I've updated the OP with both Nookie's run and Heydan's claim - both with a status that qualifies their entries. I've also added a note to Timmy's run explaining the extenuating circumstances.
3 months in real life, surely? Not game time?
I've been running my ship on fumes out here in the Outer Arm Vacuous because I need maximum range, and when I recall my ship there's definitely less fuel than there was when it went up (depending how long I've been down there, sometimes a few light-years' worth). When I asked the question on discord the concensus was that the ship definitely burns fuel while dismissed - jiust not while you're logged out, obviously.
Hmmm.... might be one to ask in a livestream at some point...
Found these regards fuel while dismissed
This was towards the end of an 'acrobatics' thing I took part in for educating Ed 1st July. From here I would have needed to fly to the equator to where I had 'left' the srv - (I had started 10 days or so before)
https://i.imgur.com/39rojDm.jpg
And on completing the circumnavigation 11th September
https://i.imgur.com/3czP6c4.jpg
It looks to me that maybe 2.5 - 3.5 tons of fuel is used in that time. This would include the travel back to the start etc. So this is what, 3 or 4 hrs of burn at the normal rate? Lets says there was 120 hrs game time (assume I used 14 already prior to the educating ed) and lets assume 3.5t used = 0.029 t/hr instead of the usual 0.91. I would say that *most* of the fuel use was in fact getting back to the SRV location - iirc I went normal space rather than supercruising because I was evaluating whether to repeat the circumnav in the ship - bear in mind I was only 10 days in and still full of enthusiasm . It was around 2 hours iirc. But since I can't truly remember, let's discount it as I did in the calc above. It would appear you have at least 1000 game hours in a 30t tank whilst ship is dismissed.
I left my alt Cobra III parked up on a planet for a while when I resumed my journey to Colonia with my main Cmdr. I can't remember how long it was left for, probably more than a few weeks, or how much fuel was on board but it would have been able to get me to a star or a port. Anyway when I went back there was no power and I was breathing on my reserve oxygen. I had to sit there and suffocate. I haven't done that again.
What? That would have to be a bug. If you are not logged into the game for that account, your usage should be zero. Going 'pop' just because you haven't played in a while would be unacceptable
What? That would have to be a bug. If you are not logged into the game for that account, your usage should be zero. Going 'pop' just because you haven't played in a while would be unacceptable
Yeah I was thinking that too. Neither ships nor SRVs should use any fuel whatsoever while your logged out. It is interesting that, by the sounds of it, a dismissed ship does continue to burn a small amount of fuel tho ... I need to check my own circumnavigation screenshots now.
So if you're able to do it all in one session (on a sufficiently small enough potato), will you see the SRV tracks where you started when you come back around?
Ok guys, guess I'll cross another entry off my bucket list soon...as much as I like to travel, explore and discover stuff, I far prefer the comfort and safety of things near home...so guess who's going to attempt a circumnavigation of Enceladus?
At 250 km radius and 0.01 g I'm confident it will be nothing more than a pleasant 1500 km long stroll across serene icy landscapes, with big ol' Saturn watching over my shoulder. Not considering I still have to learn and get used to driving/fliving with headtracking, so things could get rather dizzy after all.
Mission codename, "X Marks The Spot", coming soon*. I don't plan on keeping up with some kind of travel diary in the awesome way that Alec and other explorers did previously (not good at telling stories, not good at prolonged use of coherent English, and lazy as a drowsy sloth more in general), but I'll do my best to keep track of my endeavour through videos and screenshots. Wish me luck?
*-ish(TM)
n.b. re: "not good at telling stories, not good at prolonged use of coherent English" ... your post totally just disproved that but I do understand, it's a lot of extra effort (something I personally enjoy doing) but do create a thread and post some updates, even if very brief, as I'd love to follow your progress.
Do you plan on taking several days or are you going to blitz it Sushi-style? If possible I'd love to come and fly alongside you for a bit. maybe take some video?
Also, re: the above tyre tracks query ... would you mind awfully doing your entire circumnavigation entirely on the ground? sure, it'll mean your journey takes about 5 weeks but the ribbon of tyre tracks all the way around the planet would be awesome and totally worth it.
Also, I'm starting to get a hang of fliving while being able to watch ahead where I'm going to land, but looks like refinements are still to be made when going above 100 m/s:
https://imgur.com/a/brsOEhttps://i.imgur.com/agOZ1o9.jpg
Luckily that was just a "short" 150 km scouting run! (got carried away a bit with it )
Do you plan on taking several days or are you going to blitz it Sushi-style? If possible I'd love to come and fly alongside you for a bit. maybe take some video?