Building ship does not provide captain

Krunch · Post by **Krunch** » Thu, 21. Nov 13, 05:15

I got this weird issue with the shipyard in "Darned Hot Air".

I tried building a Rahanas (Liquid) but as it used to, it did not provide a Captain for the ship, so it is just standing there doing nothing. Also another issue is with the wares not building either. I asked for a couple drones to be installed with the Rahanas but after completion, they were nowhere to be found.

I after that went to the 2nd shipyard where the Arawn can be built, I built one, but for that one everything worked correctly and a captain has been automatically assigned to it. It also came with the drones I asked for.

I am thinking the shipyard building the Rahanas is broken or something...

Update: Alright an update on this, I went to the ship dealer to modify that same Rahanas to add in the drones missing. The ship docked at the shipyard and I got confirmation from the captain, then the ship just randomly started to reverse and stopped moving when the ship dealer said: Ship construction completed. Now my Rahanas is standing half way at the ship contruction zone and it is stuck there. It doesn't want to move with any of the orders I give it.

Freeman_79 · Post by **Freeman_79** » Thu, 21. Nov 13, 05:18

Captains should not be automatically assigned on ships you can dock with, for example Arawn.

Ships however, you cant dock with comes with a captain.
I had to recruit a captain for my Arawn.

Krunch · Post by **Krunch** » Thu, 21. Nov 13, 05:21

You are missing the point tho, every single ship I built before came with a captain. And since 1.14 it broke somehow for the Rahanas.

The other point being the wares(drones) that I asked for (and paid for) are not added to the finished ship. It is completly empty.

Freeman_79 · Post by **Freeman_79** » Thu, 21. Nov 13, 05:23

Krunch wrote:You are missing the point tho, every single ship I built before came with a captain. And since 1.14 it broke somehow for the Rahanas.

The other point being the wares(drones) that I asked for (and paid for) are not added to the finished ship. It is completly empty.

Missed the point ?
I think you missed my point.

Ship you can dock with are also the shps you can assign a crew to, so they shouldnt come with a captain.
If you got ships with captains before and not after 1.14, means Egosoft has corrected that bug.

As for the drones I cant say anything, everything has worked for me so far *knock on wood*

Krunch · Post by **Krunch** » Thu, 21. Nov 13, 05:25

You can dock on the Arawn, I just built one a couple minutes ago and a Captain still came with it.

Why not on the Rahanas?

It also doesn't explain why the Rahanas was built without the drones, where as the Arawn was built no problem.

Freeman_79 · Post by **Freeman_79** » Thu, 21. Nov 13, 05:30

Krunch wrote:You can dock on the Arawn, I just built one a couple minutes ago and a Captain still came with it.

Why not on the Rahanas?

It also doesn't explain why the Rahanas was built without the drones, where as the Arawn was built no problem.

Probably because there are more bugs to sort out until every thing is in tip top order.

Krunch · Post by **Krunch** » Thu, 21. Nov 13, 05:33

Alright an update on this, I went to the ship dealer to modify that same Rahanas to add in the drones missing. The ship docked at the shipyard and I got confirmation from the captain, then the ship just randomly started to reverse and stopped moving when the ship dealer said: Ship construction completed. Now my Rahanas is standing half way at the ship contruction zone and it is stuck there. It doesn't want to move with any of the orders I give it.

Freeman_79 · Post by **Freeman_79** » Thu, 21. Nov 13, 05:33

Every ship you can dock on, of those I have build.
None of them had a captain onboard.

And I've got 1 Arawn, 1 Rahanas(Bulk) and 1 SCODA.
Only ship that had a captain for me was those ship you got from the plot.

Weird.

Krunch · Post by **Krunch** » Thu, 21. Nov 13, 05:35

What version did you start playing? I started on 1.11 (right when the game came out basically) and this is a "Campaign" save.

Freeman_79 · Post by **Freeman_79** » Thu, 21. Nov 13, 05:36

Krunch wrote:What version did you start playing? I started on 1.11 (right when the game came out basically) and this is a "Campaign" save.

Same day, about 3 hours after release. Also campaign for me.
Only used 1 save during the whole time.

SyberSmoke · Post by **SyberSmoke** » Thu, 21. Nov 13, 05:44

Krunch wrote:What version did you start playing? I started on 1.11 (right when the game came out basically) and this is a "Campaign" save.

Find a captain, any captain, dock with the ship, put the captain on the ship. Either the ship did not come with a captain OR the captain it came with is bugged. Either way you should then have a captain on the ship.

Krunch · Post by **Krunch** » Thu, 21. Nov 13, 05:45

I did already do that. But it still doesnt fix the issue of the drones, and the further borking of the rahanas while trying to dock at the shipyard again (read update in my first post).

SyberSmoke · Post by **SyberSmoke** » Thu, 21. Nov 13, 05:52

Krunch wrote:I did already do that. But it still doesnt fix the issue of the drones, and the further borking of the rahanas while trying to dock at the shipyard again (read update in my first post).

No clue unless you have a save from before the ship was completed and try again.

Krunch · Post by **Krunch** » Thu, 21. Nov 13, 05:53

I tried building 3 other Rahanas using previous save... and they all do that... I don't understand anything.

Sandalpocalypse · Post by **Sandalpocalypse** » Thu, 21. Nov 13, 05:55

I think the 'free' captains were unintended, and are mean to merely take the ship out of dock. Can't be sure though.

SyberSmoke · Post by **SyberSmoke** » Thu, 21. Nov 13, 05:57

Krunch wrote:I tried building 3 other Rahanas using previous save... and they all do that... I don't understand anything.

Interesting...only thing I can think of is to build the ship then replace the captain when it is done then take it out some where. If replacing the captain works it should go some where even with out drones. Then may be try and get the drones into it.

Beyond that, I guess report the issue direct to info@egosoft.com with the saves your using.

Krunch · Post by **Krunch** » Thu, 21. Nov 13, 06:35

Alright, I figured it out myself. I reset the Shipyard variables to their defaults using this technique: http://forum.egosoft.com/viewtopic.php? ... 08#4229908 (just keeping warelist and actor)

And it solved the issue! I just successfully built a Rahanas (Liquid) which came with the drones I asked... and the usual captain that always came with ships.

werewolves? · Post by **werewolves?** » Thu, 21. Nov 13, 07:08

Yeah I just got a captain with my ship, first time that has happened.