A disturbing trend amongst our younger imperial commanders.

which side is the light

  • left of course. Like all good commanders.

    Votes: 55 32.7%

  • right of course. I am an ignorant federation recalcitrant.

    Votes: 113 67.3%
  • Total voters
    168

Verz

Verz
I guess it all depends on where you are all from in the real world. The Brits (myself) and the Australians will probably head for green lights left? and everyone else greens lights right? You do know why the Brits drive on the left don't you?.....right?....
 
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Vasious

Vasious
With the Debug Camera you can get a better look at the Hauler's Port Red and Starboard Green Navigation lights, So I still dont see the Station Red and Green lights as Go and No-Go but as edge of Docking Port markings as the the four sides have distinct markings making the entrance clear in the dark

From the beginning it was down the middle.
 
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Warrick Ambrose

W
Green to starboard is the way to go. And turning the shiplights on might also be a good idea. I smashed once a smaler ship in camouflage-paint job on my way in, because I simply saw it too late.
 
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Monk

Monk
Vasious said:
I concur even in space

"Currently, Cygnus spacecraft, which are unmanned transport vessels designed for cargo transport to the International Space Station, utilize a navigational lighting system consisting of five flashing high power LED lights. The Cygnus displays a flashing red light on the port side of the vessel, a flashing green on the starboard side of the vessel, two flashing white lights on the top and one flashing yellow on the bottom side of the fuselage."


https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Navigation_light
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Had to, I'm sorry...

[video=youtube;EAdGhMRBbzY]https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EAdGhMRBbzY[/video]
 

Unoriginality

U
[video=youtube;K9XMf88tBJQ]https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=K9XMf88tBJQ[/video] This is how I used to enter and exit in my T6, screw your conventions.
 
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Space Dandy

Space Dandy
Ydiss said:
A developer has said the green light to the right means you're orientated correctly.
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Indeed.......

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Verz said:
I guess it all depends on where you are all from in the real world. The Brits (myself) and the Australians will probably head for green lights left? and everyone else greens lights right? You do know why the Brits drive on the left don't you?.....right?....
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Just cause some countries do things backwards doesn't mean it's the proper way to do it.....lol
 

Trenchfoot321

T
How about an option for "who cares?" Not only is there no up in space, but stations are cylindrical, therefore there's no up in the station either. And since the turn of the station is what generates the artificial gravity, no luck in determining "up" in there either, because "up" would be wherever you stood half a second ago in relation to space.
 

Monk

Monk
Trenchfoot321 said:
How about an option for "who cares?" Not only is there no up in space, but stations are cylindrical, therefore there's no up in the station either. And since the turn of the station is what generates the artificial gravity, no luck in determining "up" in there either, because "up" would be wherever you stood half a second ago in relation to space.
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For cylindrical and spherical objects...on a planet where gravity comes from the large mass, UP is considered radially outward. For a shape where gravity is artificially produced through centripetal force, UP is radially inward.

UP in a consistent frame of reference is just the opposite direction of the prevailing force acting upon you.
 
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Antar3s

Antar3s
Kijarni said:
To do otherwise leaves you in the foolish position of entering the station upside down.
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You should read the book Ender's Game (don't watch the movie, its crap)

EDIT: Sorry, everyone playing Elite should read it!
 
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Trenchfoot321

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Monk said:
For cylindrical and spherical objects...on a planet where gravity comes from the large mass, UP is considered radially outward. For a shape where gravity is artificially produced through centripetal force, UP is radially inward.
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But it should be harder to argue that idea of up in a station when I can just fly in, sit just above the dock, turn off rotational correction, and sit there with no engines and watch the station go by. No "up" in there.
 

Monk

Monk
Trenchfoot321 said:
But it should be harder to argue that idea of up in a station when I can just fly in, sit just above the dock, turn off rotational correction, and sit there with no engines and watch the station go by. No "up" in there.
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I mean it is all subjective really. You are essentially hovering if we keep with the frame of reference of the millions of people in the station. Everyone has to look UP to see you doing that since you are radially inward from everyone. Your frame of reference however, is different since you are not experiencing a prevailing force. However, if we choose to let colloquialism take over, the large number of people around you regarding the center of the station as up would prevail...but really, your right...up, down doesn't matter and is just a human construct created to prevent our brains from hurting too much.
 

Brieus

Brieus
Antar3s said:
You should read the book Ender's Game (don't watch the movie, its crap)

EDIT: Sorry, everyone playing Elite should read it!
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And only read the first one.

I was entering Kubrick station the other day, when this came up

[video=youtube;3CglvOos2bA]https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3CglvOos2bA[/video]
 
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