i was just reading the thread and the question occured to me.
i never mentioned exploration.
Warping into stars? How much of a problem is it?
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i was just reading the thread and the question occured to me.
i never mentioned exploration.
No problem, like everyone else said. The odds are with you. I for one throttle down once the timer starts I come to a "stop" in the new system. Let A.S.T.R.A. know I want a system scan, she honks the horn and opens the system map and by then I already selected the new star for a detail scan.
Came close but never inside of a star/double star.
But as always good luck cmdr...
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maybe because of The Exploration Sub forum we are in
... No harm I guess
Came close but never inside of a star/double star.
But as always good luck cmdr...
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maybe because of The Exploration Sub forum we are in
... No harm I guessmaybe because of The Exploration Sub forum we are in
i didnt notice that. i tend to look at the activity feed!!
omg it says it there as well
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In my opinion, exploration could be a little riskier. Not enough to kill you in a single stupid mistake, but enough that each slip up was a real event, the sum of which might possibility to force you to turn back, taking the safest routes possible. This would make people staying out for weeks at a time, 10s of 1000s of LY from Sol, truly impressive feats of piloting.
you just discovered something, exploration at it's finest
nice work fella!
I'd say its not a major issue if you play it safe. Play it a little risky and:
7 accidental emergency stops. 3 due to learning mechanics of fuel scooping, 1 due to unfortunate binary system and 3 due to careless flying and alt+tabbing.
Currently the limiting factor in my trip since the repair modules don't repair canopy. Im not trying to be very, very careful on my way back considering I've travelled 45,000LY's so far and probably have 50mil+ of data...
7 accidental emergency stops. 3 due to learning mechanics of fuel scooping, 1 due to unfortunate binary system and 3 due to careless flying and alt+tabbing.
Currently the limiting factor in my trip since the repair modules don't repair canopy. Im not trying to be very, very careful on my way back considering I've travelled 45,000LY's so far and probably have 50mil+ of data...
Hey Thanks
+1 all-round to those who answered.
Phew! I am glad to hear that. I can relax a bit.
I had a close binary today similar to the above picture. Then while travelling I was reading Nutters guide and saw his advice on how to avoid dangerous binaries, my next jump was a binary and I could not tell the orientation like he suggested, went for it and was scooping on arrival. Although I reasoned it was the star I was looking at and not one behind me even though it was in view briefly. This did make me a little paranoid. And I did wonder if it was a real issue and so I thank you all for the benefit of your experience.
Fly safe CMDRS
+1 all-round to those who answered.
Phew! I am glad to hear that. I can relax a bit.
I had a close binary today similar to the above picture. Then while travelling I was reading Nutters guide and saw his advice on how to avoid dangerous binaries, my next jump was a binary and I could not tell the orientation like he suggested, went for it and was scooping on arrival. Although I reasoned it was the star I was looking at and not one behind me even though it was in view briefly. This did make me a little paranoid. And I did wonder if it was a real issue and so I thank you all for the benefit of your experience.
Fly safe CMDRS
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Speaking of warping to stars. Why to we warp to them anyway?
Why not the edge of the system? For example, flying into Sol, I would love to drop out near the Oort Cloud, Eris, or Pluto. Then have to cruise in toward the center.
Someone mentioned the drive targeting the largest mass in the system, which does make sense, just wish I had different options.
Why not the edge of the system? For example, flying into Sol, I would love to drop out near the Oort Cloud, Eris, or Pluto. Then have to cruise in toward the center.
Someone mentioned the drive targeting the largest mass in the system, which does make sense, just wish I had different options.
I've had it happen 3 times out of about 10kly worth of exploration.
The first time, I warped in through a large M-Class star that was sitting next to another, smaller M-Class star. FSD dropped me right in between them and my thermal gauge shot up to 150% in about 10 seconds. Luckily I got out before I took too much damage.
The second time, it did the same thing. Dropped in through a large star, but I was quicker on the uptake and escaped before I reached 100% on the thermal gauge.
The third time, I got slapped inbetween 2 dead dwarfs that were tiny, but with huge mass/gravity. I was forced to drop out of supercruise and suffered a huge hit to my hull integrity. Barely made it out alive.
The first time, I warped in through a large M-Class star that was sitting next to another, smaller M-Class star. FSD dropped me right in between them and my thermal gauge shot up to 150% in about 10 seconds. Luckily I got out before I took too much damage.
The second time, it did the same thing. Dropped in through a large star, but I was quicker on the uptake and escaped before I reached 100% on the thermal gauge.
The third time, I got slapped inbetween 2 dead dwarfs that were tiny, but with huge mass/gravity. I was forced to drop out of supercruise and suffered a huge hit to my hull integrity. Barely made it out alive.
its very rare but ive come cross one system that ive actually clipped through the 2nd star. during the few seconds that the game has control of ur ship when jumping and exiting u can go through stars without being kicked outta SC.
Heres a random video i found showing it.
[video=youtube;e9louLkY3dQ]https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=e9louLkY3dQ[/video]
Heres a random video i found showing it.
[video=youtube;e9louLkY3dQ]https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=e9louLkY3dQ[/video]
possibly a refueling thing.
About 40k ly traveled in the last two jaunts, and have been fortunate not to arrive in between two stars. Close, but never close enough to drop me out of SC.
But who needs em when you can totally bork yourself? Jumped into an A star system with a G skirting it. I start my fueling and decide to thread the needle between the two (space boredom will kill ya).
Halfway through and I'm at 135%. Broke my ship - destroyed three of my four heat sinks, dropped scanner, life support, fsd, and thrusters to about 60%.
Guess I'll bee-line the 3k ly to the Great Annihilator, then to Sag A, and head home to sell the millions of credits of carto scans.
Diddle was dumb.
But who needs em when you can totally bork yourself? Jumped into an A star system with a G skirting it. I start my fueling and decide to thread the needle between the two (space boredom will kill ya).
Halfway through and I'm at 135%. Broke my ship - destroyed three of my four heat sinks, dropped scanner, life support, fsd, and thrusters to about 60%.
Guess I'll bee-line the 3k ly to the Great Annihilator, then to Sag A, and head home to sell the millions of credits of carto scans.
Diddle was dumb.
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I have had to use my insurance 4 times only and Zero times when exploring so I will stick to the safest way of entering a system. Other than that, each of us has our own ways and degree's of risk.
Just because zero throttle seems safe to you doesn't mean it's the only safe option.
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When in transit, it is a huge waste of time.
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No, the idea is that the jump drive uses the large mass as a navigation target.
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There have been talks of in-system jumps though, that may allow us to jump between at least stars within the same system. Remains to be seen.
Is it?
When you come out of hippyspace you start at speed 0 with or without full throttle right? Assessing the situation just takes an instant. I have become rather skillful at determining whether I'm on fire or not.
Nope you dont come out at 0 (or 30km/s) its quite a bit faster.
0% is not the way to travel fast, nor does it help with close binaries, in face it may well hinder you. Unless it is an SC crash (ultra rare) you are better off with the speed to get out of the situation ASAP.
Hello,
i can confirm this. on my trip i visited roughly 2.000+ systems and burned my ass twice.
2 days ago, have we been at the same time in the same system?
Same, I was warping into a binary system and as I was warping in I flew over the first star landing and landed right in front of the second and immediately my heat started to increase rapidly. I quickly cruised out of their with about 78 percent heat and my heart racing.
Full throttle means you dive deeper into the main star's gravity well which reduces your potential speed. And whilst fighting this, you are also subjected to higher temperatures. OTOH it takes very little time to go from zero to the max speed for your current location - and that max is higher than the one you have if you had full throttle.
Of course, what's "best" also depends on other factors such as your ship. Exiting hyperspace on full throttle may well be faster with ships like the Asp, maybe even safer. But try that with a stripped down Anaconda and you'll be constantly struggling against it's woefully poor turning speed.
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