Chance would be a fine thing sir. Nothing would please me more than having a ship banned! This would a mean a top five position, which is a fair swap.
The Buckyball Racing Club presents: POP GUN:BUCKYBALL, race 3 of the Triple 8 Championship
- Thread starter Caelum Incola
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Ok, this is getting ridiculous: finally strung a complete run together, only to get stuck and then blown up trying to land on the carrier! Also had to set up a bookmark for the refuelling stop on the way back from jail...
At least I've found out that my first route is less than optimal; doing it all in bits I hadn't realised so back to the drawing board and try a different way of doing it.
At least I've found out that my first route is less than optimal; doing it all in bits I hadn't realised so back to the drawing board and try a different way of doing it.
Yeah, I think there's quite a lot of time to be saved by routing in the right order. I haven't figured out what the right order is yet, but I'm definitely working out what the wrong order is.
Not entirely true, as I discovered this morning.
#backtothedrawingboard
Personally, I prefer a corkboard, push pins, and yarn.
scouting done - rdy to rock
Today's route is promising, although I'm beginning to think there is no good time to do Matarov - everything is always way below the horizon as I'm escaping and dodging incoming fire.
Four more trips to jail, and a successful run! Got back to the carrier with 9% hull left
just in time to have my picture taken with Alec
Four more trips to jail, and a successful run! Got back to the carrier with 9% hull left
just in time to have my picture taken with Alec 
Livesplit files are up https://github.com/Epaphus/LiveSplit-Elite-The-Triple-Eight-Championship
Couple more trips to jail in the Reg Cobra, but at least that one can make it back without refuelling. The question is whether I'll be able to make it around the course in 25 minutes before the air supply gives out...
Further route optimisation is required
Further route optimisation is required
Question on the Oxygen bonus. Can I turn it off 5 minutes before I start, then just sit on the pad for 5 minutes before I start, and then launch, and claim an extra 50 seconds of bonus?
Or, if the ruling is that you count oxygen time from launch or when it's turned off, whichever comes later, can I just turn it off before launch and then forget about it and assume my run time is also my oxygen time?
Or, if the ruling is that you count oxygen time from launch or when it's turned off, whichever comes later, can I just turn it off before launch and then forget about it and assume my run time is also my oxygen time?
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Reading through the rules again, I would have thought this covered:
(emphasis by me) would rule out wasting oxygen by sitting on the pad - probably unless you want to have the time sitting on the pad added to your race time (gain 50 seconds oxygen bonus by adding 5 minutes to your race time... no, I won't claim to understand your strategy).
seems to cover pretty much everything else
As I suggested, if you run the whole race with life support off then the life support bonus will match the race time total. No more no less. This would mean it would not matter when you turned it off or turned it on as long as the race took place in between the life support on and off. Just my musings of course.
Thanks guys, yes. I won't be counting any time staring out of your cockpit window on the pad whilst your oxygen runs down before you launch. Fish172 (Sulu) is correct, if you do the entire run with it off your Bonus time will equal your run time. Good try @Alec Turner