Module Malfunctioned... All Stop?

[ElGuappo]

Got a 'module malfunction' message whilst engaged in some pew-pew and my ship froze. No drift, no spin, no motion at all. Just came to a dead stop and, well, hung there immobile. Surely some mistake?

 

[sabrex449]

you possibly had your thrusters blown to bits. unlucky chap

 

[ElGuappo]

Well it happened twice before I could escape so it was a malfunction and not a 'blown to bits' type scenario. But what I don't understand is why I came to an instant stop. Just locked in place and neither moving in any direction as a result of inertia or able to move in any direction with engines or small thrusters. I can absolutely understand losing power to engines but there's still going to be the whole 'dead and drifting' thing. You're not going to just... stop.

 

[Zplintz]

Because you have no thrusters and space in ED is like treacle (for flight model/gameplay reasons).

Could you get your thrusters blown up while you have fa off and see what happens?

 

[Aleksej]

If the malfunctioning module was thrusters or a power plant this is exactly what could have happened.

 

[Armante]

If the malfunctioning module was thrusters or a power plant this is exactly what could have happened.

Last time I had my thrusters blown up I'm pretty sure I just kept on tumbling through space?

 

[CMDR Kolibri]

For realisms sake you should be left with the exact vector of movement that you had when the thrusters went "poof". Tumbling through space for all eternity. ;-)

 

[Zplintz]

But this is a game not reality. Realism doesn't count

 

[CloneWarrior85]

If the thrusters blow up, you keep on flying for a bit until you stop after a while.

I've blown some adder thrusters twice , and he keept spinning for a bit without control, then stopped.

If you stopped instantly, it's a bug.

If you stopped after a few sec/couple min. It's working fine.

Just like every space game, there is some kind of atrition that slows down every ship.