Builder won't build ?

[Pompaol]

Hi everyone,

I'm doing the Boron mission (build the dock).
I've plan the construction of a small dock (1M6S), give the station enough money to buy the materials and I've hired a builder (in another sector "8 billion" or something like that). But now i'm just waiting for the builder to build. Does he take his time ?
I've wait something like 30min to 1 hour in game ... Or did I do something wrong (the orange message says i have to build a pier but I read somewhere that it is not a issue). Also I don't remember giving the builder any money (I think it was automatic) but it shows on the right info panel that there is a builder working (and i can't change it) ?

Thanks for the reply and sorry for my English.

[eMYNOCK]

welcome...

have you given the money to the station or to the build sorage?

is the builder already at your construction site and are enough materials nside the previously named storage?

relating the builder it self... those ships really only build, they do not buy materials nor do they store them, you have to rely on traders to bring them..

[Berserk Slayer]

The pier is just a warning, not meant to stop builds proceeding.

Have you waited for the materials to come in? This is visible of the plan build screen on the right.

If the item is listed in yellow with an exclamation mark it, wait resources.

If it is green and stuck on 0% but everything is good (especially check positioning) you may have the bug I usually get. Move the module, remove it and drop another in the same place and it will deconstruct the other one (despite it being 0% constructed apparently) and build your new one.

[Pompaol]

Originally posted by eMYNOCK (=FU= MadHwK):

welcome...

have you given the money to the station or to the build sorage?

is the builder already at your construction site and are enough materials nside the previously named storage?

relating the builder it self... those ships really only build, they do not buy materials nor do they store them, you have to rely on traders to bring them..

To the station, i haven't placed a storage. But the materiel are on storage in the station.
The builder is not at the construction site and i've lost track of it.

[Pompaol]

Originally posted by Berserk Smurf:

The pier is just a warning, not meant to stop builds proceeding.

Have you waited for the materials to come in? This is visible of the plan build screen on the right.

If the item is listed in yellow with an exclamation mark it, wait resources.

If it is green and stuck on 0% but everything is good (especially check positioning) you may have the bug I usually get. Move the module, remove it and drop another in the same place and it will deconstruct the other one (despite it being 0% constructed apparently) and build your new one.

It must be the bug i guess.
I've tried what you say 2 or 3 time but the module deconstrucion give me free material (it adds the unuse materiel of the module to the storage - another bug haha) so I reload each time.

I will retry and keep the free stuff.

Thanks for the reply.

[eMYNOCK]

The builder is not at the construction site and i've lost track of it.

well, the builder is on its way to your station as it seems... those ships are ... SLOW.

give it time and it will arrive.

if you already have the materials in storage its just the ship that needs to arrive.

[reemul]

I've had to wait well over an hour for a builder to arrive before. They tend to move very slowly. Unfortunately, you can't see the builder unless it's in radar range of one of your ships or satellites, but it is on the way.

[Hakgova]

As mentioned above, if the Contruction Ship is not at the build site, construction will not start. If you can find the Construction ship, it will have a little GREEN hour glass off the right corner when looking at it on the map. They are slow but it should not take an hour to reach the build site.

Also, make sure you have enough credits in the BUILDING funds to cover what your build plan requires. I have found that traders will start to show up at your site sometimes before the Constructin Ship but only if you have funds allocated properly.

One suggestion, if you are doing something you don't fully understand, make a save game point different then your normal save point before you start. This will avoid a lot of frustration.

[Pompaol]

So yeah, i've let some time passed, and the builder finally arrived and builded the dock. Not the bug Berserk Smurf mention, just me being impatient ...
Thanks for the reply.

[2ugly]

It sounds familiar. Check the arriving supply ships. There may be a few stuck in roids. I had to go pry them loose with my ship. Once they filled the order the construction ship was waiting on the construction started.

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