I've been playing for hours, I was on my 1st exploration trip several 100 light years away from the bubble, I tried to repair FSD while in super cruise like a moron. After my ship came to 8. I repaired all the models that were only down a few percentages, and somehow I still ran out of oxygen? What gives? If you only have a limited amount of oxygen how do people go across the Galaxy for several weeks at a time without docking? What am I missing?
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Newcomer / Intro Ran out of oxygen with life support and canopy at 100%
- Thread starter Norin Rad
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Yep, you are missing something, o2 isnt an issue for exploration. You can even lose your canopy and still make it to a repair station or FC safe and sound by traveling FAST and using Synthesis to replenish your o2
With a solid canopy, Oxygen supply only goes down automatically when you:
a) Repair Life Support
b) Reboot/Repair
c) Turn off Life Support due to running out of Power or Fuel (probably not the cause)
You have several minutes, a) or b) should not take anywhere near that long
All I can think is that LS turned off to repair, and you didnt turn it back on
Theres a big oxygen supply countdown, dont let it get too low. Act.
With a solid canopy, Oxygen supply only goes down automatically when you:
a) Repair Life Support
b) Reboot/Repair
c) Turn off Life Support due to running out of Power or Fuel (probably not the cause)
You have several minutes, a) or b) should not take anywhere near that long
All I can think is that LS turned off to repair, and you didnt turn it back on
Theres a big oxygen supply countdown, dont let it get too low. Act.
E rated life support will work for 5 minutes, D rated for 7.5 minutes the others are better still, life support usage is cumulative and isn’t reset until you dock or synthesise more oxygen.
If your ship is short of power due to turning on something like AMFU it will turn off modules based on the number in the priority column of your modules tab starting with the priority 5 modules so ensure Life Support is in priority 1.
If your ship is short of power due to turning on something like AMFU it will turn off modules based on the number in the priority column of your modules tab starting with the priority 5 modules so ensure Life Support is in priority 1.
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You need to reactivate any units that have been repaired before they will work properly. Sorry,dude, lesson learned.
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Just resynth Oxygen - assuming you have materials
Right Panel, Modules, Life Support, Resupply Life Support.
Or
Right Panel, Inventory, Synthesis, Life Support
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This is the most likely cause that I can think of.
Well, if i'm not mistaken, i've heard about people crossing almost half the galaxy with a broken canopy, resynth-ing O2 every 7.5 minutes of gameplay
Well, if i'm not mistaken, i've heard about people crossing almost half the galaxy with a broken canopy, resynth-ing O2 every 7.5 minutes of gameplay
That's true. Veteran explorers are known to do that in a pinch. But this is the newcomers section so good habits and practices first. Broken canopy rescues are one of the most resource and effort intensive cases that i know of.
I think the Fuel Rats have a special extra long lecture in store for these
Guys, don't confuse a new commander. It's just the case of AFMU turning off modules, and he forgot to turn life support back on
Guys, don't confuse a new commander. It's just the case of AFMU turning off modules, and he forgot to turn life support back on
Which he can get out of it by resynth-ing O2
No, you can get out of it by not forgetting to turn your modules back on. Which would actually solve the problem, instead of temporarily treating the symptoms.
Of the two options:
1) Play the game for the next X years re-synthing oxygen every 7 minutes
2) Turn your life support on
I think I'd pick '2'
1) Play the game for the next X years re-synthing oxygen every 7 minutes
2) Turn your life support on
I think I'd pick '2'
Hey, he can take vacations in SRV.
Well, yeah - he'll need to for the synth matsHey, he can take vacations in SRV.
Looks like y’all have it figured out what must’ve have happened, one of either two things (both of which have happened to me, though fortunately I noticed before virtual asphyxiation).
Novice to novice, same advice as already given. As I understand it AMFU are unnecessary power draws until you need them, so keep them switched off. If you do need them, unless you’ve bags of excess power your ship may power down other modules, in order of priority which you can set in the module tab; keep essentials such as life support on priority 1, and drop anything situational like SRV bay, limpet controllers, weapons, cargo hatch etc. to lower priorities. You can set several priorities levels, so then the ship will power down the lowest priority modules first leaving life support active.
Finally, and don’t worry because this has happened to me too, if you use your AFMU to repair a module it will power down, and with a couple of exceptions I’ve noticed WILL NOT automatically power them back up. For some reason life support falls into this category, so make sure to reboot it manually after repairs!
I’m sure this is all information that has already been imparted to you further up the thread, they’re a helpful bunch of space nuts here, but don’t let mishaps like this sour the experience. I’m still finding myself somewhere near the bottom of a delightfully long learning curve, and figuring things out the hard way is part of the fun!
Keep flying CMDR, and safe travels o7
Novice to novice, same advice as already given. As I understand it AMFU are unnecessary power draws until you need them, so keep them switched off. If you do need them, unless you’ve bags of excess power your ship may power down other modules, in order of priority which you can set in the module tab; keep essentials such as life support on priority 1, and drop anything situational like SRV bay, limpet controllers, weapons, cargo hatch etc. to lower priorities. You can set several priorities levels, so then the ship will power down the lowest priority modules first leaving life support active.
Finally, and don’t worry because this has happened to me too, if you use your AFMU to repair a module it will power down, and with a couple of exceptions I’ve noticed WILL NOT automatically power them back up. For some reason life support falls into this category, so make sure to reboot it manually after repairs!
I’m sure this is all information that has already been imparted to you further up the thread, they’re a helpful bunch of space nuts here, but don’t let mishaps like this sour the experience. I’m still finding myself somewhere near the bottom of a delightfully long learning curve, and figuring things out the hard way is part of the fun!
Keep flying CMDR, and safe travels o7
First turn the module back on then synthesise O2 so that the module has its full run time again, assuming the materials are available.
Lucky you! I noticed my CMDR’s panicked breathing in the helmet as the o2 supply dwindled...