can't deliver stuffed trumbles

[richard.a.p.smith]

Hi. I have a mission to deliver stuffed trumbles, something to do with a museum. It didn't occur at the destination, still there in f5f5 as a mission. I did wonder if this is to do with screens overwriting or something like that. Launch/dock didn't do it. Going back in save games and trying again didn't do it. In the process of trying a few things I looked at the save game and have been trying to work out how it fits together but it's not so easy. I have tried to move the destination in the save file so it wasn't clashing with another drop off to no avail. Why would I not be able to drop off the stuffed trumbles? I haven't had any timer problems, not with that one anyway. Do I have to do something specific that I forgot when the mission was offered and is not listed in f5f5? Thanks. Richard.

[Eric Walch]

Hi. I have a mission to deliver stuffed trumbles, something to do with a museum. It didn't occur at the destination, still there in f5f5 as a mission. I did wonder if this is to do with screens overwriting or something like that. Launch/dock didn't do it. Going back in save games and trying again didn't do it. In the process of trying a few things I looked at the save game and have been trying to work out how it fits together but it's not so easy. I have tried to move the destination in the save file so it wasn't clashing with another drop off to no avail. Why would I not be able to drop off the stuffed trumbles? I haven't had any timer problems, not with that one anyway. Do I have to do something specific that I forgot when the mission was offered and is not listed in f5f5? Thanks. Richard.

Are you sure you went to the right system? I your save game you should find:

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mission_ups_parcel = "SPECIAL_DELIVERY";
mission_ups_pplanet = "X";
mission_ups_pplanetname = "yyyy";

When present, the mission is still active. The entry for "mission_ups_pplanetname" is deleted after fulfillment. The target system must be a communist state. In theory a script could have the government of the planet after acceptance of the mission. (Highly unlikely but I remove the double check in future)
You can terminate the mission by setting

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mission_ups_parcel = "NO";

It will not remove the text display but that will be removed on the generation of the next parcel mission.

[richard.a.p.smith]

Thanks for that. Not sure what happened but I've altered things according to your suggestions so it's gone away. Perhaps I went to the wrong place as you suggest, I did get the problem last night after, ahem, a small beer, then changed the save file.