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Starsector => Bug Reports & Support => Topic started by: Deathfly on January 05, 2016, 04:21:23 AM

Title: Stuck in hulk
Post by: Deathfly on January 05, 2016, 04:21:23 AM

Well, just found that when I transport command to another ship in a bad timing, if the ship I should land on got disabled just at the moment I am landing, I will got stuck in that hulk and cann't transport command out.

Title: Re: Stuck in hulk
Post by: Alex on January 07, 2016, 12:28:55 PM

What happens, exactly? Are you 100% sure you weren't trying to transfer command to an allied ship?

Looking at the code, I don't see anywhere where it cares about the status of your current ship. You can even transfer command even when your ship isn't currently deployed. Hmm.

Title: Re: Stuck in hulk
Post by: Deathfly on January 08, 2016, 01:18:38 AM

hmm, OK, I will try my best to make that description clear.

>I transfer command to my frigate in mid of fight.
>The command shuttle off, reach that frigate.
>Command shuttle landing animation is playing and my UI is fading out.
>The frigate I should land on got disabled at this moment, just before the UI can fade in.
>Then I found myself got stuck in this hulk. Cann't transfer command to any other ships.

Title: Re: Stuck in hulk
Post by: Alex on January 08, 2016, 10:18:12 AM

Thank you for clarifying. Hmm - unfortunately, I can't seem to reproduce this.

Looking at the code to see if anything jumps out, there doesn't seem to be any different treatment for the target ship being disabled - once you start the transfer, it'll keep going. There also isn't any logic to prevent you from transferring to another ship based on the state of your current ship, and you can even change transfer destinations mid-flight. So, this is confusing.

Quote from: Deathfly on January 08, 2016, 01:18:38 AM

>The frigate I should land on got disabled at this moment, just before the UI can fade in.
>Then I found myself got stuck in this hulk. Cann't transfer command to any other ships.

Did the UI fade in? Or did it remain in a non-faded-in state? Also: was the target ship just disabled, or was it actually destroyed (i.e. with the hulk being gone)?

Title: Re: Stuck in hulk
Post by: Deathfly on January 08, 2016, 07:56:41 PM

IIRC the the UI remain in a non-faded-in state. And the target ship just disabled (I can see the hulk) at the time I am landing at but got destroyed very soon after that (in few seconds, that's tons of missiles still in flight to make a over kill.).

Title: Re: Stuck in hulk
Post by: Alex on January 09, 2016, 02:07:28 PM

Thanks - still can't get it to happen, unfortunately; am able to transfer out of a "destroyed" ship normally.