There is NO reinforced metal plating.

[Mopy]

Bear in mind traders carry them too, not just freighters.

Does anyone know how to edit the xml to get it into one of your ships inventory? I think I've had enough now and I just need to cheat.

Here we go:

Backup your saves.

Using Notepad++ or similar, open up your quicksave.

In game, pick a container ship you own and note the wares it has onboard.

Ctrl+F for <ware ware="warename" amount="howevermanywaresyouhad">
ware="fuelcells" amount="numberyouhave" works well here.

Scroll around a little in that area to check you have the right ship (I find other wares, crew names and number of drones easiest to confirm this, unless of course you only get one result, then it's definitely you Notepad++'s ctrl+f -> count button is useful for this)

Copy/paste the following line amongst the other listed wares, changing the amount to whatever you want.
<ware ware="reinforcedmetalplating" amount="2000"/>

Save the file, and load your quicksave. They should now be in your cargo hold.

[DaddyMonster]

Worked a treat, thanks so much for that - had had enough of banging my head against the wall!!

[Gruug]

So is this working any better with 1.19. I have yet to come across any ships with the PLATES.

Update: (or correction) I finally came across one ship in Forged Mail with 560 Reinforced Plate. Of course, it only had 42 fuel cells onboard so it would not move to my construction site. Eventually it got blown up. Still looking.

[spankahontis]

I am sorry if somebody has already mentioned this, but all the Google links relating to X Rebirth problems are now purple, and I still am no closer to a cure.

Before you reply please note that I have read about and watched the videos explaining how to get the material.

The problem I'm having is that there simply aren't any Hull-Tech Freighters carrying the goods.

None. Nada. Zilch. Zip.

Not a single freighter in the entire universe is carrying Reinforced Metal Plating.

Not in Forge-Welded Mail. Not in Shady Vault. Nor in Liquid Metal.

It is as though the entire universe has decided that Reinforced Metal Plating is unnecessary and completely done away with it.


In my first playthough I didn't have this problem. I went to Forge-Welded Mail and found half a dozen Hull-Tech Freighters lined up waiting for their wares to be loaded. I waited for one to separate from the pack before ambushing and capturing it. I had to abandon that save because of a save-file error causing the game to crash upon loading, so I started again.

Since then, however; I've not seen a single Hull-Tech Freighter carrying the rare commodity in about 4 different plays-through, both Free Play and Campaign.

In one save all of the freighters were bugged docking to stations, but that is no longer the issue.

Is this an economic issue? Is there anything I can do? Constructive answers will be well received!

Cheers,

Joleoo

Scrap that, I was thinking about Refined Metals.
Yeah, it's pretty bad.
Not seen a freighter yet that carries it.

[SieurNewT]

after a bit of looking at Roguey's

Factories for Reinforced metal plating:

Arms Tech Fab (Straining Coppice and Watergate)
Construction Shop (Frozen Circuit and Forge Welded Mail)
Hardware supplier (no where to be found darn it)
Mil Hi-Tech dept (Omicron Lyrae, also useless until you get there)
URV Integration (also Omicron Lyrae)

you also have some ship mass production stations in omycron selling crazy amount of them like 11.000 ... i was very sad to see that after spending long time for small quantity like 150 on previous system

[mbar]

At first I spent a lot of time running around systems to find the rahanas and stations with materials I need. Now I just hang out at a jump beacon until a ship jumps in with what I am looking for. Usually doesn't take too long. You need to take out the jump drive quick though.

[Gruug]

At first I spent a lot of time running around systems to find the rahanas and stations with materials I need. Now I just hang out at a jump beacon until a ship jumps in with what I am looking for. Usually doesn't take too long. You need to take out the jump drive quick though.

That could be an interesting way to do it. How do you find the "jump beacon"? Don't think they show up on the map do they?

[mbar]

The beacons do show on the map but they are not labeled. Once you see them you will figure it out. Just a small circular symbol. You can see it in the Sector map and the zone map. I think each sector has at least one zone with a jump beacon. Albion > Inner World > Cuspid Splint has one. I've had good luck here.

(labeled JB on this map)
http://roguey.co.uk/xrebirth/universe/c ... 5/zone-33/

Another would be Albion > Acendency > Buried Treasure
http://roguey.co.uk/xrebirth/universe/c ... 6/zone-43/

[Gruug]

The beacons do show on the map but they are not labeled. Once you see them you will figure it out. Just a small circular symbol. You can see it in the Sector map and the zone map. I think each sector has at least one zone with a jump beacon. Albion > Inner World > Cuspid Splint has one. I've had good luck here.

(labeled JB on this map)
http://roguey.co.uk/xrebirth/universe/c ... 5/zone-33/

Another would be Albion > Acendency > Buried Treasure
http://roguey.co.uk/xrebirth/universe/c ... 6/zone-43/

Cool...will look for them.

On a side note, I did finally find a freighter carrying more then enough Reinforced Plate AND Fuel Cells to get them home. Trade with my CS went well. Unloaded the left over plate in Darn Hot. Had couple of other items I could use as well on the same freighter so went back to CS to trade Reactors. Got the 1st message that the trade went through but NOT the verification. Freighter did deliver the items as they show up on the Arch list. But the freighter just stays saying its current order is to trade with the CS. do think there is a bug with return trades by the same freighter and the CS where the trade hangs up. At the moment, I am not sure how I will fix it. Thinking of just blowing up the freighter myself...we shall see.

[Orion1632]

But the freighter just stays saying its current order is to trade with the CS. do think there is a bug with return trades by the same freighter and the CS where the trade hangs up. At the moment, I am not sure how I will fix it. Thinking of just blowing up the freighter myself...we shall see.

Do the Add to squad and Remove from squad thing to clear his command queue.

else, leave the sector and see.

[Gruug]

But the freighter just stays saying its current order is to trade with the CS. do think there is a bug with return trades by the same freighter and the CS where the trade hangs up. At the moment, I am not sure how I will fix it. Thinking of just blowing up the freighter myself...we shall see.

Do the Add to squad and Remove from squad thing to clear his command queue.

else, leave the sector and see.

I tried that but it didn't work. Do I need to wait a certain amount of time? Will try it again.

[Orion1632]

yes it takes time, lots of time, give it an hour and see.

have you tried the clear trade queue button?

is the goods out of his cargo hold?

[Gruug]

yes it takes time, lots of time, give it an hour and see.

have you tried the clear trade queue button?

is the goods out of his cargo hold?

You are saying the remove/add squad thing takes time and I should give it an hour?

You know, I have not found it yet. ???? Read it was going to be added but for the life of me I can not find the thing.

Yes, the goods for the current mission were removed from the ship. Ship is just stationary at the unload point. Got the 1st message (captain video) but never got the printed verification that comes up shortly thereafter.

[proteus2]

At first I spent a lot of time running around systems to find the rahanas and stations with materials I need. Now I just hang out at a jump beacon until a ship jumps in with what I am looking for. Usually doesn't take too long. You need to take out the jump drive quick though.

Can also recommend sitting at a Fuel Cell Recharge Fact, less chance of the ship you are interested boosting off. May attract a few small fighters but you wont get pulled straight into the path of a Warden Destroyer like I was about an hour ago.

[VincentTH]

yes it takes time, lots of time, give it an hour and see.

have you tried the clear trade queue button?

is the goods out of his cargo hold?

You know, I have not found it yet. ???? Read it was going to be added but for the life of me I can not find the thing.

To Clear the Trade:

Bring up the Details screen of the ship.
Click on the Captain line that shows "Trading with <station or construction ship>
Click Details at the bottom of the screen. This will expand the Captain activities into a list of trades he is doing. Click on one of those listings.
Click on "Clear All Trades" at the bottom right corner of the screen.

You are not alone. Took me a while and 2 patches before I figured out how to do this

Hope this helps,

[VincentTH]

At first I spent a lot of time running around systems to find the rahanas and stations with materials I need. Now I just hang out at a jump beacon until a ship jumps in with what I am looking for. Usually doesn't take too long. You need to take out the jump drive quick though.

Can also recommend sitting at a Fuel Cell Recharge Fact, less chance of the ship you are interested boosting off. May attract a few small fighters but you wont get pulled straight into the path of a Warden Destroyer like I was about an hour ago.

I solve the Warden Destroyer/Carrier problem with Nova Drones. Just have to spot them from afar, and a Nova Drone into the engines should give your priced capture enough time to fix the engine and boost away (to a safe sector in the same system, if it does not have enough jump fuel).

The problem with waiting at the Recharge factory is that your capped freighter will need a lot of protection, since it cannot instantly jump thereafter. Also as you leave the sector, PMC ships and stations magically respawn/recover and take down your freighter in no time.

[Gruug]

yes it takes time, lots of time, give it an hour and see.

have you tried the clear trade queue button?

is the goods out of his cargo hold?

You are saying the remove/add squad thing takes time and I should give it an hour?

You know, I have not found it yet. ???? Read it was going to be added but for the life of me I can not find the thing.

Yes, the goods for the current mission were removed from the ship. Ship is just stationary at the unload point. Got the 1st message (captain video) but never got the printed verification that comes up shortly thereafter.

Unfortunately, I got back to try this after the 1.20 patch. Unfortunate because of what happened next. When I removed the freighter from my squad (still showing trade order for my CS), I decided to go to Darn Hot just to get out of the same sector. As I pulled into Darn Hot I get a message that my "ship build is done".....I had no ship being built. Shortly thereafter, I see my construction ship coming into Darn Hot and is part of my squad. It was not part of squad previously. I also see that freighter which I had removed from my squad is now on the move to Darn Hot yet it was NOT in my squad.

So, now I have an unfinished station and a construction ship that is attached to my squad. I sell the freighter to simplify things. I go back to the location of my incomplete station. CS moves to me and parks nearby. CS still shows two remaining "buy" icons as it did before. I land on the CS and talk to the architect. Shows all wares I have delivered but 0% station complete.

At this point, I feel I have no option but to restart my campaign. But with about 90 plus hours over 2 campaigns now, I am getting a little burned out on this. The game would be fun IF it worked.

[Gruug]

yes it takes time, lots of time, give it an hour and see.

have you tried the clear trade queue button?

is the goods out of his cargo hold?

You know, I have not found it yet. ???? Read it was going to be added but for the life of me I can not find the thing.

To Clear the Trade:

Bring up the Details screen of the ship.
Click on the Captain line that shows "Trading with <station or construction ship>
Click Details at the bottom of the screen. This will expand the Captain activities into a list of trades he is doing. Click on one of those listings.
Click on "Clear All Trades" at the bottom right corner of the screen.

You are not alone. Took me a while and 2 patches before I figured out how to do this

Hope this helps,

Thanks for that. Had to go back to a previous save with that problem. Hopefully I can get around what happened in my post above.

Quick update: Got it all to work. My URV Forge is now built! Thanks for all the help and tips. And yes, there are ships with plate...you just have to be a bit patient and wait for them to show up at times.

[malolotja]

So I checked again and again. It seems the only way to obtain the plating is indeed by pirating ships. How they obtain the plating themselves... no idea.

Every station with a plate foundry module is only buying the wares. Never selling, regardless of their stock situation. I provided them with all the primary resources to produce the plating. Still buying. Only thing left for me now is to wait until the plating stock is fully saturated. Let's see what happens then.

I would really love to hear from the devs if this was intended or if it is a known problem. This would save me some precious time.

[Gruug]

So I checked again and again. It seems the only way to obtain the plating is indeed by pirating ships. How they obtain the plating themselves... no idea.

Every station with a plate foundry module is only buying the wares. Never selling, regardless of their stock situation. I provided them with all the primary resources to produce the plating. Still buying. Only thing left for me now is to wait until the plating stock is fully saturated. Let's see what happens then.

I would really love to hear from the devs if this was intended or if it is a known problem. This would save me some precious time.

The only place it is made in PMC space to my knowledge (and we are talking during the campaign not free play) is Forged Mail. And, if it is the campaign you are talking about, you should never be able to trade with them. Forged Mail does in fact make the stuff as I have caught at least one freighter leaving there. I tried to pinch it but it didn't have enough fuel cells to make a single jump and died from enemy fire. I actually found a full freighter with plenty of fuel cells and plate in the sector one over, Shady Vault.

I am not sure if you are talking about the non-campaign or not here. As far as I know, all discussion above has been regarding campaign available plate.