Just fly past 7 seconds, maybe down to like 3 or 2 seconds, wack supercruise assist on and job done. For more experienced pilots fly 100% throttle all the way so you will overshoot and emergency drop out at exactly the right time.
Setting throttle at 7 seconds is for chumps
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Isn't it funny that on one hand some cuhmps are saying supercruise is too slow easy and boring - give us in system jumps, and on another thread someone else is pushing the limits of what I achievable with the current model. I like things that put more player agency into the game, so for me it's refreshing to see this approach, although I do think there is till room for improvement on the middle part of longer supercruise transits through slingshotting or similar.
Video or it didn't happen
40% of the time it works every time!
Ok, well it's always worked for me at least....
To be fair, I only gave it a few hours of trial over a couple of days, but it required enough babysitting and was iffy enough (worked somewhere around half the time), that for the slot, I'd rather install an ADC.
By the time I gave up on it I'd sort of figured out that approach angle was a factor in SCA's success, with the chances of success rising with the approach latitude (i.e. more polar approaches were more reliable).
SCA caused more overshoots in those few hours than I've had collectively in a couple years of playing, and as far as I'm aware, I was following the recommended procedure. Regardless, even if it did work more reliably for me, it just doesn't really fit with how I play the game.
It's not a bad module, it's just not for me.
That bottom right one looks closest to what I do, yep.
Nice to see it's actually faster, too!
If you#re ready you can ride in on 3 seconds or something mad, engage SC assist and drop out, quite often flying right through the station.
I sincerely hope you enjoy your blue zone, and that no one takes away the simple pleasures to be derived from supercruise...
Supercruise Rework
Since FDev are busy with Odyssey (and some other projects I assume), it's pointless to post it in suggestions (for at least a decade now), so let's just pipedream here a bit: Is that me or others find SC mindnumbingly automated and boring to death? I mean, they did pretty good job with...
It really all depends on how close to a planet or moon a starport is and how much gravity it has to determine correctly. There are some stations that are close to larger gas giants that you can come in at full throttle and watch the time increase as you get close and then you need to pull back quick as you finally pass.
I have never used the supercruise assist, so no idea what that is even like. Maybe I need to get one and try that sometime in my cutter.
I have never used the supercruise assist, so no idea what that is even like. Maybe I need to get one and try that sometime in my cutter.
My station approach is determined entirely by my current state of decency and whether I need to put my undies back on. If I’m coming in from time out in the Black I’m probably in need of a clean t-shirt and tidying away all the half crushed cans laying around - so 6 seconds and the DC.
If I’m hauling illegal weapons into port with a pirate chomping at my backside I’ll use any nearby planet for some gravity braking before boosting into port rigged for silent running.
Yeah, why not make as much fun as you can in any given game situation. Now I need to try for under four seconds, I hadn’t realised it was a possibility.
If I’m hauling illegal weapons into port with a pirate chomping at my backside I’ll use any nearby planet for some gravity braking before boosting into port rigged for silent running.
Yeah, why not make as much fun as you can in any given game situation. Now I need to try for under four seconds, I hadn’t realised it was a possibility.
Where did you get 7 seconds from? That's something you read on reddit. Its 6 seconds on the forums.
I think.. (not completely sure..) what you're trying to do is create a condition where you'll be under the speed limit within the range. How you're accelerating or decelerating before you get to that condition, including whether you're not going to stop in time) doesn't strictly matter.
Something i often do is accellerate again once you've slowed down enough so the accelleration doesn't take you over.. but even that feels really boring. My gut tells me there's an even edgier way thats 100% reliable. Might stumble upon it one day.
Here's something else i've been gut feeling.. when you're being script mission interdicted (right before you get to the destination), if you deliberatly stuff up the approach and zoom past it... there are some permutations of stopping and turning around that glitch the ai and make the ship vanish. They won't interdict you if you don't slow down enough to stop either. It doesn't always work, but yeah having fun getting a feel for this condition atm.
I think.. (not completely sure..) what you're trying to do is create a condition where you'll be under the speed limit within the range. How you're accelerating or decelerating before you get to that condition, including whether you're not going to stop in time) doesn't strictly matter.
Something i often do is accellerate again once you've slowed down enough so the accelleration doesn't take you over.. but even that feels really boring. My gut tells me there's an even edgier way thats 100% reliable. Might stumble upon it one day.
Here's something else i've been gut feeling.. when you're being script mission interdicted (right before you get to the destination), if you deliberatly stuff up the approach and zoom past it... there are some permutations of stopping and turning around that glitch the ai and make the ship vanish. They won't interdict you if you don't slow down enough to stop either. It doesn't always work, but yeah having fun getting a feel for this condition atm.
Emergency drops aren't very reliable. Even if you can hit it at exactly the same instant every time, latency will introduce a margin of error that is enormous at higher approach speeds. Even at 30km/s +/-20km is pretty typical. Used to be more reliable, by almost an order of magnitude, but that was years ago...might be better in Solo or when in closer proximity to Frontier's servers.
Still not convinced SCA is appreciably faster than full speed all the way then deselecting/reelecting at the last moment (which immediately kills velocity if there are mass shadows anywhere near by).
Anyway, I want that extra HRP.
Still not convinced SCA is appreciably faster than full speed all the way then deselecting/reelecting at the last moment (which immediately kills velocity if there are mass shadows anywhere near by).
Anyway, I want that extra HRP.
That's an idea by a player. Tag me when Frontier make a change to how supercruise works.I sincerely hope you enjoy your blue zone, and that no one takes away the simple pleasures to be derived from supercruise...
Supercruise Rework
Since FDev are busy with Odyssey (and some other projects I assume), it's pointless to post it in suggestions (for at least a decade now), so let's just pipedream here a bit: Is that me or others find SC mindnumbingly automated and boring to death? I mean, they did pretty good job with...forums.frontier.co.uk
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Meanwhile I am already having a drink at the station bar after letting the SCA module drop me automatically after a stupidly fast straight line approach.
