This is good, it takes a set of huevos to admit when your wrong instead of arguing a mute point, new found respect points for you
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Been reviewing the footage from yesterday and reminding myself of the phrase "edit in camera", ie: shoot selectively to save time in the edit suite after - shot about 1.5 hrs of footage for what I have in mind as a 3-5 minute edit to music - think it's going to be at least two of those now tbh... I was experimenting with setups and camera moves quite a bit, so will probably do this more efficiently in future, learning from experience [aka "my own mistakes" ;]
Wading through the pile of footage, there is actually some good material here imho - here's a bit of sneak preview, letmeknow what you think... :]
Wading through the pile of footage, there is actually some good material here imho - here's a bit of sneak preview, letmeknow what you think... :]
Oh dearie me, what a stupid git I am.
An unexplored system I had just arrived at in the carrier looked like it might be interesting and normally I would have honked it in the Asp X, but to save having to transfer the 790 tons of tritium back to the carrier cargo hold that the T9 was holding in order to get better carrier fuel consumption, so I could swap ships I thought I might as well launch the T9 and honk it with that one then, if nothing of interest go back to the carrier and do another jump, or if any planets worth landing on put the tritium back in the carrier hold and do the ship swap for the Asp X.
So I launched the T9, honked and lo and behold not only were there two moons with six bios on each, but two planets with icy rings that I could map to see if any tritium hotspot overlaps. Then I went back to the carrier, requested docking permission as usual and waited for the autoland...
But... nothing happened... the reason being because I forgot I had removed the docking computer just before I left the bubble, so I could put another cargo rack on the T9 and get its full 790 tons capacity, so I was now left with attempting to manually land this great cumbersome lump of a ship on the large landing pad I had been allocated:
Now, back in 2015 I never used any kind of docking computer and did all departing and arriving manually, but that was only with smaller ships ie Sidewinder, T6 and Cobra MkIII, but in any case I was now well out of practice. Anyway after several attempts and managing to get very close, I lost all my shields, took hull damage and the 790 tons of tritium I was carrying were automatically jettisoned, never to be seen again.
So eventually I gave up and self destructed the T9, then respawned it back on the carrier...
An unexplored system I had just arrived at in the carrier looked like it might be interesting and normally I would have honked it in the Asp X, but to save having to transfer the 790 tons of tritium back to the carrier cargo hold that the T9 was holding in order to get better carrier fuel consumption, so I could swap ships I thought I might as well launch the T9 and honk it with that one then, if nothing of interest go back to the carrier and do another jump, or if any planets worth landing on put the tritium back in the carrier hold and do the ship swap for the Asp X.
So I launched the T9, honked and lo and behold not only were there two moons with six bios on each, but two planets with icy rings that I could map to see if any tritium hotspot overlaps. Then I went back to the carrier, requested docking permission as usual and waited for the autoland...
But... nothing happened... the reason being because I forgot I had removed the docking computer just before I left the bubble, so I could put another cargo rack on the T9 and get its full 790 tons capacity, so I was now left with attempting to manually land this great cumbersome lump of a ship on the large landing pad I had been allocated:
Now, back in 2015 I never used any kind of docking computer and did all departing and arriving manually, but that was only with smaller ships ie Sidewinder, T6 and Cobra MkIII, but in any case I was now well out of practice. Anyway after several attempts and managing to get very close, I lost all my shields, took hull damage and the 790 tons of tritium I was carrying were automatically jettisoned, never to be seen again.
So eventually I gave up and self destructed the T9, then respawned it back on the carrier...
Ouchies. Docking Practice is important, kids.Oh dearie me, what a stupid git I am.
An unexplored system I had just arrived at in the carrier looked like it might be interesting and normally I would have honked it in the Asp X, but to save having to transfer the 790 tons of tritium back to the carrier cargo hold that the T9 was holding in order to get better carrier fuel consumption, so I could swap ships I thought I might as well launch the T9 and honk it with that one then, if nothing of interest go back to the carrier and do another jump, or if any planets worth landing on put the tritium back in the carrier hold and do the ship swap for the Asp X.
So I launched the T9, honked and lo and behold not only were there two moons with six bios on each, but two planets with icy rings that I could map to see if any tritium hotspot overlaps. Then I went back to the carrier, requested docking permission as usual and waited for the autoland...
But... nothing happened... the reason being because I forgot I had removed the docking computer just before I left the bubble, so I could put another cargo rack on the T9 and get its full 790 tons capacity, so I was now left with attempting to manually land this great cumbersome lump of a ship on the large landing pad I had been allocated:
View attachment 346259
Now, back in 2015 I never used any kind of docking computer and did all departing and arriving manually, but that was only with smaller ships ie Sidewinder, T6 and Cobra MkIII, but in any case I was now well out of practice. Anyway after several attempts and managing to get very close, I lost all my shields, took hull damage and the 790 tons of tritium I was carrying were automatically jettisoned, never to be seen again.
So eventually I gave up and self destructed the T9, then respawned it back on the carrier...
Oh dearie me, what a stupid git I am.
An unexplored system I had just arrived at in the carrier looked like it might be interesting and normally I would have honked it in the Asp X, but to save having to transfer the 790 tons of tritium back to the carrier cargo hold that the T9 was holding in order to get better carrier fuel consumption, so I could swap ships I thought I might as well launch the T9 and honk it with that one then, if nothing of interest go back to the carrier and do another jump, or if any planets worth landing on put the tritium back in the carrier hold and do the ship swap for the Asp X.
So I launched the T9, honked and lo and behold not only were there two moons with six bios on each, but two planets with icy rings that I could map to see if any tritium hotspot overlaps. Then I went back to the carrier, requested docking permission as usual and waited for the autoland...
But... nothing happened... the reason being because I forgot I had removed the docking computer just before I left the bubble, so I could put another cargo rack on the T9 and get its full 790 tons capacity, so I was now left with attempting to manually land this great cumbersome lump of a ship on the large landing pad I had been allocated:
View attachment 346259
Now, back in 2015 I never used any kind of docking computer and did all departing and arriving manually, but that was only with smaller ships ie Sidewinder, T6 and Cobra MkIII, but in any case I was now well out of practice. Anyway after several attempts and managing to get very close, I lost all my shields, took hull damage and the 790 tons of tritium I was carrying were automatically jettisoned, never to be seen again.
So eventually I gave up and self destructed the T9, then respawned it back on the carrier...
Well, maybe it's not quite worth it, doing all this Tritium / cargo shuffle - you're probably earning enough of an exo-bio fortune for the savings to be small change by comparison by now anyway ...the real reason for saving Tritium is to avoid having to run too many refuel missions imo, however:
Quick refuel tip: jump the carrier into a CG or other busy system, close to a port with good supply and set Tritium buy-in to 150% (or perhaps 200% if the station only has Medium landing pads) - it tends to fill up quite quickly (so also set an affordable stock limit), while you're off playing the CG / a CZ or having fun on foot... it also provides quick & ez cash income to newer players :]
It's a shame that 15 minutes/3 minute cooldown is still with us. I"m sure there"s some technical reason why it has to be this way...
To keep people from wanting to jump around too much and make it difficult to just "pop by" Colonia and the like.
It’s something to do with server load management which is why the times get longer when everyone tries to jump FCs at the same time.
Docking computer, whats that?Oh dearie me, what a stupid git I am.
An unexplored system I had just arrived at in the carrier looked like it might be interesting and normally I would have honked it in the Asp X, but to save having to transfer the 790 tons of tritium back to the carrier cargo hold that the T9 was holding in order to get better carrier fuel consumption, so I could swap ships I thought I might as well launch the T9 and honk it with that one then, if nothing of interest go back to the carrier and do another jump, or if any planets worth landing on put the tritium back in the carrier hold and do the ship swap for the Asp X.
So I launched the T9, honked and lo and behold not only were there two moons with six bios on each, but two planets with icy rings that I could map to see if any tritium hotspot overlaps. Then I went back to the carrier, requested docking permission as usual and waited for the autoland...
But... nothing happened... the reason being because I forgot I had removed the docking computer just before I left the bubble, so I could put another cargo rack on the T9 and get its full 790 tons capacity, so I was now left with attempting to manually land this great cumbersome lump of a ship on the large landing pad I had been allocated:
View attachment 346259
Now, back in 2015 I never used any kind of docking computer and did all departing and arriving manually, but that was only with smaller ships ie Sidewinder, T6 and Cobra MkIII, but in any case I was now well out of practice. Anyway after several attempts and managing to get very close, I lost all my shields, took hull damage and the 790 tons of tritium I was carrying were automatically jettisoned, never to be seen again.
So eventually I gave up and self destructed the T9, then respawned it back on the carrier...
And did you lose the Tritium when you self destructed?
I'm out in the middle of nowhere, 8,300-odd LY from Sol and nowhere near any stations other than my own carrier, but the saving money part doesn't enter into it anyway as I've got plenty of that! The reason for filling the T9 hold with tritium from the carrier before each jump is to save on carrier fuel consumption.
It's a clever piece of tech, that I never used to bother fitting on any of my ships in my previous stint back in 2015 as I did it all manually. These days though I use a standard one for docking as I can't be bothered to fiddle about and like to sit back and enjoy the ride. So suddenly finding I had to manually dock a ginormous great lump of a T9, within the few minutes time limit, when I was well out of practice did present somewhat of a challenge, which I failed.
As for the 790 tons of tritium I lost, it automatically jettisoned itself into space when I was taking hull damage before I decided to self-destruct. I tried to find it afterwards in case it was still floating about somewhere, but no joy...
Seems like there're a couple of lessons in there...somewhere...I'm out in the middle of nowhere, 8,300-odd LY from Sol and nowhere near any stations other than my own carrier, but the saving money part doesn't enter into it anyway as I've got plenty of that! The reason for filling the T9 hold with tritium from the carrier before each jump is to save on carrier fuel consumption.
It's a clever piece of tech, that I never used to bother fitting on any of my ships in my previous stint back in 2015 as I did it all manually. These days though I use a standard one for docking as I can't be bothered to fiddle about and like to sit back and enjoy the ride. So suddenly finding I had to manually dock a ginormous great lump of a T9, within the few minutes time limit, when I was well out of practice did present somewhat of a challenge, which I failed.
As for the 790 tons of tritium I lost, it automatically jettisoned itself into space when I was taking hull damage before I decided to self-destruct. I tried to find it afterwards in case it was still floating about somewhere, but no joy...
As for Docking Comp...I have one on most of my ships, but some have no room, and even for the ones that do, I occasionally turn it off (right panel, Ship tab) for the experience or if it is problematic with my T9, which it has issues with the larger ships sometimes.
I keep one on most ships, unless needing the space (sometimes, the SCA is more important on an explorer for making tea - the DSS is essential ofc) …it’s for relaxing a bit after more intense stuff, making more tea / going to the loo etc, and also the T10 & Beluga, neither of which am i licensed to dock… Otherwise I sometimes am in the mood to fly in and just see if i can make it all the way to touchdown without it kicking in :]
My understanding about the problem with theT9 and other large ships using a docking computer only applies to the advanced version when departing, but I always depart manually anyway and have never used an advanced DC.
At least, I've not so far experienced any bumping into things problems when docking the T9 with a standard DC anyway - even at that busy station in the bubble where I buy the tritium....
My understanding is that there is an issue with the v4.0 client (Odyssey & Horizons) where the thruster thrust is incorrect when Rotational Correction is on and the docking computer always turns RC on...
And yes, it seems that Auto Launch is more affected...but I've had issues landing, or not landing, or ending up tangled in the toast rack...
Imp Cutter, & possibly Fed Corvette, owners report lots of problems with auto dock/launch. I'm not one yet, so I have to go by what they tell me...
I'm off like a herd of turtles, already found a moon with 8 biosigns, landed and logged out. I tried getting a shot from the bar before I left but it isn't as good a view as yesterday.
Easy with the blaster friend!
I wasn't trying to imply that you are wrong or ignorant, just trying to point out that a BIOS update can be beneficial when adding RAM to a system.. I don't even want to try to argue about your statement about windows not being able to login after the upgrade.. We all know that windows can be strange sometimes, so I leave such to fellow forum users!
And it's not knowledge I aquired from Wikipedia, it was gathered while building PCs in a professional setting..