Massive Paranid Palace placement bug? - Resolved.

[wraith_78]

I'm doing the Foundations of an Empire mission with the Paranid.
I've just spoken to Kromancketslat and Dal Busta and have been told I need to build a huge station for the Paranid.
You know, the one with 3x everything in Pious Mists II.
The problem is, it's asking me to build it in the middle of the superhighway running through the middle of that sector.
I've occasionally had issues with placement of factories from other missions but have usually been able to just ignore or abort them.
With this being part of the main plot line, I can't do that.
Has anyone else had this issue? Does anyone have a fix?

[Solomon Short]

If you select & activate the mission, your map should show a the outline of a sphere which defines where the station plot needs to be.

Maybe try creating a 1x1x1 plot & seeing if there is anywhere in that sphere that you can place it, then try to enlarge it to the minimum size, in directions that meet the specific requirements (e.g. 2x3x2 means X=2, Y=3, Z=2) whilst still being within the mission sphere?

If you can place the 1x1x1 plot, but can't expand it within the mission target sphere, expand it in the directions you can, & see if it meets the requirements to proceed to planing anyway?

(If you can't even place a 1x1x1 plot, I have no idea what you should do.)

[wraith_78]

There was no sphere. Just the exclamation point.
At first I was sceptical, because I know the missions you're talking about, but this one wants a 10x10x10.
But I gave it a shot.
I placed a 1x1x1 as close to the superhighway as I could get and paid for the plot.
I rotated it to be at right angels with the highway, just to get it that bit closer.
I'm still about 6 or so units away at this point.
I extended the area Right Across the Middle of the Super-Highway!
LOL, WTF?
Anyway, from there it was happy to let my claim my 10x10x10 cube.
I'll just have to remember to not build to far into the top left corner.
Otherwise that superhighway will become a giant battering ram.
At least now I know how to deal with those other missions too close for comfort.
Thanks for the help.
Much appreciated.

[Gimbutz]

Do you still have a save where the guidance sphere isn't showing?

[wraith_78]

I tried to find one but it seems to be a bug.
All new saves I reload show the sphere, but sometimes after I've been playing a while the missions only show the ! exclamation point at the center of the sphere.
So, I'm somewhat ashamed to admit, upon reloading and looking for the sphere in the above mentioned mission,
I found it covers half the freakin sector and I don't know how I could have been so blind.
Apparently I could have put my Mega Paranid Palace almost anywhere.
It's just that I was trying to include the ! at the center of the map that was causing me problems.
Literally any freakin place else, I would have been fine.
Couldn't see the forest for the trees.

[grapedog]

I remember when i made mine, i could put it pretty much anywhere i wanted. I think i ended up putting it about 10km above the ecliptic right over the string of traffic heading north/south from the gate to the highway. I dont remember it needing to be in a specific place..

[Alan Phipps]

@ grapedog : Didn't wraith_78 effectively already say that in the post above yours (but a month earlier)?

[grapedog]

@ grapedog : Didn't wraith_78 effectively already say that in the post above yours (but a month earlier)?

Possibly you are correct, though i am going to claim temporary insanity, and pretend i didn't do that.