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station error 4

Sep 05, 2021 Drevent1 link
station error 4:don't know what that item is

I get this message when launching and landing in Goliath
Sep 06, 2021 incarnate link
Did you reproduce this without any plugins loaded?

What platform, device, version of the game?
Sep 07, 2021 Drevent1 link
I have not tried without plugins

windows 7 pc

also hapens in trident
Sep 07, 2021 incarnate link
Okay. This kind of thing is commonly reported due to plugin issues. If you could reproduce without plugins loaded, that'd be a big help.
Sep 12, 2021 Infinitis link
Trying to refill a non-empty Capital Rail Cannon triggers this error. By a script or manually clicking on the "Refill All Ammo" button.
Sep 12, 2021 Whistler link
Thank you. Have you tried this without any plugins loaded?
Sep 13, 2021 Infinitis link
Yes, the "button" version was tested with the plugins directory moved aside. I have also tried to double-check the problem right now. It is gone, plugins or not. So I assume that it has been fixed ... or just disappeared?
Sep 13, 2021 Infinitis link
Well, the message is back, so I have failed to isolate the problem properly. As of now, I am not even sure that I had unloaded all the plugins before restarting the client when I was testing it yesterday. Trying to proceed with another round of tests ...
Sep 13, 2021 Infinitis link
Well, it looks like that the bug could be triggered by some plugin, but I still consider that behavior being a bug.

When a capital rail turret with some ammo to refill is equipped on the ship, and I try to call ReplenishAll(GetActiveShipID()), the error message shows up. I believe that the station should not even try reloading a weapon that actually cannot be reloaded. In other words, only reloadable weapons should be reloaded when the function is called.

I am sure that I was able to trigger this behaviour also by clicking the standard GUI button, so it is probably not a problem purely related only to the LUA API. I tried a lot of various combinations, but I have failed to replicate the conditions so far.

As far as I noticed, the message started showing up not so long ago, probably with the turret ammo updates.
Sep 13, 2021 Whistler link
All bugs should be tested without any plugins loaded.

The developers made the plugin system possible, but they make no guarantee that any given change will be compatible with them. They do not support the plugins, thus this is not a bug.

The second part your post could be a suggestion in the Suggestions forum.
Sep 13, 2021 Infinitis link
That's exactly what I tried to do.

I am fine with the client reporting extra errors even on a regular function call. I just wanted to help and spent a day of my in-game time trying to isolate some useful info.
Sep 13, 2021 Whistler link
Please know that bug reporting is deeply appreciated, and it is quite helpful

It was not clear to me from your posts that there were absolutely no plugins installed.

In the case of plugins, the developers simply cannot consider every plugin and variation as they update the client. The author of the plugin may be interested in debugging, though.