No fuel and no distress beacon!???

Grinchy

Grinchy
What happened to the distress beacon... Im guessing without a fuel scoop im screwed. New hauler with newbie fsd, with my limited jump range ive been stuck on a single path, it was too late to turn back so i just kept going, one jump away from a station and im out of fuel...... Why is there no distress signal! Arrghhh fd, you know how to wind me up.

Is my only option to self destruct? And if I do, will I lose all exploration data?

One love,
CMDR Grinchy
 

Harbinger

Volunteer Moderator
Harbinger
Empty both your fuel tanks and you will still get the option to refuel from a passing ship. It may take a while to completely empty both tanks though as you'll refill from what little probably still remains in your main tank.

Perhaps consider buying a fuel scoop when you return to civilisation. ;)
 

Tyr07

Tyr07
Grinchy said:
Never done it before...How do I get fuel from a passing ship? Im stuck in an anarchy system also...
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Harbinger said:
Empty both your fuel tanks and you will still get the option to refuel from a passing ship
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You can distress signal still if you do the above.
 

Harbinger

Volunteer Moderator
Harbinger
Just continue to fly around you'll be burning off fuel. Flying in Super Cruise will burn off fuel at the fastest rate. Just be sure to slow down to under 1000 km/s when you're on the verge of completely running dry to prevent damage when you drop out.

The offer will happen automatically when you're completely dry.

Also if you fly in a certain direction in super cruise long enough you don't need to worry about NPCs even in an Anarchy system.
 

Grinchy

Grinchy
So if the closest jump is 5.6ly away, and i have say 5.4ly in fuel.... You saying FD designed it so i have to fly around for atleast 10mins in supercruize so all fuel runs out just for the distress beacon button to show up?

Ive done that and its not under functions or any other menu i can see....?
 

Harbinger

Volunteer Moderator
Harbinger
Grinchy said:
So if the closest jump is 5.6ly away, and i have say 5.4ly in fuel.... You saying FD designed it so i have to fly around for atleast 10mins in supercruize so all fuel runs out just for the distress beacon button to show up?

Ive done that and its not under functions or any other menu i can see....?
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No the intended design was that you'd need a fuel scoop in order to refuel from sources other than a space station. The distress beacon option was a temporary workaround prior to the addition of fuel scooping and was removed once the facility was in the game.

You won't see a distress beacon option in your menu. You will automatically be given the option to refuel from a passing ship when you have absolutely no fuel remaining whatsoever.

Or you can self-destruct. your choice.
 

Grinchy

Grinchy
Harbinger said:
No the intended design was that you'd need a fuel scoop in order to refuel from sources other than a space station. The distress beacon option was a temporary workaround prior to the addition of fuel scooping and was removed once the facility was in the game.

You won't see a distress beacon option in your menu. You will automatically be given the option to refuel from a passing ship when you have absolutely no fuel remaining whatsoever.

Or you can self-destruct. your choice.
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Just so were clear... It does not happen automatically < from my experience anyways...
And FD took the realistic route with this game, for them to put in the fuel scoop and take the distress beacon feature out is just stupid. Think about it.

Not a problem now anyways... Oh and just so other people know, without fuel you can't power any systems... obviously, I did have the thought but ya know, stuff happens, and people get it wrong.

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Harbinger

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Harbinger
Guess they removed that possibility as well then. It did work in Beta 3. Sorry for your subsequent suffocation.

If it's any consolation if you did have a fuel scoop you wouldn't have been able to use it on the T Tauri (baby) Star in that system anyway.
 

Tyr07

Tyr07
Distress beacon should be something to encourage player interaction, once we can give isk to people, and if we get the ability to transfer fuel, distress beacons can come at a risk. One, you could get a pirate instead, two, it could be bait as it's a pirate, or 3, a player comes and refuels you at a cost.
 

Johnny Kelso

Johnny Kelso
Tyr07 said:
Distress beacon should be something to encourage player interaction, once we can give isk to people, and if we get the ability to transfer fuel, distress beacons can come at a risk. One, you could get a pirate instead, two, it could be bait as it's a pirate, or 3, a player comes and refuels you at a cost.
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ISK? What is ISK?
 

Grinchy

Grinchy
Harbinger said:
Guess they removed that possibility as well then. It did work in Beta 3. Sorry for your subsequent suffocation.

If it's any consolation if you did have a fuel scoop you wouldn't have been able to use it on the T Tauri (baby) Star in that system anyway.
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Haha, it's the game that just keeps on giving, no worries man, all the blame on FD for this one ;)
I should have bought a fuel scoop i know, but it should come standard on every ship really?
 

Voz

Voz
Grinchy said:
Just so were clear... It does not happen automatically < from my experience anyways...
And FD took the realistic route with this game, for them to put in the fuel scoop and take the distress beacon feature out is just stupid. Think about it.

Not a problem now anyways... Oh and just so other people know, without fuel you can't power any systems... obviously, I did have the thought but ya know, stuff happens, and people get it wrong.
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Assuming you've now self destructed can you post back and let us know if you have kept your exploration data?

I had to the self destruct after running out of fuel the other day. Total slapped forehead moment.
 

Grinchy

Grinchy
I checked the station i spawned in and no sales to be made, i didnt self destruct though, i suffocated and then blew up, id assume its the same end result :p
 
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