Crafting and blueprints. Do's and Don'ts

i came to next island with out blue print books but i bought some blue prints from auction to name one cobuster bp so i went to the crafting terminal with no book to put it in their is a box at the crafting terminal operate it first get the menu up drag the bp into that little box at the top left hand corner you have to get it in the box with a perfect fit cover the box completely with the bp trust me it works the only reson for a book is to keep them in order to dave room why waste 1 ped for a book when you only have a few blueprints like combuster , maybe 1 armour bp and 1 gun bp makes sense

whats your thoughts on this and try it out if you want

look at the picture op gave us see the blue print i nthat little tiny box in the left top corner thats where you put it no need for books then drag youre stuff into the material box split or stacks up to you

 

they've disabled bp books?!?!?! now they tell me!!! need to check
edit: it works!!!!
reedit:f*** it fits tehre but it still says bp needs to be in bp book

 

I never had materials to craft my item so i couldent clik

Its a good start tho i was close so do we need a book for the blueprints to work with my tip

 

Unless something has changed drastically you can't craft unless the bp is in the proper book, even if you can stick it on the interface, it won't do anything. At least that is how it has been for years as far as I know, will have to try it myself ofc if I can ever get support to help me log back in (moan bitch moan bitch etc)

 

ty Manny, I guess I can't log in because I did something the game didn't like, changed graphics settings while flying a vtol to see more detail. Instant ctd, and that is all I can get now ever since, right after the loading screen. Worried I have lost the vtol and no response yet from support :( (sorry for the off topic all, carry on, just have to play something else :)

 

Good info Manny, I would put this particular quote in bold type, I learned to my cost when I'd been in game for only a week that unlike other items the mark-up on a blueprint does not necessarily reflect its actual market value.

+rep

 

Graphics Settings

Lee, that same kind of thing happened to me a few weeks ago. I changed the graphics settings while some kind of animation was happening ( I don't have a vehicle) and CTD. For an hour or so I could not login without CTD.

I tried multiple combinations of low graphics quality and then safe mode , full screen and windowed and running the repair function from Tools>options in the client loader, and clearing the shader cache and finally I could login again.

Not a step by step or a guarantee but worth a shot.

Let us know if you find the sequence that works so you can be more helpful than I ;)

 

Very nice explanation Manny, thanks for the excellent work

 

Blueprints

I found out the hard way, being a complete noob to NI and all of Entropia for that matter - buying blueprints right after you start out is completely pointless - because you don't have any MATS (materials) to make anything... so why exactly are you guys telling people how to buy blueprints and blueprint books without even mentioning anything about materials? :palm:

I've only been playing this for a few weeks and I've already been "scammed" several times by people saying they're helping me out. I'm now getting so frustrated with the game I might not even bother playing it anymore, because I'm now at the point where I cannot do anything other than chase monkeys and boars around sweating them, or walking around all over for hours and hours looking for dung (I've only seen 1 dung the entire time, have yet to see ANY fruit or rocks)

Just my 2 cents.

 

I'm not sure who suggested buying blueprints. the usual advice for new people is to avoid crafting. mostly, because, although it looks simple, is is actually one of the more difficult game activities.

I've usually found most people to be quite helpful, even if a few might be a little misguided or inaccurate.

certainly, chasing animals to gather sweat can be pretty boring, although some seem to like it. however, you can do anything you like. for example, you could take up hunting or mining to find materials and resources. remember though, the game is very much economics based, it takes a plan to be successful.

of course, you can always treat it like any other subscription based game and used what would have been your subscription fee as your operating budget.

 

I bought the books and the prints from Crystal Center because I (a) had the PED, and (b) they won't spoil and I'll want them eventually, being a compulsive tradeskiller in all games I play, and (c) I had mats that I saw could make some of the things...though I had the opportunity to sell the mats in bulk for a profit to a trader and now I will just save them for later while I dig up more. I think it was 30 PED or something for every book and print in Crystal Center? (Most books being 1 PED, a couple 5, there are 19 books sold there and the prints were almost all 1 pec.)

BP questions:

If there is the given limited set of books and prints at Crystal Center on NI, are there going to be any other Technician bots on NI who sell a different selection? Or are all NI Technician bots on the planet the same?

If I see a blueprint sold on the NI Auctioneer and it's listed as being sold on Calypso, if I buy it, does it appear for me or would I have to go to the other planet to get it? The pdf guide I have found says there would be a "transport fee" but in this case, all the blueprints I was looking at (simple I conductor BP) were being sold on Calypso listings and had no transport fee listed. I don't know if the info about the Auction in the pdf is current necessarily. I could test this by finding some random item with a 1 PED buyout and see, but I figured I could ask beforehand...more eco that way ;)

Minor question I won't face for a while, if you are killed in space, can your blueprint books be looted?

 

Can't give you definitive answers on all of these, given that I'm a relative newcomer myself.

I believe all technicians on NI sell the same items.

Transport for items on the auction was a function of the interplanetary TP, which ended when Space was brought back, so that PDF is out of date and if you won an item on a Calypso auction you would have to go to Calypso to retreive it. To be honest, I'm not even sure you can still bid on items placed in auction on other planets.

From what I've read only certain stackable items can be looted. I don't believe that blueprint books can be looted.

 

thanks for the info!