Someone has built a base by a crashed ship - any way to claim it?

[cogvos]

So, i was following a guide to a sentinel crashed ship and having arrived there with multi player turned off found someone had built a base next to it.

The ship looks like it has been renamed - its not the same name as in the guide - but it does not say its someones ship. However I cannot interact with it, I get the option but doing so does nothing.

Does this mean that I cannot claim the ship due to the player's base, the name change or something else? Is there any way to claim this ship?

Thanks in advance.

[knighttemplar1960]

Try reporting the base. That eliminates the base from your game files and may free up the ship.

If you can't reach the base computer you can report the base from the "X" menu.

[Kilgore]

Report it save log out then back in should be gone, you may need to redo this a few times usually works.

[Lindy Bomber]

If reporting the base doesn't work try setting STEAM to offline.

[Harry]

Originally posted by Lindy Bomber:

If reporting the base doesn't work try setting STEAM to offline.

First choice, i'd say, unless your miffed with the player for doing that in the first place.

[Mr. Bufferlow]

Be aware that the ship may fly off once you report the base and it disappears from your instance. Just put down a save beacon, go to the station- do a quick teleport somewhere and back- and it should be back when you return to the site.

Not sure why exactly it takes off- but it is not uncommon that it does.

[Zak]

Originally posted by Mr. Bufferlow:

Not sure why exactly it takes off- but it is not uncommon that it does.

That's a weird bug!

[SirProsik]

I see it a lot in Korvax systems mostly. If you see an NPC while network is disabled it usually takes the ship. Put down a save point save then reload that save and the ship should return just for you.

[cogvos]

Hi,

Unfortunately the base was still there with steam offline and even when I'm disconnected from the internet so I reported it and... I still cannot interact with the ship!

Further I now find I can walk right through the ship like it isn't there at all! I have never had a bug like this :/

I cannot build a save point as the game says I don't have build privileges and trying to put my own computer down says I cant build within another base. There is a landing pad close to the crashed ship and I had assumed that this was part of the base I reported. Looks like its part of another one. Ugh.

[Zak]

Originally posted by cogvos:

Hi,

Unfortunately the base was still there with steam offline and even when I'm disconnected from the internet so I reported it and... I still cannot interact with the ship!

Further I now find I can walk right through the ship like it isn't there at all! I have never had a bug like this :/

Have you tried what Mr. Bufferlow suggested: drop a beacon next to the ship, so you can come back to it, then warp out or teleport out of the system and come back later to see if the ship is back?

[Geldric™]

Originally posted by cogvos:

Further I now find I can walk right through the ship like it isn't there at all! I have never had a bug like this :/

Sadly that bug (obviously) still happens with Interceptor ships. Here's how to fix it and claim the ship:

Land at the ship, make a save and now reload the save.
Approach the ship and access it with "E" to interact. DO NOT scan the ship with your visor as that can cause it to become un-interactable. (if you did, reload your save)

You will take out all the items and now go and purify the brain. When you come back, land at the ship, most likely it will be back to un-interactable. Hop in and out of your ship, reload your save.

Interact with the ship and make sure to CLAIM it, DO NOT CANCEL out of this screen for any reason. So make sure you have less than 12 ships.


Oh and a few times when this happened to me, even AFTER I claimed the ship I couldn't interact with it. Just use your quick menu and summon the ship. That will fix it for good.

[cogvos]

Not quite - am trying that now. Technically the ship is there (I can see it) and it has not taken off but it cannot be interacted with. Its almost as if the game has said - this ship is not here ( for whatever reason) - but left the mash behind as a ghost.

<edit> crossed posts - Thanks @Geldric will try that

[Kilgore]

Originally posted by cogvos:

Not quite - am trying that now. Technically the ship is there (I can see it) and it has not taken off but it cannot be interacted with. Its almost as if the game has said - this ship is not here ( for whatever reason) - but left the mash behind as a ghost.

<edit> crossed posts - Thanks @Geldric will try that

it is there just ghosted like others said it's a bug save the game by getting out you're ship right next to the one you want reload the game the quickly get the ship, so long as you claim it quick don't worry it ends up on you're Freighter.

[Unlucky]

Originally posted by cogvos:

Not quite - am trying that now. Technically the ship is there (I can see it) and it has not taken off but it cannot be interacted with. Its almost as if the game has said - this ship is not here ( for whatever reason) - but left the mash behind as a ghost.

<edit> crossed posts - Thanks @Geldric will try that

I solved this once by standing right next to the ship and using the Quick Menu to report ALL of the nearby bases. (Open Quick Menu then just go all the way ->>>)
Then I got back in my ship, reloaded the game, and it allowed me to interact with it.

Another time this didn't work and I saw a video on Youtube, something about about this can even happen offline and you have to dig underneath the ship and reload your save to fix it....? *shrug* I didn't try that one bc I had already gotten the ship I wanted and was too frustrated to mess with anymore of the broken ships.

[cogvos]

Hi, ok current status. having reloaded (several times) I was able interact with the ship. The guide stated it was S class, but it is actually A (go figure - probably another bug).

I extracted all the items including the brain. There were inverted mirrors and radiant shards nearby and I was able to obtain one of each.

However probing the brain does not appear to do anything. I'm apparently supposed to find a monolith - but right now one isn't showing up. Any ideas?

Further I can't interact with the ship again - have tried reloading etc, do I have to soothe the brain first?

<Edit> Ahh needed 3 shards - now off to brain wash

[cogvos]

This thing is really bugged! I returned with my laundered brain and the ship wasn't intractable I had to restart and then reload. I inserted the required components and claimed the ship at which point it it stopped being intractable again(!). I was however able to summon it at which point I could actually get in.

I went back to my normal ship and flew to my capital ship, thinking I could then give the new sentinel one a try.

Except...

I am now in my capital ship and the sentinel ship isn't there. I have 4 free slots so that's not the issue. Do you have to fly it there first?