Issues, Workarounds & Localization

i loaded 8 sisters probes into probe launcher and docked.
probes disappeared.
where do i need to write about that?

it there any thread about "technical issues" in this forum?



Just FYI -- unload probes before you dock

yes, i already received answers in the help channnel "CCP IS SAINT, YOU ARE IDIOT, CHECK YOUR CARGO",
or this your moronic "USE NON-EXISTING OPTION RECONNECT TO LOST PROBES"


i see many other people sent similar complaints

I haven't fully tested it myself but I think the general idea these days is that you're not supposed to be able to lose probes. For example, I believe it got changed a while back that when probes time out they now return to cargo rather than being lost. Supposedly unexpected disconnects can still cause them to be lost, and in Rookie Chat I occasionally see people claiming to have lost them (though often they've just been misplaced).

It's useful to carry 16 probes instead of just 8, since the auto-reload mechanic in Eve only works at the moment the launcher goes empty, so having 16 probes means there are 8 available to reload automatically at the moment you launch the first set, so you never have to worry about manually reloading the launcher.

The other reason of course is that if something bad does happen to your first set of probes, you have a backup.

And if you're lost in W-space and lose your probes I think you can still potentially beg Signal Cartel to bring you a replacement set if you get desperate.

Something unexpected happens, insults people who would help him, expects... what? GMs to spontaneously show up at his house with cake and ice cream?

The thing with solving issues is starting with the easy most likely stuff and working your way through to the obscure less likely stuff. If you don't want to go through that process, then help your own self.

People try to help me.

Instead I insult them and call them useless.

I see you will get far in EVE. After all, it is a single player game.

Probes only disapear if you start reload and dock to the citadel before reload finished. Happened to me few times. Not a bug - an issue. Just wait with docking into citadel untill reload is finished. For those unbelievers - probes do disapear, they are not in almost empty cargo, nor they are in space... So any "undock and reconnect " or other "reload and wait" will not help. You just have to be patient with reload and docking.

Ummmm ... what?

The "Reconnect to Lost Probes" button is at the top-right of the probe pane.

You might not be seeing the probe pane, because it seems to be collapsed by default for some stupid reason. Click-hold-and-drag downward to near the top of the results pane, in order to expand the probe pane; if you look closely at the top of the results pane, you can see the horizontal bar that marks the bottom of the probe pane.

The probe pane is the only way I know of to activate and deactivate individual probes (or groups by holding SHIFT or CTRL and clicking to select), so that a single-probe system scan can be done to quickly ID signatures based on their relative size. I also use it to change probe range 'cause I'm old-skool (learned in 2009).

Yea. It happens. I've just returned 8 lost RSS probes using support ticket.
First time i docked before reload finished.
Second time i waited for launcher to reload and then docked. Still. Probes are nowhere.

It looks like this is known bug to CCP. Make a support ticket if you care (for me RSS probes worth the time and effort while Sisters don't).

Had them disappear as well when I switch ship at an Orca while they are still reloading

if you loaded them, arent they in your probe launcher and not in cargo?

if they hadnt fully loaded, i have today learnt about a bug others have had- submit bug report