XML Savegame editing, USEFULL workarounds for bugs and quests + repair captured ships

Lvcian V · Post by **Lvcian V** » Fri, 22. Nov 13, 17:45

Someone knows how to activate a jumpgate in save files?

Ratez · Post by **Ratez** » Fri, 22. Nov 13, 17:47

Ratez wrote:How do I change from 17% to complete? Station building is stuck at 17%. Had added drones after I started construction.

Weird.. it completed when I came back in zone. Is it meant to be like that?

shdwknght · Post by **shdwknght** » Fri, 22. Nov 13, 19:52

ColManiac wrote:I have looked but cant find it in the file, I set all the others to 0 but there is no mention on the v launcher in the file, unless its named someting else and else where in the file

what you're looking for is <ware ware="dumbfireturret"/>

a v launcher launches dumb fire missiles. dumb fire means that it is not able to lock on to a target.

vahadar · Post by **vahadar** » Fri, 22. Nov 13, 21:26

Lvcian V wrote:Someone knows how to activate a jumpgate in save files?

check this link, wwill give you some guidance

http://forum.egosoft.com/viewtopic.php? ... 61#4218061

seedee · Post by **seedee** » Sat, 23. Nov 13, 03:39

I thought i could link that here too :
http://forum.egosoft.com/viewtopic.php? ... 09#4241609

I found how to "undock" your ship from a shipyard if it bugged while doing repairs / loading drones / loading turrets

ie : the ship IS docked, but won't do anything anymore, commands are greyed out, ship dealer don't want to build anything, ship don't get repaired / fixed / equiped

Frumph · Post by **Frumph** » Sun, 24. Nov 13, 07:34

Most ships will work again if you drop them from squad and re-add them, they then go along their merry little business, probably done in a recent patch.

shdwknght · Post by **shdwknght** » Sun, 24. Nov 13, 15:34

Unfortunately, every single time i give an order to a ship, like a trader ship, i have to re-add them to squad.. quite annoying, but oh well, hopefully this is going to be part of the bugs they fix SOON.......

Frumph · Post by **Frumph** » Tue, 3. Dec 13, 12:56

1.18 and Stations not building parts (but saying they did 'done')

What it looks like:

This bug makes your station look like it's not completed the section that it should have but said it did.

Workaround:

Fly to another zone several away (go to fifteen if you're building in darned hot sort of thing) and bring up your 'property' (2-2) click the [DE] to see and open up the +Management section.

Highlight the 'architect' there. and click on the [details] for the architect.

Hit the [Comm] button now on that page and you will see all the things that are 'not done' so you can trigger the architect to work on them.

/coincidental bug/ - after you do this, you need to hit escape a few times because the windows drop and it appears as if you're flying normal but you aren't, the game still thinks you've got a window open, just hit escape a few times to get back to able to fly right again.

Then fly back to the station and you will see the architect finally working on it.

chikatilo · Post by **chikatilo** » Tue, 3. Dec 13, 13:00

glad to read i'm not the only one that's spending way more time in wordpad than the actual game to make progress

vahadar · Post by **vahadar** » Tue, 3. Dec 13, 17:12

If anyone has some new workarounds by editing savegame that arent listed here feel free to share

I am not playing the game currently (havent tried 1.18 ), waiting for more patches till i return to X:R, but i will update the first post when needed.

ColManiac · Post by **ColManiac** » Tue, 3. Dec 13, 21:26

Frumph wrote:1.18 and Stations not building parts (but saying they did 'done')

What it looks like:

This bug makes your station look like it's not completed the section that it should have but said it did.

Workaround:

Fly to another zone several away (go to fifteen if you're building in darned hot sort of thing) and bring up your 'property' (2-2) click the [DE] to see and open up the +Management section.

Highlight the 'architect' there. and click on the [details] for the architect.

Hit the [Comm] button now on that page and you will see all the things that are 'not done' so you can trigger the architect to work on them.

on it.

how do you do this? I pressed 2-2 which [DE] do I need to click on?
Also the construction ship is no longer on my property owned list, and the urv is stuck and I cannot build the required module.
Thanks

Frumph · Post by **Frumph** » Tue, 3. Dec 13, 22:32

the [DE] of the station that's not building correctly, in the +Management list the architect will be on it

NOTE: if it's the plot station, the only thing you can do is land on the ship and dock with it and talk with the architect that way, build something else that has the ready green on it and leave the zone for awhile and come back

shdwknght · Post by **shdwknght** » Tue, 3. Dec 13, 22:51

the architect isnt even in my management list..... i only have the Manager... there is no way for me to remotely call my architect.. believe me i've looked everywhere...

ColManiac · Post by **ColManiac** » Tue, 3. Dec 13, 22:51

Frumph wrote:the [DE] of the station that's not building correctly, in the +Management list the architect will be on it

NOTE: if it's the plot station, the only thing you can do is land on the ship and dock with it and talk with the architect that way, build something else that has the ready green on it and leave the zone for awhile and come back

ok, went through the stations DE,
went through each section, under management there is only 1 and that is my stations manager, there is no arcatect on the station.
I landed on the const ship taled to the arcatact even building another section still comes up empty, I had flowen away for a while doing other things comming back still nothing getting built, no option to view missing/added recorces to built staation part

shdwknght · Post by **shdwknght** » Tue, 3. Dec 13, 22:57

ColManiac wrote:
Frumph wrote:the [DE] of the station that's not building correctly, in the +Management list the architect will be on it

NOTE: if it's the plot station, the only thing you can do is land on the ship and dock with it and talk with the architect that way, build something else that has the ready green on it and leave the zone for awhile and come back
ok, went through the stations DE,
went through each section, under management there is only 1 and that is my stations manager, there is no arcatect on the station.
I landed on the const ship taled to the arcatact even building another section still comes up empty, I had flowen away for a while doing other things comming back still nothing getting built, no option to view missing/added recorces to built staation part

how i managed to build my last 3 pieces (the tube things and the radar), first i'd tell it to build the radar then add the turrets and all that stuff, press ok, and nothing would get built, same situation as you.

so then, try to mess around with the other things you already built.. like, highlight another section and press repair, then cancel, or ok, or click the option 'upgrade' then cancel etc.. just mess around with all the options available to you in this window, it will probably unstuck. you have to repeat this for each piece you start building.

ColManiac · Post by **ColManiac** » Tue, 3. Dec 13, 23:00

shdwknght wrote:
ColManiac wrote:
Frumph wrote:the [DE] of the station that's not building correctly, in the +Management list the architect will be on it

NOTE: if it's the plot station, the only thing you can do is land on the ship and dock with it and talk with the architect that way, build something else that has the ready green on it and leave the zone for awhile and come back
ok, went through the stations DE,
went through each section, under management there is only 1 and that is my stations manager, there is no arcatect on the station.
I landed on the const ship taled to the arcatact even building another section still comes up empty, I had flowen away for a while doing other things comming back still nothing getting built, no option to view missing/added recorces to built staation part
how i managed to build my last 3 pieces (the tube things and the radar), first i'd tell it to build the radar then add the turrets and all that stuff, press ok, and nothing would get built, same situation as you.

so then, try to mess around with the other things you already built.. like, highlight another section and press repair, then cancel, or ok, or click the option 'upgrade' then cancel etc.. just mess around with all the options available to you in this window, it will probably unstuck. you have to repeat this for each piece you start building.

ok il try that a min

ColManiac · Post by **ColManiac** » Tue, 3. Dec 13, 23:05

I added weapons to the first part and I can progress with upgrading the first section, il keep going till I run out of wepon uprgages.

well upgraded weapons, still cant add extension
edit:-

Ok thanks for the help, cracked it

, I added the weapon systems to the station, added the extension to station, still wasnt showing, flew "around the block" re-enterd sector, I saw bits & bobs outlining the extension, landed talked to arc and found new sectrion at 0%

, just added wares, so seems to be owrking for now,

every time I add an extension I have to flyaround the block and the next part can be built.

shdwknght · Post by **shdwknght** » Wed, 4. Dec 13, 02:05

ColManiac wrote:I added weapons to the first part and I can progress with upgrading the first section, il keep going till I run out of wepon uprgages.

well upgraded weapons, still cant add extension
edit:-

Ok thanks for the help, cracked it , I added the weapon systems to the station, added the extension to station, still wasnt showing, flew "around the block" re-enterd sector, I saw bits & bobs outlining the extension, landed talked to arc and found new sectrion at 0% , just added wares, so seems to be owrking for now,

every time I add an extension I have to flyaround the block and the next part can be built.

awesome glad i could help.

its a bit different in my case, i dont have to go anywhere.. just mess around with repair/upgrade and pressing cancel, then checking the extension status and it starts by itself. But then again, i cheated my first station.. i put 10,000 of each resource in my construction vessel's save file at the beginning of the game before starting the construction. I figured i wasted enough hours getting jerked around by bugs it counts as making the effort to gather resources

I hate cheating tho, so i wont do that again now that i've finished the plot

BugMeister · Post by **BugMeister** » Wed, 4. Dec 13, 09:59

DarrikVkir wrote:Good post. Now, if only we could keep these things at the top of the list without obviously bumping them

- a sticky in the Mods thread, maybe?

vahadar · Post by **vahadar** » Wed, 4. Dec 13, 15:18

BugMeister wrote:
DarrikVkir wrote:Good post. Now, if only we could keep these things at the top of the list without obviously bumping them
- a sticky in the Mods thread, maybe?

Not sure it is the best place

Maybe the spoiler subforum.
Anyway it is linked in the sticky made by BlackRain here, my guess is that most people will check his thread if they have a probem, so they will see this topic

But if a mod would like to do so

XML Savegame editing, USEFULL workarounds for bugs and quests + repair captured ships

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