Don't do this ... it'll ruin your night!

gravedodger

gravedodger
Yes ... I'm a complete ar$e ... you need proof?

There I was happily travelling in supercruise from iBootis to Chango Dock at a right old lick of about 18c when I decided to check if I could increase my scanner range whilst travelling at that speed, sounds innocent enough doesn't it.

Well, I haven't rebound 'all' the keys yet so the default for increase scanner range is PageUp ... guess what button is bound right beside it ... yes, that's right, it's the 'Eject Cargo' button :S guess which one I hit!

:mad:

If you find 16 Containers of Pro Cells floating between iBootis and Chango ... THEY'RE MINE ... !!!

Lesson learned ... don't be lazy, rebind those buttons.
 

shadmar

shadmar
We can eject in supercruise?
I wonder if you ever can find them again (or if it's possible at all), they should emit as a signal source (I wish)
 

gravedodger

gravedodger
I found out the hard way that YES, you can definitely eject cargo in super-cruise, I wonder if it's part of the game dynamic or would it be considered a bug ?

I did go looking for them but travelling at that speed ... no chance :(
 

Titus Balls

Titus Balls
Yep I did this by accident with Voice Attack - for some reason it would pick up random stuff and think it was jettison cargo.

Needless to say voice attack has no command to jettison cargo now
 

Jorlin

Jorlin
i removed this keybind before i even entered PB1 the first time (while setting up my controls). I saw it, couldn't imagine a single scenario where i'd want to do this, and cleared the keybind.
you can drop cargo from the right ship panel...no need for a keybind ;)
 

NeonKnight

NeonKnight
Well, maybe if you are running some slaves and what not, and a large contingent of Fed's drop in to scan you, it might be nice to quickly eject them...But hard to say.
 

CMDR Charybdis

CMDR Charybdis
gravedodger said:
If you find 16 Containers of Pro Cells floating between iBootis and Chango ... THEY'RE MINE ... !!!
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They're also travelling at 18c so they'll be in the nearest star system next month :cool:

gravedodger said:
I found out the hard way that YES, you can definitely eject cargo in super-cruise, I wonder if it's part of the game dynamic or would it be considered a bug ?(
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There is a bug around this funnily enough, though relatively benign. You can drop one cargo canister in supercruise, then eject another canister in normal space and pick it up. You get a spurious message saying your cargo hold is full (it isn't)
 
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Zarkon

Z
Sorry to hear of your misfortune. First thing I did was remove the 'dump-all-cargo' bind as soon as I saw it on the option screen. I knew I would end up doing the exact same thing, many many times.
 

Neillm

N
I've not tried/had to jettison any cargo yet so I'm wondering how it works?

Does a single activation dump everything? Or one 'type' of cargo? Or a single container? Or can you specify?

Ta.
 

Jorlin

Jorlin
Neillm said:
I've not tried/had to jettison any cargo yet so I'm wondering how it works?

Does a single activation dump everything? Or one 'type' of cargo? Or a single container? Or can you specify?

Ta.
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the keybind drops everything.

in the right panel of your ship, cargo tab, you can select what to drop and how many containers
 

Commander Jake Skyrunner

Commander Jake Skyrunner
CONTAINER your emotions

gravedodger said:
Yes ... I'm a complete ar$e ... you need proof?

There I was happily travelling in supercruise from iBootis to Chango Dock at a right old lick of about 18c when I decided to check if I could increase my scanner range whilst travelling at that speed, sounds innocent enough doesn't it.

Well, I haven't rebound 'all' the keys yet so the default for increase scanner range is PageUp ... guess what button is bound right beside it ... yes, that's right, it's the 'Eject Cargo' button :S guess which one I hit!

:mad:

If you find 16 Containers of Pro Cells floating between iBootis and Chango ... THEY'RE MINE ... !!!

Lesson learned ... don't be lazy, rebind those buttons.
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Can you imagine, someone who has spent considerable time getting their credits high enough to buy that ship they always wanted to have, and on the maiden voyage out of Chango Dock, they leave the station and immediately get bombarded with 16 containers travelling balistically... and they are reset back to a sidewinder....

Now that would be tragic ! :eek:
 

cptzipzap

C
gravedodger said:
Yes ... I'm a complete ar$e ... you need proof?

There I was happily travelling in supercruise from iBootis to Chango Dock at a right old lick of about 18c when I decided to check if I could increase my scanner range whilst travelling at that speed, sounds innocent enough doesn't it.

Well, I haven't rebound 'all' the keys yet so the default for increase scanner range is PageUp ... guess what button is bound right beside it ... yes, that's right, it's the 'Eject Cargo' button :S guess which one I hit!

:mad:

If you find 16 Containers of Pro Cells floating between iBootis and Chango ... THEY'RE MINE ... !!!

Lesson learned ... don't be lazy, rebind those buttons.
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hahah thats hilarious
 

JeffRyan

JeffRyan
*Okumpid system. Camera pans down to show something akin to our Apollo era lift-off platforms. It cuts to an alien announcer, obviously speaking English*

Okumpid Announcer: And here we are, almost at the moment of our first interplanetary manned mission. *static burst* Yes, it's confirmed, final countdown has begun.

*The camera pans back to the lift-off platform, something akin to a nuclear missile with a capsule on top can be seen. There's a burst of flame below*

Control Tower: Ready for final check. Check systems check. Green systems green. All systems are check and green. Final countdown has begun. 10, 9, 8, 7, 6, 5, 4, 3, 2, 1.

Alien Announcer: Lift off, we have lift off.

*camera shows the burst of flame intensifying as the nuclear missile with the capsule on top lifts slowly at first into the air*

Okumpid Announcer: And here we are on this historic day, the seventh day of Martok in the year of the holy sent fruit basket. What a sight.

*What a sight indeed as the missile, gathering momentum speeds into the air. There's a flash. It disintegrates the first interplanetary manned rocket of the Okumpids.*

Alien Announcer: My Holy Basket....

*The explosion is huge. A later investigation into the incident showed the missile was hit by an object travelling faster than the speed of light. Very very very detailed analysis by the footage several centuries later was able to detect 15 other objects hurtling past at the same time. The Okumpids never tried again. And we're probably better off for it. The liked killing things that weren't Okumpids.*
 

Rhaedas

Rhaedas
Commander Jake Skyrunner said:
Can you imagine, someone who has spent considerable time getting their credits high enough to buy that ship they always wanted to have, and on the maiden voyage out of Chango Dock, they leave the station and immediately get bombarded with 16 containers travelling balistically... and they are reset back to a sidewinder....

Now that would be tragic ! :eek:
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The word isn't ballistic, it's superluminal. And it would be devastating for anyone in the area.

Although in retrospect, nothing travels faster than light in Elite. The cargo was dropped mid frame shift, so it's just drifting somewhere.
 

Commander Jake Skyrunner

Commander Jake Skyrunner
It's comedy Jim, but .... not as he know's it.

Rhaedas said:
The word isn't ballistic, it's superluminal. And it would be devastating for anyone in the area.

Although in retrospect, nothing travels faster than light in Elite. The cargo was dropped mid frame shift, so it's just drifting somewhere.
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Sigh.... it was just meant to be a funny situation.... but lets pick it apart anyway. :rolleyes:
 

natte hond

natte hond
I just ruined some one else his night just by mentioning this post.
he replied by saying he had switched to another button for jettisoning cargo and by saying so he activated his voice command and dumped 420 tons of liquor into a star.:eek:

fortunately he is a great sport and could laugh about it.
next time please keep your jinx to your self please.
 
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