I wouldn't have a problem if we were to dump it without canisters (like real planes do), after all, I rather have fine control of the fuel dumping since 1 ton of difference can be too much or too little in some scenarios.
Fuel Dump Button Please.
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I wouldn't have a problem if we were to dump it without canisters (like real planes do), after all, I rather have fine control of the fuel dumping since 1 ton of difference can be too much or too little in some scenarios.
The times I appreciated having the rail gun with fuel slug to dump fuel was when I was 30,000 ly away from the nearest station. Can't really decide to fly back 5000 stars to control the fuel level and fly back out again and realize that it didn't help.
There're those fuel limpets that can be used to help other players. The Fuel Rats use them. Those are canisters from the ship-butt with fuel taken from your own ship.
Oh, so you had that famous "Insta-Win" button back then? Guess you only played the game for 5 minutes, and pressed that button to win every time!+1. One button is wa-a-a-ay better than 20 clicks to dump 1 ton with plasma slug railgun.
And I can add: we had that button back in 1993
But seriously, if fuel dump was there in that version, then fuel dump belongs to the lore. It has to be added.
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Pollute the galaxy with hydrogen, the most common element in the galaxy. Wouldn't want to add more hydrogen to those giant clouds of hydrogen.
One is first officer A330/A340 and she is in training for certification on the A350. Another (last I checked) was 777's and 747's (Captain).
Z...
*Checks the size of the galaxy* *Checks the size of your ship* *Shivers*
The pollution scooped from the polluting stars. Just giving back to the universe what it gave us.
I was waiting for 3 year for front lights HUD indicator and it's finally there in Chapter 4! Be praised Mr. Adam Woods!
Be patient my friend. I'm assuming Chapter 8?
I was waiting for 3 year for front lights HUD indicator and it's finally there in Chapter 4! Be praised Mr. Adam Woods!
Be patient my friend. I'm assuming Chapter 8?
Absolutely, and I am. Very. Hopefully it's on the quick win list. I mean, the code is already there. It's just the partial fill that needs placed in the right panel with a minus value instead.
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You know the game isn't real, right?
And that we're polluting the real world just by playing every day?
How would that be a 'handy combat/escape tactic' considering a ship can fly through the upper reaches of a star (to fuel scoop), having some flame behind your ship isn't going to damage or really do anything to another ship. It sure a heck won't make your ship invincible to a weapons lock or anything like that. In fact the only thing that should happen is your ship's temperature rises (just like when you scoop fuel).
As someone who spent flying on fumes for more than a year straight, yes, I approve the dumping thing.
The curent way takes no skill. Almost 100% of the times where I found in the situation of wanting a bit less fuel I either waited if the amount was only a bit (AFK... so much skill) or just used a shot of jumponium (takes a lot of skill too... you need to know how to find the right panel).
The curent way takes no skill. Almost 100% of the times where I found in the situation of wanting a bit less fuel I either waited if the amount was only a bit (AFK... so much skill) or just used a shot of jumponium (takes a lot of skill too... you need to know how to find the right panel).
yes but those come from the fuel limpet internal I would guess.
it would make more sense when the ships kinda have to align in a correct way to trasnfer fuel.
Then tell us of the in-game means to calculate your fuel usage over several jumps? Oh wait, there is none. So all we have is, we can take an educated guess, which ends (if failed) in either back tracking or waiting in order to "waste" fuel. Both are not ideal options.
There is a kind of hitch in the game mechanic. In E2 and FEE there were no fuel tanks, fuel was treated as just another type of cargo. For jumps and for regular flight we could pour it to the internal fuel tank right from cargo bay. So we could, for example, scoop it at the nearest star and then carry to the station and sell at market as one of the goods.
Now we have specialized fuel tanks we can install instead of cargo racks. And we can fill fuel either from the star or at special maintenance screen at station.
And that could even seem logical if we didn't have such an atavism as "Hydrogen Fuel" commodity which we can buy at market and which we can carry in usual cargo racks and which we still can't pour to our fuel tanks despite the fact, that it is actually the very same fuel that we scoop
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