Hi folks, I was hoping you could help me find out what I'm doing wrong.
I've come back to the game after a very long break and found out about the Formidine rift and engineers and Horizons and stuff. 'Exciting times', I thought.
I re-equipped my Trade-conda for exploration and realised that I should get the FSD drive engineered so I headed for Cupiat 1B to get some arsenic. I land, seemingly with no problems. Drive out of the hangar in the SRV and spend a couple of minutes setting keys and getting used to the handling, at which point. "Ship shields, offline." I look back at the landed Anaconda but can't see anything shooting at it and assume that this is normal behaviour for an empty ship. I keep driving about within a couple of Kms of it until I notice that it's on 95% Hull. I race back, circuit the ship and can't see any contacts but, worried now, I try to board. The orange frame around the hangar has gone and the only relevant option is greyed out on the SRV screen.
I drive around for another minute then decide that I might have to dismiss and recall the ship to get back aboard. I hit the 'Dismiss' option and the ship doesn't move. It says it's preparing to but the only sign of anything happening is that the hull ticks down to 94%.
Then it blows up.
Fine, what's 9m creds between friends. Live and learn, and all that.
So, back I come, land, start driving about. Check it's still got the orange frame around the hangar. So far, so good. I drive a little further and a bit further and, the ship takes off. 'No problem', I think, 'I got too far away and it's automatically dismissed itself'. I drive and mine for about an hour then try to recall the ship. 'Activate Turret', 'Details', 'Back'. No other options. No sign of anything to do with the ship.
I drive about for another 30 minutes, trying to find somewhere flatter (it was already pretty flat) desperately hoping the menu would appear.
No dice.
In my ignorance, what am I doing wrong?
Thank you for your help.
I've come back to the game after a very long break and found out about the Formidine rift and engineers and Horizons and stuff. 'Exciting times', I thought.
I re-equipped my Trade-conda for exploration and realised that I should get the FSD drive engineered so I headed for Cupiat 1B to get some arsenic. I land, seemingly with no problems. Drive out of the hangar in the SRV and spend a couple of minutes setting keys and getting used to the handling, at which point. "Ship shields, offline." I look back at the landed Anaconda but can't see anything shooting at it and assume that this is normal behaviour for an empty ship. I keep driving about within a couple of Kms of it until I notice that it's on 95% Hull. I race back, circuit the ship and can't see any contacts but, worried now, I try to board. The orange frame around the hangar has gone and the only relevant option is greyed out on the SRV screen.
I drive around for another minute then decide that I might have to dismiss and recall the ship to get back aboard. I hit the 'Dismiss' option and the ship doesn't move. It says it's preparing to but the only sign of anything happening is that the hull ticks down to 94%.
Then it blows up.
Fine, what's 9m creds between friends. Live and learn, and all that.
So, back I come, land, start driving about. Check it's still got the orange frame around the hangar. So far, so good. I drive a little further and a bit further and, the ship takes off. 'No problem', I think, 'I got too far away and it's automatically dismissed itself'. I drive and mine for about an hour then try to recall the ship. 'Activate Turret', 'Details', 'Back'. No other options. No sign of anything to do with the ship.
I drive about for another 30 minutes, trying to find somewhere flatter (it was already pretty flat) desperately hoping the menu would appear.
No dice.
In my ignorance, what am I doing wrong?
Thank you for your help.
