Freighter issues

[gwackmung]

so i got my first freighter and friggate,, I found some crashed ships,, and when i took controll of them it popped them into the freighters hold,,awesome,, i figured out what i needed to repair the vastly better one to the ship i started with. i warped the freighter to my home system to make going back and forth a bit easier, then i spent about 4 hours gathering and refining the stuff i needed to repair the damaged ship, i fly back the the freighter and MY FRIGGIN SHIPS ARE GONE !!!!!!!?? WTF! shouldnt they have stayed in the hold when i warped it to my system!!??. so then i was about as enraged as its possible to be and i get a message that my friggate has taken damage and needs to return, so i spent 30 mins trying to figure out how to repair the friggate and i still have absolutely no idea what to do to fix it!!!! AAAAAARRRRGGGGG!!! if someone can tell me how to fix a frigate i would appreciate it and id love to know where the hell my 2 crashed ships went to before i spend a whole afternoon searching around for a new one just to have it poof out of existance.... im assuming you can have more than one reg small ship to fly around in and would dock them in the freighter since it sent the damaged ones there when i found them. im assuming something bugged out when i warped it but wanted to ask so it doesnt happen again...

[Dirak2012]

Try summoning the freighter to a different spot, sometimes that bring the ships back.
To fix the frigate you have to land on it, and look the icons that indicate damaged parts. You might need a lot of resources for the repairs.
And yes, you have to do the same with each frigate. Walk around and fix everything yourself.

[BonPadre]

First summon your freighter in an other place, usually solve the "disapeared ships" issue.

Now the frigate thing. Don't send the mon mission until you have at least a few, and don't send them on missions higher than their ranks. so early on, only do the easy missions.
They will progress after successful missions.

Now to repair them. Land on the damaged one, and follow what the commander tells you, aka choose to repair.
Then you need to go on each "terminal" that needs repair and just as any other machinery, you need ressources to fix them.

EDIT : beaten lol

[Captain Brendig]

If you find a crashed ship you like, claim it as a freebie (don't exchange), then don't fly away. Hoof it until you have what you need to repair the launch thruster and main engine. Give it some launch fuel. Should spawn in your freighter when you reload/summon.

For the frigates, land on the damaged one and the pilot will tell you what is in need of repair. Follow those icons towards the damaged equipment and do the repairs, making sure you have the materials in your pocket. You can go back to your freighter or planet if you need more.

Edit: I am slow at typing... ;)

[Grundy]

This is how No Man's Sky has always been. This is how it will always be.

[Psyclos]

It frequently happens in my saves that when I land on my freighter, none of my ships are visible - reloading the autosave from when I left my ship fixes the problem, with little fuss.

[japp_02]

Repairing frigates = Your punishment for not setting up frigate missions correctly :)

[Johnny in the Clouds]

A note on starships and freighter usage.

You can currently collect six starships maximum either by buying them or finding and repairing crashed ships. These will all appear on your Freighter when you have a freighter. If you call a starship down from your freighter to the planet surface, the starships will gather on the planet at your location until none remain in your freighter.

In doing so, provided your freighter is in a busy trade system, NPC starships will again land on your freighter in the usual fashion. You can then buy and sell with the NPC starships when you next visit your freighter. Any of your starships that are not present, will remain on the planet surface for that game session. After a reload they will again fill your freighter. You can still swap your own starships in the same session, despite them not apparently being on your freighter.

Unrepaired Frigates sent out on missions again, can be destroyed. Particularly if they are sent out under strength on high star missions. In this way it is possible to effectively send frigates you don't want to keep to their destruction. You then have to buy another.

Repairing frigates can be fun. You should be carrying basic resources in your exosuit (preferably high capacity slots). This way you will always have the resources you need to repair the frigate damaged parts. If not it can be useful to dedicate a starship to holding those resources and when needing to carry out repairs, swap to that ship to fly out and make good repairs. The resources are also often easily available in space, possibly from NPC cargo holds you can destroy or meteorites.

Damaged parts are easily reached in different locations on all frigates. The red damage icons mark those sites. There are some satisfying animations to witness, when repairs are complete. When you have completed all repairs on an individual frigate an audible ping can be heard announcing the fact, so you don't need to search for another icon on that ship, only to realise you have finished the repairs.

Landing on certain frigates in your fleet at any time will also reveal to you small amounts of resources that the Captains will give to you. Explorer ships can also scan planets for high value salvage items. Combat frigates can aid defend you in battles.

It can help to build a portable base on your freighter, just for placing storage crates to hold resources and also a Trade Terminal to buy stuff you can use or refine. You can also build a refinery on the freighter for that purpose. Often loot brought back from Fleet Missions can be refined into basic resources like gold for repairs. There are many ways to find resources, even desperately destroying your own tech to claw back some resources. You can then rebuild the tech if necessary next time you mine resources.

[Lobster]

Originally posted by Dirak2012:

Try summoning the freighter to a different spot, sometimes that bring the ships back.
To fix the frigate you have to land on it, and look the icons that indicate damaged parts. You might need a lot of resources for the repairs.
And yes, you have to do the same with each frigate. Walk around and fix everything yourself.

That's because the frigate crew is all union members. They don't fix anything because it isn't in their union contract. Hello Games will outlaw unions in Beyond.

[gwackmung]

just wanted to say thank you very much to the peeps who responded with advise, i warped my freighter out and back and got my 2 damaged ships back WOOT. I also figured out how to dock with my friggate (the landing icon was bugged last time i tried) and got it all fixed up which was actually pretty cool especially restarting the main engines animation.

[NMSPlayer]

Originally posted by Buzz Lightyear:

A note on starships and freighter usage.

You can currently collect six starships maximum either by buying them or finding and repairing crashed ships. These will all appear on your Freighter when you have a freighter. If you call a starship down from your freighter to the planet surface, the starships will gather on the planet at your location until none remain in your freighter.

In doing so, provided your freighter is in a busy trade system, NPC starships will again land on your freighter in the usual fashion. You can then buy and sell with the NPC starships when you next visit your freighter. Any of your starships that are not present, will remain on the planet surface for that game session. After a reload they will again fill your freighter. You can still swap your own starships in the same session, despite them not apparently being on your freighter.

Unrepaired Frigates sent out on missions again, can be destroyed. Particularly if they are sent out under strength on high star missions. In this way it is possible to effectively send frigates you don't want to keep to their destruction. You then have to buy another.

Repairing frigates can be fun. You should be carrying basic resources in your exosuit (preferably high capacity slots). This way you will always have the resources you need to repair the frigate damaged parts. If not it can be useful to dedicate a starship to holding those resources and when needing to carry out repairs, swap to that ship to fly out and make good repairs. The resources are also often easily available in space, possibly from NPC cargo holds you can destroy or meteorites.

Damaged parts are easily reached in different locations on all frigates. The red damage icons mark those sites. There are some satisfying animations to witness, when repairs are complete. When you have completed all repairs on an individual frigate an audible ping can be heard announcing the fact, so you don't need to search for another icon on that ship, only to realise you have finished the repairs.

Landing on certain frigates in your fleet at any time will also reveal to you small amounts of resources that the Captains will give to you. Explorer ships can also scan planets for high value salvage items. Combat frigates can aid defend you in battles.

It can help to build a portable base on your freighter, just for placing storage crates to hold resources and also a Trade Terminal to buy stuff you can use or refine. You can also build a refinery on the freighter for that purpose. Often loot brought back from Fleet Missions can be refined into basic resources like gold for repairs. There are many ways to find resources, even desperately destroying your own tech to claw back some resources. You can then rebuild the tech if necessary next time you mine resources.

a note Buzz? This is more like a novel :P LOL