Lost in space - how to get back to beacon?

ParaSitius

ParaSitius
So I'm on the mission taking out the Fed fighters while avoiding the Cobra, I failed to hide well enough so made a break for it. I flew a fair distance away and now I'm finding I can't get back to where they are. Even maxing out the scanner won't show them up. How the hell do I find them again without restarting? I was hoping to be able to lock on the the beacon but I can't work out how to do that.

Any suggestions?
 

icblue

icblue
Happened to me too, got entangled in a nice fight with the Cobra and after I finally did him I was lost in Spaaaaaace too :)

Blamed it on the alpha 1.1 and moved on :)
 

Iain M Norman

Iain M Norman
In alpha 4 I'd say use the hyperspace menu to lock on and set the compass to the scenario, but you're talking about 1.2 I suspect?
 

cptzipzap

C
alpha 1.1 - what I did was restart ;) another time I just flew around training drifitng etc and it happened I had them on radar again..
 

ParaSitius

ParaSitius
I could do the mission, I just wanted to know how to find my way back if I go far enough away that I lose contact with the ships/beacon and need to find them again. Or was it something that they hadn't put into the first Alpha and has since been fixed?

Still, I did find that video was worth the watch as I wasn't totally sure about the whole stealth mode and you explained it rather nicely. Cheers.
 

Kettle

K
Are you talking about Premium Beta Combat Mission?. Finished it first time and it was a piece of cake. I believe this Cobra detect heat signature and you can avoid this by not using too much heat.
 

ParaSitius

ParaSitius
Yup, I just want to know that a way back has been included in future Alpha's as this isn't something you want to happen when doing missions in the full game.

Space is a bit on the bloody huge side and finding a couple of ships is like finding a needle in a haystack that's the size of the Sun.
 
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