[REQUEST] Docked AI Ships stay longer

[altug]

AI ships almost undock immediately after they docked, which seems bit immersion breaker. Is it possible to make their wait time between two random timers like 1min - 5 mins. Also I have some modding & scripting experience if someone can give directions I may also solve this. Thanks!

[PromX]

I agree, this is quite jarring if you start paying attention to it

[Shadow1980]

Ideally, ships should stay long enough to unload their cargo and load any new cargo, just as the player would have to wait.

For non-trade ships, like you said - a random number to simulate the captain/crew having business on the station.

[euclid]

AI ships almost undock immediately after they docked, which seems bit immersion breaker. Is it possible to make their wait time between two random timers like 1min - 5 mins. Also I have some modding & scripting experience if someone can give directions I may also solve this. Thanks!

I have not tested it myself but you should check the aiscript move.undock.xml line 348:

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<undock ship="$thisship" />

which could be delayed by inserting

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 <wait min="60s" max="100s" />

before this line There is another undock command (line 667) but this is for player controlled ships only. In any case I do recommend to be careful with the delay range. It may cause ships to queue waiting for free docking slots.

Cheers Euclid

[Keeper1st]

I'm on board. If there's a modder who can throw a quick test together, I'd load it up and see what happens!