darkSpyro

So, I'm glad we were able to port our hats over to the new game. Since it's an all new batch of headgear this time around, it was a nice touch. It took about 2 hours for me to go through and assign each hat to a skylander in SSF, then load them into STT... (glad I figured that out before adding all my old skylanders to my collection, took care of both in one swipe.) Here's my issue:

I was only missing 2 hats in SSF: UFO Hat and Kickoff Hat

When I ported them all over, I was missing UFO Hat and Springtime Hat in STT.


Somehow, my Santa Hat is being read as Kickoff Hat by STT and the Springtime Hat is being read as Jolly Hat. End product: I can't get my Springtime Hat into STT, which figures because most of my skylanders were wearing that one. Anyone else seeing this issue?

Yes its a known issue, and is even on activisions bug list. It is like this in every version but the 3ds version. And the official fix for it is to get the kickoff hat in swap force...

Wait, so you're saying that Trap Team can't "recognize" certain hats until you get a character with a hat and then "place him" inside of Trap Team? Perhaps I didn't understand the hat problem correctly.

awwww, darn, i wish i'd known this before i put all my other skylanders into TT.
i was wondering how i was supposed to get those missing 100ish hats.

*note to self, don't forget both save files in TT*

The nightmare hats unlocked in my normal save when I loaded it. So that a good thing.

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Wait, so you're saying that Trap Team can't "recognize" certain hats until you get a character with a hat and then "place him" inside of Trap Team? Perhaps I didn't understand the hat problem correctly.

Basically, in order to unlock 'Legacy' hats, you need to have a Skylander that has that hat from a previous game, then put them into Trap Team.

The real issue he's having is that the codes for the Springtime, Kickoff, and Jolly hats are switched around when moved from Swap Force to Trap Team.

Ahh ok, so the legacy hats can't be purchased like Swap Force then?

Agree with you, not sure I care to see a bunch of hats I'll never wear again.

ah, thats good to know, i'll check with my first couple of hats to make sure

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Quote: GhostRoaster

Wait, so you're saying that Trap Team can't "recognize" certain hats until you get a character with a hat and then "place him" inside of Trap Team? Perhaps I didn't understand the hat problem correctly.

Basically, in order to unlock 'Legacy' hats, you need to have a Skylander that has that hat from a previous game, then put them into Trap Team.

The real issue he's having is that the codes for the Springtime, Kickoff, and Jolly hats are switched around when moved from Swap Force to Trap Team.

^This is the easiest way to explain it.

Sorry guys... I conducted my search on the topic as "legacy hats" and got no results. I have since found the other threads. My bad, I hate unnecessary reposting of stuff. Still, I went to Wal-Mart and bought Kickoff just in case there was a pattern... seems there was.

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Ahh ok, so the legacy hats can't be purchased like Swap Force then?

Agree with you, not sure I care to see a bunch of hats I'll never wear again.

I believe that you can do that, but it sounds like the OP opted to bring them over through the figures instead. That said though, I haven't really tried to do that yet, so I'm mostly guessing.

I got the hats sorted... but I noticed the 3 hats in question show no stat boosts in their description. When equipped, they show no increase "splashes" when you exit the menu.

AAAAAAAND I just unlocked the hat shop. /facepalm

the legacy hats aren't in the hat store.

Then what is? When I finally unlocked it, there was no inventory.

So how many hats have to be brought over from SSF?

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So how many hats have to be brought over from SSF?

The only hats not available in Trap Team that need to be unlocked by scanning a figure/magical item are:

Kickoff Hat (by scanning Jolly Bumble Blast)
Springtime Hat (by scanning Kickoff Countdown)
Jolly Hat (by scanning Springtime Trigger Happy)
UFO Hat (by scanning a special pre-order card that was only available from Target for Swap Force)

Yeah, every other hat can be bought in the Hattersons Shop (After HoodSickles Quest)

excellent

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Quote: AzureStarline

So how many hats have to be brought over from SSF?

The only hats not available in Trap Team that need to be unlocked by scanning a figure/magical item are:

Kickoff Hat (by scanning Jolly Bumble Blast)
Springtime Hat (by scanning Kickoff Countdown)
Jolly Hat (by scanning Springtime Trigger Happy)
UFO Hat (by scanning a special pre-order card that was only available from Target for Swap Force)

so your basically saying i need to buy kickoff countdown to get my Jolly Hat for my Springtime Trigger Happy??. FFFFFFFFFFUUUUUUUUUUUU....!

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And the Giants/Swap Force hats.

Wait, are you saying in order to have the hats from Giants/Swap Force listed in the hats collection of Trap Team, you need to first put a specific hat on a character in Giants/Swap Force, then use them in Trap Team? Are you sure? About how many hats are we talking about?

*EDIT*

Holy cow, I just reread all the posts in this topic. I can't believe I didn't understand what you guys were saying until now. Anyone know about how many hats that is to transfer?

How do I get the Easter Bunny Ears from Spring Time Trigger Happy? He gave me the soccer ball hat instead

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How do I get the Easter Bunny Ears from Spring Time Trigger Happy? He gave me the soccer ball hat instead

i think you must buy Kickoff Countdown...

Wow....so pretty much a slap in the face where otherwise they could easily patch this.

You can't even buy the hat in the store, with gold?

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And the Giants/Swap Force hats.

Wait, are you saying in order to have the hats from Giants/Swap Force listed in the hats collection of Trap Team, you need to first put a specific hat on a character in Giants/Swap Force, then use them in Trap Team? Are you sure? About how many hats are we talking about?

*EDIT*

Holy cow, I just reread all the posts in this topic. I can't believe I didn't understand what you guys were saying until now. Anyone know about how many hats that is to transfer?

I think it was about 147 hats.

At least with the UFO hat you don't need to (but can) load it onto a Skylander if you still have the Target preorder card for Swap Force

Quote: Wolfgang

I think it was about 147 hats.

At least with the UFO hat you don't need to (but can) load it onto a Skylander if you still have the Target preorder card for Swap Force

Yikes, thanks for the info.

The 3DS version of Trap Team handles the hats differently. Each level has three hats to find which are new to Trap Team, but when you replay the level the same three hat locations will contain random legacy hats. One of the first legacy hats I happened to get was a Golden Top Hat, and the bonus is something like 15% health, 15% experience, 15% damage, 15% critical hit chance. Best hat I've seen so far in the game.

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How do I get the Easter Bunny Ears from Spring Time Trigger Happy? He gave me the soccer ball hat instead

i think you must buy Kickoff Countdown...

While I have all three affected characters and don't have to worry about this, people who don't have all of the characters might try Activision's suggested fix of putting the desired hat on the Skylander again, even if it's already there. If it doesn't show up in the inventory of available/unlocked hats you could always try putting that hat onto a different Skylander and bringing them back into Trap Team. Past that, everybody might be stuck buying or borrowing all three characters until Activision sees fit to patch the bug, if they ever do.

-Doug

I like the idea. A neat way to earn hats that are from the old games. But would this stay in the next games?

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So how many hats have to be brought over from SSF?

The only hats not available in Trap Team that need to be unlocked by scanning a figure/magical item are:

Kickoff Hat (by scanning Jolly Bumble Blast)
Springtime Hat (by scanning Kickoff Countdown)
Jolly Hat (by scanning Springtime Trigger Happy)
UFO Hat (by scanning a special pre-order card that was only available from Target for Swap Force)

so your basically saying i need to buy kickoff countdown to get my Jolly Hat for my Springtime Trigger Happy??. FFFFFFFFFFUUUUUUUUUUUU....!

No Count, because you aren't buying the game, right?

Transferred the legacy hats from Swap Force last night. Wasn't as bad as I was expecting. It helped to know there are 36 legacy hats you don't have to transfer since you can buy them from Hatterson. So you don't need to do all 147 Swap Force hats (although 111 hats is still no small number).

It was nice to see how many hats were reanimated for Trap Team. My favorite updated hats were the Shark Hat and Wizard Hat.

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When I put my Jolly Bumble Blast in TT he unlocked Springtime hat and I removed that hat on him. When I put him on the portal a second time he has the Jolly hat. Two new hats

ITS SOLVED GUYS!!!!!!!!!! I REMOVED THE SANTA HAT FROM MY SPRINGTIME TRIGGER HAPPY SO HE HAD NOTHING NO HATS. THEN I REMOVED HIM FROM THE PORTAL FOR A FEW SEC AND PUT HIM BACK... GUESS WHAT HAPPEN???... I GOT THE SPRINGTIME HAT BACK!... IM SO HAPPY NOW, HERE I DID THINK I WAS GONNA NEED TO BUY KICKOFF BOMB...

THIS TRICK LOOKS LIKE WILL WORK ON ALL OF THESE THREE

Ugh, I hate reading posts made in all caps. At any rate, it's good that we found a workaround.

I think they ruined the shark hat.

Also, does anyone else think it's jacked up that the 3 problem hats have no stats? (unintentional rhyming)

Well, it took me almost all day to get all the hats from Swap Force and into Trap Team, but it was totally worth it. I really hope the Rainbow Hat will be available not only after beating TT entirely in Nightmare mode, but in the fifth Skylanders console game as well.

I unlocked Eye of Kaos hat in the 3DS game. Anyone know what the stat boosts in the console version are?

I can wear it in the console version if I scan it to a figure first using the 3DS portal, but since I dont have it unlocked in console it doesnt display the stat boosts.

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I unlocked Eye of Kaos hat in the 3DS game. Anyone know what the stat boosts in the console version are?

I can wear it in the console version if I scan it to a figure first using the 3DS portal, but since I dont have it unlocked in console it doesnt display the stat boosts.

Go to the Skylander screen, go to the stats screen, look at the top right below the name.

so what is the stat on the Eye of Kaos hat in the 3DS game?...

Thanks for the tip, Wolfgang. Its only +22 Elemental Power boost.

In the 3DS version, the hat stats are all different than the consoles, the stats are Health +10%, Damage +10%, Experience +10%, Critical Hit Chance +10%. The gold top hat is still best hat on 3DS, it has all those boosts but +15%.

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Quote: Dahvoo

The only hats not available in Trap Team that need to be unlocked by scanning a figure/magical item are:

Kickoff Hat (by scanning Jolly Bumble Blast)
Springtime Hat (by scanning Kickoff Countdown)
Jolly Hat (by scanning Springtime Trigger Happy)
UFO Hat (by scanning a special pre-order card that was only available from Target for Swap Force)

so your basically saying i need to buy kickoff countdown to get my Jolly Hat for my Springtime Trigger Happy??. FFFFFFFFFFUUUUUUUUUUUU....!

No Count, because you aren't buying the game, right?

It sounds like he bought it... (post #34)

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Quote: GhostRoaster

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so your basically saying i need to buy kickoff countdown to get my Jolly Hat for my Springtime Trigger Happy??. FFFFFFFFFFUUUUUUUUUUUU....!

No Count, because you aren't buying the game, right?

It sounds like he bought it... (post #34)

i didnt got it free from a friend, i posted about it in other thread...

Oh cool. I haven't bought it myself yet, waiting for Black Friday. Picked up some figures and traps though.

I had put all my legacy hats on my Skylanders in Swap Force and individually transferred them over to a save file in hard mode for Trap Team. I just recently beat the game and started a new file for Nightmare Mode that I unlocked, but I see that I have to do the transfer process all over again now for the new save file! Is there any way to get around this or did you guys have to repeat the whole process again for the Nightmare mode save file???

If one of the game files is completed in Nightmare mode and after defeating Kaos, the Rainbow Hat will be added to other game files of any difficulty besides Nightmare.

I have STTT, JBB, and KC, so I don't need to worry about that.


EDIT: Oops..I can't read. Nevermind!

My question involves transferring the hats to a second save file. Do you really have to do it all over again with the legacy hats for a new Nightmare mode save file after you've already done it for a regular save file on hard mode? Or is there a workaround after you've done it once already? It was tedious enough to do it once.

Consider this painful process us being "on notice" that they want to drop support for legacy hats moving forward. that's how I take all of this.