Fix Docking, Fix auto pilot

REB411 · Post by **REB411** » Thu, 26. Sep 13, 00:01

I am extremely upset at how bugged the auto pilot is I was in my Shuri and had a buster that had alittle hull damage so I switched to the buster fixed it and told it to dock with my shuri ,and it crashed into it I was just able to save the ship I moved off fixed it and again told it to dock it crashed again this time blowing me and my buster up. This auto pilot is so flawed I'm so sick of loseing so many ships to this program our Jets of today can fly from California to Japan with almost no human intervention but on your game they can fly thru space with out crashing into a space station. I understand that it's part of the game but the odds of this kind of action should be like 1% or lower I just had it happen twice in a matter of a min. that's a 100% crash rate. This game has AI's that fly ship any where but they can't make a reliable auto pilot

Post by **Nanook** » Thu, 26. Sep 13, 01:50

Don't worry, it won't be fixed. Rebuilding the AI for these older games would take too much time for too little gain for Egosoft. Besides, the devs are working pretty much full time on the new game, Rebirth.

So, get yourself a docking computer and use it to insta-dock when you need to do so. You can transfer it back and forth between, say, your Shuri and your Buster, and avoid all the unpleasantness.

Timsup2nothin · Post by **Timsup2nothin** » Thu, 26. Sep 13, 02:24

The beauty of a 100% failure rate is that you can just write that off. Auto-pilot dock with carrier while I am in sector...do not try it.

REB411 · Post by **REB411** » Thu, 26. Sep 13, 05:07

I know it's not going to happen but this has been a problem in the last two games and I want it to be fixed before I even think about buy the new game cause I can play these two till madding bugs like this one get fixed

Masochisto · Post by **Masochisto** » Thu, 26. Sep 13, 06:09

If this is truely a dealbreaker for you; there are fixes available:

[Script] Litcube's Bounce V1.7: Player Owned Autopilot Fix

pref · Post by **pref** » Thu, 26. Sep 13, 14:59

REB411 wrote:I know it's not going to happen but this has been a problem in the last two games and I want it to be fixed before I even think about buy the new game cause I can play these two till madding bugs like this one get fixed

Rebirth is supposed to fix these AI issues - this was one reason for a new engine i guess.
Not that ego would go bankrupt without you

Threesixtyci · Post by **Threesixtyci** » Thu, 26. Sep 13, 18:26

Was your M1 in motion or was it too close?

BTW: Doesn't take much processing power to use GPS. Like to see X3 run on a smart phone...

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Fix Docking, Fix auto pilot

Fix Docking, Fix auto pilot