Newcomer / Intro Docking. Bug or am I missing something?

Big Fudge

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Hello dear fellow ED players.
I'm out doing my first mission and am now in the process of docking at an outpost. I've recieved a docking clearance, I've located the correct pad (3 to be precise) and I've deployed my landinggear and The little target reticule thingie is blue and I've touched down. But nothing is happening. No confirmation that I've docked. No option to go inside the station, no station services menu etc. I can't imagine this being anything but a bug but just in case I thought I'd ask around in here. Am I missing something?

And sorry if this has been beaten to death but I couldn't find any thread about it.

Cheers.
 

purf

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Are you facing the right direction, towards the tower?

(And it might be a bug - I had this once - so try to turn around)
 

Big Fudge

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Pointing in the right direction? No I am not. Damn these station guys are picky about who can visit. :D
I'll go try that right away. Thanks for the reply.
 

Sapient6

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Big Fudge said:
Pointing in the right direction? No I am not. Damn these station guys are picky about who can visit. :D
I'll go try that right away. Thanks for the reply.
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It can be tricky to get the hang of coming in to outpost landing pads facing the correct direction. As mentioned you will be facing the tower (with your back end facing the blast shield). From a distance those things can be hard to spot. Sometimes it's easier to tell which side of the landing pad highlight effect has the pad number, so if you spot that you want to land with your nose facing it.
 

Ancipital

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Big Fudge said:
Pointing in the right direction? No I am not. Damn these station guys are picky about who can visit. :D
I'll go try that right away. Thanks for the reply.
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I always thinkt he easiest way to tell is to look at where the sloped blast shield is- it goes at the back of ze ship..
 
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