nope not you years in game never notice that light either live and learn lol.
SRV Docking
- Thread starter FatzDomingo
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Something like this would be very useful for those occasions in which you recall the ship, but it doesn't land and just hovers over the surface. The ship can loiter quite high up while doing this, and it can be surprisingly awkward to find the right spot for it to pick up the SRV, especially if the terrain is especially bumpy or rocky.
That, too.
That's the only time I would find it useful. Otherwise it's just drive towards the orange markers (it would be easy enough without them, just drive towards the hatch) until the light comes on.
Occasionally I've had issues with the ship landing with lumps on the ground underneath the it making it impossible to get to the hatch.
where was that ball again
You are supposed to use something light enough that the wipers can flick it not a 10 pin bowling ball.
For the SRV that makes no difference, it just refills the capacitor for the thrusters.
For those occasions when the ship is hovering and the yellow projection is above the field of vision when you're under the ship, I find backing up and lining up with the ship while you can still see it helps. The drive slowly forwards making sure to keep straight watching for the blue light. You'll probably overshoot, in which case put it straight into reverse and see if you can stop with the light still on. Not the easiest on uneven terrain.
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I'm 90% sure (I know, it really should be 100% but it's so rare that I don’t have 4-pips to ENG) that it does actually reduce the SRV's top speed a little bit. That said, you should already be driving quite slowly towards the boarding point lest you overshoot so I'm not sure you'd notice much in this particular instance.
Top speed the ENG capacitor may or may not affect - I didn't have a long enough stretch of flat ground to check - but it massively affects the acceleration, so if you're trying to line up precisely with a digital throttle control, 0 pips would certainly be easier.
For me this is the most important thing. Getting the alignment light to flash is easy, but holding position while you access the menu can be tricky depending on the terrain and your controls. Use the handbrake, and maybe set the handbrake to toggle rather than hold so that it can't slip while you get into the menus if you find the controls fiddly.
Ah well, just acceleration (and boost capacitor obviously) then.
Couldn't resist the urge to just do a quick test. Found myself a nice salt flat, 4-pips on the way out, 0-pips on the way back.
Acceleration is quite a bit slower but it (eventually) maxed out at 39m/s in both directions.
I have in the past lined up and proceeded slowly toward the pickup point changing to the lap screen on the way so I could click the board button as soon as it lit up.
I use an analogue throttle so slowly enough tends not to be an issue.