I found a workaround for the centre console not working [Q&A CPP-3]

[Cyllie]

If when you enter the cockpit, and your chair does not turn to the side...if it just stays in place as it will sometimes do...the pop-up monitor that you view your missions and maps and trades etc on will not pull up. When you try to, you will turn to the side like normal, but it remains down.

-Saving and reloading will not permit it to rise up.

-Saving and Exiting the game will not end the bug either

The ONLY way to correct the bug is to leave the cockpit and reenter either by docking or going into crew mode...

AND then it only corrects itself IF the chair turns to the side

If the animation fails to play out, the monitor will not rise, meaning you cannot access those menus and information until you manage to get lucky and have your chair turn when you enter the cockpit

This has occurred numerous times, both without mods installed and with mods installed...it does not matter

[jojorne]

it is a known bug since release and they are aware of it...

This is not a new issue and is something we are working on, but as a workaround you can usually solve it by docking and undocking, or even simply going into your crew quarters and then returning to the cockpit.

[Cyllie]

I just report

[AnarkistUK]

-Saving and reloading will not permit it to rise up.

-Saving and Exiting the game will not end the bug either

The ONLY way to correct the bug is to leave the cockpit and reenter either by docking or going into crew mode...

AND then it only corrects itself IF the chair turns to the side

I have found if I go into crew mode... then save and reload... then re-enter the cockpit, this has corrected the issue every time so far when it has occurred for me.

[Grimm Spector]

So it's not even a ui not displaying or something like that...it's a clipping issue of your pov being inside the chair and it failing to draw the layer because of it...

[Musicker]

Had the same problem. Just that it happened during game play not when I loaded my save.

Somehow this remedied the situation both times:

Selecting in "crew" in the menu, so that the character goes to the back of the ship.
Then talking to the engineer about the ship status then talking to the defense officer about his skills.

I don't think that it's important who you talk to, it's just that both time i happened to do the same thing. I assume that either the skill window or the status window did the trick.

Thanks a bunch for this, I had the same problem, so I checked out the forum, and sure enough, someone had found a workaround.

I'm glad the forums are (at least the tech support forum) still as helpful as they have been for the last 10 years or so since I started playing X games!

Thanks again, much appreciated.

[CargolifterDroid]

I always do the following to fix the bug:

1. Quicksave
2. load Quicksave
3. hit "enter" then "5"
4. return to Cockpit

The animations of the door opening and the chair swivelling should now play correctly. Note: it is essential to save the game and reload it for the bug to get fixed.

I believe this Bug is a follow-up of the one where you enter a highway after a NPC has talked to you on the righthand monitor. When u enter the highway the usual animation will be replaced by a still-screen of that NPC instead.

fix:
1. quicksave
2. load quicksave

so, if you ignore the above mentioned bug, you'll soon encounter the bug where your mainscreen won't show up. This can then can be follwed by a bug where all NPCS in the rear of your Ship - or on stations - "sink" into the floor.