Why Can We Still Not Abort/Update Boarding???

[Lord Dakier]

Just give players the option to cancel/abort mission. It's not difficult lol.

If there are marines on board then they're automatically killed. It's a really simple request that is already in the game effectively.

[zakaluka]

That also means you can't change the pod launch parameters after you gave the command, as there is no way to delete the existing launch command.

Again, you can force the operation to fail by issuing a "remove all orders" command on your assault fleet.
So your statement that "there is no way to delete the command" is at least partly inaccurate.

[xant]

Then I don't know if it is the beta, but yesterday I had this exact problem and couldn't do anything about it. Deleting the command definitely didn't solve the problem.

All I saw was a greyed out button to cancel the whole thing, so I don't think it is wrong to ask for it to fulfill its function.

[Lord Dakier]

That also means you can't change the pod launch parameters after you gave the command, as there is no way to delete the existing launch command.

Again, you can force the operation to fail by issuing a "remove all orders" command on your assault fleet.
So your statement that "there is no way to delete the command" is at least partly inaccurate.

Tried removing all orders from all 3 of my ships that I owned, highlighted together. It didn't work.

[christellehahn]

Why on earth is it not possible to abort a boarding operation you start when you control the boarding ship yourself?

[Falcrack]

I was wondering too, is there a way to abort a boarding op that has started? I have very little boarding experience, and noticed that once started, I could not find a way to cancel it.

[Thecrippler]

On my opinion they shot come up with a better boarding system in 5.0 maybe something similar to homeworld 2 Marine Frigates https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hD45b0shHPQ

it shot be way easy to manage group of marines to assault cap ships

[edjc]

I am new to X4 and X series in general but have been hooked on this game since the winter steam sale. I like the boarding feature of the game but there absolutely should be an abort command or better yet a way to warn off "allies". I save every time I start boarding because inevitably a faction ship will show up and start attacking the boarded ships. Having the ability to get my marines off in time or better yet being able to warn off my allies feels like it should be there.

I have had a couple of times where the boarding pods just circled the ship without boarding but always reloaded a save so I never was able to reproduce the OP's situation but I think a look at the mechanics and logic is warranted.

[swatti]

Workaround:

If you have the "destroy turrets" phase. Cancel orders from ship "boarding" and dock it elsewhere. Destroy the turrets. And leave. The target ship will turn hostile but eventually go back to its thing like nothing ever happened and the "mission" will fail after the turrets are destroyed.

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