AI stuck undocking

[wraeth]

An AI trader has gotten stuck at "undock" task when they're sitting outside the docking area, clear of the station, like they're waiting. It has been stuck in this position/task for some time, so I don't think it's just a pause.

The more frustrating thing about it is that, because "undock" is a critical task, I can't interrupt itby cancelling the order nor asking them to get up.

Anyone come across this yet?

[First5trike]

Best option is to leave the sector. Clear all orders and reissue a move order. Then open comms to them and "carry out my orders" if that is an option.

If the Captain is stuck in dock off ship for some reason you are probably SOL.

[wraeth]

I wasn't in-sector when I noticed them stuck, I think it's possible the AI is stuck unable to complete the task.

[Morimoto]

Were you upgrading the ship? There's a known bug when game loses the upgrade loadout and then it strip your ship of all equipment. The AI gets stuck after the undocking animation, because the ship has no engine or thrusters.

I think they are trying to address this in the next patch, but the beta branch didn't work for me, or at least my saved games are already damaged beyond repair :-(

Edit: It's actually quite easy to check. Go to the the Information screen for the ship and take a look at its loadout.

[wraeth]

No, they were just on regular trading at the time.

[pepe]

check loadout, my ship lost loadout after upgrade/repair, undock neverending... (story) ;)))))

[Polaridium]

I have just experienced this bug for myself.

Had the AI pilot perform a task and return to the station (no problem), but after giving the AI pilot another errand to run, they departed the station and then drifted.

I too could not take control of the ship myself.

At this moment all I could do was quit the game, reload the game (the ship/pilot were in the zombie state during a save event), and give a command to return to the station and dock, wait a few moments and the AI pilot comes back online and carries out the command.

[wraeth]

This one persisted even through reloads. I suspect either the AI couldn't complete the task for some reason, or was waiting on another ship to finish something but the other ship was stuck.

Unfortunately I've sold off that ship and moved on.

One thing I did find though was that sometimes, if a ship is stuck, try inserting a move order into their queue by clicking and dragging their movement line in the map to add a way point. May not work for "critical" tasks, but for some perhaps useful.

[Polaridium]

Yes, you're right. The problem does persist after a reload. I didn't make that part clear in my previous post but that is exactly the same issue for me too.

I found that after the reload, a 'dock at station' command takes longer than usual (a minute or so) before the pilot carries out the command, whereas before the reload, a command is not actioned no matter how long you wait.

But I will follow your tip of trying to insert a move order, so thanks for offering the idea.

[Bucketsmith]

I was attempting to move some deployables around between ships. To sell one of the ships.
The Cerberus undocks and just kind of sits in space. It gets stuck waiting for trade drones that it doesn't have. Trade drones from the PHQ nearby, I think, took care of shifting the wares around.

The Cerberus is still stuck in 'Ware Exchange' and it is a critical task. I can't cancel it, I can't move it, I can't take over the command chair.
I tried save-close-boot-load and it made no change. :<

[Bucketsmith]

I have found a workaround.

In my case, one of the ships had a docking bay. I don't know if this is required for this workaround, so be ware.

I commed the captain of the stuck Cerberus, and told her to work as service crew on my docked discoverer. Then, I was able to clear the order list.
I moved the employee back to being captain of the Cerberus and it returned to normal!

The captain had no skill, and I don't know if this will reset any skill levels. It shouldn't, but you never know.

[wraeth]

Originally posted by Bucketsmith:

I have found a workaround.

In my case, one of the ships had a docking bay. I don't know if this is required for this workaround, so be ware.

I commed the captain of the stuck Cerberus, and told her to work as service crew on my docked discoverer. Then, I was able to clear the order list.
I moved the employee back to being captain of the Cerberus and it returned to normal!

The captain had no skill, and I don't know if this will reset any skill levels. It shouldn't, but you never know.

That's an interesting way to interrupt critical tasks, will have to try it when someone gets stuck. Thanks.

[CelestialPaladin]

I have finally found an easy workaround for being stuck in a critical dock/undock order that should work, regardless of ship type or situation, after struggling for over an hour with this stupid bug in the latest version of the game:

VERY IMPORTANT NOTE:
Before attempting anything, make sure you make a (slotted) Save, because there is another bug where you may permanently lose your current (stuck in an undock maneuver) pilot NPC character, while resolving this situation (i.e., in performing the following workaround). You have been warned!

1. Exit your ship via airlock.
2. Order (via the map) the captain of the ship to move to another ship. This probably will not be allowed (i.e., grayed out), but the action may cause him to transfer anyways. Whatever happens, dock your spacesuit back into your ship and tell whoever is captaining it to stand up so you can take control.
3. Stand up from the chair and find the original pilot of the ship among your personnel, wherever he wound up moving to, and make him pilot once again, if he is not the pilot that replaces you when you get up.

Final note: You may have to reshuffle/reassign ship captains, but at least you will be out of that stuck phase/critical order predicament that could not be aborted.

[WTID]

no i checked on new game no undocking and auto pilot mechanics work by auto pilot i mean deafualt shift +a