Fine fines and more fines! The fines discussion thread

Symo · Feb 1, 2015

I had something similar last night (in open) - accidentally hit a friendly in a nav beacon (Empire) and got a 400cr fine (sigh). Legged it to the nearest Empire station and found I couldn't pay it off (first time I've had this happen). The only other station is independent (needless to say couldn't pay it off there either). Ended up saving and reloading - behold the wanted status and fine was gone

. I am friendly to Empire and the station so wondering if this had anything to do with it.

Slo-Mo-Shun · Feb 1, 2015

Same as that in Empire as well. Get designated wanted, try to pay off fine, station contacts do not recognise your wanted status although it is shown in the system map. Saving and exiting to the main menu resets the wanted status. Happens to all my stray shot fines now.

5PIDER · Feb 1, 2015

Looks like we got a problem then

Cenon · Feb 1, 2015

Ah, thank you for the info, my apologies for not noticing the existing threads

Linglesou · Feb 1, 2015

I've suffered this bug a quite a bit as of late.

Moshpet01 · Feb 1, 2015

Mee toooooooo

SpaceToast said:
I had the exact same problemjust now in Eravate during a "private Group" game.
While providing some much-needed kinetic criticism to a less-than exemplary member of the local citizenry , I apparently pinged someone else's shield to win myself an instantaneous, GALAXY-WIDE, 155 credit bounty that I have been unable to pay at 2 stations (Sylvester City and Ackerman Market) belonging to the "Independent Eravate Free" faction that levied the bounty on me. I was even interdicted by system security en-route to my second attempt to pay the fine, but I shook him off and made it to Ackerman, backed completely out of the game to figure out what I needed to do, and when I logged in again the bounty was gone. Anyone know if this rises to the level of a bug report?

Thanks, and Stay Toasty out there.

Twice in two days since this last patch.
The day prior I went to a neutral system bought a side winder and self destructed, didn't fix, so I had to shoot a fed cop to get them to kill me; what cleared it.

Then last night I just logged out in annoyance, I'll log in and see if it self cleared.

Seriously annoying bug.

M.

Paladin220 · Feb 1, 2015

Why can't I pay my fine?

I nicked a guy while in combat at a nav beacon so incurred a fine. I finished the fight and flew to the nearest dock to clear my wanted status, but it doesn't show up to pay the fine. How can I pay off the fine to clear my status?

Johnny Cyclops · Feb 1, 2015

Under Starport Services, go to Contacts, and check Pilot Federation. That's where the fine should be.

Matt Hawkins · Feb 1, 2015

There appears to be a bug. I've got a wanted status and wherever I go the stations don't acknowledge it in the contacts tab.

Try logging off and going back in. Some people have found that clears the bounty.

tseward · Feb 1, 2015

I've also seen this twice in two days. I don't remember having an issue with 1.06, but .07 there does seem to be a bug. It can't be paid, and logging off and back on again clears the bounty/wanted status.

Sllewji · Feb 1, 2015

Matt Hawkins said:
There appears to be a bug. I've got a wanted status and wherever I go the stations don't acknowledge it in the contacts tab.

Try logging off and going back in. Some people have found that clears the bounty.

This worked for me.

I "helped" a couple of Feds dispatch some wanted criminals, I scanned the crims before engaging to confirm wanted status, and didn't wing the Feds, but ended up wanted anyway.
I had both a bounty to collect for firing the final shot on the crims, as well as a 200cr fine for some reason I put down to the bug several CMDRs have reported. I went to an outpost to pay off my fine only to find there was no fine. So I resorted to following the advice - I logged out and back in again, no fine, no bounty, no wanted status.
Mr Squeaky Clean again

Buktu1975 · Feb 1, 2015

Had that as well. Touched some feds while bounty hunting, got a fine but could not pay it off at the next station (did not appear under contacts). I logged off and on again and I was no longer wanted. Because I was allied with the faction I at first thought they were so grateful for me vaporizing some criminals that they would forget about this but now I think it is a bug...;-)

Anton_ · Feb 1, 2015

I had the same problem yesterday. The only way I could clear it (400cr, also for nicking someone by accident) was to save and quit, log out, log in, and it had disappeared. I know that's using an exploit, but I wasn't about to lose my ship to an unpayable penalty charge. It had turned from a fine into a bounty within less than 30 minutes of having incurred it anyway, so clearly unexpected behaviour.

Morgo_the_MonkeyGod · Feb 1, 2015

Same issue here. Fixed by logging out. Maybe a server side noodling to allow players to clip cops is in the works but hasn't been fully implemented yet?

Erekos · Feb 2, 2015

Darn it

I wish i had seen this thread before i posted a new one. Actually i wish i had seen this thread before i wasted an hour and 27k insurance bill futilely flying around trying to pay off my 200 credit bounty before the feds vaporized me.

if its a bug Id like my 27k back pretty please

at this stage of the game that amount still stings!

birdfreeyahoo · Feb 2, 2015

Where can I pay my fines?

Hi, I just was bounty hunting in Shinratra Dezhra, as suddenly someone flew in front of me catching my laser and giving me a fine.
I made it with a silent run into Jameson Memorial (with wanted status) and I redeemed my bounty, but I cannot pay my fines.

Whiterose · Feb 2, 2015

its a glitch, log in and out and your bounty should disappear.

Wood67 · Feb 2, 2015

Morgo_the_MonkeyGod said:
Maybe a server side noodling to allow players to clip cops is in the works but hasn't been fully implemented yet?

That's what I'm thinking too - had this a couple of nights ago and had sweaty palms for an hour or so before I logged out/in to clear.

alexnode · Feb 2, 2015

Paladin220 said:
I nicked a guy while in combat at a nav beacon so incurred a fine. I finished the fight and flew to the nearest dock to clear my wanted status, but it doesn't show up to pay the fine. How can I pay off the fine to clear my status?

Me too ... and it didn't work with logging out. I lost 750K after trying to avoid scans with an ASP for a whole day ... eventually i crashed on the wall.
The cause of the fine was that one fed crashed on me while we were fighting a pirate. Now it happens to me again with a cobra 200 fine and I am wanted in Ross 128 . ( i went there for the invitation which apparently is another bug- there is no federal officer to give me a mission) .

5PIDER · Feb 2, 2015

KILL EVERYONE! Fines are no longer working.

My fines (from accidental damage and other things) have been disappearing for a day now. (THIS IS FOR CMDR PLAYERS ONLY)

Fines disappear after hyper-driving, engaging super-cruise, disengaging super-cruise, or re-logging.

CONFIRM AND SUBMIT A TICKET! THIS NEEDS FIXING!