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Scan: ..and cannot finish patrol mission

Posted: Tue Apr 19, 2011 9:19 pm
by echoes91
Sometimes when I begin a patrol mission (especially if with more than 7 objectives) i read on the right "Scan: (nothing shown)" and since every object has a name I can't find a way to complete the mission other than reload and hope for existing targets. Take a look at the pic

Re: Scan: ..and cannot finish patrol mission

Posted: Wed Apr 20, 2011 7:05 pm
by klauss
We should create a ticket for it.

It's either system generation, or mission generation. But there aren't many places to look for the bug.

Re: Scan: ..and cannot finish patrol mission

Posted: Thu Apr 21, 2011 5:15 pm
by AVBJim
I have not seen this on scan missions. But, I often get a similar problem with cargo missions. You have to dock with a ship that is not there. It never shows up when scrolling through the units, significant objects or mission objects. I tried a couple of times of jumping around the system to all major points (planets, jump points) and the unit never shows. The only solution I have found is to keep reloading until a unit I can find is listed.

Using current SVN version as of 20 Apr.

Re: Scan: ..and cannot finish patrol mission

Posted: Thu Apr 28, 2011 11:43 am
by echoes91
I finally found the object. The messages above on the left said "scan shmrn owned" and my radar shown a "loading failed" shmrn object. The autopilot brought me there and i found an asteroid field that let me finish the mission. Since there wasn't a base inside, I don't know why it was shmrn's own and not a natural phenomena like similar things and why my radar didn't load it.

Re: Scan: ..and cannot finish patrol mission

Posted: Thu Apr 28, 2011 4:26 pm
by AVBJim
What system were you in? I had two cargo missions do the visit with nothing listed yesterday in the Beckett/Thrace system. After a reload, the visit was still there listing no unit/base/planet. Luckily, visiting the only two bases there, it cleared the mission. I am wondering if it is a problem in particular systems or just random.

Re: Scan: ..and cannot finish patrol mission

Posted: Sat Apr 30, 2011 12:03 am
by klauss
I've seen those "load failed".

It would help if we gather all those "load failed" messages (they show up on the stdout/stderr IIRC), run VS with --debug maybe to see it all, and fix the associated entries in units.csv

Because those are broken entries in units.csv, it should be fixable rather straightforwardly.

We just need a list of broken entries.

Re: Scan: ..and cannot finish patrol mission

Posted: Wed Jul 20, 2011 9:24 pm
by athomic1
AVBJim wrote:I have not seen this on scan missions. But, I often get a similar problem with cargo missions. You have to dock with a ship that is not there. It never shows up when scrolling through the units, significant objects or mission objects. I tried a couple of times of jumping around the system to all major points (planets, jump points) and the unit never shows. The only solution I have found is to keep reloading until a unit I can find is listed.
You might want to start a new thread on this one. I think it's a different problem.
I've had it happen myself, as I imagine most people have, and I think what's happening is, the moment you jump into your destination system, the target you're assigned decides to "bolt for the Black", turning away from you and heading for the Far Edge of Nowhere just as fast as its li'l ol' SPEC drive will take it. I THINK, if you watch your targeter closely when you jump in, you might see your assigned target pop up for just a moment before it SPECs out of range to be replaced with something else.

This is the same behavior I've seen with cargo wingment. Not sure if the ones you hire will do the same, but if you order one to move to docking position, or even just break formation, it always seems to take to its heels and head for the far reaches. I think it's a problem with the wrong AI behaviors. Not sure if anyone's working on it.