Today at approximately 2 o'clock server time I jumped into sector ten on my way to sector 7. As I made my way to the sector ten station I noticed the lack of "Please press the Activate key to dock." being flashed across my screen. Frustrated, I figured it must be something wrong with the particular station, and left for the sc7 wormhole. No luck. Couldn't engage the inter-sector warp. I tried logging off and back on. This solved the problem, but I am curious as to what actually caused it in the first place.

Mac OSX 10.2.8
iMac 800Mhz
256mb ram and everything that came with it standard including vidcard and sound card (this puppy can't be modded)

See the "Weird invisibility glitch" thread.
You just because "invisible" and couldn't dock and warp.

I've had this with lag / bed connections before. To you, you are flying around normally, but the server thinks you are stationary at your last known coordinates before the connect was compromised. You probably couldn't chat either, right?

no, I actually could chat in realtime. no lag in the chat process.

Again, it is connected to the "invisible" thingie.

Here's a list of what WAS and what WASN'T working.

Working:
Targeting Scanners
Thrusters
Weapons (assumedly)
Chat

Not Working:
Activate Key

If I recall the scanners cease to work during the "invisibility glitch". *Along* with the ability to chat.

"If I recall the scanners cease to work during the "invisibility glitch". *Along* with the ability to chat."
Mmmm... No.

If I understand the invisibility bug properly, it was Celkan that was probably invisible to the sector. If there were bots there they would probably have ignored you too.
The person who's invisible wouldn't necessarily know they were invisible.

Celkan, did you fix it by logging out or exploding?

Logging out fixed it.

I got the same issue... stuck in 9 for some time. Logging out solves the issue, though I'm not sure about /explode or being destroyed. Also people could and were attacking me (I assume by locking on).

Ok here's a little update, it is very similar to the invisiblity bug. I was able to test this with Firemage and we discovered the true nature of this bug. He was completely invisible to me and could not move me through ramming. He could damage me with weapons and oddly enough it looked as if the shots came from nowhere. Also FM was unable to pick up cargo, good news for you who fear ghost pirates. Then again it was easy to hunt down any unsuspecting pilot. Though we could chat and his radar worked perfectely normal.

Yeah, It looks like you didn't get his ship object add message. Obviously a big bug but very hard to track down.

When did this last thing happen with you and firemage, xorbital?

It was Dec. 31st, Around 7:00 PM Pacific time. In sector 8