Please Use the Correct Entry/Exit!

[tooterfish]

I agree with the opening poster, it's important to follow appropriate protocols at all times!

Since some of you ignorant heathens seem to be having trouble understanding this (you people make me sick, no consideration for other pilots), I'll leave this video of correct docking procedure here for you to study.

[video=youtube;uIBPtuwpQQ4]https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uIBPtuwpQQ4[/video]

 

[777Driver]

He reminds me of the Anaconda dudes I see around Gliese 868

 

[Darkfyre99]

Just a plea for everyone to please enter and exit the correct way when docking and exiting a station.
I was foolishly trading without a shield and as I left the station a Cmdr entered the wrong way and ran straight into my Lakon 7 and I've lost 2.5 million credits.. I was going about 100 and went as far left towards the green light as I possibly could.

I had no idea the Lakon 7 was such a soft ship, yes I didn't have shields on, but it wasnt a hard hit.

- Other Cmdr was in an Asp
System : GQ Virginis
Station : Ray Enterprise

90% of Commanders in this game probably have never visited this forums, and most of those who do probably are not aware of the convention (not rule) that small ships should keep to the green side of the mail slot, and give larger ships the right of way. It is safe to assume that the overwhelming majority of Commanders will follow the NPCs' lead of going straight down the middle, while the rest will go in any which they please, any "rules" be damned. Including trying to sneak around larger ships and going through whatever side's convenient.

FYI, the convention you mentioned is only for smaller ships. Larger ships, like your Lakon 7 and the Asp you collided with, should go down the center. Given the lack of traffic control at stations, your safest to assume that everyone around you is reckless, inexperienced, and color blind, and fly defensively no matter what the "rules" are. Just remember to orient yourself so the green lights are on your right*, hit your retros and jink up and right if you see a possible collision. If the other Commander is paying attention and using the docking bay lights like aviation running lights to orient themselves, they'll do the same.

edit:

Am I the only one who treats the lights as Naval style navigation guides, red on the left, green on the right... I use them to orient myself to "up" properly, and then keep to the left as I enter/exit (so close to red).... Oh dear...

I treat them as aviation running lights, red on the left, green on the right, and in case of collision, keep right... oh dear...

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* If you pay attention to the bulletin boards' orientation outside, they can only be read properly if you keep the lights on your right. If you're "hugging the left" you're upside down relative the the "correct" way to dock.

 

[EddyRockSteady]

When entering a harbour the port beacon should be on your left and the starboard beacon should be on your right.

In other words, red = left and green = right.

Simple.

Reverse for exit.

 

[DAYLEET]

Reverse for exit.

Uh no, the lights are reversed already if you exit on the red side you are going to be face first into someone.

 

[streki]

I'm a space cowboy flying a killer gunship - I'm gonna hotdog through the port every time....sorry.

 

[Cico]

I just go for the gap and hit boost and victory roll, can make 200kph plus

 

[EddyRockSteady]

Uh no, the lights are reversed already...

Lol Ok then that's a bug.

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Uh no, the lights are reversed already if you exit on the red side you are going to be face first into someone.

Whoops I misunderstood you. When I said reverse I mean exit on green. Enter red left, exit green left.

 

[Darkfyre99]

Lol Ok then that's a bug.

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Whoops I misunderstood you. When I said reverse I mean exit on green. Enter red left, exit green left.

It isn't a bug. If you pay attention as you exit through the mail slot, you'll see that the green side on the inside is red on the outside, and vise versa. Which is why the convention "keep green" exists in the first place. If every single small ship Commander hugged the green side, and gave the right of way to larger ships, then there would be fewer collisions.

 

[EddyRockSteady]

It isn't a bug. If you pay attention as you exit through the mail slot, you'll see that the green side on the inside is red on the outside, and vise versa. Which is why the convention "keep green" exists in the first place. If every single small ship Commander hugged the green side, and gave the right of way to larger ships, then there would be fewer collisions.

If the lights are reversed as you say then it is a bug.

In any event, fact remains: Enter red left, exit green left. That is the way it should be done, if the lights were not reversed in the first instance.

 

[Elan]

I was foolishly trading without a shield

Sorry for your loss, but... NOPE.

 

[martinwright6]

I aim at the letterbox from about 8km out, close my eyes, scream (or yee-haw, if I fancy my chances), four pips in engines, boost, boost, boost and hope for the best!

60% of the time it works everytime.

 

[Dielos]

When entering a harbour the port beacon should be on your left and the starboard beacon should be on your right.

In other words, red = left and green = right.

Simple.

Reverse for exit.

This only counts for Europeans and maybe some other areas. In the US naval lights are reversed, in other words, red = right and green = left. Might make for some fun collisions...

 

[Jakester13]

You know the feeling when you're off a flight, got your bags, and are heading through Nothing to Declare at customs... the last step before you have truly arrived?

And even though you know you have nothing with you that is any cause for concern, you feel guilty and paranoid you're going to get stopped, questioned and searched? So you kind of walk quickly and stare into the distance (eye contact is fatal!)

I feel that way every time I dock, so I tend to boost my way to the letterbox, rarely going below 170 on entry, and pretty amazingly I have yet to crash into another ship. A few bumps and grazes, but nothing fatal. In the past few weeks I think I have been fully scanned only twice And, tbh, I'm not even a smuggler!

As to orientation, meh, I just gun it and go for the gaps.

 

[Guido]

Nope I am going to continue to use whichever side I can scrape through uncontrollably and as fast as I dare with full pips in Sys.

I am fully prepared to have my sidewinder turned into astro-jam.

 

[Derath]

You just fly out if there is space and don't if there isn't.. its not complicated really don't need traffic lights lol. On the same note shieldless traders probably represent what is most missing from this game!

 

[xaisis]

I am sorry for your loss but an T9 for example will use the middle and can not stop, thus ships without proper shields suffer this

<Crack> Oops soory sir!
<SCREEECH> Oi.. no worries a little spit an polish and it looks like new!
<CRUNCH> Ooooh that looks painfull!
<POP> .. my condolences...

im having the "giggles" while doing that ^_^

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No you don't. But I bet you use common sense when you enter or exit the station.

why ? he is the biggest fish out there. u see a T9 exiting or entering, u make room.

 

[Commander_Tin]

This only counts for Europeans and maybe some other areas.

IALA A covers Europe, Africa, Asia and Australia. IALA B covers North and South America. This is the international maritime bouyage system and isn't about left/right but in/out (sort of).

Might make for some fun collisions...

Not really. Ships' navigation lights are the same all over the world (green = starboard, red = port), as are the rules of the road (ships keep to starboard when passing each other).

 

[Briarée]

I was entering a station in my Asp (with A5 shields and heavy alloy armour) when a commander in an Eagle came charging towards the entrance/exit, slammed into me, and bounced back into the station. All that happened to me was the shields registered an impact. I didn't see what happened to his ship, as I didn't have a target lock on him.

my guess?

it shared the fate of all the mosquitos who try to kiss my windshield when i drive at 130km/h

 

[worldoflard]

Yep, as others have said, I fit A class shields, give them 4 pips, and enter dead centre as fast as I dare, making evasive maneuvers if I spot anything bigger than me. If I'm over to one side and see a T9 exiting, there is only one way to evade, if I'm in the middle, I can evade left or right, whichever has the most space.

If you're smaller than me and running without shields, you're going to pop. Sorry about that.