BUG REPORT: RS Aquila Loses All Propulsion Approximately 230 Metres from Vallation Station
BUG REPORT: RS Aquila Loses All Propulsion Approximately 230 Metres from Vallation StationGame: Space Engineers 2
Ship: RS Aquila
Location: Approaching Vallation Station landing pad
Category: Hydrogen System / Thruster Failure
Severity: High — Ship becomes uncontrollable
DescriptionI am experiencing a repeatable issue with the RS Aquila where the hydrogen thrusters suddenly stop functioning when approaching the landing pad at Vallation Station.
The failure consistently occurs at approximately 200–250 metres from the station, most recently at 230 metres.
The ship operates normally before reaching this distance. I have approached the station at a low speed of approximately 10 m/s, but the same problem occurs.
When the failure happens, the cockpit and electrical systems remain operational, but the ship loses propulsion and continues drifting at a constant speed.
Symptoms
- Multiple hydrogen thrusters change from green to red in the control panel.
- Affected thrusters display "Block can't work — Block does not have enough resources."
- The missing resource is identified as Hydrogen.
- Affected thrusters show "Current Input: 0."
- Hydrogen remains available in the ship's four tanks.
- One tank showed 1,988 / 8,000 (25%) hydrogen after the failure.
- The affected tank was operational and set to Auto, but showed "Current Output: 0."
- The ship becomes unable to manoeuvre or safely land.
Troubleshooting Already Performed
- Confirmed hydrogen was available in the tanks.
- Checked that the hydrogen tanks were set to Auto.
- Tested changing tank operating modes.
- Switched hydrogen thrusters OFF and ON.
- Confirmed the thrusters were operational before approaching the station.
- Restarted Space Engineers 2 completely and reloaded the game.
- Repeated the station approach after restarting.
- Confirmed that the failure happened again at approximately 230 metres.
- Checked that the ship was not being held by locked landing gear.
None of these steps resolved the problem.
I have also used the Y key to switch ship power on and off, both while parked and during flight. I understand there have been reports of hydrogen consumption problems associated with this function, although I cannot confirm whether it is related.
Expected BehaviourThe hydrogen thrusters should continue receiving fuel from the ship's hydrogen tanks and remain operational while approaching Vallation Station.
Actual BehaviourThe thrusters stop receiving hydrogen before reaching the landing pad, despite hydrogen remaining aboard the ship.
The problem appears repeatable at approximately the same distance from the station.
Additional InformationThe RS Aquila has undergone repairs as part of the game's rebuilding objectives. The thrusters function normally during flight before the failure occurs.
The issue may be related to hydrogen distribution, abnormal hydrogen consumption, or a station-proximity-related game bug.
I can provide screenshots showing the red thruster indicators, hydrogen resource errors, and hydrogen remaining in the tanks.
Please investigate this issue, as it prevents me from safely landing and continuing gameplay.
I have the same bug 
Hey Tony!
I had the same bug, I double checked the datapads about the numbers, but the ship stalled near the Vallation base and crashed.
My solution was adding two large thrusters at the end of the ship and 1-1 additional lifting thrusters to the left and right sides.
So with these extra 4 thrusters, I finally arrived to Vallation :)
Hey Tony!
I had the same bug, I double checked the datapads about the numbers, but the ship stalled near the Vallation base and crashed.
My solution was adding two large thrusters at the end of the ship and 1-1 additional lifting thrusters to the left and right sides.
So with these extra 4 thrusters, I finally arrived to Vallation :)
I encountered several issues with this contract. For one thing, when you open the airlock doors to allow the ship to take off, empty containers fall out. One of them lands directly on a conveyor, damaging it; if you don’t notice this, you end up missing a propulsion component. A second problem is that the ship isn’t in a "parked" state—it continues to consume ice the entire time, until you realize it and manually set it to "park." Furthermore, I didn’t finish building all the conveyors because, in my view, the instructions were incomplete at one point. I assume that the damage to the ship caused by the falling containers is actually intentional—though it only occurred to me after giving it some serious thought.
The next problem is that the ship’s forward thrust is insufficient to lift off from the planet; you have to press and hold the Space key at this stage because the upward lift is greater than the forward thrust. According to my calculations, there are 9 thrusters for lift and only 4 for forward propulsion. I had a smelter installed inside the ship and both containers full, and I was only just barely able to take off from the planet.
i had already noticed the issue with the thrusters while on the planet. It was caused by the fact that, due to the lack of a proper parking position, the hydrogen had been almost completely consumed; additionally, a conveyor—to which three thrusters were attached—had been damaged. Interestingly, the interface indicated that the conveyer were still functional, but that clearly wasn't the case, as they all began working again once the conveyor was repaired. Ultimately, I was able to tell whether the thrusters were connected correctly by looking at their status display: they would appear green if connected properly, and red if there was an issue with the connection—regardless of whether or not there was hydrogen in the tanks. At least, that was my impression.
I encountered several issues with this contract. For one thing, when you open the airlock doors to allow the ship to take off, empty containers fall out. One of them lands directly on a conveyor, damaging it; if you don’t notice this, you end up missing a propulsion component. A second problem is that the ship isn’t in a "parked" state—it continues to consume ice the entire time, until you realize it and manually set it to "park." Furthermore, I didn’t finish building all the conveyors because, in my view, the instructions were incomplete at one point. I assume that the damage to the ship caused by the falling containers is actually intentional—though it only occurred to me after giving it some serious thought.
The next problem is that the ship’s forward thrust is insufficient to lift off from the planet; you have to press and hold the Space key at this stage because the upward lift is greater than the forward thrust. According to my calculations, there are 9 thrusters for lift and only 4 for forward propulsion. I had a smelter installed inside the ship and both containers full, and I was only just barely able to take off from the planet.
i had already noticed the issue with the thrusters while on the planet. It was caused by the fact that, due to the lack of a proper parking position, the hydrogen had been almost completely consumed; additionally, a conveyor—to which three thrusters were attached—had been damaged. Interestingly, the interface indicated that the conveyer were still functional, but that clearly wasn't the case, as they all began working again once the conveyor was repaired. Ultimately, I was able to tell whether the thrusters were connected correctly by looking at their status display: they would appear green if connected properly, and red if there was an issue with the connection—regardless of whether or not there was hydrogen in the tanks. At least, that was my impression.
I lost my aquila after returning to the barn base from the space station. I was almost landed when my hydrogen thrusters suddenly cut out with full fuel tanks and it went of control, crashed blew half of it up.
I lost my aquila after returning to the barn base from the space station. I was almost landed when my hydrogen thrusters suddenly cut out with full fuel tanks and it went of control, crashed blew half of it up.
Well, my Aquila ship is working, but I think the datapad saying conveyors are done is simply wrong; IIRC I added several converyors to make the ship work. For me, finishing all conveyors and adding +4 large thrusters made the Aquila operational, though because of extra thrusters my hydrogen consumption is heavy, so probably I also need to add additional tanks.
I think here eventually the incomplete datapad plans can give some additional challenge for player, but maybe would be fine to get a datapad related to Aquila stating "I'm not sure my design is 100%" and this can give the player some additional thinking what is missing. :)
Well, my Aquila ship is working, but I think the datapad saying conveyors are done is simply wrong; IIRC I added several converyors to make the ship work. For me, finishing all conveyors and adding +4 large thrusters made the Aquila operational, though because of extra thrusters my hydrogen consumption is heavy, so probably I also need to add additional tanks.
I think here eventually the incomplete datapad plans can give some additional challenge for player, but maybe would be fine to get a datapad related to Aquila stating "I'm not sure my design is 100%" and this can give the player some additional thinking what is missing. :)
Following the schematics worked fine in my playthrough, although it took a while to make sense of them. I did enjoy the idea behind it.
Following the schematics worked fine in my playthrough, although it took a while to make sense of them. I did enjoy the idea behind it.
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