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Either I'm doing something wrong, or it's a bug from the patch. I have others that I've already done it to, but this is annoying.
Can't add experimental to the pre-engineered 5A FSD
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The work around from ages back used to be to buy another FSD from the engineer, then reinstall the pre-engineered one, it would then let you add the experimental effect... Give it a go and see if it still works!
Good luck.
Good luck.
What a gem, I did not know this !
I have the 3A PP and my triple salvation shard icourier really needs it to stay quick (darn glaives), but few days ago I tried and failed to add thermal experimental. Now I can believe again, until I find out. Thanks!
Unfortunately, this workaround did not work for me, so perhaps this has been done by design rather than a bug. Annoying for me, as I didn't quite have time to finish getting the mats before update 18 dropped.
I'd say it's unlikely. What probably happened is some preparation to changes in engineering or outfitting (assuming they will get touched on during this year) fudging that.
FDev is slow to make changes, but once things change, they are properly documented and take a long time to be touched again. That nerf would DEFINITELY be included on patch notes.
Since 5A's are used the most popular ships, it will get hotfixed soon, as long as people put that on the tracker and keep bringing it up. Anyone already spotted a Issue on the Tracker for this? Might be good to add here so we can start upvoting it. And if someone knows how to summon mods, that might help too.
That's a shame. Perhaps a quick call for help from Support might get it sorted, they are normally excellent if the issue is one that is 'legal'.
You'll have to wait until fdev have fixed this bug (again).
This is a zombie bug which had already been fixed once long ago iirc, they just managed to resurrect it somehow, apparently.
This is a zombie bug which had already been fixed once long ago iirc, they just managed to resurrect it somehow, apparently.
This. That has also been a major annoyance with the size 4 and 6 FSD from the Colonia bridge CGs. It's just sad if U18 patched/broke that yet again.
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Awesome.
Apparently I became the happy owner of a bunch of such modules with perfectly working experimental effects on them while randomly selected other people are forbidden to do the same.
Marvellous game design.
Btw fdev, can I finally buy a couple of CG multicannons at tech brokers? Pretty please?
Sounds like an exploit. The thing is already engineered. It is clearly intended not to engineer it again.
Adding an experimental effect is not "engineering it again".
That's literally the only way to put any experimental effect on any module, the module already has to be engineered before you can do that.
How about you check the answer of the support team the user above me posted.
Of course it isn't supposed to be engineered again, if someone did that then BOTH of the engineering effects on it would disappear...
Experimental effects are put on after engineering, but you wouldn't know that, would you?
It wasn't long after they were released that Frontier 'fixed' not being able to add an experimental. It looks like U18 has regressed.
They said it was intended behaviour.
Well, they must have changed their intention fairly recently then, because this very clearly wasn't how it was working for a long time.
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