Data Transfer quest bug

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Data Transfer quest bug

Post by Darksurgeon » Wed, 29. Dec 21, 21:27

I just completed the Tarus quest line and I have now been instructed to dock at the Oberth with the Geometric Owl. However, I am unable to initiate a dock order with the Oberth. When I press Shift + D nothing happens. I have reloaded an earlier save and did the mission all over again with the same result. I have watched several videos of youtubers doing this quest having no problems docking and I just don't understand what the issue is.

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Re: Data Transfer quest bug

Post by Alan Phipps » Wed, 29. Dec 21, 21:57

Have you tried a comm asking it for docking permission? I *vaguely* recall having to do something extra such as that before being able to dock with it.
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Re: Data Transfer quest bug

Post by budforceuk » Wed, 29. Dec 21, 22:46

Have you researched teleportation?

If so command any S ship you have to dock with it, then teleport to that ship.

For that particular quest I just bought a S ship and left it permanently docked for that sole purpose.

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Re: Data Transfer quest bug

Post by Darksurgeon » Wed, 29. Dec 21, 22:57

Alan Phipps wrote:
Wed, 29. Dec 21, 21:57
Have you tried a comm asking it for docking permission? I *vaguely* recall having to do something extra such as that before being able to dock with it.
The only option I have when contacting the pilot is to speak to the Dr.

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Re: Data Transfer quest bug

Post by Darksurgeon » Wed, 29. Dec 21, 22:59

budforceuk wrote:
Wed, 29. Dec 21, 22:46
Have you researched teleportation?

If so command any S ship you have to dock with it, then teleport to that ship.

For that particular quest I just bought a S ship and left it permanently docked for that sole purpose.
I thought of this too but I can't even get another ship to dock with it at all. Right after I finished the quest I tried to dock and it said "Docking Queued"... thats as close as I got.

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Re: Data Transfer quest bug

Post by budforceuk » Wed, 29. Dec 21, 23:12

Darksurgeon wrote:
Wed, 29. Dec 21, 22:59
budforceuk wrote:
Wed, 29. Dec 21, 22:46
Have you researched teleportation?

If so command any S ship you have to dock with it, then teleport to that ship.

For that particular quest I just bought a S ship and left it permanently docked for that sole purpose.
I thought of this too but I can't even get another ship to dock with it at all. Right after I finished the quest I tried to dock and it said "Docking Queued"... thats as close as I got.
Does sound like you have a bug there.

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Re: Data Transfer quest bug

Post by Alan Phipps » Wed, 29. Dec 21, 23:28

Did you speak to the Dr? Maybe he invites you to dock? (Not sure, it was so long ago.)
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Re: Data Transfer quest bug

Post by Darksurgeon » Thu, 30. Dec 21, 04:56

The commander of the ship only has 2 options when opening comms: 1. Dr. Freynman, please and 2. (Back). When choosing option 1, the Doctors portrait quickly flashes and disappears.

No ships can dock with the Oberth

Tried leaving the system, station, etc. still the same.

This is really unfortunate. This seems to be the questline to unlock Terraforming, which was a feature I was aiming to go for endgame.

Any other advice would be greatly appreciated. I am still at a loss.

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Re: Data Transfer quest bug

Post by Alan Phipps » Thu, 30. Dec 21, 17:20

If the comm option 1 doesn't work properly then there must be an issue somewhere in the game situation or your installation. I'll move this across to Tech Sp and ask you to upload and link a vanilla save that shows the issue with the comms and plot.
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Re: Data Transfer quest bug

Post by dmk » Mon, 3. Jan 22, 10:26

Darksurgeon wrote:
Wed, 29. Dec 21, 22:59
it said "Docking Queued"
this usually means some other ship is before you in queue to dock that ship...
it's very difficult to guess what exactly, but may be savefile inspection can help.

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Re: Data Transfer quest bug

Post by izalith » Thu, 6. Jan 22, 13:11

Yes, please provide a save file with the bug present.

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Re: Data Transfer quest bug

Post by kyrah » Wed, 26. Oct 22, 00:35

Is there a workaround for that bug?

Bug still exist.

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Re: Data Transfer quest bug

Post by Alan Phipps » Wed, 26. Oct 22, 13:20

@ kyrah: Then please provide a link to a vanilla save showing the issue for the devs to investigate, as requested above. This is an old thread and so some things may have changed in the meantime, but the way to get it investigated now is as I have just advised.
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Re: Data Transfer quest bug

Post by kyrah » Wed, 26. Oct 22, 21:05

Unfortunately I don't have an vanila save. But in another post I saw a save from April, so it should be known and fixed long time ago ?!

For this mission part, you could just create a new Oberth to get rid of the old dock commands? Should be easy, dont need another save and fixes problem?

My workaround: get into the space suit, then you can see your ships again and if you know which ones caused the problem you can delete the dock command or just destroy the ship.

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Re: Data Transfer quest bug

Post by Alan Phipps » Wed, 26. Oct 22, 22:59

".. in another post I saw a save from April.." Please link that thread/post so that we can see if the linked save was/is useful.
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Re: Data Transfer quest bug

Post by kyrah » Thu, 27. Oct 22, 23:25

sorry checked again and was only a picture not a save

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