Horizons Safely park your ship on planets ?

[Eloy]

Halfway from the bubble to Ceos, at a refuel waypoint, I decided to take a nap.
My usual honk showed me a nearby planet and I thought why not look for a nice spot and log off?
I actually found a nice place to land at the rim of some grand canyon on the dayside but hovered there for two minutes or so whilst busy with the systems.

Suddenly I heard ships closing in, sensor shows FOUR of them [woah] and comms show that they´re not interested in my empty cargo racks.

Yeah, whatever, I immediately retracted the landing gear, directed full power to engines, hit the boost controls and entered SC.
I left SC just outside orbital cruise range, took a deep breath, a drink and finally ... my pillow.

Too bad, that was quite a view

Question:
Is the planet surface a safe place for logging out?
How about near orbit?
I remember Cmdrs always SCing a few hundred ls away from every object. Is that still a thing?

Where do you usually park when outside the bubble or if you just don´t want to dock?

 

[goemon]

Question:
1. Is the planet surface a safe place for logging out?
2. How about near orbit?
3. I remember Cmdrs always SCing a few hundred ls away from every object. Is that still a thing?

4. Where do you usually park when outside the bubble or if you just don´t want to dock?

1. yes, safe. nothing happens after you logged of, beside a bug/glitch.
2. yes, as safe, as 1
3. yes, because you might find yourself inside a planet on log in. rarely bug, but still.
4. in close orbit about a waterworld, if i can't find an ELW in time. turn off all moduls besides life-support, and watch your canopy go frozen.

 

[MagicTofu]

Once logged out, your ship 'disappears' from the game, so basically, anywhere you log out is safe.

The only exception being the rare bug that could have you reappear inside the planet if you log out after landing (never saw it personnally). If that were to occur, a possible workaround may be to select baseline Elite instead of Horizons from the launcher, it should spawn you in space around the planet where you were landed.

 

[Micha]

I almost always log off landed somewhere with a nice vista, although I do have the annoying bug that on reload my ship is not in a "landed" state. But that's only an issue if you want to get out in your SRV immediately after logging in.

 

[-VR- Max Factor]

I always log off on a planet when exploring. Never had the bug when I load up inside the planet, but knowing my luck it will happen now. Easy to remedy if it does, just restart the game in 1.6 non horizons version and you will appear in orbit.

 

[popuptoaster]

If you find yourself inside a planet when you log back in, log out again, fire up Elite NOT Horizons and as you log in it will tell you that you can't land on planets and move you further away.

Had to do this myself once when i got interdicted right near orbit and I dropped out inside the planet and got stuck.

generally safe to log out landed on planets though, I do it all the time and never had any problems.

 

[Eloy]

Thanks for your feedback Commanders It´s really nice to land before logging off, I´ll do as you say

 

[popuptoaster]

Here's me getting stuck in a planet by the way, just for interests sake!

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_OSZGR0w3JI

 

[IndigoWyrd]

I always find somewhere with a landing pad - be it a spaceball, station or installation to land at and log out.
Has the advantage of an available Mission Board when I log back in... of course, my travels are largely within the bubble, with the occasional trip to Maia.

I've yet to really delve into any real long-range exploration, though I do have a couple bookmarks of places I do intend to visit up-close and personal.