Ship must be docked b4 reload, refuel, repair

[Woakes]

Currently, as the player ship is on the last final approach and station takes over the control of the ship for touchdown, the menu buttons activate so you can click the reload, resupply and repair buttons as the ship is still coming down to dock.

I personally prefer that ours ships must be docked FIRST and have a solid contact on the ground before it is able to reload, refuel, repair
Reasons? Makes more sense (Immersion)

Disagree?
Explain your :

• Gameplay reasoning as to why the currently click on menu buttons before you dock is better.
• In-game lore-based explanation

(and in other news my dirty glasses rendered the lower case letters of C and L in the word "C - L - I - C - K" into a lower case D....that would be an interesting menu button to have but that's ANOTHER suggestion for another day in another thread )

 

[Rubbernuke]

I'm a tad confused at your suggestion- as in, what are you actually suggesting?

 

[Woakes]

(i'm trying not to over explain things rubbernuke .... I feel like Rimmer in "Whitehole" trying to be efficient trying to talk to Holly okay I'll edit )

 

[Lugh]

Gameplay reasoning as to why the currently click on menu buttons before you dock is better.

It's faster, particularly when doing trade runs and prevents you from forgetting

In-game lore-based explanation

You're not actually repaired or refueled yet, you simply put in the request and your systems updated in preparation for when you're fully out down.


The fact that this bothers you enough that you think it needs to be made more inconvenient but the fact that

you can have every module trashed, your hull display 0% as it's barely holding itself together while you're running in fumes but that is all able to be rectified instantly doesn't... seems strange to me.

 

[varonica]

It's just a request as already explained, like ordering lunch, for instance, "you must be docked before you are allowed to order lunch from the port restaurant", fits into the same category and does indeed sound silly!

 

[Factabulous]

#LiterallyUnplayable

 

[FrogsFriend]

It's just a request as already explained, like ordering lunch, for instance, "you must be docked before you are allowed to order lunch from the port restaurant", fits into the same category and does indeed sound silly!

So that's what the mis-spelled 'Lunch' button on the station menu does???

 

[varonica]

So that's what the mis-spelled 'Lunch' button on the station menu does???

I know, I press it every time and sends me out of the station, still waiting for my Quiche Lorraine!

 

[Woakes]

of all the weird handwaves that defy realism and immersion.....okay there are OTHER THINGS!! I know.

But we all have our little axe to grind don't we....

I accept your rational "order lunch" reasoning over my ego and declare, fair enough.

 

[bangermsuk]

it like formula 1 , you have to request first, get later.

 

[Darkfyre99]

So that's what the mis-spelled 'Lunch' button on the station menu does???

Source: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rr_e1lk6Tnk&ab_channel=VinnieVegas

 

[Ghostofthecat]

Hes suggesting that we shouldnt be able to use the menu until we are fully docked, like how if you dock at an angle the menu will come up and in the background the game will correct your ships position to line up properly. we should have to wait, for some baffling reason.

I'm a tad confused at your suggestion- as in, what are you actually suggesting?