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[rassad]

Q: how do you reset the map filter ?

I found you can click on the things being traded on the map, to 'filter' / grey them out, but how do you reset filter to bring them all back again?

[Ruffy]

How do I remove a player owned station and plot?

I have a few stations that I want to delete, but I have already set down a dock which I can't remove.
Apparently you can delete an empty plot via a "x" button on the right, but I can't remove the last component within that plot...

[fcth]

Q: how do you reset the map filter ?

I found you can click on the things being traded on the map, to 'filter' / grey them out, but how do you reset filter to bring them all back again?

The currently selected filter items show up towards the top right. Just click the 'x' next to them to unfilter.

[fcth]

How do you tell a station to bring a stored ship back to the pad?

I tried ordering the ship to dock at my location, but that doesn't seem to do anything (maybe because the ship has no pilot?) I thought I had seen one of the beta streamers use the little terminal by the pad to call a ship (which would make sense), but I don't seem to be able to interact with those.

[Ruffy]

How do you tell a station to bring a stored ship back to the pad?

I tried ordering the ship to dock at my location, but that doesn't seem to do anything (maybe because the ship has no pilot?) I thought I had seen one of the beta streamers use the little terminal by the pad to call a ship (which would make sense), but I don't seem to be able to interact with those.

What I do is go to the station physically, then press Shift + D to try to teleport to that ship (it should be highlighted blue-ish).
Once you try that, you'll see a message saying that the ship is in internal storage, and will be brought out shortly.

[Mondeza]

Does anyone know how long it takes for a Vendor to refresh their inventory? I bought 28 Rare Spice but need 2 more and am waiting for more to arrive at my vendor but nothing is happening. Do I need to leave and come back or just have a beer and wait?

[Tyrant597]

Does anyone know how long it takes for a Vendor to refresh their inventory? I bought 28 Rare Spice but need 2 more and am waiting for more to arrive at my vendor but nothing is happening. Do I need to leave and come back or just have a beer and wait?

There is more than one vendor in the universe.. ijs... lol

[Wou]

I've read around that you can order your ship to "auto-mine" but how to actually do that?
I have one has miner, ordered him to mine, he now has a full cargo and does nothing else. Can't see any other option that would suggest automation. Does the captain need more stars or what?

[marksnake]

3 stars when the captain should go for a good deal...below 3 stars you have to do it manually...my 2 stars pilots did nothing...maybe I`m wrong...

take a look at the numbers regarding "searching for a deal in xx sectors"

[marksnake]

...Mining is ok...auto-trading with your miner is the problem with 0 - 2 stars...

[Ramokthan]

Stupid questions:

I heard there is a Story to get an HQ. Where? I started standard scenario andim currently over 1 day and 6 hours into the save.

I heard you can research, where?

I was able to build a sinza but... dunno... other that that i didnt find anything

[cja2002]

Question: I have been trying to collect/pick up passenger from stations - only nothing happens, is it a bug?
(on previous X games, the passenger made contact: on this one, nothing happens once you (eventually) dock)
Ta, muchly!

For some reason, you have to go FIND them on the station. MIssion guidance should help.

Appreciate the quick reply - but finding them??
There is no relevant dock interaction & I can't leave the ship.
The mission guidance notes appear to offer nothing.

I'm struggling with this, and it isn't my first X game, so it's becoming doubly frustrating

[Ruffy]

I've read around that you can order your ship to "auto-mine" but how to actually do that?
I have one has miner, ordered him to mine, he now has a full cargo and does nothing else. Can't see any other option that would suggest automation. Does the captain need more stars or what?

If you set automine as default behavior (requires 1 star pilot), the ship will automatically mine until full, and sell its cargo. Rinse and repeat.

[Ruffy]

Stupid questions:

I heard there is a Story to get an HQ. Where? I started standard scenario andim currently over 1 day and 6 hours into the save.

I heard you can research, where?

I was able to build a sinza but... dunno... other that that i didnt find anything

Look for those sparkling red things when you scan a station. One of them should be a mission to help out a boron? (tentacled thing). He will give you a series of quests to get your own personal HQ.

Research is unlocked via that questline too, will be done from the map, near the top will be a "research" tab, for ship add-on modifications.

[Mondeza]

Does anyone know how long it takes for a Vendor to refresh their inventory? I bought 28 Rare Spice but need 2 more and am waiting for more to arrive at my vendor but nothing is happening. Do I need to leave and come back or just have a beer and wait?

There is more than one vendor in the universe.. ijs... lol

Really? Imagine that .

However the question still stands as I want to stay around this station for a bit. So do I bother going back to check or just finish up around the station and go elsewhere for the spice?

[astroshade]

I've read around that you can order your ship to "auto-mine" but how to actually do that?
I have one has miner, ordered him to mine, he now has a full cargo and does nothing else. Can't see any other option that would suggest automation. Does the captain need more stars or what?

You have to set it's default behavior to automine, this is in the behavior section. You don't do it by right clicking on the map and selecting mine. This is not consistent with auto trading, unfortunately, and this has to be the most asked question on the forum.

[astroshade]

How do you get miners assigned to a station to actually mine for it? I assigned two M miners to a station with the task to mine for the station. This station has a silicon wafer production line, so I need them to mine silicon... and they are just doing circles around the station instead of mining.

[Gavrushka]

Really daft one, but I've not played much yet and am still in my start-ship. Is a crewman/crewwoman equivalent of a pilot?

[ravisoul]

How do you get miners assigned to a station to actually mine for it? I assigned two M miners to a station with the task to mine for the station. This station has a silicon wafer production line, so I need them to mine silicon... and they are just doing circles around the station instead of mining.

i had this aswell until i found out i needed another storage module for that resource (so build storage modules)
then my miners started mining and dropping off the resources

[ravisoul]

Really daft one, but I've not played much yet and am still in my start-ship. Is a crewman/crewwoman equivalent of a pilot?

Yes they are
if you hire crew (from stations or from the shipyard) you can click on thair names in the information pannel of the ship and upgrade them to captain / Pilot
you can also fire them, start a comms with the crew person (just right click on the name and select comms)

you can also slide the crew bar from left to right in the ship information panel and make them marines