Abandoned/Derelict ships and locations

[tuxinvader]

Strange. I almost exclusively use Linux, but I did try it on Windows 11.

I installed python3.13 from the Microsoft Store and then opened a command window and python and pip were available.

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C:\Users\micro>which python
'which' is not recognized as an internal or external command,
operable program or batch file.

C:\Users\micro>echo %PATH%
C:\Program Files\Oculus\Support\oculus-runtime;C:\Windows\system32;C:\Windows;C:\Windows\System32\Wbem;C:\Windows\System32\WindowsPowerShell\v1.0\;C:\Windows\System32\OpenSSH\;C:\WINDOWS\system32;C:\WINDOWS;C:\WINDOWS\System32\Wbem;C:\WINDOWS\System32\WindowsPowerShell\v1.0\;C:\WINDOWS\System32\OpenSSH\;C:\Program Files\NVIDIA Corporation\NVIDIA NvDLISR;C:\Program Files (x86)\NVIDIA Corporation\PhysX\Common;C:\Users\micro\AppData\Local\Microsoft\WindowsApps;

C:\Users\micro> dir C:\Users\micro\AppData\Local\Microsoft\WindowsApps
... snip ...
14/03/2025  20:11                 0 pip.exe
14/03/2025  20:11                 0 pip3.13.exe
14/03/2025  20:11                 0 pip3.exe
14/03/2025  20:11                 0 python.exe
14/03/2025  20:11                 0 python3.13.exe
14/03/2025  20:11                 0 python3.exe

I have no idea why they're 0 bytes, maybe they're "NTFS sym-links", but windows put them in my path. Do you have them in `C:\Users\NVtec\AppData\Local\Microsoft\WindowsApps`?

i dont know how this works. in windows/

i installed the python (newer version i could fin)

open command console

typed : pip install lxml
and all i got was :
C:\Users\NVtec\Desktop>pip install lxml
'pip' is not recognized as an internal or external command,
operable program or batch file.

i know i must be doing something bad.. maybe i am an idiot, or this is not noob friendly haha

BR

[BitByte]

I don't want the ship destroyed by mines so I scan it to get ownership and then I get out of the sector. I have to rely on a no exp pilot to get it out of there without dying. I find hugging the edge of the map is a good route to avoid hostiles. Plus, if there is any killing to do, I want to do it in person.

Mines (in Faulty Logic VII) don't do anything to ship when you're OOS so pilot skill level have 0 affect to that. Same way as you can allow ships fly freely in Silent Witness XII.

[tuxinvader]

I made a few updates to the script. You can now ask for the player location

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$ ./x4-save-miner.py ~/.config/EgoSoft/X4/11524914/save/quicksave.xml.gz --whereswally -p

Station: HRP-821, Class: station, Name: PHQ
  Macro: station_pla_headquarters_base_01_macro
  SpawnTime: 0
  Sector: Ocean of Fantasy (LIF-912)
  Location: {"x": -53257, "y": 70, "z": -63178, "pitch": 0, "roll": 0, "yaw": 0}

            The closest station is: HRP-821, distance: 0 km
            Target is 0 km to the east (X Axis)
            Target is 0 km to the north (Z Axis)
            Target is 0 km below (Y Axis)

Oh yes, I'm at the PHQ.

You can get proximity (to the nearest station) for anything. Where did I put my Hyperion?

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$ ./x4-save-miner.py ~/.config/EgoSoft/X4/11524914/save/quicksave.xml.gz -c VGG-471 -p

Ship: VGG-471, Class: ship_l, Name: Hyperion (Trinity)
  Macro: ship_par_l_expeditionary_01_a_macro
  SpawnTime: 459277.49
  Sector: Tharka's Cascade XVII (VOO-555)
  Location: {"x": -68197, "y": 0, "z": 47631, "pitch": 0, "roll": 0, "yaw": -24}

            The closest station is: VBZ-187, distance: 172 km
            Target is 117 km to the west (X Axis)
            Target is 126 km to the north (Z Axis)
            Target is 0 km below (Y Axis)

You can also use proximity with ownerless ships , vaults, etc.

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$ ./x4-save-miner.py ~/.config/EgoSoft/X4/11524914/save/quicksave.xml.gz -op

Ship: IRJ-597, Class: ship_s, Name: 
  Macro: ship_spl_s_fighter_02_b_macro
  SpawnTime: 177879.163
  Sector: Fires of Defeat (ZOO-725)
  Location: {"x": -68280, "y": 2632, "z": -39828, "pitch": 17, "roll": 0, "yaw": 115}

            The closest station is: ULO-307, distance: 23 km
            Target is 12 km to the east (X Axis)
            Target is 20 km to the north (Z Axis)
            Target is 2 km below (Y Axis)

Cheers!

[DocRV]

Hello all,

... or you can simple edit your savegame, using Notepad++, searching for all :

<component class="ship.*owner="ownerless"
(tick 'use regular expression' box)

and replace "ownerless" by "player".

Et voilà ! They're now part of your own fleet

[TheDeliveryMan]

Et voilà ! They're now part of your own fleet

Do Kha'ak and Xenon fire on pilotless ships owned by the player?

Furthermore, your method makes the safe game "Modified".

[vvvvvvvv]

Do Kha'ak and Xenon fire on pilotless ships owned by the player?

Yes.

[DocRV]

Et voilà ! They're now part of your own fleet

Furthermore, your method makes the safe game "Modified".

Yes, indeed.

[mathuziel]

Hello, I believe I have found a new abandoned ship?
https://i.ibb.co/mrrdgFMp/Cerberus-Sent ... Sun-IV.png
Quite new to the game soo I need some pointers to get the coordinates.

[BitByte]

Hello, I believe I have found a new abandoned ship?
https://i.ibb.co/mrrdgFMp/Cerberus-Sent ... Sun-IV.png
Quite new to the game soo I need some pointers to get the coordinates.

This Cerberus is not part of those "always exist" derelict ships.
Sometimes there's abandoned ships near ARG Equipment Dock in Black Hole Sun IV. Similar can occur in Antigone Wharf in Antigone Memorial. These are more randon and can occur more than once during the game.

Sometimes abandoned ships (their paintjob is called Origin Unknown) can appear if you take mission where you need extract ship.
I haven't tested does ship get destroyed if you cancel the job before ship delivery.

[Alan Phipps]

Re pilotless Cerberus, see this post from Scoob earlier in the thread.

[TheDeliveryMan]

Hello, I believe I have found a new abandoned ship?
https://i.ibb.co/mrrdgFMp/Cerberus-Sent ... Sun-IV.png
Quite new to the game soo I need some pointers to get the coordinates.

That was probably spawned during a certain plot mission. Type and location can vary a bit, depending on prior player actions.

[davewolfgang22]

Hello all fans.
I was wondering if all these ships were still located at the place in 7.50 update and Hyperion new start (not the campaign to obtain the Hyperion).
I already discovered 50% of the universe and did not find anything but one Boron mineral ship.

I searched but did not find any abandoned ship map updated since one year.

Lionel

Just updated to 7.60 with a new budgeted start - found all 6 right were listed.