safe disengage to inside a station, 3 mill credits losts, thankyou FD
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what angle did you approach at? was the planet behind you or in front? did you disengage as soon as the blue safe message appeared or wait until the last second? i ask as the only time this has happened to me i was either coming in facing the planet or i dropped out of SC at the last possible second. come at it from inside the orbit of the star port and drop out right away and it will never happen as you appear too far away for the main body of the station while being in front of it instead of behind.
Robert Maynard
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How close were you when you dropped out?
In Beta, players dropping out too close to the target (and ending up inside it or "in the walls") was a known issue.
In Beta, players dropping out too close to the target (and ending up inside it or "in the walls") was a known issue.
There is a small chance that this can happen if you approach an Orbital (Orbis?) type station from directly behind. The drop-out distance of 7-10km from the centre of the docking bay part of the station is shorter than the length of the station that sticks out at the back, so you can end up caught in the framework.
The front of the station will always (in my experience) face in a roughly 180deg hemisphere towards the planet it's orbiting, so as AndyB said, always aim for the gap between the planet and the station and then turn towards the station before safe-disengaging. For extra safety, it also seems to help if you don't point exactly at the station, aim off a little to one side.
It may be a fairly rare occurrence but a 3m credit lesson is very unlucky.
The front of the station will always (in my experience) face in a roughly 180deg hemisphere towards the planet it's orbiting, so as AndyB said, always aim for the gap between the planet and the station and then turn towards the station before safe-disengaging. For extra safety, it also seems to help if you don't point exactly at the station, aim off a little to one side.
It may be a fairly rare occurrence but a 3m credit lesson is very unlucky.
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here is a close shave i had the other day:
None of that should matter - you should never be able to safe disengage and end up inside a station as a basic game mechanism. Had a few close calls myself, it's not good for the old ticker.
How are you managing that?
I guess 1,2M assurance.....
At that distance you could have re-entered supercruise and dropped out the normal 10km
I dropped out 20Km from one earlier...
because if u notice the bright blue safe distance bar, it DOESNT extend to the 0m distance, it goeso nly from 1mil m to something like 600 000m - meaning that if u safely disengage BEYOND that, you will NOT get auto-dropped at the same spot 7km from station, but you will get dropped variably scaled to the actual cruise disengage distance.
I suspect this is also why some people get ejected into stations - they drop at very last moment which probably scales to ten of meters from station('s centre?)...
It's rather strange design i agree - probably was attempt at keeping some skill in cruise dropout that kinda backfired...
What i find even more amazing: i havent seen anyone actually mentioning it so far - yet it is so obvious.. isnt it?
3 hours of your life down the drain..
Yea, i'd ticket that....should have a fair shot at reimbursement i think.
I've lost a ship like that back in beta.
There is a way to safe yourself though, but in the initial panic and blood rushing to your head, it's easy to overlook.
Save + exit will safe your ship. When logging back in, your ship will be placed outside the station at zero speed.
No use to you now, but should it happen again, that's how to escape the problem.
gl with the ticket.
I've lost a ship like that back in beta.
There is a way to safe yourself though, but in the initial panic and blood rushing to your head, it's easy to overlook.
Save + exit will safe your ship. When logging back in, your ship will be placed outside the station at zero speed.
No use to you now, but should it happen again, that's how to escape the problem.
gl with the ticket.
I don't get it why this is such a big issue to get this done right for FDEV.
In the Unity3D engine this should be very easy to resolve. For example I know the direction from where I approach the station and will spawn the player in the stations instance. So just pick the point for the spawn, do a collision check or cast a ray and see if the spawn is far enough away and if not move the player spawn X units away from it before spawning it. This should be very easy to resolve.
In the Unity3D engine this should be very easy to resolve. For example I know the direction from where I approach the station and will spawn the player in the stations instance. So just pick the point for the spawn, do a collision check or cast a ray and see if the spawn is far enough away and if not move the player spawn X units away from it before spawning it. This should be very easy to resolve.