No Oxygen Replenish at Planetary Bases?

[MaccGyver]

Just died because my 7:30 life support module only gave me 1:30 of oxygen - I had previously had a breach and repaired everything to 100% at a nearby planetary base. Only conclusion I can come to is that docking at the base didn't replenish my O2. I went all the way in the hanger, didn't just sit on the surface. Is this working as intended? [???]

Why in the heck would you not get your O2 back? I get the planets that we can land on don't have atmosphere, but I would hope like hell the hangers would be pressurized... maintenance crew might be a little upset otherwise. [wacko]

All in all, pretty upset - someone, please tell me this was a bug.

 

[Hatchepsut]

Hi CMDR

Does not sound right at all .... perhaps move this into the bug report forums ?

Hatchepsut

 

[MaccGyver]

Thanks Hatch, I made a post there as well. Was hoping the community might be able to help confirm faster than the FD support folks

 

[Jmanis]

Was going to post something else, but you pretty much mentioned it already.

Outposts are the same. In all honesty, this "makes sense" to me, but sure, it's definitely up for interpretation.

 

[Faybs]

edit: never mind, I didn't see that you actually went below deck. Yep, sounds like a bug.

 

[ForeverN00b]

On planetary bases and outposts you need to get below decks to get your oxygen replenished - found this out when I got a cracked canopy and the closest starport was on a moon. Makes sense if you think about it.

The OP said he went inside the hangar, this sounds like a bug.

I've never tried it, I always head to a starbase for oxygen as it takes far less time to approach a starbase than a planetary surface base.

 

[Wylie28]

The "maintenance " crew would be wearing oxygen suits. Those hangars aren't pressurized. The pad just lifts up and down and spins. Which would let all oxygen out. Seems intentional to me.

 

[CMDR Crumpeteer]

Did you leave your duct tape at home or something?

 

[Jmanis]

The "maintenance " crew would be wearing oxygen suits. Those hangars aren't pressurized. The pad just lifts up and down and spins. Which would let all oxygen out. Seems intentional to me.

This one.

Unlike the Coriolis/Orbis etc which have the "Magic wall" which you pass through which demarcates the artificial atmosphere environment inside the station (where your ship docks inside that).

First time I docked at a (space) outpost and my oxygen kept ticking down, I was surprised, but figured it made sense... it would surprise me a lot if those hangar doors were air/pressure tight.

 

[MaccGyver]

This one.

Unlike the Coriolis/Orbis etc which have the "Magic wall" which you pass through which demarcates the artificial atmosphere environment inside the station (where your ship docks inside that).

First time I docked at a (space) outpost and my oxygen kept ticking down, I was surprised, but figured it made sense... it would surprise me a lot if those hangar doors were air/pressure tight.

If this is the case, I'll deal with the loss - but it seems very silly to me that when you dock somewhere, repair, refuel, and generally have maintenance crews (wearing oxygen suits or not) put your ship in tip top shape, they don't also refill the O2 in your life support.

Did you leave your duct tape at home or something?

You, my good man, just earned some rep.

 

[shadragon]

If the outpost does not have repair facilities then you will continue to leak air until you get somewhere that can repair your canopy.

 

[Brian of Ardagh]

If this is the case, I'll deal with the loss - but it seems very silly to me that when you dock somewhere, repair, refuel, and generally have maintenance crews (wearing oxygen suits or not) put your ship in tip top shape, they don't also refill the O2 in your life support.



You, my good man, just earned some rep.

You're MaccGyver, shouldn't you always have duct tape on you?

 

[-VR- Max Factor]

This one.

Unlike the Coriolis/Orbis etc which have the "Magic wall" which you pass through which demarcates the artificial atmosphere environment inside the station (where your ship docks inside that).

First time I docked at a (space) outpost and my oxygen kept ticking down, I was surprised, but figured it made sense... it would surprise me a lot if those hangar doors were air/pressure tight.

This is not the case. If you dock at an outpost and then enter the hanger you get your oxygen back, happened to me a few nights ago. Unfortunately they didn't have a repair facility so I had to go else where, but my air was back up to the limit.

 

[Bambi]

This one.

Unlike the Coriolis/Orbis etc which have the "Magic wall" which you pass through which demarcates the artificial atmosphere environment inside the station (where your ship docks inside that).

First time I docked at a (space) outpost and my oxygen kept ticking down, I was surprised, but figured it made sense... it would surprise me a lot if those hangar doors were air/pressure tight.

There's a plasma barrier you pass through when going down into the hangar. The hangar is supposed to be pressurized. The same is true for outposts, their plasma barriers are right on the landing pads.

 

[Leonick]

MaccGyver says he repaired all though, if life support is working and canopy isn't broken whether the environment outside the ship is pressurized or not shouldn't matter.

You sure you repaired everything and that life support had power?

 

[StiTch]

This seems mildly comical given my frustration that every time I have anything to do with a station, it reminds me my emergency oxygen was replaced, whether I lost any or not

 

[Frank]

This is not the case. If you dock at an outpost and then enter the hanger you get your oxygen back, happened to me a few nights ago. Unfortunately they didn't have a repair facility so I had to go else where, but my air was back up to the limit.

Yep.

That happened to me a few months back, and I'm sure my life support was replenished before I headed out looking for a more suitable station. It is a great way to remind you to check that the port you're heading for has got a repair facility <sigh>

 

[NeilF]

The "maintenance " crew would be wearing oxygen suits. Those hangars aren't pressurized. The pad just lifts up and down and spins. Which would let all oxygen out. Seems intentional to me.

But they can replenish your oxygen supply.

Platforms (which can't repair you) can still top up your oxygen levels while you're there...

 

[Lucius-Darcia]

The "maintenance " crew would be wearing oxygen suits. Those hangars aren't pressurized. The pad just lifts up and down and spins. Which would let all oxygen out. Seems intentional to me.

Not right, this energy barrier is at the level of the pad if you set down. You can see it on outposts and at surface bases as well. Otherwise this 'going down' wouldn't mean anything.

Since oxygen was always repleneshid, even if the station had no repair service, i guess it was a bug.

 

[MaccGyver]

You sure you repaired everything and that life support had power?

Dead sure.

Just an update on this, for anyone who's posted here or is interested; I went back to the same base and docked, and again went into the hanger. This time, I watched my notification panel in the top right, and I saw the "Emergency Oxygen Replenished" message. So the answer is yes, planetary bases DO in fact refill your life support's O2 in the hanger. Seems I ran afoul of what appears to be an isolated glitch. Unfortunately it was a glitch which cost me about 4 mil, but hey, life goes on.

Now here's a question I've been thinking about due to all this; why should you even have to go into the hanger for the O2 to refill?!? If the maintenance crews can repair everything on the ship while you're sitting on the pad, why aren't they hooking up a hose and topping you off? Shouldn't making sure your life support system is perfect (since as the name implies it's what keeps you alive in the dead of space) be top priority?

Having to enter an area with an atmosphere to replenish your emergency life support O2 (instead of having it refilled when repairing your ship) strikes me as illogical and a needlessly punishing mechanic for new players not aware of it.