Piloting the Big Ships Through the Slot in Odyssey?.

[Saltyseadog]

Shortly after the addition of Fleet Carriers I bought one packed all my ships into it and headed away out on a long term exploration/mining adventure. Got back to the bubble this week and started selling off my mining acquisitions. Noticed straight away that flying through the slot in my Federal Corvette which I have never had a problem with previously in Horizons was not as easy but put it down to a long time just landing on an open deck on my carrier. However it got worse, I would be perfectly lined up with the slot and as soon as I went ahead it was like it moved making me hit either the top or bottom. Got fined twice but more worried about getting destroyed in a 40mcr rebuy ship carrying 424 tons of prime cargo worth well over 100mcr so temporarily have installed an autopilot.

As I say I have been out in the black a long time first in Horizons but have been playing Odyssey alone the last 2-3mths but yesterday before installing the pilot I opened back into Horizons, went from the station to my carrier and back again without any enter/leave problems at all. I am unsure if this is meant to be more difficult in Odyssey or is it some sort of bug?. The fact is I am not enamoured of having a pilot on board and have always felt that if you can't fly it you shouldn't have it.

 

[Maolagin]

I haven't noticed any flight model changes, and that includes boosting out of stations in a T9 all week during the previous cargo CG.

I would note that Odyssey handles control bindings differently, and quite a few people have had issues and had to reconfigure things, especially if bouncing back and forth between Ody and Horizons. I wonder if you maybe lost a deadzone setting that was previously compensating for some drift in one of your analog axes?

 

[The Lawful]

For the big ships, Advanced Docker (enabling autolaunch) it is if you are unsure, plus it's a welcome QoL feature. Best if combined with Supercruise Assist (in EDO you can select whether you want auto or manual throttle now btw which further eliminates one of its drawbacks). All my builds except the PvP ones have it, even the Prism Sidey

O7,