The Docking Computer thread.

Kalearne

Kalearne
ppehrson said:
In actuality, the docking computer as it functions in this beta is actually AT LEAST as good as the one in the original Elite game. So if you want to compare it to the "world" in which we play, it wouldn't be strange for it to act as it does.
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Yeah I guess, its at least as good as the original, but I guess my gripe is its not as good as me. (I'm a fat aging hippie with average reflexes at best)
Kinda hoped the tech of the future would surpass my podgy ability.

ppehrson said:
I imagine, since Elite is based on real motion calculations, that they have made it as it is because it is a speed-up of how a docking computer WOULD actually be able to function. I find that very likely. In the real world it might be 10 times slower.
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I would have thought the procedural nature of much of the code would lend itself well to this. I'm not going to start on a comparison of how a real docking computer would work vs a game though. I still think it should make gameplay more efficient rather than the opposite. (It would cripple the docking music but if Docking from starfall was allowed it wouldnt matter)

ppehrson said:
One might - as an addition to the different types of docking computers - imagine that you could buy improvement circuits that, for example, increased their effectiveness?
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I think I'd just prefer an Advanced Docking Comp as mentioned before.

Can anyone remember if Elite II (I doubt Elite I) had more than one docking computer and what it/they were called?
 

Juniper

Juniper
Kalearne said:
Yeah I guess, its at least as good as the original, but I guess my gripe is its not as good as me. (I'm a fat aging hippie with average reflexes at best)
Kinda hoped the tech of the future would surpass my podgy ability.
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Is that not deliberate though? The idea is the docking computer is not meant to be quicker than a human, and that a skilled pilot (fat ageing hippy here too, so no chance) can jump in ahead of someone who has taken the easy option.
 

Lochnagar

Lochnagar
Does anyone else get that awful noise when they take over from the docking computer. It's like the music goes all weird and it stays like it until you leave the system.
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Yeah - it sounds to me like the live orchestra playing were told to stop by the conductor and so the disgruntled musicians voice their displeasure with a few random notes before stopping...
 

Comrade Napoleon

Comrade Napoleon
Sixer said:
Ok , last night i enter a station on auto dock , normaly it does the space hibbyjibby then go towards the landing bay on a roll yaw that makes you sick coz the screen keeps on jittering from the hunderds of unnessacary adjustments.

But hence back to the story , when i got inside there where 3 ship's launching from their pads and my docking computer noticed it and thought Hmmmmmm let's speed up a few things and did the most amazing docking i've seen so far with a unjittered yaw roll.

one other thing , with the Lakon 9 the last part of the docking is so bad , i've had station managers come complaining to me coz the ship scrapped off all the paint on their landing docks.

Just now i had my docking computer trying to land on the pad , UPside Down
ofc my shields where not up to the task when the docking computer tried to do a barrel roll on the pad while being upside down and resulted in structual damage to my ship and the station manager came over to report to me that the landing pad was totaly wrecked and had to be replaced.

also on the lakon 9 the docking computer does the landing gear to late , so i get warnings from lucy that the landing gear ain't down..

thats all for now

Greets Sixer
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Relax, it was a fluke:cool:

Cheers Cmdr's
 

Kaltern

Kaltern
So I thought I'd better try one of these Docking Computer things...

...so I pop over to Azeban, sit back and relax while the sweet music is playing.

Dear God, the ride was NOT relaxing!

I can't remember exactly how many ships I narrowly managed to avoid as the thing lined itself up for the kill... I mean entry...

I have to admit the actual passing into the station was very smooth. And then I was almost hit by some Hauler or something - the evasive action the computer took was nothing short of miraculous.

I was never quite so glad to finally glide down to my landing pad... but this experience has kinda put me off the whole driverless car thing... :D
 

sqzbox1

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Haven't been tempted to try one at all. Docking isn't all that hard really. In fact I enjoyed the process of figuring out how to land the L9 and the Anaconda - haven't had an incident yet. I may not be a speed docker but I never fail to dock efficiently now - in any ship. Doing it manually is a hell of a lot quicker too - so I am told.
 

RedeyeJedi

RedeyeJedi
Handy for making a cuppa ime as you can wander off for a few mins and get a snack etc.

Tabbed out to desktop when my Lakon 9 was auto docking, returned and found my ship was attempting a rather amusing face plant on the docking pad, eventually recovered the situation but not been a problem with the other ships.
 

Commander Mick

Commander Mick
Kaltern said:
...so I pop over to Azeban, sit back and relax while the sweet music is playing.

Dear God, the ride was NOT relaxing!

I can't remember exactly how many ships I narrowly managed to avoid as the thing lined itself up for the kill... I mean entry...

I have to admit the actual passing into the station was very smooth. And then I was almost hit by some Hauler or something - the evasive action the computer took was nothing short of miraculous.

I was never quite so glad to finally glide down to my landing pad... but this experience has kinda put me off the whole driverless car thing... :D
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Just like the one from the original game. You would think they might have improved it's A.I. by now.

Perhaps a A.I. upgrade is on it's way...something you can purchase.

I can't even afford one yet.
 

SMcA

SMcA
Kaltern said:
...so I pop over to Azeban, sit back and relax while the sweet music is playing.

Dear God, the ride was NOT relaxing!

[Snip]

I was never quite so glad to finally glide down to my landing pad... but this experience has kinda put me off the whole driverless car thing... :D
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They are only good for a laugh. The one time I tried it, the ride was like that of a WWI biplane. With sound effects as well.
It did not even land but hovered between two docking bays and had a nervous breakdown.
Manually docking is serene (T6 in Bresnik Mine or Baker Platform, excepted). Except finding your docking bay.
 
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