Newcomer / Intro Collector limpets in Mining vs Space Salvage. Confused!

Yingnei Gasua

Yingnei Gasua
OK, so I have 2 big ole' collector limpet controllers which according to the screen can control up to SIX (0/3 - 0/3 etc) collector limpets.

Works fine when mining, I can have up to 6 of em buzzing around and collecting mining bits. Only gets knocked out ('collector limpet failed msg') when LOS is lost, fair enough.

But when collecting space junk (specifically those grindium from High Grade Emission sites) :

1. The 1st one I shoot out, collects ONE, returns to the ship (i get the material) and then immediately fails. Next one I shoot out, collects and continues.

2. If I shoot two out at one time, they both grab 1 mat each, then 1 fails when it returns to the ship and I lose the mat as well.

Is this normal? Am I missing something? I am well in range of the mats (i typically go to under 600m) and even if the mats were out of range, the limpets shouldnt fail (should give me a out of range or no mat to collect msg).

Really confused. Ship def has power. I didnt switch of anything. Its basically my mining ship.

Thanks!
 

Speedcuffs

Speedcuffs
Are you targeting the objects?
Don't target stuff.

If you target an item, then launch a limpet, it will only collect that one item, but it will travel faster.
 

Speedcuffs

Speedcuffs
Yingnei Gasua said:
Aha! Thanks for teaching this noob 1 more thing in this crazy learning curve.

Yeah I target em cos I wanted to see what they were.
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Common question. :D (y)
When you drop into the HGE, flick to your (left) Nav panel, tab over to contacts. When you've farmed enough HGEs it's second nature.

Exactly what I'm doing right now.:D
 

aRJay

aRJay
Yingnei Gasua said:
Aha! Thanks for teaching this noob 1 more thing in this crazy learning curve.

Yeah I target em cos I wanted to see what they were.
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Launch the limpets then target stuff to see what it is, just deselect the target when you are firing the limpet, it gets locked into one of its two modes when you get the message programming limpet drone.
 

sinisalo

sinisalo
Right, as others have pointed out, this system allows the commander to be discriminate or indiscrimintae when using limpets to collect. Sometimes you look at the contacts and see a lot of worthless or illegal stuff amongst the jetsam and flotsam. By targeting, you can surgically pilfer the pharmaceutical islolators and flux capacitors and leave the unwanted junk.

Or don't target, and get whatever was next in front of your limpet minion.
 
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