Ships unable to dock using NPC captain with player onboard ship

[Malakie]

Anyone seeing this issue as I am? If my player is onboard a ship, the NPC captain is not able to dock the ship to any station. All other commands work but when the ship gets near the station I told them to dock at, they halt and sit there. IF I teleport out of that ship to another ship somewhere, it then suddenly docks fine. This only happens with player character onboard the ship going to dock with an NPC captain.

[Tommytools]

Watching your NPC pilots tends to make them nervous, but all jokes aside they should eventually dock. It might be that the station's docks are occupied and your NPC captain can't find an empty pad to land at (or pier for L/XL). I've had that happen at NPC stations that only have 1 basic landing pad (1M6S) or single pier.

Other than that I haven't had this particular issue, though my NPC pilots do have a habit of flying through stations rather than around them when docking. Especially if I teleport to the ship as it is in the process of docking OOS.

[Malakie]

Originally posted by Tommytools:

Watching your NPC pilots tends to make them nervous, but all jokes aside they should eventually dock. It might be that the station's docks are occupied and your NPC captain can't find an empty pad to land at (or pier for L/XL). I've had that happen at NPC stations that only have 1 basic landing pad (1M6S) or single pier.

Other than that I haven't had this particular issue, though my NPC pilots do have a habit of flying through stations rather than around them when docking. Especially if I teleport to the ship as it is in the process of docking OOS.

Yea this is not a docks are full issue. It's a bug that I am seeing in the latest build. What I am wondering is if anyone else is seeing it in release however, or if this is a problem on my end as I also do testing under NDA.

[Tommytools]

If you're testing the beta branch, it's probably better to report it on their forums, it could be something specific to their beta build.

I assume they have a separate section on their forums for the beta testing, I suspect that'll give you more answers than those of us who play the live build. Or at least put the bug report in a place where the devs can find it easier :)

[Malakie]

Originally posted by Tommytools:

If you're testing the beta branch, it's probably better to report it on their forums, it could be something specific to their beta build.

I assume they have a separate section on their forums for the beta testing, I suspect that'll give you more answers than those of us who play the live build. Or at least put the bug report in a place where the devs can find it easier :)

This is on the live branch, not the testing branch. What I am testing is separate to the over all game itself. My point was I am very familiar with everything being I test and stream the game itself a few times a week as well when able. Whatever this is, I am trying to figure out if it is indeed a bug or a one off issue on my end now.

[Tommytools]

Originally posted by Malakie:

Originally posted by Tommytools:

If you're testing the beta branch, it's probably better to report it on their forums, it could be something specific to their beta build.

I assume they have a separate section on their forums for the beta testing, I suspect that'll give you more answers than those of us who play the live build. Or at least put the bug report in a place where the devs can find it easier :)

This is on the live branch, not the testing branch. What I am testing is separate to the over all game itself. My point was I am very familiar with everything being I test and stream the game itself a few times a week as well when able. Whatever this is, I am trying to figure out if it is indeed a bug or a one off issue on my end now.

Sorry for misunderstanding, when you mentioned the NDA I assumed you were testing for X4. Even if the issue has to do with collision, the AI pilot should still be trying to dock and not just sit there picking his nose. I've had a ship bump into every module on a station before he found the docking pad, but not sit there twiddling their thumbs.

Either way I'll have a look at this later today, see if I can see similar behavior from my AI pilots.

[Malakie]

Originally posted by Tommytools:

Originally posted by Malakie:

This is on the live branch, not the testing branch. What I am testing is separate to the over all game itself. My point was I am very familiar with everything being I test and stream the game itself a few times a week as well when able. Whatever this is, I am trying to figure out if it is indeed a bug or a one off issue on my end now.

Sorry for misunderstanding, when you mentioned the NDA I assumed you were testing for X4. Even if the issue has to do with collision, the AI pilot should still be trying to dock and not just sit there picking his nose. I've had a ship bump into every module on a station before he found the docking pad, but not sit there twiddling their thumbs.

Either way I'll have a look at this later today, see if I can see similar behavior from my AI pilots.

I am testing for X4 stuff. But that is not related to this issue.