Spaceship stuck with parking brakes

[Shelak]

Hello everyone,

New player here , I discover with pleasure SE but I get stuck on a problem / parking brake bug.

I built myself a beautiful ship in blueprint via the workshop and the projector.
Unfortunately I think I made a mistake somewhere because the ship remains stuck to the ground with the error of "impossible to activate the parking brake".
I've dug around the ship and it's completely disconnected from my base and 'floating' in the air. I've got hydrogen in stock and all the engines are working, but I can't get it to unlock from the ground (magnetic plate). I've spent a few hours building it and a lot of resources... I'd be disappointed if I had to dismantle it and start again. Does anyone have a miracle solution? Thanks

[Sarekh]

Have you checked if the ship is a static grid? You can do that in the info tab of the ship's menu

[Shelak]

Yes, I already checked the magnetic plate to disable them and deactivate the auto lock but without effect.
Engines are also checked and I see them working ( flames )
That's why I'm a bit lost :-/

[mystikmind2005]

I have had a landing gear stuck to the ground before.

I thought i did not have enough engines, and kept adding more until i realized engines cannot be the problem.

So i demolished the landing gear and it hovered then flew with no issue.

[Shelak]

Originally posted by Sarekh:

Have you checked if the ship is a static grid? You can do that in the info tab of the ship's menu

looks like a good way to find a solution .
Button "convert to spaceship" is available to click on but when i click on it , it says "unable to convert on space ship" ( I'm playing in french so maybe the translation i made is not exactly the right term in english ).
On the info tab this option is on the bottom right corner .
Is there some requirements to do before ?

[Sarekh]

if the button is not greyed out, that means it is indeed a static grid and that is why you cannot move. Realrace is right, the most likely reason is that it somehow is connected to a voxel patch, might even be a miniscule one.
Just a stupid side-question: You have checked that you're the owner of the grid? Because you can only convert it if you own the grid.

[Shelak]

I've tried to rebuild some blocks to link the ship with the ground(and my base ) and then convert it to a ship but its not working (" unable to convert to a ship" message ).
Yes I'm the owner ...

[carl.wear]

You can't just grind away the landing gear thats locked it to the base?

Also maybe provide a screenshot showing the ship stuck to the ground to help people figure it out.

Is the landing gear light red or green or light blue?

You said you made it from the projector. Did the projector show all the blocks of the ship have been build and have you disconnected it from the projector?

[Namaride]

If your ship has defenses like turrets. Make sure their whole hitblock is free from any terrain.
This could be a reason for the error not able convert to ship.

[Shelak]

Here is some printscreens (sorry this is the night )
As you can see some blocks stil need to be build ( does it matter ? ) but i can't find them .
You also see the holes under the ship and the only turret mounted on it
https://steamcommunity.com/profiles/76561197960822616/screenshots/

PS : just tried the creative mod with copy paste, i can move the ship where i want but he remains red , can't paste

[Ronin Planetary Industries]

Never use any of the parking brake or power on/off shortcuts. They are more trouble than they are worth. Group your like stuff together and add the groups to cockpit's toolbar. I go through every connector, magnetic plate, and landing gear to remove those default settings.

When it comes to connectors, if you have a weak ship, you may not be able to pull away from a yellow glowing (unlocked) connector. Instead, I shut off the connector to undock. No fussing, no worries. I put every connect on the tool bar with the connector On/Off as well as the Switch-Lock functionality.

[The Klang Is Good]

Originally posted by Shelak:

Here is some printscreens (sorry this is the night )
As you can see some blocks stil need to be build ( does it matter ? ) but i can't find them .
You also see the holes under the ship and the only turret mounted on it
https://steamcommunity.com/profiles/76561197960822616/screenshots/

Bounding box of the ship might be touching the ground (even when it doesn't look like it) because of that magnetic plate on the bottom of the ship, so it can't convert to ship.

Originally posted by Shelak:

PS : just tried the creative mod with copy paste, i can move the ship where i want but he remains red , can't paste

Any loose items, other grids or your character inside ships bounding box can prevent pasting. Were there any of those where you tried to paste?

[Shelak]

Originally posted by The Klang Is Good:

Originally posted by Shelak:

Here is some printscreens (sorry this is the night )
As you can see some blocks stil need to be build ( does it matter ? ) but i can't find them .
You also see the holes under the ship and the only turret mounted on it
https://steamcommunity.com/profiles/76561197960822616/screenshots/

Bounding box of the ship might be touching the ground (even when it doesn't look like it) because of that magnetic plate on the bottom of the ship, so it can't convert to ship.

Originally posted by Shelak:

PS : just tried the creative mod with copy paste, i can move the ship where i want but he remains red , can't paste

Any loose items, other grids or your character inside ships bounding box can prevent pasting. Were there any of those where you tried to paste?

I'm sorry but my english is not good enough to get "bounding box" what do you mean with that term ?

[sonix2003]

Originally posted by Shelak:

I'm sorry but my english is not good enough to get "bounding box" what do you mean with that term ?

"bounding box" is a technical term for the smallest box (a cuboid) , which encloses a set of other geometrical objects.

In french (probably): volume englobant

[Shelak]

**** Listen up*****

I've just made it !!!
It seems that the bounding box of the ship was the issue . So more holes was the right answer .

I posted a problem this morning and thanks to all of you, it's been solved this evening.

Many thanks to everyone , you were great and full of kindness.
Enjoy the first flight :-)
https://steamcommunity.com/sharedfiles/filedetails/?id=3112552861
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