[Bonus Plugin] Station Manager

[giskard]

You mean about the location where khaak usually spawn

Tried that btw.
Didnt help.

Theres 2 ways to scan for enemys, within a specified range or entire sectors. The entire sector feature gets them every time.

Giskard

[jlehtone]

You mean about the location where khaak usually spawn

Khaak seem to prefer corners more than the center. But yes, if the Satellite becomes a target, it becomes a target.

The need for Satellite, and not just any property seems like additional control option. You can have property in sector, yet 'tell' SM ships to stay out. I might see a use/reasoning for that feature. But such dependency is not necessarily the best possible default.

But to have more options, you need a way to tell the script what you want. Additional command slots, or more complex commands, or "if ship has upgrade X then ...". Are there other possibilities?

[Cycrow]

a simple barring of sectors will work

u can have a command where you bar sectors, and the ships will avoid those sectors

[The Rogue Trader]

The freighters that were being destroyed were from stations in Hilas Joy. They were stopping in Family Ryk and Bluish Snout on there way back to Homebased Station with E-Cells, rather than continue back to their homebase they just stop. I realise now that the selling freighters from my XLSPP in Tkrs Deprivation was/is the problem, because its freighters are selling to my stations in Hilas Joy, and because the station freighters from HJ are out buying e-cells when they reach the AI SPP they still buy the e-cells and start to head back home, during which time my XLSPP freighters deliver the ecells making the ecells on the HJ freighters surplus to requirements and because the holds on the HJ freighters are full they cannot buy another ware so they simply stop in space.

So what is needed in the script is similar to the message that we receive from our UT's when their cargo holds are full. Something like this:

'Your Station Manager in BHept Forge Hilas Joy needs help with Freighter HJ BHept SM1, I have currently stopped in space in Family Ryk, my cargo bay is full and I cannot continue trading'.

BUT rather have them stopping in space like fish in a tea cup, instruct them to automatically stop/dock at the nearest freindly station or continue to their homebase. I also noticed that when I checked the idling ships command menu they have nothing, the station auotmate has been turned off.

[Jakesnake5]

I have never had mine stop like that, but normally, I don't have anything selling to my station any of the resources.

Might need to nudge AalaarDB about this.

[The Rogue Trader]

How do I do this if he doesn't read posts on his scripts ?

[Cycrow]

u could try sending a PM

[giskard]

Theres a high burnout rate for helpers at Ego. So dont be too hard on those who agreed to help and then vanish. They work very hard whilst their here.

Giskard

[jlehtone]

Theres a high burnout rate for helpers at Ego.

That is quite understandable. But since that is known, we/they/scripters should have a clear maintenance plan, at least for scripts in the Bonuspack.

[giskard]

Well Ego tend to let players support them selves when they identify a role needs to be filled. So it just takes 1 volenteer to say something for something to happen usually. Especially for scripting stuff.

Giskard

[jlehtone]

So it just takes 1 volenteer to say something for something to happen usually.

Let say there is a script. There is a writer/maintainer of the script. Nobody hears about him for couple months. Is the script still maintained? How a potential volunteer would know that there is a need to volunteer and say something?

So with "maintenance plan" I did mean something in lines of:
The maintainer says: "I'll be out for a while. Would somebody like to keep this script in shape?"

There was a case like that in the German forum. Scripter simply vanished. Nobody knew what happened. Months later he popped in briefly and transferred the maintenance responsibility to next volunteer (for luckily there was one).

[giskard]

I do not know of any plans like that.

Sorry mate.

But pming the script writer will usually result in an email being sent to him, so he would be informed of a message for him.

Giskard

[Ruut]

I just have a bug with Station Manager. (SM)

I have bought my first station commercial, define her products and assign one ship with SM.

But, this ship just stay in waiting opportunity status while my station is empty and my factories full and at the correct selling price.


On complex SM work perfectly.

[Jakesnake5]

Did you give the station any credits? The SM know's better than to send a ship out when it can't buy.

[Ruut]

Did you give the station any credits? The SM know's better than to send a ship out when it can't buy.

Yes i provide this station with 2 000 000 credits.

[Jakesnake5]

Did you set up the needed Satilites?

[Ruut]

Yes besause all my other Stations manager work perfectly.
Just the one installed into mi commercial station bug.
Neverdeless i solved the problem in using commercial agent on this station.

[jlehtone]

commercial station

?
Trading Station?

AFAIK,Station Manager will only sell and never buy, when it manages a Trading Station.

[The Rogue Trader]

u could try sending a PM

I apologise for my ignorance, who do I need to PM ?

[giskard]

I just have a bug with Station Manager. (SM)

I have bought my first station commercial, define her products and assign one ship with SM.

But, this ship just stay in waiting opportunity status while my station is empty and my factories full and at the correct selling price.


On complex SM work perfectly.

I have seen this happen my self.

I had normal freighters working along side them as a test and they where always buying and selling but the freighters controled by this script did nothing. EVER.

I used a station in the heart of my empire so there was factories in most near by sectors but no satelites.

Giskard