X3:TC - Paranid hostility, bug?

[xiriod]

I just started, and managed to get my rep up to Paranid friend. But when I moved my non-player ships in to do trade they get wiped out at once. If I go, I am friend and they are blue to me. If I leave the sector, or they go in alone, they see red dots and get attacked.

Bug, feature or something I've missed? And can it be rectified somehow?

[Carlo the Curious]

Check your global friend/foe settings.

[xiriod]

Check your global friend/foe settings.

Paranid is set to Friend, and sent to all assets. If I send my trader to Paranid space it gets attacked asap. If I jump in behind him, the police turns blue and lets him be. So as long as I am in the sector, they say away.

This is only for the police force, the military does not care. But it is a bit game breaking for me though as it would be impossible to use an UT like this.

[Carlo the Curious]

Hmm. Illegal wares on board?

[xiriod]

No, but I kept exiting and entering the sector until one time the police was red when I myself entered as well. After a dozen tries. Then I talked to the police and I had to say I fired by mistake and they stood down.

I am not sure if I have to do like this in all Paranid sectors though. And I have never ever fired on any Paranid ship or installation, even by accident. I have kept myself so far way to even do that. I am at the beginning of my game. But, the ship I sent in was captured from pirates. Maybe it had fired on someone at some time and the game still thought it hostile?

Weird thing though....

[NUKLEAR-SLUG]

You are only borderline friendly with them so some of the police are still a bit tetchy.

If you do a run around the systems and comm a capital ship and apologise to it then it will instruct all smaller craft in-system to behave themselves.

[Elucca]

Nuklear-Slug, if they just dislike you a bit, they should only attack you if you enter their core sectors, and even then only after they warn you to leave.

Sounds like a bug to me.

[eladan]

I'm inclined to agree - it doesn't sound like any behaviour which can be easily explained away. I'll move this over to tech support so the guys can look at it.