Issue with trading commands.

[RevanDucayne]

So i've spent hours looking for this everywhere but it never seems to work for me. The issue is this:

I have this completely legal Space Fuel complex and I need to get it operational, so I buy a freighter, assign it escorts and such. Then, I proceed to use the best buy command to buy some e-cells and have them delivered to the complex, indefinitely.

Problem is, the freighter does that, returns to the home base, unloads the e-cells and stops. I've even tried with a script that added a loop in the best buy/sell commands, nothing works.

I can't get my completely legal Empire up and running if I can't get my slaves to do the work for me Cry.

[X2-Illuminatus]

First of all, please tell us which game in which version you are playing and what scripts/mods you have installed.

Based on the trading mechanics of the vanilla game, there could be a number of easy reasons, why your ship isn't doing what you want from it:
1. Your complex doesn't have enough money to buy more e-cells.
2. There aren't any e-cells available within the set jump range for the set amount of money.
3. Your trader isn't allowed to trade with the stations in range (check the friend/foe settings) or the races owning these stations are hostile to you.
4. You have selected the wrong "Buy" command. There are a number of different ones. The correct one being "Buy ware for best price". This requires a homebase (your Space Fuel complex) to be set for the trading ship and Trade Command Software MK2 being installed in the ship.