Cargo Scoop Bug

I got my first kill in my sidewinder lol System Force Dropship who had his engines disabled and weapons offline got some materials off him whatever that means so I FSD to next conflict zone and two hits took out my shields so I tried to escape but FSD wouldn't work it said cargo scoop deployed but it wasn't, this has happened twice now. Does that happened alot?
 
Make sure your powerplant has enough juice to power your cargo scoop, otherwise it won't toggle.

I usually have my cargo scoop last on my power priority list, but I feel like an idiot every time it won't work and I wonder why it doesn't work....
 
The light is off and i can retract it and deploy it i opened it and closed it over and over trying to escape, could it be because i was in combat and we cant FSD while in combat??
 
The light is off and i can retract it and deploy it i opened it and closed it over and over trying to escape, could it be because i was in combat and we cant FSD while in combat??

You can FSD in combat, but a heavy ship might mass lock you. Just like a station or a celestial body can mass lock you.
This is clearly communicated though.

You specifically said you got the message "cargo scoop deployed".
If it wasn't and you are sure about that, then it sounds like a bug.
I have never encountered this bug though in almost 2000 hours of playing the game and I never saw it mentioned on the forums.
Perhaps you could try to reproduce when out of combat.
You might then check with the external cam whether the scoop is actually deployed.

got some materials off him whatever that means

The materials you picked up can be used to upgrade your ship at the engineers.
You do need the Horizons expansion to access these engineers as the known ones live down on planets..
 
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The light is off and i can retract it and deploy it i opened it and closed it over and over trying to escape, could it be because i was in combat and we cant FSD while in combat??

Did you retract your weapons? Sorry have to ask.
 
Hi, I had the same thing and found other toggle buttons stopped working (even the pre-flight check toggle). I restarted and it fixed itself. Try that.
 
I have experience this exact scenario before as well. Only I quickly realized it was a bug and logged, contemplated my options. When I came back in, it was working as expected. But it was a few WTH moments there while getting my      kicked.
 
Yes, it bugs out during long mining sessions. Cargo scoop will not toggle and inventory does not change when ejecting cargo. Usually happens when I find a 40% painite rock...
 
Relogging fixes the issue, i really think the bug is related to my internet connection but it only happens with cargo scoop not my other hardpoints, i had it happen a third time today and all 3 times i was downloading in background
 
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