Eclipse wont dock on my Hyperion Vanguard

sfeautomenu · Post by **sfeautomenu** » Mon, 3. Jan 11, 23:42

I order it to dock on me and it just flies around me not docking or stopping 600 m away and not doing anything. I am stationary, and have no ships docked. What to do? I tried ordering it while he is a wingman and while he is not, same results.

edit: and he just crashed into me and blew up -_-

Khift · Post by **Khift** » Mon, 3. Jan 11, 23:47

It's a bug. Try cancelling the order, moving forward and then issue the order again. Alternately, take control of the Eclipse and dock manually - while flying the Eclipse open the command console for the Hyperion and select the "request docking permission" option in the main menu and dock manually like you would with a station. If you have a docking computer installed the previous step can be skipped; simply hitting CTRL D while within 4km of the Hyperion and piloting the Eclipse should instantly dock.

This script by Gazz fixes it entirely and also allows AI ships to properly utilize docking computers for instant docking. Will mark your game as *modified*, though.

sfeautomenu · Post by **sfeautomenu** » Mon, 3. Jan 11, 23:49

Khift wrote:It's a bug. Try cancelling the order, moving forward and then issue the order again. Alternately, take control of the Eclipse and dock manually - while flying the Eclipse open the command console for the Hyperion and select the "request docking permission" option in the main menu and dock manually like you would with a station. If you have a docking computer installed the previous step can be skipped; simply hitting CTRL D while within 4km of the Hyperion and piloting the Eclipse should instantly dock.

This script by Gazz fixes it entirely and also allows AI ships to properly utilize docking computers for instant docking. Will mark your game as *modified*, though.

Ah ok, thanks a bunch.

Carl99 · Post by **Carl99** » Tue, 4. Jan 11, 00:08

ohhh, thanks:)

Triaxx2 · Post by **Triaxx2** » Tue, 4. Jan 11, 01:23

Or increase your forward speed to 1 m/s or so.

Or Strafe a bit. It'll kick into motion and dock.

sfeautomenu · Post by **sfeautomenu** » Tue, 4. Jan 11, 03:15

I tried strafing and moving at 1m/s the eclipse still flies around and doesnt dock. And when I switched into teh Eclipse the option "request docking permission" was greyed out.

edit: NM i was too far

Bobucles · Post by **Bobucles** » Tue, 4. Jan 11, 04:44

There are a few magic "blind spots" that will screw up docking AI.

Just move around a little to wake it back up.

minigun · Post by **minigun** » Tue, 4. Jan 11, 17:54

If I'm having bother docking a ship to my Hyperion I'll tend to do the following, which seems to be reasonably reliable, if a bit slow...

- Have both ships 'stopped' in space around 1km apart
- Point the nose of the Hyperion towards the other ship, then raise it slightly (15-20 degrees is enough) such that if you were in the other ship you'd see a bit of the underside of the Hyperion
- If you already have a ship docked to the Hyperion and can remember which bay it's in, then move the nose of the Hyperion so that you 'present' the empty bay to the ship you want to dock, for example, if the right hand bay is occupied, then move the Hyperion's nose to the right (again, 15-20 degrees is fine)
- Give the order for the other ship to dock

For me, what normally happens then is that the other ship will fly underneath the Hyperion and continue until it's about 800m away, then turn around, come back and dock. It's not quick, but seems robust and there's always SETA to help with the time thing...

SkullCowboy · Post by **SkullCowboy** » Wed, 5. Jan 11, 03:33

I've seen the same thing in my Griffon so it's not limited to the Hyperion. And so far, as noted above, just moving a little bit seems to fix it.

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Eclipse wont dock on my Hyperion Vanguard

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