Or Mauritian, I was told whilst I was on holiday by a taxi driver that the French on the Island always felt the driving should be on the right, the English thought it was on the left. So the Taxi drivers didn't want to disappoint anyone and driver down the middle, probably the same reason in Canada.
If the lights on the station entrance are meant to dictate which way is in
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Or Mauritian, I was told whilst I was on holiday by a taxi driver that the French on the Island always felt the driving should be on the right, the English thought it was on the left. So the Taxi drivers didn't want to disappoint anyone and driver down the middle, probably the same reason in Canada.
Biggest ship or ship with biggest blokes (or blokettes) has priority... Thought we all knew that!
Oh.. that's what that's for? Wait ..So i'm not meant to be boosting through the middle doing a barrel roll?
...and I thought they were there because it's Christmas! Just like on the Christmas tree.
Left, red, port - the short words.
Right, green, starboard - the long words.
Again if I'm in a mini and the other guy's in an HGV, he has the right of way!!
Happy New Year everybody, see you on the other side of the lights,
Left, red, port - the short words.
Right, green, starboard - the long words.
Again if I'm in a mini and the other guy's in an HGV, he has the right of way!!
Happy New Year everybody, see you on the other side of the lights,
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I'm in a Type 7 so I am bigger than everyone else except Type 9 and Anaconda.
You don't need to worry about red or green lights... you only need to worry about those two bright, white lights that are coming out the center of the access corridor with 4 pips to shields and full boost.
You don't need to worry about red or green lights... you only need to worry about those two bright, white lights that are coming out the center of the access corridor with 4 pips to shields and full boost.
The AI can barely make their way into the slot at all half the time, so asking them to conform to proper lanes is a bit of a stretch.
I mean, I've seen Type 7's try to enter the slot perpendicular, I've seen ships smashing into the wall above and below the slot, so right down the middle is a win for the AI.
Just go slowly and turn your landing lights on so you can at least see what's coming in or out, and either squeeze by to one side yourself or wait patiently for those Type 9's because they always have the right of way heh.
I mean, I've seen Type 7's try to enter the slot perpendicular, I've seen ships smashing into the wall above and below the slot, so right down the middle is a win for the AI.
Just go slowly and turn your landing lights on so you can at least see what's coming in or out, and either squeeze by to one side yourself or wait patiently for those Type 9's because they always have the right of way heh.
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Apparently the folks at Frontier didn't read that. When you're coming out of a station, slow down a bit. The lights are reversed inside. Since the opening would technically be considered the 'front' of the vessel, the lights should match up, inside and out.
I'm more inclined to think that they were intended to be traffic lane indicators, but the AI isn't smart enough to use them. Hell, even I go straight through the center most of the time, just to avoid clipping my own wings on the sides.
I've been using the lights as directional. its been working fine for me that way no collisions. I have a hauler and I went through when a anaconda was going in the opposite direction and we had heaps of room. I have even seen a luxury liner fit only going in on one side while I was heading out towards the exit. the only drama I had was when someone decided to enter without permission while I was trying to exit. and he was being fired at. lucky my shields were at max.
Left/Right or Port/Starboard are compeltely useless references in space. They are used on Earth because we all have the same definition of down (towards the centre of the earth). Even if two ships are next to each other and both facing the station exit/entrance their port/starboard refences are opposite if one ship is upsidedown compared to the other.
Players chose early on (PBeta I think) to enter and exit on the green side but it was by Player mutual agreement. FD have never said anyone should be using the Green side, NPCs don't seem to take sides into consideration at all and a lot of Players don't either.
Ultimately you can go green if you want but you should expect that other's won't.
Players chose early on (PBeta I think) to enter and exit on the green side but it was by Player mutual agreement. FD have never said anyone should be using the Green side, NPCs don't seem to take sides into consideration at all and a lot of Players don't either.
Ultimately you can go green if you want but you should expect that other's won't.
No, please not. Docking would be such a mindless procedure then. No funny accidents anymore.
You're right of cause from a point of view of sanity and reason, but this is still a game and should be fun IMO.
Ya'all is nothing but some chaos lovers then.
A. AI is meant to be like "real players" or real people. That is the point of AI. People are not perfect, they do stupid things, they don't follow rules, etc.
B. AI is not perfect.
C. You don't use the lanes either. Don't even tell me you do 100% of the time. We all know you're lying.
Poor logic, really.
A. Purely an excuse, if anything. AI always uses the middle lane.
B. Shotty programming excuse. AI in terms of docking could easily be perfect. They take the middle lane, they just need to take the proper side. This isn't an intense computational problem.
C. More bad logic. No, people don't "always" use the proper lane. AI never uses the proper lane.
It would be less complicated to make AI always use the proper lane, than to make some "mistakes" from time to time.
Either way, it's clearly a bit weird to have "lanes," when the AI and landing computers do not use them.
It's not "built into the program" to make it "realistic." This is clearly an oversight.
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Remiel
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what lanes? and why are you throwing a tantrum about this? doesn't look like an oversight to me, just a few people with OCD demanding 'lanes' in space.