stripped the Firebrand, then added everything back again except I still couldn't add the armour.

I left it thinking I would work it out later, downloaded the new patch, and now the images are gone, also I have random "available" Items that I haven't purchased but are marked as available (tho are not of course).
There is a reference to the "No image" patch problem in the Patch feedback section in the forum but I cant post because im a noob...lol

Ah well, thanks guys, will see what support says, frustrating as tho, Hawken gave me the urge to play a proper mech sim (I flight/race sim Primarily), MechWarrior online looks the goods.

Thanks again.

[TheCaptainJZ]

Yeah, this is definitely a bug and Support will sort it out for you. If the error is database related, you shouldn't have to do anything on your end. You might also have corrupted files on your end so uninstalling, deleting everything, and reinstalling might be necessary...but you can see if that's what support asks of you first.

[Swinebeast]

Thanks everyone for taking the time to help and thanks DavidHurricane for the links, seems like a great community.
Looking forward to stomp around the battlefield with you guys when all systems are nominal...lol. S!

Edited by Swinebeast, 01 April 2014 - 10:51 PM.

[IraqiWalker]

Swinebeast, on 01 April 2014 - 04:25 PM, said:

Hey guys, new player here, well when I play a match I will be but at the moment I can't add armor to my firebrand, I stripped it and can add weapons but the up and down armor arrows are blank.
Even from an empty mech this is the case, armor bar at the bottom says 0 with a grey bar.
I tried dragging off the upgrades to "reset" the armor but I can't, am a little frustrated with this.
I have checked out the guides and I can't see where I going wrong.

Any help for a frustrated newbie?

I had that problem once before.

It fixed itself by itself.

File a ticket nonetheless.

Or close client and log back in

[ThatBum42]

Just a note, the missing item pictures and mech portraits is a separate bug having to do with the 1 Apr patch.

[Swinebeast]

Fixed!
I joined a game using the Firebrand without armour. Then exited (I didn't realise I would be still in the game, apologies guys).
When the match was over I was able to allocate armour to my mech!
Still no images tho but it seems a common problem so shouldn't take long for a fix.
Main thing is I'm ready to get stompy!
Thanks again to all.

[AlmightyAeng]

Good call on the Firebrand, btw. It's a Beast (pun slightly intended). If you want tips on piloting/how to outfit it, there are always people here willing to lend a hand (but I'll wait until you ask, rather than flood you with info)

[luxebo]

And remember that you'd need two other Jagermechs to level and master it. I don't believe you have your Cadet Bonus done yet, so play the remaining of the 25 matches and use your Firebrand, as it's a hero and it has 30% C-bill bonus (don't know if anyone mentioned yet). This will result in even more payout for the Cadet Bonus.

[AlmightyAeng]

Yeah, I would LOVE to see what the recorded earnings are for a brand new player, who has a hero mech AND premium time after 25 matches

[luxebo]

Ghost Badger, on 02 April 2014 - 09:58 AM, said:

Yeah, I would LOVE to see what the recorded earnings are for a brand new player, who has a hero mech AND premium time after 25 matches

iirc it's around 17 million! With premium time, you'd barely have enough for an Atlas K iirc. And with hero mech you'd have around enough for an Awesome 9M. So both together is capable of fully outfitting an Atlas K!

[IraqiWalker]

Swinebeast, on 02 April 2014 - 05:34 AM, said:

Main thing is I'm ready to get stompy!

THAT's the proper attitude to have.

Add me if you want a drop partner XD.

Ghost Badger, on 02 April 2014 - 09:58 AM, said:

Yeah, I would LOVE to see what the recorded earnings are for a brand new player, who has a hero mech AND premium time after 25 matches

Luxebo is on the mark there.

Just regular cadet bonus with no hero or premium is about 9-11 Mil. C-Bills. (made about 9.6 myself and I'm pretty sure I didn't deal more than 50 damage until around my 10th game. Stock COM-2D trial FTW.)

With Hero and no premium it's about 12-15 Mil. (Maybe 16)

With both hero and premium it is about 15-18 Mil.