I have owned a copy of ED for weeks now but am unable to get anywhere with it. In either the travel tutorial or the actual game this is what happens to me. I launch and exit the station, retract landing gear, get out of mass lock. I then go into navigation and select a target system, line up with the target system and activate the frame shift drive. I drop out of fsd near the star, I go into navigation and choose a destination station. I line up to the destination station and activate fsd. I travel rapidly toward the station but drop down to normal speed when I am 66.6 d away. If I try to activate fsd again it tells me "No destination lock" and I get dropped back to normal speed but now I am over a year away. At this distance I can activate fsd but I get dropped back to normal speed at 66.6 d away from the station. I can repeat this many times with no variation. I have tried leaving the game running unattended for a few hours and when I came back I was 66.5 d away from station. Not sure I really want to leave the game running for over two months just to dock at a station.
I have looked at the video tutorial for travel and don't see what I am doing wrong. I searched the forums and saw a few posts from people who seemed to be having a similar problem but nobody had posted any replies. Here's hoping I have better luck.
I have played many space sims, the original Elite, all the Wing Commanders, Privateer, Starlancer, Freelancer, and the X series. I don't understand why this game has to be so difficult.
I have looked at the video tutorial for travel and don't see what I am doing wrong. I searched the forums and saw a few posts from people who seemed to be having a similar problem but nobody had posted any replies. Here's hoping I have better luck.
I have played many space sims, the original Elite, all the Wing Commanders, Privateer, Starlancer, Freelancer, and the X series. I don't understand why this game has to be so difficult.