Beta 6-RC1 — invisible scrap cubes? - Fix in a future build.

[LameFox]

This will take some description as reloading a save seems to temporarily fix it.

In this save I have a recycling facility, with two manticores assigned to it. Nearby in another system is a Teuta producing cubes, which they bring to the facility quickly enough that one ship is often waiting for processing to finish, with its cube in tow. For some reason, the cubes often do not update well on the map. I often look over there and see the manticores hanging around the station, while the cube is sitting inert further out, roughly by the border of the plot. I was not sure at first if they dropped the cube, but I think they are actually still towing it, and the issue is visual. It seems to occur in low-attention only, but it causes some strange effects in high attention when you revisit the area, like an invisible scrap cube.

Cube location on map: https://steamuserimages-a.akamaihd.net/ ... rbox=false

Cube in external view: https://steamuserimages-a.akamaihd.net/ ... rbox=false

Save: https://drive.google.com/file/d/1ghp-8Q ... share_link

So to make this happen:

1. Load save, observe normally functional scrap facility.

2. Teleport away, e.g. to Barbarossa, where you can use SETA.

3. Watch on the map as new manticores arrive at the station.

4. When you see a cube 'left behind', teleport back to the station and f3 view the cube.

5. If you watch for longer, you will see eventually the manticore manages to deposit its cube despite not actually carrying it. The invisible cube appears to move around in the mean time, catching up with the manticore but remaining invisible (and misplaced on the map).

[Maelstrome26]

I've seen this happen not only to cubes but to ships as well. They don't show up on the map but the ship is clearly towing something. The towing beams don't show if you teleport to the ship, but randomly the wreck that's being towed will just randomly appear.

[FatalKeks]

Sometimes the cube, which is tug by a Manticore disappears visually on the map and in system, so it looks like the Manticore is tugging nothing. The cube "respawns" some time later, after a gate-jump or randomly and also on reloading the savegame.

Watch the Manticores in Windfall III for some time. Some of them seem to have no cube attached, even if you teleport to them.
Savegame:
https://easyupload.io/zflmoz

[DocAce]

This will be fixed in an upcoming update.