1.) The new rules page says that toolkits are required to create a lock and a crafting kit is required to make a key. Do these actions consume the toolkit / crafting kit, or can they be re-used?

2.) The equation given for installation time is: Lock Level * 4. Is that in minutes or hours?

- So far they can be re-used.

- Hours.

Still on the same topic.

If a ship is sold which has a lock on the cockpit, will any 'keys' be automatically transferred during the ownership change transfer?

Keycards are items, so no. But the owner of an entity can change lock codes when they want to (without having to know the old code).

“Keycards are items, so no. But the owner of an entity can change lock codes when they want to (without having to know the old code).

- Teyacapan Quetzalxochitl
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So does that also mean that once a lock and keycard is created for a room, I can still lock and unlock my room even if I destroy the key or make the key over to someone else?

How are owner defined when owned by a faction?

Why not using the comp op skill rather then a theft/deciet in the equation together with lockbreakers and so on?

DeMeer, I've been over it a thousand times and I'm only going to go over it once more for you sake. I'm sick of using comp ops for everything. I picked theft/deceit because it just seemed to me that someone who can break a lock (a theif) should also be uber at installing them.

Also, if a ship is owned by a faction, anyone with make over privs is assumed as owner, and in terms of factions being commander, they operate as normal commander if they don't have make over privs.

Finally, what happens with the broken lockbreaker? Its destroyed, as in removed from inventory/game or can it be repaired?

phryssedit: not a discussion forum

Need a timer for constructing locks and keys though.I started crafting a key and get no indication my character is engaged in any action, however when I try to construct a lock on a different door, it states I am busy doing something else.There is no visible timer showing I am doing anything.

“1/ Locks

Locks are used to create an exclusive barrier between two rooms, preventing unwanted visitors from entering certain areas.  ”

To clarify, is this feature only being implemented for inside entities at this time, or does this now give people the chance to enter something for which they are not on the crewlist for?

To clarify, is this feature only being implemented for inside entities at this time, or does this now give people the chance to enter something for which they are not on the crewlist for?

-For now it's only possible to lock interior doors.

Please take discussion and suggestion to the appropriate forums, this is the Problem Centre.

WIth keycards, do they need to be in hand to walk through a locked door with the right password, or are they fine hidden in the depths of backpacks etc?

Hand.

Another couple of quick questions:
Does a lock work both ways? I mean can I lock myself into a room without anyone on the outside being able to get in(without passcode, key or electronic lock breaker)?
And is it necessary for me to stay in the same position until completing the lock or am I free to move around (logic dictates that it shouldn't be possible)?
Thanks

- A door works both ways, yes.

- Yes, you've got to hang out in the room until you're finished.

Okay. The question I have is this: If someone is arrested, put in a room with a door, unarrested (no cuffs), then abandoned in the locked room, will the Admins release them or will they be classed as prisoners?

I believe that - as long as you cannot force entry into an entity - they will be released after the 3 week period. Unless of course, if the character is held inside a facility that's open to all.

Just a small question - do stairs count as a door for locking purposes, or will people be able to move freely between the rooms connected by a stair?

You can lock stairways the same way as doors.