No trade found? What am I missing?

[Salvor Hardin]

Hi all. I have a Solar Power Plant and a Factory somewhere else in dire need of energy. I have set up a L freighter to do a repeat BUY/SELL, and all is well. I have tried to do the same, on the same route, with another freighter, also with repeat order, but this time i get a "no trade found" error message. I know the Solar power plant is full, and will still have enough energy cells for the second freighter. What could be the problem? THe only think i can think of is that my solar power plant has only 1 dock: could this prevent other transport ship from planning a trade there?

[TheDeadlyShoe]

make sure the prices you've set aren't resulting in a loss on the trade.

also note that 'failure' messages persist eternally, even if the ship has since found a trade.

[conrado.lacerda]

My guess is there's a problem with the selling price. Check the price you set on your trader vs the one the end station is allowed to pay.

[zpc]

Most likely explanation is that the repeat order has some logic bug. Double check it if you really copied it exactly from the other, working ship.

[Salvor Hardin]

Thanks for the replies. Actually, none of my two freighters are buying the energy cells.
The trade I want to setup is between two stations i own. I have tried max Buy price + min Sell price, and the other way around, but the ship will still not buy the energy cells. I have also tried removing the SELL command from the loop, leaving only the BUY order, and it still doesn't buy. My solar station does however sell to other factions. It also has a M freighter as subordinate, which seems to work. The problem seems to be connected only to the L size freighter, even though I have 2 docks on the solar power plant.

[Hardie]

does your buying station have enough space to store the container goods?

[Salvor Hardin]

Originally posted by Hardie:

does your buying station have enough space to store the container goods?

.... maybe 😅. Need to check that out. BUT i also tried with only a buy order, without inserting the destination where to sell the wares, and it still won't buy the cargo

[Blazing Dragon]

If you want to set it up with repeat orders....
skip the buy/sell.
instead tell them to simply "swap wares" (sorry, i don't know what it is called in english)

instead of buy/sell... use the "transfer wares with..." command.

[Salvor Hardin]

Originally posted by Blazing Dragon:

If you want to set it up with repeat orders....
skip the buy/sell.
instead tell them to simply "swap wares" (sorry, i don't know what it is called in english)

instead of buy/sell... use the "transfer wares with..." command.

Mmh, no, there is no "transfer wares" option when using repeat orders, i cannot do that. This is rather strange

[conrado.lacerda]

Originally posted by Goufix:

BUT i also tried with only a buy order, without inserting the destination where to sell the wares

Try the other way around.

If your ship's cargo hold is full, the game won't let you set the buying order, but it will let you create a selling order even if it's empty.

[Salvor Hardin]

Solved it. I forgot to buy damned cargo drones for the freighter🙄

[conrado.lacerda]

Originally posted by Goufix:

Solved it. I forgot to buy damned cargo drones for the freighter🙄

If your stations have them, it's optional for the ship.

[Salvor Hardin]

The station did not. Makes sense