X3TC - TM question

[Jamumools]

Guys, finally bought myself a TM but now can't figure out how to get ships to dock in it. What is the command please? Do I need any specific software?

Thanks

[Jamumools]

Ok don;t worry - I must have been too close to the shipyard or something, I moved away and my Kestrel jumped in.

For those that wondered, you set home base to your TM, and then use command "return home".

[Baratheon79]

Or just "Navigation>Dock at..." and select your TM. The homebase option isn't exactly preferable for me, given what I typically use a TM's hangar slots for (transporting salvaged ships to a shipyard to sell off, or delivering new fighters to a carrier to replace losses).

[Sinxar]

There is also some sort of glitch where the ship won't dock, it will just sit there at 0 m/s. Moving around will usually solve this problem.

[Triaxx2]

If the above happens, use the WASD thrusters to move a little directly away from or towards the ship so it doesn't happen again.

[ApatheticEthic]

The ships not docking thing happens to me all the time in my carrier. I just move a bit until I see them start to accelerate a lot. Once I do that and come to a stop, they usually dock.

[caddman]

shift + d after the place you want to dock is targeted.

[Alan Phipps]

@ caddman: true if you are flying the ship, but this thread is now about AI Player ships docking (or not) with the Player's carrier. The occasional confusion for the AI is when it cannot decide the best path around an obstacle (such as the carrier itself and from many possible paths) to reach the start of the docking approach and it just locks up instead.

Changing the range and aspect of either the ship or carrier by a bit normally resolves this problem. I sometimes tell the ship to go to somewhere/follow something else for a bit and then tell it to dock again.

[Nanook]

When I'm flying my TM in salvage mode, or just trying to get a ship to dock, I find it's much faster to transport a docking computer to the fighter, transport myself, and then use the docking computer to instantly redock with the TM. Using the hotkeys, I can do this in about 5 seconds flat when I'm in a hurry.

[DiveBomberDave]

I find it helps if I'm OOS too.

[kgkosio]

I agree with Nanook, transfer the docking computer, change ships and dock.

Don't forget to transfer the docking computer back to the TM after you have docked. I have given away many docking computers this way during return ship missions.