Switching shields problem

[RocketmanX]

I mentioned this in the irc channel last night but i thought maybe I should post as a reminder. In my first game I had upgraded my warriors in the kiln to stasis shields and then decided later that I needed absorption but I couldn't pick up the crates that I dropped. I just blipped over them like you do when your at full hull and ammo and try to pick up a pod.

[Commando]

Were you in assault mode when you tried to pick up the crate?  The game won't allow you to pick up crates when your ship is in assault mode.

[RocketmanX]

newb alert! lol

yep didn't even notice that, sorry , nm, ill be over here in the corner contemplating some sort of file attrocity. wake me up when the game starts...

[Marksman]

Just out of curiosity, why can't you pick up crates in assault mode?
Is there some cheat this is designed to prevent, or some internal inconsistency that it steps around?

[appel]

I believe that in 1.2 when you picked up boxes in assault mode you got weapons in combat mode. You needed to morph to combat mode and the again to assault mode to enable the assault mode weapon.