Ships missing captains no longer have red exclamations?

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Ships missing captains no longer have red exclamations?

Post by klock_x4 »

This seems to have changed in 7.0, asking for a sanity check.

Pre-7.0 (6.2?), if I move a captain off a ship and the ship didn't have a captain...or...I captured a ship (abandoned during combat or one of the "found" ships) which also didn't have a captain,...this ship would show up on the map with a red exclamation mark.

Now, the only ship that seems to do this is one which I capture/find. Is this the new normal or am I misremembering how the game worked?
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Still happens for me, though it takes a few moments after you remove them to kick in.
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Re: Ships missing captains no longer have red exclamations?

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Isnt that case whith xenon ships only ? As they dont need captain or it change ?
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Caldari Navy wrote: Sat, 13. Jul 24, 16:00 Isnt that case whith xenon ships only ? As they dont need captain or it change ?
That was a bug, the captured ones are meant to need captains.
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No problems here, in the betas leading up to 7.0, the public release of 7.0, 7.10 Beta 1 and 7.10 beta 2 .. No problems with an exclamation mark appearing when appropriate. During this period I have done a lot of Pilot training via Terraforming projects (to get good pilots for all the free ships Timelines gave us, and a fair bit of shuffling about of Pilots with multiple skills for different roles), so have frequently seen the exclamation mark appear for ships that temporarily did not have a Captain. I watch out for that happening before I transfer a Pilot to the ship, to be sure there is no game script confusion as a result of me being too quick doing transfers.
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Well, with a fresh Boron start in 7.0, I do not get the red exclamation marks for any ships without a pilot. It's one of the first things I noticed because I generally remove pilots from ships that aren't being currently used, such as my personal ships. Those of you that are still seeing them, are you playing a pre-7.0 game?
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Nanook wrote: Sat, 13. Jul 24, 18:01 Well, with a fresh Boron start in 7.0, I do not get the red exclamation marks for any ships without a pilot. It's one of the first things I noticed because I generally remove pilots from ships that aren't being currently used, such as my personal ships. Those of you that are still seeing them, are you playing a pre-7.0 game?
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Post by H34Dru5H »

There is also 'Upkeep Missions' where a list of ships without captains can be found, buried among a zillion other problems with stations needing subs and pocket money :)
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Post by mediacenter »

in the map menu
go to filter page
check if the "other filter" button is disabled (shortcut button 3)
if it is re enable it

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under allarm setting you need to have anything except nothing/none (i dont know how is translated)

https://ibb.co/cxDXYTC
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Nanook wrote: Sat, 13. Jul 24, 18:01 Well, with a fresh Boron start in 7.0, I do not get the red exclamation marks for any ships without a pilot. It's one of the first things I noticed because I generally remove pilots from ships that aren't being currently used, such as my personal ships. Those of you that are still seeing them, are you playing a pre-7.0 game?
Mine is a new custom start I began with 7.0
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