Target is not capable of autopilot docking

Lestradae · Post by **Lestradae** » Thu Nov 13, 2008 4:59 pm

Hi again,

while testing with diverse station models (the tianve oxp one and the old biosphere) I suddenly couldn`t dock with those stations. Attempting to dock by hand made me crash (erm, explode in-game) every time I entered the docking slit, and attempting SHIFT-C gave me the message "Target is not capable of autopilot docking".

I have never seen this message before and never had the problem before while testing.

Anyone the wiser? 1.72, Vista. Thanks in advance.

L

TGHC · Post by **TGHC** » Thu Nov 13, 2008 9:43 pm

Your not flying a Dyson Sphere by any chance?

Lestradae · Post by **Lestradae** » Fri Nov 14, 2008 12:54 am

I tried your suggestion, but it didn`t fit through the docking slit, too.

Commander McLane · Post by **Commander McLane** » Fri Nov 14, 2008 5:08 am

Lestradae, you should check your logfile anyway. Perhaps there may be some information to find which points to a problem with your Oolite? There might be something broken, which would explain this problem and the one you have with the SIRFYards?

Just a guess.

Post by **another_commander** » Fri Nov 14, 2008 7:11 am

Just to be clear: You have selected a dockable target before pressing Shift+C, correct?

Lestradae · Post by **Lestradae** » Fri Nov 14, 2008 9:43 am

another_commander wrote:
Just to be clear: You have selected a dockable target before pressing Shift+C, correct?

Yeah, I did

Really makes sense to ask such things, though ... forgetting the SHIFT key and searching for the error for half an hour is entirely in my capabilities sometimes

Lestradae · Post by **Lestradae** » Fri Nov 14, 2008 4:35 pm

Problem solved.

Post by **Micha** » Fri Nov 14, 2008 7:43 pm

Do you mind sharing?

Lestradae · Post by **Lestradae** » Fri Nov 14, 2008 7:55 pm

"station" must be in the roles key, even if the station is being called under another unique name, so as to be treated as a station by the game in all respects.

Didn`t know that before, but makes sense in retrospect.

Commander McLane · Post by **Commander McLane** » Sat Nov 15, 2008 7:47 am

Note: better give it a low role probability (even zero is possible), so that it is not taken as a main station instead of the beautiful PAGroove stations. So in the roles-key you should write 'station(0)', not just 'station'.

BTW, there is an alternative without using the roles-key: Insert the isCarrier <true/> key.

Lestradae · Post by **Lestradae** » Sun Nov 16, 2008 8:47 pm

@CMcL:

Using the "isCarrier <true/> key" seems to be the better solution to me, then.

Thanks @advice

L