How to get allied ships to follow you?

[jkavorski]

Every time I do a quest where I must escort a ship or something like that, as soon as Direct Sail mode loads, the ship starts close to me but then does not move. They often just strike their sails and sit there. When I sail out and get a "Land Ho" loading screen, they reappear next to me after the loading screen, but then they still just sit there when I sail away. I've tried doing different things, such as giving them orders to defend me, to see if it could get them to follow me, but it never works. How do I get them to follow me?

I'm only having this trouble with ships that I must escort for quests. I don't know if it also happens with ships that I add to my party once I have multiple ships because I haven't gotten a second ship yet.

 

[Hylie Pistof]

That is an odd problem. Usually when going to direct sail they will just sit there until you give them the "defend me" order. Then they follow properly.

 

[Armada]

This problem certainly is strange. I think it's a long-standing issue, since I remember it happening in a much earlier Build 14 version.
It would be nice if we could fix it for the next release, but I'm not sure which files would contain the relevant code...

 

[Pieter Boelen]

Does anyone have any more details on this? What ships does it happen to and which ones not? Are there instances in which it does and does not occur?