My ship is going in circles, how do i get it to my dock :?

GenMelchett · Post by **GenMelchett** » 17 Mar 2004 16:32

my ship is going in circles, how do i get it to my dock

GoneWacko · Post by **GoneWacko** » 17 Mar 2004 16:43

Some information about the situation would be nice.
Screenshots too

SHADOW-XIII · Post by **SHADOW-XIII** » 17 Mar 2004 22:46

You can use bouys or docks (with TTDPatch) as 'waypoints' for ships if they cannot find a route

spaceman-spiff · Post by **spaceman-spiff** » 18 Mar 2004 05:27

The ship is probably caught in an estuary
Like Shadow said, add docks to the orders
1. It helps the pathfinding
2. they get serviced

kikumbob · Post by **kikumbob** » 05 Apr 2004 13:09

This the most common problem with ships, certainly for me any way.

Weird Dragon · Post by **Weird Dragon** » 05 Apr 2004 23:17

Add ship depots (maybe that was what Shadow meant whem he said add docks) with some planning:

When the ship needs service it will go to the nearest depot.
If the nearest depot happens to be on another ship's route
it will go to that depot, and then the ship sometimes has difficulties
finding back to its own route.

It can also happen that the neareste depot is another route but there is no open water to that depot and then the ship tries for ever to go there.

Therefore make ship depots on places
so that you are sure that the ship is always on its own route.

(PS: If the service is not the reason then add bouys as Shadow suggested).

Flavius · Post by **Flavius** » 06 Apr 2004 04:04

Usually i have to constantly use bouys to plan ship routes. But remember judicious use of canals is now available; so if you can shorten the route, do so.

Inability to rename bouys is inelegant, boring and messy. If we could rename bouys it would make sense to have unique sequence (numbering) of buoys for each route.

Currently do not use ships because of this failing.

Imladrad_Aëril · Post by **Imladrad_Aëril** » 17 Apr 2004 09:02

lol i never use ships exept for in open seas to oil rigs

Lightglobe · Post by **Lightglobe** » 17 Apr 2004 11:04

Nice post digging. Just a little late.

Sinaasappel · Post by **Sinaasappel** » 17 Apr 2004 19:27

Lightglobe wrote:Nice post digging. Just a little late.

Well, that's kind of the whole point of digging isn't it? that it's late?

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My ship is going in circles, how do i get it to my dock :?

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