[6.0 HF4] - Explore area function no longer working

[bucho]

Hi Everyone,

Got a Discoverer Vanguard (ZKL-972) sitting in The Reach right at the South East border. If I right click an area close to the border and select Explore function, the order gets executed and the ship starts flying to the exploration point. The moment it reaches the point, it goes right into hold position mode (default behavior) instead of starting exploring the area. The sector borders also no longer expand if I move the ship close enough to the border.

Would appreciate if someone could have a look into this

Thanks for your time and here is the save

https://drive.google.com/file/d/11cCVSw ... share_link

[Alan Phipps]

This sounds a bit like an issue that supposedly was fixed in beta. See if anything in here seems similar. Please also confirm that your game is not modded.

[bucho]

Thanks for taking a look, Alan

Just tried issuing an order to explore Argon Prime gate. The ship went into the gate and started moving further to the center of Argon Prime. The moment it got there, it went into hold position.

Sorry, forgot to mention - the game is not modded

UPD

Have another Discoverer Vanguard (UQO-286) currently scouting Morning Star IV. If I remove all orders, the ship stops and If then I issue an explore order, it starts exploring. In saying that, if I remove all orders from that ship and move it to explore Morning Star III, it again gets there and then gets into hold position

[j.harshaw]

Haven't checked yet, but sounds like the order is completing as soon as it gets to the starting position. Are there any obscured areas in the map where you're telling it to explore? There might not be anything left to explore in that area.

[bucho]

Thanks for checking up on this !

That indeed is the case ! Just took a scout, pointed it to Heretic's End gate, it went into the gate and started exploring a completely new sector.

Though I still cannot understand one thing - The Reach is fully explored and there is a Khaak base in the sector (so as in Second Contact VII). One way of locating the base that is further away from the border was to issue an explore command and wait for the ship to find it. Another way was to bring the ship close to the border, wait for the border to expand and then move further until the base is finally found.

Right now with the ship straight away completing the explore order in an already explored sector and the borders no longer expanding it is close to impossible to find them... Is this by design ? I would need to re-think defensive strategy if so

Thanks for your help and patience