Asteroid Launcher Will Not Leave Mars

[Rhianydd15]

I am a new player to the game after watching many lets plays I decided to get the game and play myself. However, after buying and installing the game on the 13th of September I've been unable to experience the majority of the new DLC because when I eventually get to visiting asteroids my rockets NEVER want to leave Mars. I have started 2 new games and ensured that prefabs are 100% available and ready for launch. I have double and triple checked the payload and ALL resources requested are ready. The rocket even says 'Ready for Launch' but it NEVER launches!

I had a really good colony that was ready to expand into the undergound but couldn't because it wasn't possible to get the new exotic materials from asteroids because the asteroid rocket wont leave! I have tried buying rockets from Earth they land on Mars but never take off again, I've salvaged them and built my own again NOTHING seems to be working. I have no idea whats going on but its getting annoying when the asteroid events come up but I can't actually participate.

Is there an ETA on a fix?

[FiatLux]

Apparently Paradox Interactive can not be bothered to service the Steam forum when they want people to use their own forum :

Experiencing bugs or other issues? Please submit a report to our official Bug Forum!
https://forum.paradoxplaza.com/forum/index.php?forums/surviving-mars-bug-reports.1003/
Ref. :
https://steamcommunity.com/app/464920/discussions/0/2949168661149085652/

General forum here :
https://forum.paradoxplaza.com/forum/forums/surviving-mars.983/

[Bored Peon]

Can you provide a screenshot of your rocket on the pad with it highlighted?

[ellacharmed]

Wait, not only the Asteroid Landers that cannot leave Mars to Visit Asteroids, the regular Rockets also cannot leave Mars to return to Earth?

Can you post screenshots of the Rocket UIs for both rocket types?

[Redlegoguy1]

I know this is a dumb question but since you didn't specifically mention it in your post I have to check: Did you set a destination for the lander?
If you did and this is happening regardless, I'm not sure what the issue may be. I've had some refuse to take off even when ready but it's only been a couple out of the dozens I've launched.

[Rhianydd15]

Originally posted by Bored Peon:

Can you provide a screenshot of your rocket on the pad with it highlighted?

I'm not sure I can, not given the option to upload or attach a screenshot but everything is 100% loaded and I had 5 prefabs and everything said ready when hovered over. I have the prefab tech unlocked so even tried that to see if it was just a prefab missing

[Rhianydd15]

Originally posted by ellacharmed:

Wait, not only the Asteroid Landers that cannot leave Mars to Visit Asteroids, the regular Rockets also cannot leave Mars to return to Earth?

Can you post screenshots of the Rocket UIs for both rocket types?

The regular rockets are fine, but you can order asteroid landers from earth, but even those asteroid landers wont take off from Mars.

[Rhianydd15]

Originally posted by Redlegoguy1:

I know this is a dumb question but since you didn't specifically mention it in your post I have to check: Did you set a destination for the lander?
If you did and this is happening regardless, I'm not sure what the issue may be. I've had some refuse to take off even when ready but it's only been a couple out of the dozens I've launched.

Absolutely, tried going to 4 different asteroids cancelling the previous one and clearing the cargo requests each time, waiting for them to be empty before requesting a reload of the payload. I've had two different play throughs all from a brand new and clean install with no previous install of the game being a new player. So it can't be an issue with an old save because I had none! I've scoured forums and reddit others are having the same issue but no fix it seems, I've tried all the suggestions others have tried but with no success. I have 2 lovely saves that I was really enjoying playing, but had wanted to experience below and beyond too as terraforming and green planet was underway had open domes.

I will admit I'm playing through the easy game methods at the moment to learn.

[ellacharmed]

Originally posted by Rhianydd15:

I'm not sure I can, not given the option to upload or attach a screenshot ...

Taken from the Screenshots tab, there's a guide on "How to share a screenshot" button:
https://steamcommunity.com/sharedfiles/filedetails/?id=181142704

[Zedgamer]

Did you initiate the launch sequence? To do so, left click your rocket. Then left click the far left icon at the top of the rocket screen, to "activate" the launch sequence.

[Redlegoguy1]

Originally posted by Zedgamer:

Did you initiate the launch sequence? To do so, left click your rocket. Then left click the far left icon at the top of the rocket screen, to "activate" the launch sequence.

That's for rockets, the issue here is with landers. They don't have a launch button, they only take off when the conditions you program into them are met.