Docking "Target Not Combatable"

[Neon_42]

Docking is really buggy. I cannot dock a single bare core to a docking area with 30x30x300 blocks. I keep getting "Cannot dock here target not combatable". This happens even to previously docked ships. I undock a ship and try to re-dock it but it won't go.

 

[War Dog]

You have to aim DIRECTLY AT THE DOCKING MODULE in order to dock.

 

[Neon_42]

Oh really!? I never thought of that! Thanks for your infinite knowlege and wisdom. Please tell me more about the most obvious solution to the problem that I clearly didn\'t try before asking for help.

 

[Morrigi]

\"You have to aim DIRECTLY AT THE DOCKING MODULE in order to dock.\"

...Not sure if trolling or just ignorant

 

[fstratzero]

This is going to sound odd, but some times spamming the docking module with clicks is enough to get an item to dock, that fits in the docking area but refuses to dock.


~ScrollLock::Suspend, Toggle

~$RButton::
While GetKeyState(\"RButton\", \"P\"){
Click right
Sleep -1 ; milliseconds
}
return

http://www.autohotkey.com/

 

[Comr4de]

Are you aiming the beam from a cockpit?

 

[Archer6621]

The actual beam itself has to hit the main docking module, so pointing at it with the crosshair is not enough.

Not sure if there are still location syncing errors on servers, but that could be it as well, a relog would fix that though.

If you can\'t see your beam, you have to put cockpits on your ship in such a way that you can easily see what the beam is hitting and where it is coming from (it comes directly from the core).

If all that fails, it could be a new bug...

 

[Masochist4Melons]

Is the beam on. No really. I had this problem beucase I couldn\'t see the beam, it was somehow switched off in the options menu when I updated.

 

[Neon_42]

I am aiming from a bare core. Nothing attached to the ship. I\'ve tried spamming but have had no success.

 

[Crusade]

Try turning off docking validation. Test it with a single docking block attached to a station. Make sure the docking area is green, proceed to shoot the dock with your cores docking beam.
Post results.

 

[Docithe]

Not sure if this will help in your specific case, but I sometimes have this issue and I can dock if I change my angle of approach (turn around or whatnot). Of course this is a workaround rather than a fix. This is relatively simple, and I imagine you\'ve tried it by now, but I thought I\'d toss in my 2 cents.

 

[DrShazam]

I am having the same issue while using docking enhancers. If i build just the turret docking module and dock a core to it, it is fine but when I try to dock a larger turret which requires turret docking enhancers, it does not seem to even recognize that turret docking block. I have tried several configs and still nothing. I think it maybe a bug.

 

[MineCatFTW]

I have a similar problem, it only started since the chain docking update. The weirdest part is I still get the message if it is too big, then once I fix it, it just doesn\'t give me any information, not even a target not compatible.

 

[Draren Thiralas]

Real bug, that\'s gonna screw my ship

 

[GROOV3ST3R]

EVENTUALLY you will be able to dock it. I don\'t know how or why this happens but it happened to me numerous times as well - both on 1 block docks and large turrets.



Last time, I left it for 20 minutes and when I came back to it, it docked straight away.



Try to keep your beam on the core for a few seconds - sometimes it needs a little time to activate. Obviously, make sure that your ships both have correct faction signatures (or no sig at all)..

System can act odd sometimes but eventually it will work.

 

[Trollerbobman]

pls note how long he has been offline for before posting a comment.

 

[GhostSabre]

If the thing you\'re docking on has a faction module then you\'ll need a faction module on your ship, both activated on the same faction. A bare ship core can\'t dock on a faction station.

 

[Nebulon-B_Frigate_FTW]

I\'ve been unable to dock an unfactioned turret to a unfactioned ship (pre-chain-docking). For some reason on that one side of my ship (I had ten turret docks and only two were giving me trouble) it wouldn\'t allow me to dock without getting closer. Rapidly entering build mode after activating the beam confirmed it was on target. Docking seems a bit fidgety.

 

[Blodge]

I am getting the same problem as above. I\'m trying to dock a lone, un-factioned Ship Core to a Turret Docking Unit linked to 5 Turret Docking Enhancer Units. I aim at the Docking Unit and get the error message \"The docking area is too small for this turret to dock\". As can be seen from the below screenshot, the docking area is clearly much larger than the Turret area. This has been happening to me since the linked docking update. I am presently using version 0.0947.
Is this an official bug which the Developers are aware of? Does anyone know if there is a work-around?

https://www.dropbox.com/s/av3mluwz54mibtq/starmade-screenshot-0034.png

 

[Draren Thiralas]

This Bug has to be fixed asap! Schema do something!