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Bug Avoidance Thread (v4.0.2)
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How to avoid the worst bugs in Star Citizen (as of v4.0.2)
The first trick you'll need to learn is how to Server/Region Hop. Some of the worst bugs require just leaving the current server and going to a different one.
To force a server change you'll need to exit back to menu and change your region to something else.
Note: If you attempt to start the game in the same region, the game leans toward placing you in the server where you've been most recently.
Elevators
- Bed log as often as you can to avoid current hangar instance issues and set your spawn at a less popular station. Most hangar instance issues have been fixed by now, but they occassionally pop back up in busier stations (such as Checkmate) on certain servers.
- If the elevator to your hangar isn't working, try all the other elevators. If none of the elevators work, you'll either need to go to a "Pad" and hitch a ride with someone, or server hop to find a working server.
To avoid losing cargo, always store your ship (completely) before leaving your hangar.
There's a nasty bug where leaving your hangar by elevator doesn't properly store your ship, so it often will lose cargo, or else it will need to be reclaimed before you can retrieve it.
Wait for the elevator to completely store your ship (either the ship icon dissappears or the hangar lights turn back on) before leaving.
To avoid losing refinery jobs, retrieve your ship first, then store it before collecting any cargo from the refinery.
Refineries are still using old tech, so you can't send the cargo directly to the station inventory. You need to make sure that your hangar has been instanced first by spawning (and then storing) a ship.
If you collect a refinery job and the cargo doesn't appear on the ship, store and then re-retrieve the ship to get the cargo to appear.
I have had to do this a few times in a row to get the cargo to finally appear (well I haven't had to do it more than 2 times in a row... Yet).If you happen to be using a Hull-A for this, I would recommend extending the spindle first before storing the ship.
Always turn off engines when landing anywhere with gravity.
Ships have a bad habit of becoming airborne, if it does become air-borne, try to climb a nearby structure and jump to your ship... If it's barely off the ground you can remove certain armor components and stack them as boxes to try to get a little higher.
Note: The only exception to this is if you're bed logging while landed on a planet. In that case, the next time you load in, there's a chance that your ship spawns in before the ground does, and you will fall under the planet's surface. So leave your engines on if you plan to bed log while landed (or in atmosphere in general).