How to get a shielded cargo hold?

[Charlemagne]

I met this guy who gave me a contraband to deliver, the game suggested I get a shielded cargo hold. I went to Porrima with the guy Anderssen and tried to install one, but when I try it says I have "1 error" and doesn't let me. So what I'm supposed to do?
Also you are supposed to be able to get a scan jammer, but I didn't find it. Supposedly this same guy sells it?

[Chroniver]

Red Mile and the Key sell shielded cargo.

You can also just go to the wolf system and then to the Den station. Won't get scanned there and you can just sell it to the trade authority guy.

Edit: sorry I misread, don't know about the error but the scan jammer should be in the red Mile.

[Natjur]

The guy at Red Mile (Porrima III) sells jammers and shielded cargo

But you have to have a valid spot on your ship to attach them

[Wisp Cat]

Also, if you find a "secret outpost" message, and read that and complete resulting (mantis) quest, you'll get a shielded cargo hold on that ship.

Meanwhile, if you have some amount of ship building errors, there's an option in that screen that will list the error(s) for you (it's the C key, for me). If you have unattached modules, you can double click on your ship and see what doesn't get highlighted.

[Charlemagne]

Originally posted by Natjur:

The guy at Red Mile (Porrima III) sells jammers and shielded cargo

But you have to have a valid spot on your ship to attach them

Yes this is the point, how do I get a valid spot on my ship? Ii shows three light blue circles which is where it could go, but when I try I get that 1 error thing and it doesn't let me. Also, the part shows red.

[Doombringer]

You can also build an outpost with the big landing pad to get shielded cargo holds.

[velasquezt43]

Scan Jammers are sold on the Key.

[Natjur]

Originally posted by Charlemagne:

Originally posted by Natjur:

The guy at Red Mile (Porrima III) sells jammers and shielded cargo

But you have to have a valid spot on your ship to attach them

Yes this is the point, how do I get a valid spot on my ship? Ii shows three light blue circles which is where it could go, but when I try I get that 1 error thing and it doesn't let me. Also, the part shows red.

Most likely clipping into something. Just cause it show as a valid spot to attach a cargo hold, if the cargo hold your trying to attach is the wrong size and clipping into something, it will go red and not be allowed

[Lord von Games]

Originally posted by Natjur:

Originally posted by Charlemagne:

Yes this is the point, how do I get a valid spot on my ship? Ii shows three light blue circles which is where it could go, but when I try I get that 1 error thing and it doesn't let me. Also, the part shows red.

Most likely clipping into something. Just cause it show as a valid spot to attach a cargo hold, if the cargo hold your trying to attach is the wrong size and clipping into something, it will go red and not be allowed

You probably need to change your "structural" layout to make room for its attachment. Such as adding structural "piping" or extra hull length.

[David Davidson]

Originally posted by Charlemagne:

Originally posted by Natjur:

The guy at Red Mile (Porrima III) sells jammers and shielded cargo

But you have to have a valid spot on your ship to attach them

Yes this is the point, how do I get a valid spot on my ship? Ii shows three light blue circles which is where it could go, but when I try I get that 1 error thing and it doesn't let me. Also, the part shows red.

Part needs to fit and not intersect with any other parts.
Part should click into place, just like lego. Not all spots on a ship are suitable for cargo holds.
Best option is to select the point with your mouse cursor and then press G, that'll bring up what you can attach to that point.
If cargo holds aren't there, then they cannot attach. Some points will only take objects in a certain orientation, for example shields that move out horizontally from your ship. Some points are for weapons and other things like that, some are for habs and cargo.

If the part intersects with another part or will touch that part when your ship takes off and the landing gear boosters move, then that also counts as intersecting/clipping. You may need to re-jigger your ship a little to get it fit.

[Lord von Games]

The easiest way, -- get the shielded "end piece". Take off your old cargo hold, put the new one in its place. Eventually, you are going to want to experiment with the system, adding and replacing structural pieces (incl hulls) to get more surface space. Davidson's advice, solid.

[Charlemagne]

I finally managed to install one shielded cargo hold. Do both holds need to be shielded for the cargo to be protected? Aside from seeing it there physically, is there some way to know about the protection? Shouldn't I have two cargo monitors in my cockpit now that I have two different cargos? (there's another monitor on the right but it's turned off).

[Lord von Games]

In my limited experience, it's not a guarantee... it just gives you a chance. Secondly, the rule here is to make sure the cargo mass you want to smuggle does not exceed the shielded cargo bay mass capacity.

[Charlemagne]

I'll just have to experiment. Placing two shielded cargos reduced too much my overall capacity, I'll go in with one and see how it goes. It says I have 190 kg of shielded capacity.

[ayrtep]

You could always get hold of razorleaf from the secret base, which has a shielded cargo bay.

[Lord von Games]

Originally posted by ayrtep:

You could always get hold of razorleaf from the secret base, which has a shielded cargo bay.

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