Having trouble building a Trade Station

Liette · Post by **Liette** » Tue Feb 08, 2011 5:28 pm

When I try to build a Trade Station, it asks for a station name. I then type in a name & nothing happens when I press Enter. If i press the Trade Station icon the name requests goes away and nothing happens. I can build all the other stations & I see the build timer. But I see no build timer for Trade Station. When I try to build in the same sector as another Trade Station, the game tells me I can't build there, but when in another sector I get no messages. Seeking help. I must be doing something wrong. Probably something stupid & obvious.

SeeJay · Post by **SeeJay** » Tue Feb 08, 2011 5:33 pm

Hi and welcome Liette.

When you have typed your stations name, don't press enter, click on Build ...

You can't build in a sector whit another Trade station.

Good luck and hope to see ya out there.

49rTbird · Post by **49rTbird** » Tue Feb 08, 2011 5:45 pm

Hello Liette, In the nav map, zoom in till you see just a small section of space but so you can count the "sectors" or "Boxes" as I call them. You must leave One empty Box between Stations and most other Objects. Select the Box you want to build your station in and Zoom in all the way. Now put A Zero (0) in the X,Y, and Z Coordinate box's in the upper right of your Nav screen (NOT THE XS,YS,and ZS). With your ship level and facing North, Jump to those coordinates and stop with the ranges of "X 50, Y 50, and Z 50 (I try for as close to "0" on all as I Can get but within 50 is ok. Not select Build trade station, name it and build. This should work. Welcome to the forum and the Sim. See you out there sometime.

Maarschalk · Post by **Maarschalk** » Tue Feb 08, 2011 11:21 pm

Hi Liette, welcome to the game and forum. Hope to see you out there some time....

mrmillion · Post by **mrmillion** » Thu Aug 11, 2011 11:59 pm

I finally got to build a station (so cool) but it didn't ask for a station name it just built the station. How do I name it?
Thx all.

EN4CER · Post by **EN4CER** » Mon Jul 30, 2012 5:44 am

I'm having the same issue. Finally got one built but now it's naming it generically.

Post by **Marvin** » Mon Jul 30, 2012 8:46 am

After you select the "Build" pull-down menu, highlight but do not click on the Trade Station. Check directly above the menu and you'll see a slot where you can type in a name. Insert whatever name you like (if you're part of a clan, you'll want to start the name with the clan tag ... or just name them all starting with [IM]) and then click on the Trade Station option. If you forget to name the station, just move your ship forward and the station will abort.

Edit: Step-By-Step

Buy and install a Build Constructor.
Left-click on the HUD's Build button.
Hover cursor over Trade Station option in drop-down menu.
Type station name where it says to Enter Name.
Left-click on the Trade Station option.

Note: You must be at least two sectors away from any other trade station when building (or you get a message saying you can't build there). Also, you must be within the center four squares of a sector. And you cannot move (except to twist around your three axiis) until the station is completed.

[Edited on 7-30-2012 by Marvin]

EN4CER · Post by **EN4CER** » Mon Jul 30, 2012 3:59 pm

Ahh I see what I was doing wrong. Apparently there is no naming a trade stations if you deploy using keybind. Details.

Agent Zirdik · Post by **Agent Zirdik** » Mon Jul 30, 2012 4:46 pm

I'm curious about naming a station, too.

When I build a station, i have to use ALT to move my curser up to build/trade station, but when I let go of ALT to type in the name, my ship goes spinning out of control because it detects my mouse is way off the targeting ring.

My work-around so far has been to temporarily switch from Mouse-point control to Joystick control (I don't have a joystick) so that I can use my mouse. However, that's inconvenient. Is there any other way of naming my station without changing control mode?

49rTbird · Post by **49rTbird** » Mon Jul 30, 2012 4:56 pm

I doesn't matter in the naming if your ship spins around as that will not stop the function and you can straighten up your ship later:). Just continue typing.

Post by **Vice** » Mon Jul 30, 2012 6:22 pm

That spinning behavior after releasing the ALT key is being changed for the expansion. The mouse pointer will auto-center itself after releasing the alt key. This may have some unintended consequences for using secondary key functions with the ALT key while flying, but it's something that's being evaluated during testing.

Agent Zirdik · Post by **Agent Zirdik** » Mon Jul 30, 2012 9:32 pm

Ok. Thanks thetiebers! I just hope that dizziness doesn't impair my ability to come up with good station names!

And good work, Vice, I am very much looking forward to the update! Hope development is going well!