AssignToCommander.xml/Start_Default_Script vs assigning mining ship to station

[Browser_ice]

Hi, I noticed that when I assign a mining ship to a station (in this case a warehouse), the ship does nothing. I have invite/uninvite it a few times before it works or sometimes if it is already full of mining stuffs it can work. It seams very random.

I tried looking in the script for why and I came down to the MD script AssignToCommander.xml. Looking at it, no where does even assumes the ship can be a mining ship. I am trying to find out if this is the root of the problem (my free time is limited so having a bit of help would be nice).

Am I on the right track ?

[JESS 246]

HI Browser_ice i have had the same thing and with me it's all trade/miner ships assigned to warehouse there is another similar station affected in the same way sorry cant think of name.

I had posted about it sometime back all i got was negativity well at lease you're not alone by the way i don't build them station anymore and if i do i just leave them alone.

[euclid]

IIrc then the warehouse is a special case since it doesn't produce anything.

If you assign a miner to the manager of a station then he will get a list of collectable (minerals, ice, gas etc.) resources required for any (interim) products of that station. If there aren't any such resources in range or if the station does not require anything then the miner will switch to "free trade" and do nothing.

Cheers Euclid

[Browser_ice]

That is part of what I suspected.

But then that means that NPC mining vs stations was never coded. If was left out for some odd reason.