Station Manager unable to control mining ships.

[corbyspencer1]

I have a Cell Fab Matrix fully built and have given the Manager 4 Midir, 1 Boann and 1 Rahanas energy but he refuses to gather resource from other sectors resulting in shortage of Plasma and Hydrogen also he will not send the Rahanas to get energy. I am on the third Manager and all act the same.

Any suggestions please.

[toepick]

having similar issues.. i think i remember reading somewhere on here maybe.. drag your mining ship to the sector and select to mine..than assign him to the manager..maybe? something like that, if i have a chance today i need to work this out as well.

[corbyspencer1]

That worked for the Midir once but then once the station had taken the plasma it was back harvesting ions again in the home sector. Tried the same trick with the Boann but that didn't work at all. Another strange thing is that the Manager shows he is Free Trading on the info screen but in the command screen he is shown as managing the station.
I've tried changing his designation several times but no matter what setting I use the info screen always shows this Free Trading and I can't emulate this on any of my other stations.
How do you get your ships to the required sector I ask them to take me.

[toepick]

same.. either ask them to take me or go there with them in my squad and wait for them.

i havent figured out too much on the station details screen yet, as far as what the different things mean...and have you ever assigned ships to a specialist? wondering if they do anything or if they are supposed to even show up as someone you can assign a ship to.

also, i thought that by assigning ships to an architect they would use them to help gather resources for the station (during construction). but they dont do anything with them.

(typing on phone sorry if spelling is fubared lol)

[VincentTH]

In my 1.22 game, when I assign the Midir to the Cell Matrix Fab's manager, it always says "Free mining" or something like that. if I take him out (join my squad), save the game, restart the game from the save, and reassign him to the manager, it will work.

I believe this is a bug not initializing some variables in the station manager script.

As for the Midir mining Ions instead of Plasma, I don't know how to handle that. May be the management level of the manager is too low?

[corbyspencer1]

i havent figured out too much on the station details screen yet, as far as what the different things mean...and have you ever assigned ships to a specialist? wondering if they do anything or if they are supposed to even show up as someone you can assign a ship to.

The only options which come up for assigning a ship to seem to be the defence officer or manager so no option for specialist.

Think the whole mining thing needs a rethink or we are missing some vital info. might try to put a manager on the mining vessel.

[toepick]

I am using the 1.23 beta, maybe that is something that they just added (the specialist option for commanding ships). I will give a ship to one later and see what happens.

Also, when I gave my Midars over to the cell fab manager they started mining plasma appropriately. Also note that I have the better station mining mod running (so not sure if that is making things work better or if the 1.23 has improved it, there is nothing in the beta notes to suggest they have worked on that at).

All for now.. if I can manage it (i'm at work) I will update on the specialist having control of a ship

EDIT: had a chance to give the Feldem?(the mining ship) to the 'specialist'.. and nothing changed at all; far as I can tell he even kept the same trading 'mission' he was on.

Now later the refinery part of my construction plant finally finished, I think its the third module? I re-assigned him from the spec to the regular manager and he immediately started mining ore.. nice.

[VincentTH]

I am using the 1.23 beta, maybe that is something that they just added (the specialist option for commanding ships). I will give a ship to one later and see what happens.

Also, when I gave my Midars over to the cell fab manager they started mining plasma appropriately. Also note that I have the better station mining mod running (so not sure if that is making things work better or if the 1.23 has improved it, there is nothing in the beta notes to suggest they have worked on that at).

All for now.. if I can manage it (i'm at work) I will update on the specialist having control of a ship

EDIT: had a chance to give the Feldem?(the mining ship) to the 'specialist'.. and nothing changed at all; far as I can tell he even kept the same trading 'mission' he was on.

Now later the refinery part of my construction plant finally finished, I think its the third module? I re-assigned him from the spec to the regular manager and he immediately started mining ore.. nice.

I don't believe I have seen the option to assign a ship to a specialist. The only options IIRC are the manager and the defense officer. The specialist name is only mentioned in the production rate area (increase production percentage due to the specialist).

[FuzzyLogic]

Got a question for you guys:
What is the operational range of the manager set to?
I think it defaults to working only within the local zone which would fit with the behavior of harvesting in the home zone only.

[corbyspencer1]

EDIT: had a chance to give the Feldem?(the mining ship) to the 'specialist'.. and nothing changed at all; far as I can tell he even kept the same trading 'mission' he was on.

Now later the refinery part of my construction plant finally finished, I think its the third module? I re-assigned him from the spec to the regular manager and he immediately started mining ore.. nice.[/quote][quote][/quote]

OK I'm doing gas mining and have noticed that hydrogen is below food in the resource list wonder if the manager works down the list rather than through the list would explain why he is doing nothing with the Boann - which is blindly roaming the system with no orders from the Manager. Wouldn't mind but this is the third, and most qualified to date, Manager of this station where is the destruct switch I ask!

I'm now also using 1.23 not bad but baddies bit thick on ground especially Xenon destroyers.

[VincentTH]

EDIT: had a chance to give the Feldem?(the mining ship) to the 'specialist'.. and nothing changed at all; far as I can tell he even kept the same trading 'mission' he was on.

Now later the refinery part of my construction plant finally finished, I think its the third module? I re-assigned him from the spec to the regular manager and he immediately started mining ore.. nice.

OK I'm doing gas mining and have noticed that hydrogen is below food in the resource list wonder if the manager works down the list rather than through the list would explain why he is doing nothing with the Boann - which is blindly roaming the system with no orders from the Manager. Wouldn't mind but this is the third, and most qualified to date, Manager of this station where is the destruct switch I ask!

I'm now also using 1.23 not bad but baddies bit thick on ground especially Xenon destroyers.

Take the Boann out (add to squad), save & restart the game, then re-asign to station manager?

Also check the station range. In previous versions, both trade ships and mining ships ignore station range, but may be that now comes into effect?

(Soz my game is re-started in v1.23, and plan to take it slowly, so I can't test this.)

[VincentTH]

Got a question for you guys:
What is the operational range of the manager set to?
I think it defaults to working only within the local zone which would fit with the behavior of harvesting in the home zone only.

Yes it default to the local zone, but in v1.22 or earlier, both trade ships and mining ships ignore the station range.

[BritheNomad]

On the station DE button in the property menu you can change the range of trading from whichever zone you are in to the entire system or beyond if discovered by you previously. I use the smart miner mod it helps no end with resource gathering as they check stock levels to see what is needed I believe. so far I had no problems in resource gathering since