Newcomer / Intro [Question] Attenbourgh's Watch docking problem

Skürt Avil

Skürt Avil
I am attempting to dock at Attenbourgh's Watch in The Lagoon Sector, but don't seem to be able to get closer that 4.81Mm before being thrown out of FSD with a too close warning. I tried it from 3 different angles now and the same thing happens.

Here's a shot of me looking directly down on the base. You can see the planet to the right.
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When I go to my orrey, it appears to show I'm on the other side of the planet.
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I've just tried to approach Attenbourgh's Watch from the underside of the ring with the same result. Very strange.
Here's where the orrey say I am.
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I've got A5B targeted. Technically, the planet should be obsuring my view and the base is in front of me to my right.
Here's my view from the cockpit. A5B targeted with no planetary obscuration.
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When I target the base, it suggests it behind me!
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Para Handy

Para Handy
Asteroid bases should be safe to approach from directly above or directly below the ring. The asteroid is actually in the ring and no ring is one million metres thick. EDIT - in this case the station is not within the ring.

Any approach at an angle risks being dropped out like you have been.

(P.S. I often think the orrery is out of sync. )
 
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Skürt Avil

Skürt Avil
Para Handy said:
Asteroid bases should be safe to approach from directly above or directly below the ring. The asteroid is actually in the ring and no ring is one million metres thick.

Any approach at an angle risks being dropped out like you have been.

(P.S. I often think the orrery is out of sync. )
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So is it a bug?
I've tried from different angles, directly above and below.
 

Krieger

Krieger
From your first screenshot it looks like the base is on the other side of the ring. What if you fly to the other side of the ring in supercruise (or cross the ring in normal space) and try again?
 

Skürt Avil

Skürt Avil
Krieger said:
From your first screenshot it looks like the base is on the other side of the ring. What if you fly to the other side of the ring in supercruise (or cross the ring in normal space) and try again?
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Thanks for your reply.
Yes, I think the orrey is giving wrong info. As Para Handy said it's seems to be out of sync quite often.
I'm going to try approaching from inside the ring when I log in next.
I have OBS recordings of my attempts, which I'll review in a bit.
 

Para Handy

Para Handy
OK - the video upload and processing by the yootoob took almost as long as the trip out there. ;)

First off - sorry, the asteroid base is not actually IN the ring.

You can see clearly in the video that the base is about 5 Mm (see 2:10) away from the plane of the ring and it is also between the ring and the planet. I didn't bother checking the approach from either side of the ring as it turned out I came at it from the ring "side" and that gave a clear approach. I came in a lot slower than I normally would, just because I was expecting some sort of issue to crop up but of course it was plain sailing really. (I did get distracted during landing and overshot the pad a bit, but no harm done.)


So I don't know what was causing your issue, there seemed to be nothing untoward as far as I was concerned.

EDIT: BTW sorry about the quality of the rings, the yootoob processes my 1440 video down to 1080 so some details get degraded.
 
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Para Handy

Para Handy
dysonl said:
Thanks Para, that's a long way to come.
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Actually didn't take long, by the time I swapped accounts, jumped in a DbX, changed a bit of the outfitting - still arrived at the station before 18:00 (see the ship clock in the video) so about 90 min? (Including making and having a snack, AFMUing the FSD, FSSing the asteroid's system plus playing "ram the cobra pirate" that interdicted me whilst FSSing) - The game has really shrunk the galaxy.

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Skürt Avil

Skürt Avil
Thanks Para,
I've just logged back in and landed on my first attempt. It was above the rings. I had to cross the rings on the inside to approach, but before I definitely tried it from both sides and it was appearing to be inside the gap of the two rings.

o7
 

Para Handy

Para Handy
dysonl said:
Thanks Para,
I've just logged back in and landed on my first attempt. It was above the rings. I had to cross the rings on the inside to approach, but before I definitely tried it from both sides and it was appearing to be inside the gap of the two rings.

o7
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Perhaps it is in an oblique orbit. I just undocked and the station is out of the shadow so easier to see its current position.

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