station dock lights
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It is, but the other post deviates into nonsense.
The answer is that these are used for orientation. Keep the green light on the right and you will be entering the station right side up as opposed to upside down... for easy location of the docking pad numbers.
Many pilots, myself included, use the green side to enter. This is not what they are for, but it is used that way often enough that it's worth following to limit your collision potential.
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And yes, the reason the red flashes is for colorblindness.
The answer is that these are used for orientation. Keep the green light on the right and you will be entering the station right side up as opposed to upside down... for easy location of the docking pad numbers.
Many pilots, myself included, use the green side to enter. This is not what they are for, but it is used that way often enough that it's worth following to limit your collision potential.
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And yes, the reason the red flashes is for colorblindness.
Don't want to argue, but tell that green light side thingy to someone that flies a T9 or clipper. For those there is only one side, and thats the mid
Meaning, don't count on it.Ya, the one that is opposite of the green light? That's what I was referring to anyhow. if there is a different red light you are talking about, then I'm not sure
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Don't want to argue, but tell that green light side thingy to someone that flies a T9 or clipper. For those there is only one side, and thats the mid
Oh yes, for sure. The official use of the lights is not for directing flow of traffic, and big ships are always going to have to go right down the middle. But, if enough people try to enter on the green lit side, it doesn't hurt to try to follow that convention when possible
The only station "lights" you need .
[video=youtube;cIBPxDPq-vM]https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cIBPxDPq-vM[/video]
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Have the Thargoids already arrived? 
The ones above and below the entrance are just there for 'flavor', much the same way one would see red warning lights near anything dangerous or unsafe. They're merely a reminder that you're exiting the station, headed back out into the wild, as opposed to the relatively 'safe' station interior.
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Bear in mind that locations 1 and 13 should have swapped positions with the 1.1 patch, as they were located incorrectly up until then.
Very helpful, thanks for this.
EDIT : But as said above some pads have indeed changed place in the last patch. I landed on pad 1 a few minutes ago and it was definitely right next to the entrance.
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What he said. Its basically so you know where the landing pads are when you enter, and so you know where the station bar is. A lot of people say you should enter or exit on the green side, which is fine in a small ship, with a large ship its enough just to get through.
The pads should now be arranged logically in ascending order front to back and in a clockwise direction.
I made a version of the above diagram to reflect this change:
I made a version of the above diagram to reflect this change:
I think that this diagram is now out of date as the 01 / 13 pads have swapped into their 'correct' places now. QuackingPlums has a more up to date version.
Didn't read thread properly - multiple ninja'd!
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