Ships Advanced Docking Computer Needs To Recognise Newton's 3 Laws of Motion, (Primarily the 2nd Law)

[dibbdroid]

The advanced docking computer is seemingly programmed to follow the same process regardless of the mass of the ship it is in.

In the same situation a Python will move up above the letterbox, fly forward but easily recover before hitting the inside of the port. A Cutter, in pretty much the same situation, will crash into the wall due to increased mass.

Is it possible for the auto dock to account for the differing mass across the fleet?

 

[GroG79]

Yes, dont boost cutter towards the station without using your airbrake

 

[Northpin]

The advanced docking computer is seemingly programmed to follow the same process regardless of the mass of the ship it is in.

In the same situation a Python will move up above the letterbox, fly forward but easily recover before hitting the inside of the port. A Cutter, in pretty much the same situation, will crash into the wall due to increased mass.

Is it possible for the auto dock to account for the differing mass across the fleet?

Cutter does the same thing as the python.
It flies too aggressively towards the mailslot, then awkwardly brakes, then it backpedals while aligning to the mail slot, then it goes out
It's really painfully to watch a Cutter under ADC launching from a station, especially if it starts from one of the pads closer to the mailslot
Edit: i have not had it to actually hit the station under ADC control, and i run it shieldless...


I nave not recently tried a Federal Dropship.
Those were hilarious (although they might have been patched recently).
They always hit the station above the mailslot while trying to launch from a pad near the mailslot, then they backpedal, align and exit
It was a guaranteed forehead bump.

 

[SlickPBW]

I have noticed lately that DC/ADC is significantly more drunk that before the latest coupla updates. Especially for Cutters landing on FC’s. It seems the DC has been hitting the bottle quite a lot more recently.

note that I only will put a DC on a non combat ship, and only where I have a slot available, to allow multitasking while docking to save time.

 

[dibbdroid]

Cutter does the same thing as the python.
It flies too aggressively towards the mailslot, then awkwardly brakes, then it backpedals while aligning to the mail slot, then it goes out
It's really painfully to watch a Cutter under ADC launching from a station, especially if it starts from one of the pads closer to the mailslot
Edit: i have not had it to actually hit the station under ADC control, and i run it shieldless...


I nave not recently tried a Federal Dropship.
Those were hilarious (although they might have been patched recently).
They always hit the station above the mailslot while trying to launch from a pad near the mailslot, then they backpedal, align and exit
It was a guaranteed forehead bump.

During the recent Community Goal delivering Thermal Cooling in a shieldless 792T cargo capacity Cutter I had plenty of similar exit smashes gather 35k units. Pretty much 1 in 3 attempts to leave resulted in 5-20% damage in exacly the same move: fly above the letterbox, accelerate and smash. A Python, having less mass, avoids the Glasgow Kiss.

 

[Imo]

The advanced docking computer is seemingly programmed to follow the same process regardless of the mass of the ship it is in.

In the same situation a Python will move up above the letterbox, fly forward but easily recover before hitting the inside of the port. A Cutter, in pretty much the same situation, will crash into the wall due to increased mass.

Is it possible for the auto dock to account for the differing mass across the fleet?

I think the docking computer is not programmed well. In theory it should be possible - if there are no other ships around - to calculate a nice, smooth, round fly courve directly in to the mail slot. Any maths student should be able to do this. The current way of docking looks like a trial and error mechanic.

 

[Stabby_Dave]

I tend to fly manually until I get to the mailslot, then reduce speed to 0 and let the DC take over. For carriers, I line up with the landing pad, then again, let the DC take over.