It's a game man!! Cut people some slack, empathy and sympathy are two of humanities greatest traits and lack of same are two of humanities worst traits.
I think it's about time we had a fuel management tutorial added to the game tutorials!
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It's a game man!! Cut people some slack, empathy and sympathy are two of humanities greatest traits and lack of same are two of humanities worst traits.
Self reliance and resourcefulness are also important human traits ;-)
Goodness, that's definitely special. Did the same person rescue them?
I didn't read the manual, or play the tutorial to know that running out of fuel is a bad thing. 
Maybe some of these people don't own cars? I dunno. Maybe with all the new stuff to learn, it's easy to miss the fuel guage...?
In any case. A quick tutorial on scooping is all you need, complete with the KGB FOAM tip.
I've never ran out of fuel, came close once, when attempting to meet a buddy in my FDL, before Engineers, and I jumped through 4 non-scoopable stars in a row because I wasn't paying attention at the time. The last jump landed me in another non scoopable star, but it was just 2ly from a scoopable one, and I got in on reserves. Phew!
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Maybe some of these people don't own cars? I dunno. Maybe with all the new stuff to learn, it's easy to miss the fuel guage...?
In any case. A quick tutorial on scooping is all you need, complete with the KGB FOAM tip.
I've never ran out of fuel, came close once, when attempting to meet a buddy in my FDL, before Engineers, and I jumped through 4 non-scoopable stars in a row because I wasn't paying attention at the time. The last jump landed me in another non scoopable star, but it was just 2ly from a scoopable one, and I got in on reserves. Phew!
CMDR Cosmic Spacehead
Important (for an individual) but not great....once again...it's a GAME. There's no reward with a trip to "destiny" at the end of the game.
Important for the whole of society, no? If a person is self reliant then others can also rely on them.
Tangential to this discussion, it would be nice to have a variable setting for a low fuel warning. I haven't run out of gas, but it would be nice to have something more prominent when a low fuel condition does arise. Our jets have a big fat LOW FUEL on the HUD when they go below a pre-determined bingo fuel value. Elite has a small bar hiding in the periphery. Being adjustable means that people who don't want the warning can set it to 0 and never have to deal with it.
As far as I'm aware, yes!
Is this a play on words? Jerry .... fuel can .....
as it happens, not in this case. Jerry Clark is one of the fuel rats... Good spot tho!
I've played through most of them...
I played the game first. Then, tutorials were made.
The latest versions of them are actually pretty slick.
Good point, I've not tried the new tutorials in 2.3 yet
The basics are simple. Really, really, really simple:
1. Your ship needs fuel.
2. Supercruise, hyperspace jumps, and modules consume fuel. Hyperspace jumps use the most.
3. Refuel either at a station or with a fuel scoop. If you don't, your fuel will eventually run out.
4. Ascertain what systems are essential to your ship's role. Turning off non-essential modules conserves fuel.
5. Look at your fuel gauge and how much it uses per jump. Calculate risk accordingly.
Just remember, if you lose a ship because of lack of fuel, you are solely responsible, not FD.
1. Your ship needs fuel.
2. Supercruise, hyperspace jumps, and modules consume fuel. Hyperspace jumps use the most.
3. Refuel either at a station or with a fuel scoop. If you don't, your fuel will eventually run out.
4. Ascertain what systems are essential to your ship's role. Turning off non-essential modules conserves fuel.
5. Look at your fuel gauge and how much it uses per jump. Calculate risk accordingly.
Just remember, if you lose a ship because of lack of fuel, you are solely responsible, not FD.
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