Terran start known bug? or am i just being a big dumb as usual?

[rubyismycat]

ok spoiler warning im at the point where you get dumped next to your new headquaters where every faction for miles around hates you understandably so. However despite having a scout ship and almost no money you are told to build a docking bay at the headquaters how there are no builders anywhere bear that will take the job? ok so i farmed enough to buy my own builder ship easy i thought only about 50 million that wont take long.....5 hours later.....and now i still cant build anything help?!

[dcbobo]

usual

[rubyismycat]

oh great i was hoping for something helpful but no i must stop dreaming lol

[dcbobo]

you shouldn't have asked then :p

[rubyismycat]

So true i should have known better i guess ill just go play call of duty or something else suitable for a moron

[lnomsim]

It's not a game you are supposed to rush.
Especially with the Terran starts.

And actually, the PIO are not enemies with everyone.

Anyway, to find builders, you need a good satellite network.

And since the PHQ is in Grand Exchange, in Teladi space, you'll need to build the station with universal modules, and not Terran ones (unless it's possible to build Terran modules with universal components?)

So, first thing first, map the PIO sectors with satellites, shouldn't be hard, they have 6 gates, 1 wharf, 1 shipyard, 1 maintenance centre.

That's how you'll find a builder. Better yet, a neutral builder nobody will shoot for fun.

Second, build your economy, the PIO space has two mining sectors, it's next to Antigone memorial, which is next to both Getsu Fune and the Void, it's basically a mining paradise.

Build a solar powerplant in PIO space, wherever you want, all their sectors have a huge boost in solar exposition.

With that station built, you'll make hundreds of thousands of credits fast.

Go buy blueprints for solid and liquid storage, and build a mining station, some small or medium miners and you will be swimming in money in no time.

Time to buy computronics and silicon carbide production blueprint and set up a high tech factory.

Now, you'll have more money than you'll know what to do with it.

Not only that, but you are now producing station building components, meaning with good logistics planning, you can create supply chains to extend your empire past the void (and fortifying The Void is actually a pretty good idea, buy shields and turrets blueprints and do that.)

And now, you can either map the rest of the universe to find builders close to the PHQ, buy universal factions blueprints, or simply build your own builder and use your own fleet and your own component factories to build your PHQ for free.

Yes, that will take a lot of time, dozen of hours, but there is never a "quick solution" in that game.

Actually, you can simply give money to your station and hope there isn't a hull part shortage in the universe, but to find builders, satellites are your best friends.

[rubyismycat]

thanks for your reply but i bought my own mammoth to build but i literally cant build i have built hundreds of stations before i have plenty of money but the game wont let me build anything at all in my headquaters

[JoeTron]

Ignore the troll response to your question. This community is generally really helpful. I can't add much more to what Inomsim replied other than to emphasize that *most* of the time, you'll have to build up funds/forces in between major story missions as there is usually a leap in what you need to accomplish (i.e. building up funds to build on the PHQ).

Stick with it if you can, its a very rewarding game once everything clicks into place.

[rubyismycat]

thats why im asking if its a known bug?

[rubyismycat]

thanks Joetron i appreciate your kindness but actually the egosoft community is literally infamous for being toxic and new player hostile and also having a whole posse of rabid fanboys who go batpoop crazy if any critism is levelled at their darling game also i am not a new player i know how to make money and how to build stations it seems i have a bug of some sort

[lnomsim]

Originally posted by rubyismycat:

thanks for your reply but i bought my own mammoth to build but i literally cant build i have built hundreds of stations before i have plenty of money but the game wont let me build anything at all in my headquaters

Ok, I hadn't understood that part.
Just to make sure, your build storage has the components and your builder has drones?

I agree with your opinion on the community.
On the other hand, the devs are really helpful when making a report in their forum, they'll even take your savefile to see what's wrong and how to fix it.

[dcbobo]

Originally posted by JoeTron:

Ignore the troll response to your question. This community is generally really helpful. I can't add much more to what Inomsim replied other than to emphasize that *most* of the time, you'll have to build up funds/forces in between major story missions as there is usually a leap in what you need to accomplish (i.e. building up funds to build on the PHQ).

Stick with it if you can, its a very rewarding game once everything clicks into place.

you must be real new to this forum or been awhile since you been here. It absolutely wasn't a troll response...heh

[rubyismycat]

it was just a bug a patch dropped while i was playing so i had to let that install my station is building now oh a dc bobo you are a real ♥♥♥♥♥♥♥ arsehole

[Duke Flapjack]

Terrans and Teladi are neutral, so look there. It's just Argons/other Argons that the Terrans are having a cold war with.

[dcbobo]

Originally posted by rubyismycat:

it was just a bug a patch dropped while i was playing so i had to let that install my station is building now oh a dc bobo you are a real ♥♥♥♥♥♥♥ arsehole

I just answered your question.....

edit: correctly, i might add

[Oddible]

This isn't a bug. This is just a weirdness of X games. Because all the storylines and starts are disconnected, you can often get a storyline task that is impossible in the current state or well beyond your means.

For that player HQ mission you have several options. Drop some satellites or fly around until you find a free builder ship is the easiest. If you're truly red with everyone but not less than -10, take a small courier ship and fly around to different stations and wait for them to say "Stop that criminal", then hit SHIFT-E to select the enemy, shoot it, your rep goes up +1 for each of those. Get to 0 and you start getting missions to raise rep further. As you start trading with them you can raise rep even further.

Again, there is no immediate need to do any storyline task at any point. Take it slow, have fun, if you find yourself grinding too much go do something else! Also, on that Player HQ you do NOT want to build it using Terran parts, so make sure to select commonwealth parts. Otherwise you gotta ship wares to build it all across the universe. So buy (or steal) your blueprints from the Teladi or Argon or something.