Sponateous cargo pickup

[Greyman]

OK, here's the list of my installed OXPs:

• Anarchies2.3.oxp
  Aquatics 2.11.oxp
  AsteroidStorm 3.53.oxp
  BigShips 1.01.oxp
  BountyScannerv1.061.oxp
  Cataclysm.oxp
  Commies.oxp
  Dictators v1.3.oxp
  Diso.oxp
  Dredgers 2.3.oxp
  Energy Equipment 1.04.oxp
  Executive Spaceways v2.2.oxp
  Famous_Planets_v2.0.oxp
  Fuel Tank v2.2.oxp
  Galactic_Navy 5.2.2.oxp
  Generation Ships 1.1.oxp
  Lave.oxp
  Missile Countermeasures 0.2.oxp
  Ore_processor 1.55.oxp
  PAGroove_Stations_v1.2.1.oxp
  PlanetFall 1.23.oxp
  Pods 1.10.oxp
  Pods-UPS 1.10.oxp
  Python Class Cruiser 2.6.oxp
  RandomHits1.3.6.oxp
  Rock_Hermit_Locator1.3.1.oxp
  Snoopers1.0.1.oxp
  Superhubv1.0.oxp
  System_Redux.oxp
  Taranis 1.2.oxp
  Target Autolock 1.01.oxp
  Target Reticle 1.2.oxp
  The Feudal States v1.1.oxp
  Tianve1.3.oxp
  Transports 2.51.oxp
  UPS-courier v1.6.1.oxp
  Vector1.3.oxp
  Welcome Mat 1.06.oxp
  YOUR_AD_HERE.oxp
  YOUR_AD_HERE_set_A.oxp
  YOUR_AD_HERE_set_B.oxp
  YOUR_AD_HERE_set_C.oxp
  YOUR_AD_HERE_set_D.oxp
  YOUR_AD_HERE_set_E.oxp
  YOUR_AD_HERE_set_F.oxp
  aegidian-special.oxp
  behemoth 2.5.4.oxp
  black_baron.oxp
  buoyRepair1.02.5.oxp
  globestation2.0.oxp
  griff_normalmapped_ships.oxp
  impcourier2.oxp
  ionics-1.2.3.oxp
  longway 1.1.oxp
  marett_vol1.oxp
  morrigan.oxp
  supercobra 1.4.1.oxp
  terrapin.oxp
  tesoura.oxp
  tgy_dev.oxp
  tiger.oxp
  tori.oxp
  transhab.oxp
  wolfmk2.oxp
  wolfwoods_variants.oxp
  x-ships.oxp

And thank you for your help.


EDIT:

Having played for hours now and there was no spontaneous pickup yet!

[Greyman]

OK, I just had another spontaneous pickup.

While mining some asteroid splinters I spontaneously picked up 1t of narcotics.

Does this suggest some problem with Ore processor and the Pods OXPs?

[Thargoid]

There's nothing in Pods that specifically awards Narcotics. There are one or two which award random cargo, but most of those are the larger pods which award multiple tons/kg/grammes.

I would wonder if this is actually something in trunk rather than an OXP? If something is being spawned which for some reason is picking up the role of "cargopod" (or whatever the generic role is) by accident?

[Screet]

There's nothing in Pods that specifically awards Narcotics. There are one or two which award random cargo, but most of those are the larger pods which award multiple tons/kg/grammes.

I would wonder if this is actually something in trunk rather than an OXP? If something is being spawned which for some reason is picking up the role of "cargopod" (or whatever the generic role is) by accident?

I don't think that it's trunk itself. I'm always using a trunk build instead of the release and I didn't have such a strange thing happen to me. Maybe I just had luck, but I don't think so.

Screet

[Thargoid]

By trunk here I was meaning the core game, not specifically (currently) 1.74 vs 1.73.4 release. That there may be something of a glitch in the main game code itself, as I cannot see how Pods could do what is being reported, and that's apparently the only cargo OXP running.

[Kaks]

Hmmm, if it is a core game issue, it might be fairly difficult to track down: there have been quite a few scripting changes between 1.73.4 and the svn trunk, so it might not be reproducible in ver 2198 (the current trunk build).

At the moment I'm having 'fun' with the new planets code while Ahruman is on a well deserved break from Oolite, but in a week time or so I'll see if I can reproduce it... that is, if I remember.

[Greyman]

Just an update:

While simply flying to the planet I picked up 1t of Alien Items and later on 1t of Luxuries.

[another_commander]

Seems that this is quite frequent then. Please remove all OXPs and play for a while with just the vanilla set up. This way we will be able to tell if the bug is indeed OXP or inernal code generated.

[Greyman]

When playing without any OXPs I didn't get a random pickup (yet). As this might take some more time to try out I'll invest some more time tonight and post any new observation.

@Chrisfs: Did you experience any more pickups?

[JazHaz]

Whilst playing last night I picked up a Galactic Navy Officer. Didn't see an escape pod though or see any navy ships/combat.

As this can only happen when the Galactic Navy OXP is installed, thought maybe this could be an important clue?

Alternatively been thinking that this bug has only been happening since I installed the Pods / UPS Pods OXPs.... What do you think?

[JazHaz]

Further to Greyman's list of installed OXPs, of the ones he has installed, I have only the following:


Energy Equipment 1.04.oxp
Galactic_Navy 5.2.2.oxp
Ore_processor 1.55.oxp <- I only have 1.53 of this currently!!
PlanetFall 1.23.oxp
Pods 1.10.oxp
Pods-UPS 1.10.oxp
Python Class Cruiser 2.6.oxp
UPS-courier v1.6.1.oxp <- I only have 1.5.6
behemoth 2.5.4.oxp <- I only have 2.5.1
impcourier2.oxp
x-ships.oxp

Looks like I need to update some OXPs, but at least I have cut the list down!

EDIT: Removed Transports from the list as I don't have it currently! Will find out what it does though...

[ADCK]

Further to Greyman's list of installed OXPs, of the ones he has installed, I have only the following:


Energy Equipment 1.04.oxp
Galactic_Navy 5.2.2.oxp
Ore_processor 1.55.oxp <- I only have 1.53 of this currently!!
PlanetFall 1.23.oxp
Pods 1.10.oxp
Pods-UPS 1.10.oxp
Python Class Cruiser 2.6.oxp
UPS-courier v1.6.1.oxp <- I only have 1.5.6
behemoth 2.5.4.oxp <- I only have 2.5.1
impcourier2.oxp
x-ships.oxp

Looks like I need to update some OXPs, but at least I have cut the list down!

EDIT: Removed Transports from the list as I don't have it currently! Will find out what it does though...

I;m getting the bug too, and of those ones i have:

Galactic_Navy 5.2.2.oxp
PlanetFall 1.23.oxp
Pods 1.10.oxp
Python Class Cruiser 2.6.oxp
behemoth 2.5.4.oxp
impcourier2.oxp

[Greyman]

So it's me again

Having removed all OXPs and time after time adding them again while playing for some time I didn't get the spontaneous pickups anymore as long as I don't install the Pods-OXP.

Now I have all the listed OPXs installed (plus ADCKs new shadery textures) and everything is fine again. So does this hint to some problem with the Pods 1.10.OXP (an OXP which I really enjoy very much)?

[ADCK]

So it's me again

Having removed all OXPs and time after time adding them again while playing for some time I didn't get the spontaneous pickups anymore as long as I don't install the Pods-OXP.

Now I have all the listed OPXs installed (plus ADCKs new shadery textures) and everything is fine again. So does this hint to some problem with the Pods 1.10.OXP (an OXP which I really enjoy very much)?

Hmm continue playing without pods for a while, just to be sure, i've noticed that the magically-spawning pods are fairly random, can go hours without getting it.

[JazHaz]

So does this hint to some problem with the Pods 1.10.OXP (an OXP which I really enjoy very much)?

Well I for one won't be uninstalling it, as the bug doesn't spoil much for me! I like the features very much, even when I scoop an exploding pod (happened last night for the first time)!