100 Cell quest, capital ship invasion, blocking queue? [Screenshot inside]

[Mightysword]

One thing I speculated is the AI pathfinding is still botched in XRebirth in the same vein as how they were with Terran stations in X3.

I tried a few time now, my freighter can buy things quickly (within 5 min) after they arrive at the sector IF I am somewhere else. But if I am in the same sector, it can take up to 4-5 sometime 15 min or even forever for the ship to maneuver to the docking point. I suspect this happens to the NPC ship as well if you're in sector, so hanging around a factory for too long and you'll create a long line of ship.

Of course, leaving the system put you at risk of the queue bug, so it's a no win situation.

[Cryptum]

There is a solution to this, or to some at least. When you place the order, do NOT go for a side mission, and do NOT remove the ship from your squad. It may be boring, but it actually worked in the end for me. Just don't accept any side missions while the trading is underway. Also, for those who haven't searched it up, regarding this topic, you have to reset the planned trips for your freighter. This is how you can do it (for those who don't know):

http://www.weritsblog.com/2013/11/x-reb ... ls-in.html

As i said on my OP, this is what i did. I also used a save game for someone else, but this is only a half fix, you need to trade again later in the campaign and what, should i dump yet again my own game for someone else's?

I can try to describe what the freighter does.

After you have reset (deleted the shopping part) the planned trips will be at zero.

Try to do this in the exact order:

1. Assign the freighter to your squad.

2. Go to one of the shops and put an order for 100 (or more) energy cells.
You can do this before or after the freighter has arrived.

3. Be patient. The freighter will first head to a preset place (either above or under the station) before starting the trip to the station to purchase the ordered energy cells. You can freely move around other sectors, but I would wait until the freighter has started it's purchase run.

4. Do NOT under ANY circumstances start a side mission/dock at station/anything related to changing instance or missions. Everything will be overridden. Until Egosoft fixes that part, there's not much else to do.

5. After you are absolutely sure that the freighter has purchased the energy cells (or got that far) you can head to the station awaiting the delivery. Same thing here. The freighter will head to a preset area, then head for the station. If you can't get this far, send in a support ticket describing where it goes wrong. You can use this information as reference.


I hope this helps.

[Nukah]

No joy, i even reloaded a earlier save to before they even ask me to get 100 cells, my freighter just sit 18km away from the trade point.