New starters - PLEASE enter hangar as soon as you dock

worldoflard

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Sharing this here because it only became obvious to me when I read it here on the forum during the beta, and seeing many threads about the docking queues which players may not realise they are causing:

If you remain on the surface, particularly when at outposts (i.e. external dock stations), and are playing in Open mode, you are preventing other players from docking there. If you spend 20 minutes browsing commodities etc (or taking a comfort break) then other players are forced to either wait for you, or switch into solo mode.

Please select "Enter Hangar" as soon as you land, then select "Starport Services" when you start to descend.
 

Altissimus

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worldoflard said:
Sharing this here because it only became obvious to me when I read it here on the forum during the beta, and seeing many threads about the docking queues which players may not realise they are causing:

If you remain on the surface, particularly when at outposts (i.e. external dock stations), and are playing in Open mode, you are preventing other players from docking there. If you spend 20 minutes browsing commodities etc (or taking a comfort break) then other players are forced to either wait for you, or switch into solo mode.

Please select "Enter Hangar" as soon as you land, then select "Starport Services" when you start to descend.
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This also benefits you, because otherwise if you HAVEN'T been in the hangar and want to launch, you have to GO into the hangar, be turned around, and be brought out again before you can launch.

Fastest option:

Land -> Immediately select Enter hangar -> while entering hangar access starport services (broker, contacts, whatever) -> When in hangar you can do Outfitting (if needed) -> when finished hit launch (auto return to surface and zoom off).
 

Zplintz

Zplintz
worldoflard said:
Sharing this here because it only became obvious to me when I read it here on the forum during the beta, and seeing many threads about the docking queues which players may not realise they are causing:

If you remain on the surface, particularly when at outposts (i.e. external dock stations), and are playing in Open mode, you are preventing other players from docking there. If you spend 20 minutes browsing commodities etc (or taking a comfort break) then other players are forced to either wait for you, or switch into solo mode.

Please select "Enter Hangar" as soon as you land, then select "Starport Services" when you start to descend.
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What makes you think you make the pad available by entering the hanger?

As far as I can tell, providing you are still logged on, you tie up the hanger and pad regardless of whether you are inside or outside (and that it has always been like this).
 

Murmur

Murmur
Yeah I'm pretty sure the pad is still in use when you are in the hangar. What happens when someone lands on your pad while you are in the hangar and you want to leave?
 

worldoflard

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I hope that isn't true, otherwise we are completely screwed with 3 pads available and 32 ships in an instance.

Everything I have read to date seems to indicate you leave the instance if you enter the hangar. Can anyone confirm that this is not the case?
 

Steve50

Steve50
Murmur said:
Yeah I'm pretty sure the pad is still in use when you are in the hangar. What happens when someone lands on your pad while you are in the hangar and you want to leave?
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I guess we really need someone from Frontier to clarify this.
 

shrinkshooter

shrinkshooter
Altissimus said:
Fastest option: Land -> Immediately select Enter hangar -> while entering hangar access starport services (broker, contacts, whatever) -> When in hangar you can do Outfitting (if needed) -> when finished hit launch (auto return to surface and zoom off).
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Actually it really depends on your business. If you're going to be on the pad for a minute or two, doing what you described is the fastest way (checking the board, selling or buying things, etc). However, if you're only docking for a few seconds, it's faster to stay on the surface. Refuel, rearm, and then launch. The launch pad lowers only partway, turns around really fast, and comes back up. It doesn't go all the way into the hangar and turn around slowly.
 

Murmur

Murmur
I don't think you leave the instance when you enter the hangar because all the ships on the contact list in the area stay.
 

freehotdawgs

freehotdawgs
The easiest solution is to stop sticking around the starter systems where it's crowded. But yes, frontier should still look into this.
 

SgtSwampy

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I've always headed in to the hanger properly because I've always thought that someone could either shoot or crash into me while I'm sitting on the docking pad. I'm safe in the hanger bays!!
 

Zplintz

Zplintz
Murmur said:
I don't think you leave the instance when you enter the hangar because all the ships on the contact list in the area stay.
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You also always appear in the Pad you docked at. If someone had docked at your pad while you were underneath that couldn't be the case.

For now you will have to send "Hurry up I need to pee really bad......" messages to Cmdrs who overstay their bays. :)
 

reaper7

reaper7
Never remained that staying up on deck case causing a delay for landing pads.
Will enter hangar from now on, thanks for heads up.
 

FX2K

FX2K
Zplintz said:
What makes you think you make the pad available by entering the hanger?

As far as I can tell, providing you are still logged on, you tie up the hanger and pad regardless of whether you are inside or outside (and that it has always been like this).
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This...

The hangar has enough space for one ship, entering it does not free up the landing pad for other players in the same instance.
You also remain connected to that instance, so entering makes no difference other than the 'swing around' benefit for the player currently docked.
 

worldoflard

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FX2K said:
This...

The hangar has enough space for one ship, entering it does not free up the landing pad for other players in the same instance.
You also remain connected to that instance, so entering makes no difference other than the 'swing around' benefit for the player currently docked.
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Ah, that is bad news indeed. Could you add a link to your source of that info for the time being? Hopefully we may get a dev response which paints a brighter picture.
 

Nemesis74

Nemesis74
Whenever I go to a petrol station, there's always some muppet that does a weekly grocery shop leaving their car occupying a fuel pump... this seems pretty real I reckon :)


But yeah, does it actually free the slot when you enter the hangar?
 
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