problem in X3TC, aldrin missions : can't tow the mobile miner through the gate

site4gnome · Post by **site4gnome** » Mon, 22. Mar 10, 21:21

I've tried a couple of times now to get the disabled mobile mining ship through the terran unknown sector 3 west gate by towing it with my vidar. When I fly the vidar through the mobile miner doesn't follow, and when I go back to unknown sector 3 the mobile miner is now 5 klicks off to one side of the gate. I tried lining up the miner on the gate, flying to the other side of the gate and towing it through from the opposite side of the gate - no dice. It just slides through without making the jump.

What am I missing here?

Post by **Alan Phipps** » Mon, 22. Mar 10, 21:40

See if this helps: http://forum.egosoft.com/viewtopic.php?t=265440

vradchuk · Post by **vradchuk** » Mon, 22. Mar 10, 21:41

Board it and command it fly there by itself - when it arrives locals will give it to you anyway.

site4gnome · Post by **site4gnome** » Tue, 23. Mar 10, 03:25

running through on autopilot did the trick (I haven't taken the time to train 5 star marines so boarding didn't seem a good option). It seems silly that you can't tow the damn thing through manually.

perkint · Post by **perkint** » Tue, 23. Mar 10, 16:25

You can (supposedly) do it without autopilot, it's just very easy to interrupt the process, you autopilot is the easier option.

Tim

capirex · Post by **capirex** » Mon, 31. May 10, 11:11

Cant seem to get my autopilot to do anything normal on this mission..?

Towing towards the gate i select 'fly through' - then for some bizarre reason my ship decides to then fly on a 45 degree angle up and away from the gate - and keeps going??? (100 km away)

Tried a few times and the autopilot just doesn't want to do what its told..

Does the capping work as an option?