So, I learned Armortech, did a bit of RE-ing, then ran Esselles. After leaving Esselles and returning to the Republic Fleet, the Reverse Engineering button is missing from my inventory pane. Has this happened to anyone else? I can't figure out how to fix it. I've tried reloading the UI and relogging.

Well, it's mysteriously back now.

That happened alot to me in beta. The only thing I could figure out from trying diff things is when I had a special item in my bag sometimes it would vanish, or was doing an instance it seemed to disapear on me. It would show back up after a few minutes of being out of the instanced area. Hopefully someone can give us a definative answer on why it does it, because it seemed buggy to me too

was your companion off gallavanting on a mission of his/her own and take the button with them?

was your companion off gallavanting on a mission of his/her own and take the button with them?

 

Nope. And it's disappeared again. This is so frustrating!

The button has vanished for me too. I was hoping to find answers! Bleh.

The button has vanished for me too. I was hoping to find answers! Bleh.

 

The only answer seems to be patience. It seems to reappear eventually. At least it has for me several times now.

It was a bug from beta.

Honestly when I think about the game, this is my biggest complaint.... well this and I cant do crafting while on my ship.... but yeh.. would be nice to get that bug fixed.

Edited December 15, 2011 by Kuolema

Were you in the mod screen for a piece of gear and had the mod window closed by something? Had the same thing happen to me when a companion finished a mission I think and the button was gone. Just closed and reopened the inventory and it was back.

I reported this bug in Beta in early November...

Were you in the mod screen for a piece of gear and had the mod window closed by something? Had the same thing happen to me when a companion finished a mission I think and the button was gone. Just closed and reopened the inventory and it was back.

 

Nope, nothing like that. Just running around and trying to do some crafting on the go. Whenever my companion came back with a crafted item, I'd go into my Inventory to RE it and it seems like there's about a 50/50 chance the RE button is actually there. It seems to go in streaks. I RE several items in a row after crafting them then all the sudden it's gone and I have to wait until I've crafted more stuff or done a few quests before it will magically reappear again.

Other posts on this. They suggest talking to a crafting NPC and it brings the icon back.

This was a bug from beta. If I remember correctly talking to any vendor brings it back, at least that was the supposed fix from a few months ago.

I didnt have the problem in beta but now I do. I thought I was going mad and just couldnt find the damn button. I wish they would just assign it a hot key or clickable ability then I could put on my own toolbar and not worry about it.

I reported this bug in Beta in early November...

 

So did I and I just had it happen to me again. :/

Still happening...

talk to a vendor. it comes back. just have to remember to hit up the special goods dude in the cantina before heading out.

Use I instead of clicking inventory on ui.

Fix is to open inventory by using I instead of clicking the icon

Use I instead of clicking inventory on ui.

 

Fix is to open inventory by using I instead of clicking the icon

 

100% reliable fix, so far. If I click the inventory icon, most of the time the RE button is gone. I just tap I twice (close, open) and there it is. Or just stop using the icon and force myself to hit I.

 

Just means sloppy code, sloppy testing. Nothing new here, odds are the priority on fixing this is too low to mention, i.e. never gonna be fixed. But, eh, got a dependable workaround, so we can live with it.

 

Party chat failing, on the other hand...

Use I instead of clicking inventory on ui.

 

Thanks for easy fix.. works for me as well.