Server error at engineers

[Cosmo Bozo]

Anyone else getting a server error while trying to engineer a module? Doesn't crash or anything, it just doesn't work and says, server error, press ok to return to station services
I've just reported in on the issue tracker but was wondering if it's just me or is widespread.

 

[apolloz]

Yes I get this, I am using a older ship that I haven't engineered for a long time and when I select a remote engineer option to update a module I get a server error.
I’m wondering if it has legacy engineered modules that is causing a bug. I’m going to load into horizons and see what it does.

 

[Drobkomant]

I am getting this error too. It is strange some modules i can upgrade with remote engineers, some i can upgrade on site, soma can't be upgraded with experimental and some not at all even at the engineer. For example The Dweller can upgrade my beam lasers fine with experimental effects but can't upgrade power distributors at all even on site.
EDIT: So it seems it was legacy module. When I changed game to Horizons it could be converted and upgraded again.

 

[RealNerdyViking]

I found the solution. I was having the same problem and it was driving me crazy. You have a "legacy mod" installed on your module. Either trade for a new module, (sell old one and buy a new one) or you can fly to the engineer, switch to HORIZONS and NOT Odyssey. When you go to access the mod, it will prompt you to update the previous legacy mod and everything will work as normal.

 

[SARMAT]

Is this a joke? I hope its just bug and will be fixed soon. My anaconda have prismatic shield and i dont want farm another standings for another prismatic shield

 

[FX2K]

Just another thing broken in Odyssey.
Load into Horizons and it works ok, for me at least.

No option to convert in Odyssey (FSD did convert though)

But in Horizons:

FAQ: Something is broken
Solution: Use Horizons

 

[specialsymbol]

So I can only upgrade my modules when I install Horizons?

I need a new SSD.

 

[Darth Ender]

This doesn't work in horizons either if the legacy engineer mod is only level 1.
It wont even let you straight remove it. Just yellow adder's back to main menu. Bunch of transaction server error nonsense.

Guess The only way to deal with these that can't be converted is to sell them and rebuy new modules.

(this is failing in horizons and odyssey. (when you are dealing with g1 legacy mods)

At least fdev is consistent (when it comes to quality assurance).

 

[cmdr milesred]

fwiw a legacy mod is one entire Grade below the equivalent of what you see you have

if your module is G5 but is Legacy = G4 once converted.
so, if you had a G1, there is nothing to do except convert it to 0 or remove, = the same thing on anything G1

Note any experimental you have prior to converting from Legacy because it will get removed.

As for EDO, probably not completed coding yet, no idea really.
I can say that since U12, the servers seem to be drowning and are throwing out more colored snakes relevant to not being able to find cmdr or cmdr data. for EDO. yay

and you will want the engineer that you used, another that does the same thing can't convert another engineers blueprint from Legacy.
as in Farseer can't fix/convert a legacy G5 Thrusters, sadly, even though she might have been the first engineer on your thrusters, she didn't go to G5, so she can't fix it.
easiest is to just go to the engineer that goes to G5 for any Legacy conversion.

 

[Darth Ender]

i was at an engineer that does g5. i was trying to convert a g1 since that's what the game tells you to do but it fails.

i then went into the module refitting screen and tried directly removing the modification from the module. it failed and crashed back to menu.

the errors were all server side.

this happened in odyssey and horizons. both failures happened in both versions.

 

[cmdr milesred]

also, not always BEST doing a conversion from Legacy.

Certain Modules remain overpowered from God rolls that still can't be beat.

It would have been nice to allow the experimental to remain, sadly it gets removed upon conversion.
Materials aren't free.

I want a reverse Engineer, we really need one. A guy that can take modules apart and give us back the materials.
I don't want or need the materials, I just hate waste.
The number 1 most valuable thing in game is TIME.
It took time to do engineering and I can't get the time back, but I would like to keep things I earned or built and if they are old and need converting, I think a specialist would be a better option rather than use an engineer that just overwrites stuff.

but, another time, currently in EDO its 100 times worse, can't replace anything engineered...wow what the? who thought that up?
Can't get materials for weapon or suit upgrade in any fashion similar to Horizons
Re EDO: But then...took me 1 upgrade to realize there is no reason to upgrade suits or weapons.

In Horizons there is huge reason. don't engineer, you become a toy for the NPC 's
can't chase them, can't run from them.
So, engineer or just run or die a lot or take forever to accomplish anything.

 

[cmdr milesred]

i was at an engineer that does g5. i was trying to convert a g1 since that's what the game tells you to do but it fails.

i then went into the module refitting screen and tried directly removing the modification from the module. it failed and crashed back to menu.

the errors were all server side.

this happened in odyssey and horizons. both failures happened in both versions.

nice

probably due to whatever they did to U12 that is causing so many errors.
black adder 10-20 times a day for me - every time I try to re-board from foot.
Scarlett Krait a few times..

I have not been able to go on foot since U12 without getting Black Adder when I re-board my ship

I can, but to get back into my ship if I do, I have to switch to Horizons. And its just not worth the effort. so till they fix U12 I can only stay in my ship or my srv in EDO
and that's normal for Horizons...really prefer never to leave my ship anyway.


doesn't even take any effort
disembark
do nothing except next step..
board
Black adder
over and over
only fix is go back into Horizons

 

[cmdr milesred]

I just did a legacy power plant, in horizons..i won't touch engineering on my ships in EDO except for the few ships I built FOR EDO, expecting them to vanish.

anyway
it errored and back to menu at station
so, I removed the engineering in outfitting and went ahead and did new no problems.
I could wait I suppose, but I wanted it now.

shaking the dust off an old fdl

 

[Darth Ender]

I just did a legacy power plant, in horizons..i won't touch engineering on my ships in EDO except for the few ships I built FOR EDO, expecting them to vanish.

anyway
it errored and back to menu at station
so, I removed the engineering in outfitting and went ahead and did new no problems.
I could wait I suppose, but I wanted it now.

shaking the dust off an old fdl

it only seems impossible on grade 1 legacy stuff. Anything higher and you can manually remove it if the conversion fails. And the conversion wont always fail.

I had to sell my grade 1 legacy modules and buy fresh new ones.

 

[Flying Peanut]

Bought a new Phantom and wanted to upgrade the FSD. On step 4 it flunked and gave an error. Went back to Farseer and there I had no problems to get to 5 . Unpinned and pinned ..Lets see if that helps enough.