Hey Star Citizens,
I have had my fill with the bug ridden docking system, so I just kept at it till I managed to get it working. I wish to share my findings here in the hopes that I may spare you this aggravating experience and hopefully help you manage to dock.

First things first, I was flying a Perseus, then a Idris to the worst place to dock - Levski.
Here I typically never manage to dock and usually my experience is that I get impounded without the ability to reclaim the ship. I had lost my P-8 AR rifles, the new Redline Bundle Flight Suit and of course the mighty Idris itself, a ship that is otherwise close to being immortal, the docking stations do an excellent job at making them vanish for good.

So, here is my findings all listed here.

1. If you do not get a red text reading "Align" you will not be able to dock.

2. Approach the docking station with gears down, sometimes this can work, but its not a guarantee.

3. I find that Lagrange Points (for example Hur-L1 or Cru-L3... etc) as well as Gateway Stations (like Pyro Gateway) typically work more often than Orbital Stations (Like Baijini Point), so if you cannot dock at one of those, try the Lagrange Points or Gateways.

4. Force Home Base Hangar Request instead of a Docking request by having a smaller ship inside your larger ship, the Mirai Pulse can fit nearly into anything, go to your Home Base, get out of the Pilots seat, enter the Pulse and call the Hangar.
   This will open your Home Hangar but note that sometimes you will not be able to refuel and you may not be able to store the ship always, I had some strange things happen when landing into my Home Hanger this way, but its another option you may try.

5. Spamming Left Alt + N, this sometimes can work.

6. This one currently works the best for me, I start with the landing gear down and do a docking request, if it fails what I then do next is try to manually align roughly, then fly below the docking collar, cancel the docking request & call for a new docking request.
   Then I fly above the docking collar & cancel & request again, then fly below, alternating between flying above and below and cancelling & requesting again with each pass. This method has now worked multiple times for me, but you may end up spending minutes till it finally works. The moment you do not get the red "Align" text, you repeat the cycle till you get it.

7. I read a post claiming that if you land on one of the outside pads (Perseus can land on these pads), then call the docking request, it could lead to it working. Didn't work for me, but I wanted to include this here as it might work for you.

8. You can also try calling the docking request via the mobi-glass, go to comms, friends & on the right hand side, you should see "Name of Station" Landing Control, this did not work for me either, but its another way to call the Docking Request.

If all else fails, the only thing remaining option is of course bed logging or reclaiming the ship.

Hopefully one of these methods can work for you, if anyone else has other methods or work-arounds, please post it here as this is one of the most infuriating bugs currently for capital class vessels.

See you guys in the 'Verse o7

The problem is not related to the server, nor the laser itself

The problem is target wise

Meaning, the laser will always work on some part of some ships

To know if you are really doing damage, you must hear the sound of hitmarker, do not trust the hitmarker itself

If you hear the sound of hitmarker, you are actually hitting the ship (either shield or hull)

Now, you need to find the parts of the ships that allows to be hit

Here is a non-exhaustive list of what I found:

• Constellation: Top part near the middle of the ship. Engines
• C2/M2: The back, at the fins. Top middle part of the ship
• A2: Back, right middle engine. Bottom middle of the ship (unlike C2/M2, top is entirely immune)
• MSR: Top turret
• Valkyrie: Top turret
• Reclaimer: Bottom of the ship, near middle
• 400i: Almost everywhere, top middle is most reliable
• Carrack: Left Turret. The two big engines
• Redeemer: Both engines. Most of the hull
• Paladin: Found none so far, but need further testing

Note: that the damageable part can sometimes be really small (depending on the ship). But once you find one, it will always be damageable

(I will update the list when I get new ships. Maybe some screenshot to where to shoot exactly)

Extra note: if a ship part get red, it means it has a damageable key part on it somewhere. That can help to find the key parts

Topics Covered:

0:44 - Problem Category: Chat
0:47 - Stuck after typing

1:01 - Problem Category: Character Stuck in Geometry
1:05 - Stuck in Floating / Falling Animation
7:47 - Stuck in a Wall (Crouching Animation)
17:50 - Stuck behind a Furniture
18:37 - Trapped by Surrounding Geometry
22:44 - Trapped in Carrack
24:41 - Stuck behind a Player in a Hub
25:47 - Body blocks the Ladder
26:26 - Stuck while EVA (thrusters work)

27:22 - Problem Category: Character State
28:00 - Repositioning; Try spamming the helmet hotkey (ALT + H)
29:10 - Stuck after Vendor Transaction
29:54 - Hand Blocking the Wind
30:13 - View Stuck. Equip a weapon. Try pilot seat, dragging items to hands and dropping them.
31:09 - Unable to EVA (thrusters don't work)

31:55 - Problem Category: Items
31:59 - Can't Draw Weapon
32:28 - Can't Draw Weapon after Tractoring
33:29 - Reload Stuck
34:10 - Item Stuck in Hands
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36:22 - Problem Category: Inventory
36:26 - Can't move an Inventory Item. Inventory goes back in time.
37:29 - Backpack/Container Endless Loading

38:18 - Problem Category: External Objects
38:22 - Keycard Stuck in Printer
38:43 - Character is Stuck inside an SCU Container
39:17 - Ore Pod / Component is stuck
42:05 - Bike is Stuck in the Floor
43:45 - Vehicle is Stuck in Ship Geometry

44:52 - Problem Category: Cargo Grid
44:56 - Container Stuck under the Grid
45:14 - Ship Tractor Beam can't operate Containers
45:41 - Box Stuck under a Vehicle

44:52 - Problem Category: Pilot Seat
47:13 - Can't Exit Pilot Seat (ship is functional)
48:31 - Can't Enter Pilot Seat
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49:19 - Can't Exit Pilot Seat (ship is dead)
52:04 - Can't Exit Pilot Seat (long interactions)

53:50 - Problem Category: Furniture
53:53 - Stuck in Bed

54:59 - Problem Category: Docking
55:03 - Undocked but Unable to Fly
56:31 - Unable to Undock
Doublecheck it's not a chat bug by pressing Enter, Esc, Esc

57:21 - Problem Category: Quantum Travel
57:26 - QT Cancelled, Ship Can't Move
58:29 - QT Complete, Ship Can't Move
59:19 - Can't QT after Wormhole

Ship orientation is stuck: Can't pitch/yaw - Press "Right Shift" (not a bug)

1:00:28 - Problem Category: Vehicles
1:00:31 - ATLS doesn't Move. Exit and Wait. Still? Try pilot seat.
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1:00:54 - Bike can't pitch
1:01:40 - Can't drive the Vehicle
1:02:16 - Vehicle can only drive forward
1:02:52 - Throttle is Stuck (accelerates without a driver)

1:05:17 - Problem Category: Hangar
1:05:21 - Can't Leave the Hangar
1:06:48 - Ship is Under the Elevator
1:07:57 - Can't Move to Storage
1:11:04 - Ship is Glued to the Pad (engines are running)
1:11:57 - "Loading Contents", Freight Elevator
1:12:17 - Stuck at Home Location. "We are unable to deal with your request"

1:13:15 - Problem Category: Lost Means of Transportation
1:13:19 - Can't Get Into the Ship (Ramp Too High)
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1:14:02 - Kicked from the Train