[SCRIPT] Force NPC Undocking

Graxster · Post by **Graxster** » Sat, 8. Nov 08, 21:28

Force NPC Undocking

Forces all NPC ships to undock from the selected station.

REQUIRED: Cycrow's Community Configuration Menu

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Tired of waiting around to dock at a shipyard, equipment dock, or other station? Believe it or not, the game has a default behavior to "idle in station". This can be annoying if you're trying to get 3 or more ships docked at a shipyard. This script will force all docked NPC ships to undock from the selected station. Enjoy!

-Grax

Update - v2

Added RAR download. Changed script to work more effectively.
Note that at times you may get one or two "stubborn" ships that
don't want to undock. Just run the command a second time and
it should work.

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Lancefighter · Post by **Lancefighter** » Sat, 8. Nov 08, 21:31

Ohh, looks like fun! Also helpful if you are trying to get that one guy to undock for that terran plot

Beej315 · Post by **Beej315** » Sun, 28. Dec 08, 13:18

Thanks for this as I need to get NPC's off my complex so that I can pack it up..

However, NOOB question.. How do you get the plugin screen that you have.. I have tried looking everywhere and cannot find it for the life of me..

I have the plugin installed but cannot find the script for the sake of looking..

Thanks for any help.

aquemnun · Post by **aquemnun** » Sun, 28. Dec 08, 13:33

is this for other race stations or just yours? I'm sure that you can undock npc ships from your stations by changing "other races can dock at this station" to no and then back to yes again.

Beej315 · Post by **Beej315** » Sun, 28. Dec 08, 15:34

Yea I set it to not trade but some ships just idle there for ages, I put seta on 1000% and waited and waited but the darn ship just would not undock.

aquemnun · Post by **aquemnun** » Sun, 28. Dec 08, 16:34

ah ok, fair enough.

Beej315 · Post by **Beej315** » Tue, 30. Dec 08, 15:24

Figured it out eventually and all sorted now.. Works a charm..

jogar · Post by **jogar** » Mon, 2. Mar 09, 05:25

How big a deal would it be to make this script run in a loop on a specific station or complex?

I like the NPCs to buy my stuff, but eventually they fill up all my valuable docking spaces and I have to flip the "NPCs can trade" toggle off and on again. It'd be great if the station could do this on its own like every hour or so.

argon_emperor · Post by **argon_emperor** » Mon, 2. Mar 09, 07:54

Well, to get it to run on a specific station in a loop would probably require the use of a command slot (station command), and some sort of a wait function/while loop. The while loop would allow it to continually be run until the command was terminated, and the wait function would mean it would only happen periodically, not as many times a second that the computer could process it (which would mean that the NPC's would be forcibly undocked the moment they docked). But change a line of code or two, and this could be used to simulate B-O'F's Station Clamper from X3:R. How I miss that script...

sazanami · Post by **sazanami** » Tue, 31. Mar 09, 12:35

Would it be possible to get this to work on player owned M1s with NPC ships still aboard?

Like, when you capture an M1 with ships still in the hangar. I hear SOS can claim them, but haven't got it to work yet.

brekehan · Post by **brekehan** » Sun, 24. May 09, 08:32

Ships remain docked at my station after reapidly trying this script to get them to undock. My supply transports can't land at my own station

xiriod · Post by **xiriod** » Sun, 24. May 09, 10:19

There was a Ship Clamp/Impound script for X3:R once, did it get ported to TC?

You could impound AI ships that stayed too long time in your base. Nice income on the side.

Cobra_mkII · Post by **Cobra_mkII** » Thu, 18. Jun 09, 00:58

What an appallingly clunky system this is!

I have activated the script with Thereshallbewings

I can see it in the console

I can see the "eject NPC from station" command (That Mahi Ma bloke won't leave the station so I can continue the Hub mission)

But nothing I select appears to run the script, he is still super glued into the station!

Talk slowly to me and tell me what to do please

Post by **Cycrow** » Thu, 18. Jun 09, 01:02

what scripts are you trying to run exactly ?

and what are you actually trying to do ?

Carlo the Curious · Post by **Carlo the Curious** » Thu, 18. Jun 09, 01:04

You should ask in the trhead for the scrip concerned, but in general you would select the script and press 'r' to run it directly.

Cobra_mkII · Post by **Cobra_mkII** » Thu, 18. Jun 09, 11:12

I have gone to Kingdom End to talk to Mahi Ma.

He is supposed to eject from the station and I collect him. Except he won't, the mission is broken and he stays on the station and there are no further plot conversations.

I read on a post somewhere (can't find it now!) of the same problem and one suggestion was to run the "Force NPC Undocking " script to kick him off.

I have avoided scripts and mods so far as it seems quite convoluted to install and run but had to bite the bullet to continue the Hub Mission.

Plodded through all the help forums, installed Cycrow's Community Configuration Menu and Force NPC Undocking and ran Thereshallbewings.

This works because the console now shows "scripts" running it shows "Force NPC Undocking " but I cannot work out how to get it running and hiting the Kingom End Military outpost to eject Mahi Ma.

So, need help, I'm way out of my comfort zone as I never know if fettling a game will trash it, I would hate a restart.

Of course if you know of another way of kicking his ass off the station let me know

I suspected I was going about this all wrong so thanks for your courteous replies so far

Carlo the Curious · Post by **Carlo the Curious** » Thu, 18. Jun 09, 11:17

Merged.

Schultski · Post by **Schultski** » Mon, 3. Aug 09, 08:03

Cobra_mkII wrote:Plodded through all the help forums, installed Cycrow's Community Configuration Menu and Force NPC Undocking and ran Thereshallbewings.

This is what causing the problem...

First, install Cycrow's Community Configuration Menu script,
Then, load your game file and SAVE it for a brief moment, then I urge you to RESTART the game by loading your after-saved-game file.

And then you would have a properly working script...

Other than that, I believe GOD is currently in HATE with you...

Scion Drakhar · Post by **Scion Drakhar** » Sun, 14. Nov 10, 16:43

Hi there.

Thanks Graxter. I've had these split traders camping in my megaplex for ages. Sometimes there are so many traders sitting in my docking clamps that my own freighters can't dock ... even when I'm not trading with other races!

So this worked wonders.

I have a question, though. I have an ... ahem ... aquired TL that has two Yaki refusing to leave the hangar bay. If I were them I wouldn't want to leave either since they're in Argon Prime AND in the middle of my fleet, but still ... It's MY ship now and I want the space for MY ships.

Is there a way to simply march on down to the flight deck with my marines, confiscate the ships and either throw the pilots in the brig until I can drop them off at a pirate base or simply throw them out the nearest airlock?

Scion Drakhar · Post by **Scion Drakhar** » Tue, 16. Nov 10, 06:22

Got help and if anyone is having the same problem there is actually a vanilla solution. Carrier Command Software: Combat - Launch fighter Attack.

Cheers

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