Automated Undocking in an Asteroid Base - A demonstration of Flying While Intoxicated
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Hi 
The Automated Undocking AI goes something like this.....
'Is the player at their keyboard / computer concentrating on what I'm doing?'....Damn!, yes, I've got to behave...sort of.'
'Ho Ho Ho!....I've just noticed, the player's not watching what I'm doing, time for some fun!'
Seriously...Exiting Asteroid bases (some small percentage undocking at other bases as well) has always been kinda 'dithery', the bigger your ship the worst it gets, most probably due to having to contend with the surrounding asteroids outside as well as negotiating the inside of the dock.
So yes, I've noticed....It's just a fact of life with this game, the docking computer is there as an 'assistance' and not (ever) to be relied upon!
Edit...Also particularly 'Dangerous' when you first boot up the game and intend leaving the dock you are currently at (at any station). I usually press the default 'X' key which usually resets your speed controller, which kicks in the auto undock mechanic to what it's supposed to do. Sometimes though it doesn't, and the ship will continue just dithering, so I just manually pilot the ship out.
Jack
The Automated Undocking AI goes something like this.....
'Is the player at their keyboard / computer concentrating on what I'm doing?'....Damn!, yes, I've got to behave...sort of.'
'Ho Ho Ho!....I've just noticed, the player's not watching what I'm doing, time for some fun!'
Seriously
...Exiting Asteroid bases (some small percentage undocking at other bases as well) has always been kinda 'dithery', the bigger your ship the worst it gets, most probably due to having to contend with the surrounding asteroids outside as well as negotiating the inside of the dock.So yes, I've noticed.
...It's just a fact of life with this game, the docking computer is there as an 'assistance' and not (ever) to be relied upon!Edit...Also particularly 'Dangerous' when you first boot up the game and intend leaving the dock you are currently at (at any station). I usually press the default 'X' key which usually resets your speed controller, which kicks in the auto undock mechanic to what it's supposed to do. Sometimes though it doesn't, and the ship will continue just dithering, so I just manually pilot the ship out.
Jack
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It's the landing gear, it confuse the auto docking-undocking.
Pull the wheels up and leave manually.
Pull the wheels up and leave manually.
I often fly while Intoxicated so i never noticed.
Mind you.. if you think about an auto pilot in a 'space' ship, the statistical likelihood of crashing into a space station within a control group is comparatively high.
Pffft. The docking computer in the original Elite never crashed. And that was ~31 years ago. It can be fixed, they just won’t for some reason. Maybe one day.
The mailslot in the original elite never had you flying around inside the docking bay.
True and not relevant. It can be fixed now, it just isn’t fixed, by choice; this issue has been raised numerous times for years.
Would be nice to have keybinds for certain docking computer and SCA functions to toggle them on and off: Such as 'automatic landing' for planets, etc. My HOTAS has a couple of free toggle switches and it would be a great improvement for quality of life and immersion.
Try taking a taxi to a coriolis with noob hammers if you really want to experience fear. Nothing like seeing your approaching doom and being unable to do anything about it.
Surely you jest?
Why, do you think apex are indestructible? Because I can assure you they aren't.
No, because I'd have thought that a taxi wouldn't fly through the arc of the noob hammers... I guess I'm wrong though.
If it drops out on the back side it will. And they don't fly anywhere near fast enough to guarantee safe passage.
That's pretty tragic...