Supercruise issue that is making me terribly vexed....

[Crank Larson]

That has not been my experience - however, since I am currently working the Ruins scans, which involve a number of planetary launches, I will indeed try other angles, and see if I don't get the "line up with escape vector" message like I used to at anything other than 40, and 90ish. I have been using 40 automatically for a very long time, and it would be good to know that I can use other angles, should I choose to do so.

Thanks for the tip.

Riôt

Actually, I may be confused as to what you were saying and what I was saying. Sorry, I probably shouldn't post while not concentrating, lol.

As far as I am aware, if you are below the drop height for the planet, you'll need to use the escape vector when entering supercruise. However, as soon as you are in supercruise you can adjust to any angle so long as it doesn't take you back towards the planet (at that point you'll drop from supercruise again).

I'm really just waiting for my son to finish watching a film so I can claim my spaceship back. I'll test out the planetary take-off too, as I'd like to experiment a little now.

 

[MrFailfactory]

Actually, I may be confused as to what you were saying and what I was saying. Sorry, I probably shouldn't post while not concentrating, lol.

As far as I am aware, if you are below the drop height for the planet, you'll need to use the escape vector when entering supercruise. However, as soon as you are in supercruise you can adjust to any angle so long as it doesn't take you back towards the planet (at that point you'll drop from supercruise again).

I'm really just waiting for my son to finish watching a film so I can claim my spaceship back. I'll test out the planetary take-off too, as I'd like to experiment a little now.

I am still going to try some different angles, but I'm also pretty sure that you need to line up with the escape vector to engage Supercruise. After that, as you said, you can go in any upward direction.

I was pointing out that 90ish isn't the only valid escape vector, even though the 40 isn't labeled in any way. I discovered it by accident a long time ago (was under 40 and looking at the other screen, got the message, pulled up, and it engaged at 40). Some repetitions later, I was certain that it wasn't lag or anything else, and have been using it ever since because I find that it just works more reliably.

Riôt

 

[FrogsFriend]

Anything above 40 degrees works for going to SC from a planet surface, as long as you've cleared mass-lock (above 2.3km-ish).

EDIT - If you're jumping straight to another system, that works at any angle as long as you're out of mass-lock... and the target system isn't obscured.