Basically, if I have the precise ship I lost is in station storage... auto buy back should just select that ship (the one with highest health), instead of giving me an error. Pretty simple.

Edit: as per ShankTank's post, ports should be remapped to be the same of course.

+1

Yep yep yep. Might I clarify that the ports should be the same, too.

No. If you want to use a ship from inventory, don't select "yes" on the buy back option.

ladron, buy-back already looks for addons from inventory. Why not ships?

edit: better yet, the game can tell prior to posting the buy-back screen if buy-back is doable... so why not replace 'buy-back' with 'select ship from inventory' (or some such) if the ship is available?

It buys the item first if the station carries it though. It should choose from inventory first. But I digress.

Change the option to 'Buy Back', 'Select From Inventory', 'Buy New' or 'I Suck So I'm Not Going to Play Any More And Just Sit In This Station And Whine'.

I often keep multiple configurations of some ships stocked for quick selection, and I would not want them cannibalized.

I also would not want to end up in a ship that was not in full repair, and fully loaded.

And with Fluffy, I wish ship buy back would draw equipment from inventory before buying new stuff.

I suggest that your idea only work under two circumstances.
one) you have an empty ship in inventory.
two) you have an exact match in inventory.
and in both cases, the ship is in full repair.

I suggest that your idea only work under two circumstances.
one) you have an empty ship in inventory.
two) you have an exact match in inventory.
and in both cases, the ship is in full repair.

I completely agree. I should have posted such detail in the OP.

+1 @ Roda.