Bug #275

Extraction Pod Pickup Point Unavailable Due to Air Exposure

Status:	New
Priority:	High
Added by:	thegreentick on January 25, '25
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Reported for:	S05.07

Steps to Reproduce

1. Have the extraction pod land in a place that leaves the pickup point completely exposed.

Explanation

This happened in a mining mission during extraction. The drop pod landed in a way where the Mule's pickup point had no ground around it, but was completely air exposed, with a dropoff below it. When the mule got to the pod, all she did was pace around on the side of the pod, and it was unable to pull her in. Fortunately, I was playing an engineer and was able to build a platform out from one of the walls and the Mule was able to crawl onto it to get picked up, but if I'd been playing any other class, I would have failed due to the pod doors never opening. One fix I can think of is putting the pod doors on a timer that starts when the mule enters an area close enough to the pod. The pod could also come with a foldout mule platform for those rare instances when this is an issue.

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