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[Spike Brave]

A short video detailing the creation of units in Mechwarrior Online. Let me know if there is a tutorial you'd like to see. Thanks!

[RazorbeastFXK3]

Wonder if they'll create the option to re-join your created unit since you created/disbanded it. Or if they just haven't added the feature where the unit is removed from the database when there are no members within.

[Spike Brave]

RazorbeastFXK3, on 01 September 2014 - 08:43 AM, said:

Wonder if they'll create the option to re-join your created unit since you created/disbanded it. Or if they just haven't added the feature where the unit is removed from the database when there are no members within.

Not sure what the final plan will be, but I've opened a ticket with support and I'll share the results of that.

[Ayrmoon]

Hi Spike Brave... First, thanks for the shout-out. I feel famous now ;-). Second, I thought you were a Lone Wolf! What's up with creating your own unit? lol. Seriously, good job and info.

Is the name you chose a lore name in any way? If so, the unit name creation will reject it.

Happy Hunting,
Ayrmoon

[Spike Brave]

Ayrmoon, on 01 September 2014 - 10:54 AM, said:

Hi Spike Brave... First, thanks for the shout-out. I feel famous now ;-). Second, I thought you were a Lone Wolf! What's up with creating your own unit? lol. Seriously, good job and info.

Is the name you chose a lore name in any way? If so, the unit name creation will reject it.

Happy Hunting,
Ayrmoon

I was able to create a Unit named Brave's Myrmidons when I was testing out the stuff before I made this video. Wasn't sure if it would at the time because there is a tank with that name. Also I'm not sure what's up with the filter. I know the St Ives Lancers are a cannon unit. That's why I was surprised in the video when it went through. Not sure what's planned, so I'm thinking that the creation stuff will be improved once there's more to CW than just a list of players with a bank.

[Ayrmoon]

The St Ives Lancers could be something as simple as a spelling difference. For example, they might have spelled it out as, StIves Lancers or St. Ives Lancers. I have a feeling that the unit name generator would see all three of these as different.

But I'm guessing at that ;-)

[Warblood]

Great vid as always!

I think it might be time soon to make a post with all your vids in it an to get it stickied.

........ "Spike Brave's Uber Video Tutorials" ...........


or something like that.. lol

[Ayrmoon]

Warblood - I believe that you can find all of Spike Brave's tutorials in the "LIST OF COMMUNITY CREATED GUIDES/TUTORIALS" forum.

Happy Hunting,
Ayrmoon

[Spike Brave]

Update. They are working on back end stuff to make this easier to correct. So they are aware and working on it.

[Leontine]

Alright I followed these steps and have been working for 4 hours straight trying to create a unit. I have tried using names that are totally original and I keep getting a message that says, "An error has occurred. Cannot create unit." I have also tried using lore specific terms thinking that would work but I get an error message for that too, complaining I am using lore terms. I tried some other names and got a message saying that unit name exists. In a fit of frustration I ran my hand across my keyboard making up random jibberish (you can't get more "unique" than that) and I STILL get this error message. Any thoughts? I am about to just call their 1-800 number and talk to them directly about it. ------Next day I had an idea on why I keep getting errors. The tags I was trying to use were already taken. So I now have a unit called Battalion with a random tag of nqw and it worked. So make sure both tags and Unit name are unique and it should work. Happy hunting.

Edited by Leontine, 22 September 2014 - 09:33 AM.