Lost a python.... but Killed by what?

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From the looks of it, you got entangled in the bugged CapShip hitbox.

Ever since the CapShips learned to move, their hitboxes seem to "move into other places". Very easy to collide with those invisible hitboxes.
It basically means : the CapShip and its large Hitbox aren't properly correlated and can appear to be in two different positions, making it a formidable invisible collision hazard.

I'd file a Support Ticket with the Video, you should get a refund.
 
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A D

A D
Definitely weird.

For interest, I played the video at 1/4 speed a few times. 18 seconds in the Condor is below your Python and to the left/rear, but there are hits to the top and on the front/right of your hull, which suggests another ship has got involved in the fight. Plausible given the Condor is in a wing of 6. That being said, there isn't another ship in that general vicinity shown on your scanner.
 
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GreyAreaUK

GreyAreaUK
A D said:
Definitely weird.

For interest, I played the video at 1/4 speed a few times. 18 seconds in the Condor is below your Python and to the left/rear, but there are hits to the top and on the front/right of your hull, which suggests another ship has got involved in the fight. Plausible given the Condor is in a wing of 6. That being said, there isn't another ship in that general vicinity shown on your scanner.
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Also, unless my eyes are failing me (always possible) but I couldn't see any obvious 'flashing triangles'. It's as though the fire wasn't coming from a ship on the scanner.
 

Stealthie

Stealthie
Kudos to the OP for providing a "what killed me?" thread where the answer isn't a skydiving skimmer.

I should really pay more attention to this stuff but doesn't the re-buy screen usually say "Your ship was destroyed by [insert ship responsible here]" when you're killed by another ship?
I thought the simpler message was only displayed when your ship was destroyed by crashing into stuff?

If that's the case, it would support the idea the game thought you were crashing into the cap-ship's hitbox.
I've sustained damage from the hitbox of a cap-ship that was a similar distance away.
It's only ever been superficial, though, so I've always just written it off as "I guess cap-ships have big shields".
 

ExoForce

ExoForce
Confirmed. My ship was constantly damaged near the CS for no obvious reason, also around 3,5 km. CMDR Stealthie gave details and same reasoning of mine. "Invisible wall" bug.
 

shadragon

shadragon
ExoForce said:
Confirmed. My ship was constantly damaged near the CS for no obvious reason, also around 3,5 km. CMDR Stealthie gave details and same reasoning of mine. "Invisible wall" bug.
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I have seen NPC's use silent running. Could this be a cool running DBS getting up to no good?
 

Schmack

Schmack
Don't you normally see the "impact" alert before you hit something and get the flashing cockpit lights?

Never hit a capital ship so not sure how that would work. Is that only for things like asteroids and planets/stations?
 

Heater

Heater
Schmack said:
Don't you normally see the "impact" alert before you hit something and get the flashing cockpit lights?

Never hit a capital ship so not sure how that would work. Is that only for things like asteroids and planets/stations?
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It's for anything...as far as I know.
 

Stealthie

Stealthie
Schmack said:
Don't you normally see the "impact" alert before you hit something and get the flashing cockpit lights?

Never hit a capital ship so not sure how that would work. Is that only for things like asteroids and planets/stations?
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Whenever I've run into the hitbox of a cap-ship it's always been much like the OP's video.
Your shields start to take hits depending on your position relative to the hitbox and then deplete fairly quickly.

Must admit, whenever it's happened to me it's been when I was "sightseeing" so I've just reversed back the way I came before I started to take hull damage.
Can't say I've ever noticed the proximity lights flash though.
Maybe the lights are keyed to the actual ship, itself, so if the hitbox is out of whack you don't get the warning?

Last time it happened to me was when I was trying to get selfies with the cap-ship in Merope.
I'm out that way now so tonight I might see what happens when i try to get close to it again.
 

yolomcbobbinz

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Don't waste time I'm CZ till they're fixed, everyone since they can move they're collision box would lag behind and you were pretty much crashing into the ship
 
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