Killing Skimmers = CTD, workaround (the obvious, I guess)

ChipStar65

ChipStar65
Not sure if this is the proper thread, so if not, pass the news where needed.

Killing a Skimmer in the SRV is pretty much a 90+% chance of a CTD, so, if possible (and it should be, though not handy or elegant) kill 'em with your ship. I've not had one CTD doing so, yet every SRV vs Skimmer battle I've had lately has ended in a crash. I fly a 'Conda so it's like swatting flies with a bazooka, but it does not crash. For lark I may fly the Fighter on board, haven't done that yet.
 

Schmack

Schmack
I thought FDev did away with the ability to do skimmer missions from a ship, or was it only stacking them and doing them all in one place?
 

ChipStar65

ChipStar65
Schmack said:
I thought FDev did away with the ability to do skimmer missions from a ship, or was it only stacking them and doing them all in one place?
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I dunno about "Skimmer missions," but for some Planetary Scan Jobs killing Skimmers is SOP, both at the target installation and on the surface while prospecting or salvaging protected canisters. I assume it's the same for other planetside missions that may have guardian Skimmers and Stingers to contend with. For these situations, I often use my ship (now I will use the Fighter, as it's more fun) for killing the multiple Skimmers or the SRV if it's a single Skimmer. After the April Surprise! Update, killing them in the SRV invites a CTD, so the ship seems the only safe option.
 

MDHansen

M
Hm.. I've killed several dozens of skimmers with the SRV but not a single CTD. Also a few now after todays patch. I should probably not say this out loud, next skimmer I kill.. :D
 

Oaktree

Oaktree
Yesterday I was killing skimmers around a base I found in the Pencil Sector, but the game crashed like 3 or 4 times, so I gave up on exploring the base.
 

Cmdr Nemo

Cmdr Nemo
Though I wasn't in the Pencil Sector, I was involved in shooting skimmer's, and as you state, when I shot the last of however many there were available, the game crashed. I had to do a complete restart every time.
 

Crank Larson

Crank Larson
The issue is hopefully fixed in today's update. Mind you, I was able to shoot skimmers in my SRV without crashing before this update too (and after the main April update), so not everyone is affected by it.
 

ChipStar65

ChipStar65
Cmdr Nemo LXXI said:
Though I wasn't in the Pencil Sector, I was involved in shooting skimmer's, and as you state, when I shot the last of however many there were available, the game crashed. I had to do a complete restart every time.
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Good observation, and I agree with it, it always seems to be the last skimmer if fighting more than one. Of course if it's just a single skimmer, such as at a crashed Nav Beacon/Data Point, that's the one that does it. Interesting also to hear others have not been affected at all, there were about 14 reports in the Issue Tracker last I looked.
 
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