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[nuggerath]

Can I declare a war to AI faction (TEL or ARG i.e) - not that ones which are "red" from beginning.

Can I declare war on one of the AI factions. I`m far from it but it will be good to know for further gameplay - because for now i barely know the basic of trading/automation trading/mining/basebuilding. But if I progress far enough, have own shipyards/inftrastructure (if possible) and can financialy maintain the war - can I just conquer my neighbour? Can I claim the enemy station/sector for my own - if yes what is the mechanic behind that?

Is it possible to have a own station which is producing ships?

[Frostnads]

Young Gun start:
Docked Starter ship at an Argo Equipment Dock, and ordered 2 Marines through the Trade Menu. Message displayed: resources to fill my order are not available and may take some time to complete. After waiting 40ish minutes real time, the order remained unfilled. Initiated a save game, got a white screen, and X4 froze requiring restart.
Marines seem to be AWOL.
Will they ever arrive? Glitch?
Yeah, I know in comparison such a simple a question...

[Lost Captain]

Does anyone know which stations or factories buy Nividium?

It's not even listed on the 'wares' part of the encyclopedia.

Thanks in advance.

[Tyrant597]

Can I declare a war to AI faction (TEL or ARG i.e) - not that ones which are "red" from beginning.

Can I declare war on one of the AI factions. I`m far from it but it will be good to know for further gameplay - because for now i barely know the basic of trading/automation trading/mining/basebuilding. But if I progress far enough, have own shipyards/inftrastructure (if possible) and can financialy maintain the war - can I just conquer my neighbour? Can I claim the enemy station/sector for my own - if yes what is the mechanic behind that?

Is it possible to have a own station which is producing ships?

Sure. You can declare war on whoever you want, it's a sandbox. Go ham on 'em!

Not possible currently to produce your own ships, unless you install a mod.

[moulbr]

Loaded a save and weapons stopped functioning. Very frustrating. Anyone else have this problem?


Update: Solved. Somehow my weapon group got changed. Press the 1 key and all it well.

[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!

[Tyrant597]

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.

[Tadas]

Do resource probes help auto miners?

[astroshade]

I'll ask this here too, since I haven't had any luck on steam or in the other ask a question thread:

How do I get tracking missiles to actually track my target? Whenever I launch things like the heatseeker missile, they act like dumbfire missiles and just travel in a straight line.

[sovsefar78]

Possible to board ships or shipwrecks ?

I did the scientist experiment mission where you have to blow up a ship, after that i claimed the base and flew back to a shipwreck in my spacesuit.

Before dying i went below it trying to get in or using the ship's menu by right clicking there was no way to board the ship.

Is there a way to do this or hasn't it been implemented yet ? the shipwreck came from some criminal i shot nearby.

[Tadas]

I'll ask this here too, since I haven't had any luck on steam or in the other ask a question thread:

How do I get tracking missiles to actually track my target? Whenever I launch things like the heatseeker missile, they act like dumbfire missiles and just travel in a straight line.

The only smart missile that works that way for me are swarm missiles. I really don't know if it's a bug or they should be dumbfire missiles. I am currently loaded with "light smart" missiles, select my target, shoot and they do follow it, change direction etc.

[astroshade]

I'll ask this here too, since I haven't had any luck on steam or in the other ask a question thread:

How do I get tracking missiles to actually track my target? Whenever I launch things like the heatseeker missile, they act like dumbfire missiles and just travel in a straight line.

The only smart missile that works that way for me are swarm missiles. I really don't know if it's a bug or they should be dumbfire missiles. I am currently loaded with "light smart" missiles, select my target, shoot and they do follow it, change direction etc.

Yeah this doesn't work for me with swarms either, they also travel in a straight line.

[anstandridge]

Do you have a controller / joystick plugged in by any chance?

Yes I do. I tried setting the deadzone to something huge but it didn't help at all.

I had this in addition to sliding around randomly when in walking mode. I fixed both by unbinding the entire "Menus - Analog" section under controls / menu navigation and "First Person: Analog" under controls / platform movement. I assume it wasn't factoring in deadzone settings when in those modes since the movement was very minor.

How did you unbind the controls? I've tried everything but can't get it to work. I have the same map scrolling issue

[HoneyRun]

Trying to do the tutorial "map: trading", at some point you have to place a buy order by clicking on a station's sold ware and selecting one of your ships. Why does that dropdown list not include the one I'm currently in?

[pirate_smee]

What are the researched modifications at the base for?
How do I tune my engine or enable the researched modifications the Engine Mk I-III for production?

[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.