Freighter bug

No assigned planet

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I ran across a bug today when I traded a faction for a freighter and tried to set up a trade route. The error was that there was no planet assigned to the freighter. I did a search on the forums and found this post from 2 years ago by Hanyou:

"Traded for a fraction Freighter and it would not work

Addition info for Ticket ID: OHE-685-94780

August 30, 2015 9:04:16 AM from Galactic Civilizations III ForumsGalactic Civilizations III Forums

So using the Drak fraction I traded for a freighter. Now that the freighter was mine I went back to one of my planets and had the freighter stay there for a turn then I sent it to a Drak planet. So the next move I connect to the Drak and get another trade deal/route -nope- I get a message that the freighter doesn't have a planet assigned to it. What? -and I cannot find a way to assign a planet to the freighter so I repeat the same process. Doesn't happen again. So I decide to upgrade it and try again -again I cannot establish trade with the Drak. Ok I double check if I have unused trade route available and I have one unused trade route. OK so I send my newly acquire but useless freighter back to my nearest planet ungraded this time to a colony ship and instead colonize a class 25 nearby. A few turns later I get a crash and I am looking at my computer desktop and I have submitted the crash report."

So I assume the bug hasn't been fixed yet or has resurfaced?

 

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Reply #1 from GalCiv3 Forums Top

That bug's been around a long time, no doubt never fixed.  I suppose the owner of the ticket from that old post might be authorized to check its status.

Reply #2 from GalCiv3 Forums Top

Unless I'm mistaken, to assign a freighter you have to send it to a shipyard, and when you eject it from the shipyard, it will give you the option to assign.

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Reply #3 from Stardock Forums Top

Ah! I did try landing at one of my planets and that didn't work. Next chance I get, I will trade for another freighter and land it at one of my shipyards instead. Thanks for the tip.