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Can't use Architect Comlink inside missions?

Calash

By Calash,
Posted on: 2009-07-01 11:19 in Mission Architect

 

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One of my favorite things about the Architect Comlink (the Mission Engineer accolade power) was that it let me edit on the fly. If I found something in one of my missions that I didn't like, I could whip out the comlink and fix it.

Since I15 dropped, I get a pop-up saying that I can't use that power inside AE missions, or in my base.

Bug, or anti-farming measure?

edited because it might just be a bug, and I don't want to sound like a doooooom-cryer

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Yup. I experienced the "Can't edit in my base" thing last night and was like, "Huh? Wasn't this one of the big things mentioned about the Comlink initially, that you could edit with it even in your base?"

Sad Tubbius. Wonder if it's now the way it's supposed to be (a good guess that it is, given the pop-up it gives when you try to do it; that wouldn't be accidentally put in the game) or a slip-up/oversight. We'll see!

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Guess they decided it's too easy to get and nerfed it.

I'm kidding.

I hope.

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Wouldnt suprise me.

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You could use it inside the mission? How cool is that

Would the changes be live or would you have to reload the mission?

 

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I could sorta see not being able to use it in the actual AE missions, but I was also annoyed at not being able to use it in the SG/VG bases. I wonder if its related to that bug that will show people as being "on mission map" if they are actually in a base?

Seriously, though, I really need a patch to let me do this in the base.

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You could use it inside the mission? How cool is that

Would the changes be live or would you have to reload the mission?

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You would continue playing the version of the mission you loaded, but anyone who clicked it after you edited and republished would get the updated version. Very useful if you did something like forget to mark an objective as "Optional" or found a misspelling.

If this was done to prevent people from publishing, getting the team into the mission, then unpublishing before someone could notice and report their farm, I'll be very disappointed. Not least because this change won't affect the ability to do that at all. It'll just require a second account.

I'm holding out hope that it's a bug, but having gotten the same pop-up in AE missions, regular missions, and in my base, I'm not sure.

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This feels like one of those Star Trek TNG episodes where they're on the Holodeck, inside the Holodeck, and they all run around yelling, "Computer! End Program!"

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Not being able to use it in missions is certainly a loss, but not a big one for me.

What is a big loss for me is not being able to use it in an SG base. I really hope they put it back to the way it was.