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by **Red Sentinel** » Thu Oct 31, 2024 10:14 am

Is the armor installation error going to be ongoing long-term?

11 out of my 12 bots have armor, but I know others are going to be feeling the hurt a lot (a low level bot used to be able to survive a Magnus Hammer hit from a level 11 bot :HEADHURTS:

LOL).

News Credits: 2 · by **Zordon** » Thu Oct 31, 2024 11:04 am

Red Sentinel wrote:Is the armor installation error going to be ongoing long-term?

11 out of my 12 bots have armor, but I know others are going to be feeling the hurt a lot (a low level bot used to be able to survive a Magnus Hammer hit from a level 11 bot LOL).

Ryan said in the bug report thread he was going to look into it but that was over a week ago. Will just have to wait it out, I’ve also got a bot running around without armour too :BOOM:

News Credits: 7 · by **Dragonslayer** » Thu Oct 31, 2024 11:26 am

I just assume it's not going to be fixed anytime soon.

by **Bun-Bun** » Thu Oct 31, 2024 11:39 am

100% certain Ryan forgot about this 12 hours after failed to easily fix it.
#RIPArmor

Website · by **Silver Wind** » Thu Oct 31, 2024 3:20 pm

There's a list of things that have broken over the years (or never worked in the first place); wouldn't be surprised if the armor problem sticks around. HMW always was a passion project that what's-his-name -- was it Vir? Venthir? I know it started with a "V" -- dumped into Ryan's lap all those decades ago and disappeared off the face of the earth. And Heavy Metal War doesn't make him money (gotta make a living).

News Credits: 2 · by **Zordon** » Thu Oct 31, 2024 5:42 pm

Silver Wind wrote:There's a list of things that have broken over the years (or never worked in the first place); wouldn't be surprised if the armor problem sticks around. HMW always was a passion project that what's-his-name -- was it Vir? Venthir? I know it started with a "V" -- dumped into Ryan's lap all those decades ago and disappeared off the face of the earth. And Heavy Metal War doesn't make him money (gotta make a living).

It gets him page hits and advertising from links on the pages, not as much as it used and will make more from the eBay store but think it used to make enough to keep the site fees and server running

News Credits: 33 · by **Glyph** » Fri Nov 01, 2024 9:08 am

Silver Wind wrote:HMW always was a passion project that what's-his-name -- was it Vir? Venthir? I know it started with a "V" -- dumped into Ryan's lap all those decades ago and disappeared off the face of the earth.

Vir4030 - yeah, he set up the base game but was already gone by the time I joined.

by **sprockitz** » Sat Nov 02, 2024 3:45 pm

1 more thing gone for good? One can hope but hostory doesn’t bode well. Really I am surprised the game still exists props to Ryan for that…most other web based games i started playing back in college have all long since vanished.

News Credits: 42 · by **Psychout** » Sun Nov 10, 2024 3:15 pm

I have no idea what the issue is, nor the ability to do anything about it.

Out of curiosity though, What have you lot broken this time?

I've not reset anyone on my team in a decade so have no use for it.

News Credits: 33 · by **Glyph** » Sun Nov 10, 2024 7:04 pm

Can't equip armour of any kind, whether through reset or upgrading STR.

Sadly no news on a fix yet.

Website · by **Silver Wind** » Sat Nov 16, 2024 4:52 pm

Same for me. It doesn't matter whether it's a reset, installing new armor type, or just increasing the tonnage after a STR upgrade.

by **ashe5k** » Fri Mar 07, 2025 3:33 pm

Is this still broken?

Website · by **Silver Wind** » Sat Mar 08, 2025 1:40 am

ashe5k wrote:Is this still broken?

Yes. I just attempted to upgrade Priestess' armor type and received the identifier error.

by **Bun-Bun** » Sat Mar 08, 2025 4:58 am

You mean Ryan DIDN'T fix it when he promised he would 5 months ago?!

I am Jack's complete lack of surprise.

News Credits: 42 · by **Psychout** » Sat Mar 08, 2025 9:29 am

Bun-Bun wrote:You mean Ryan DIDN'T fix it when he promised he would 5 months ago?!

I am Jack's complete lack of surprise.

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by **ashe5k** » Mon Mar 10, 2025 11:56 am

I was betting it still was but I figured I'd ask

News Credits: 2 · by **-Soundwave-** » Sun Mar 23, 2025 5:26 pm

Has anyone tried it since Ryan was around the last few weeks?

Website · by **Silver Wind** » Mon Mar 24, 2025 4:43 pm

-Soundwave- wrote:Has anyone tried it since Ryan was around the last few weeks?

No change. Armor still errors out.

by **Psycho Warrior** » Mon May 05, 2025 12:42 am

Silver Wind wrote:
-Soundwave- wrote:Has anyone tried it since Ryan was around the last few weeks?

No change. Armor still errors out.

I can confirm. still getting errors.

News Credits: 2 · by **-Soundwave-** » Sun Jun 08, 2025 2:24 pm

Has anyone tested to see if there are still errors?

News Credits: 33 · by **Glyph** » Sun Jun 08, 2025 2:33 pm

Yep, still giving the same error message as before.

News Credits: 7 · by **Dragonslayer** » Mon Jun 09, 2025 3:00 pm

Glyph wrote:Yep, still giving the same error message as before.

Can confirm. Poor Watchdog is gathering dust instead of armor.

News Credits: 42 · by **Psychout** » Sat Jun 14, 2025 4:18 pm

Dragonslayer wrote:
Glyph wrote:Yep, still giving the same error message as before.

Can confirm. Poor Watchdog is gathering dust instead of armor.

May as well just lob them back into it though, its not like they get negative XP for being naked.
This issue likely isn't being fixed any time soon. >:oP