The Docking Computer thread.

Phier

Phier
I once had google maps try to take me over a bridge which must have collapsed into a river at least 10 years ago, and this is in a metropolitan area.

You trusted yourself to a computer, your choice, your fault.
 

Ambivalent

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dj_wylie said:
Its fine, I took the loan and have my Cobra back. Its the fact I have basically zero credits left now. Cant buy anything to trade with and got to grind from the start again. Extremely frustrating. Surely this shouldn't happen with the docking computer and it should dock me safely??
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Downgrade your cobra's modules to afford insurance/cargo, if not possible, sell the cobra and regress to something afffordable, better this than to risk losing it all.
 

777Driver

777Driver
dj_wylie said:
Its fine, I took the loan and have my Cobra back. Its the fact I have basically zero credits left now. Cant buy anything to trade with and got to grind from the start again. Extremely frustrating. Surely this shouldn't happen with the docking computer and it should dock me safely??
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I know it sucks but the problem is really with how you handled the situation. Never leave automation to do it's own thing. The DC has an over ride, either add power or disconnect through the modules.

Never fly without insurance, and never take a loo break when a computer is landing your ship. At the end of the day it's just a computer, if you autoland an aircraft you constantly have your finger on the TOGA button, it can and will screw up.

On the plus side they are looking to improve the DC in upcoming patches.
 

Almighty Bob

Banned
Almighty Bob
777Driver said:
I know it sucks but the problem is really with how you handled the situation. Never leave automation to do it's own thing. The DC has an over ride, either add power or disconnect through the modules.

Never fly without insurance, and never take a loo break when a computer is landing your ship. At the end of the day it's just a computer, if you autoland an aircraft you constantly have your finger on the TOGA button, it can and will screw up.

On the plus side they are looking to improve the DC in upcoming patches.
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There you go again its all about docking :) with 777

The main point is docking computers are a waste of space

I clarify that I have never flown a T9 so I may be corrected but for T7 and below they are not needed
 

gazzareth

G
Even RW pilots keep an eye on the instruments in modern aircraft, sorry to say if you left the cockpit with the idiotpilot in charge then more fool you.

And flying without insurance.........? Hard lesson learnt I guess. .
 

-SOVEREIGN-

-SOVEREIGN-
I would ticket it. The docking computer should be a fail-safe method to land. If it gets you destroyed, it's buggy and maybe you get your stuff back. At least try it.
 

KillingTime

KillingTime
dj_wylie said:
Ok so ive been playing since xmas and loving the game. Just a few days ago managed to save up enough for my Cobra MkIII. Kitted it out with cargo expansions and was down to my last 150k. Loaded up my hold with Byrillium, basically used all my credits, and set off to a system where I knew I could make a tidy profit. Frameshifted to the station, manouvered to the entrance and activated my docking computer while I went to the toilet. Imagine my horror when I return to find my ship loitering in the enterance with 3 seconds left of my warning. I quickly try to take over from the docking computer and fly away from the enterance but im too late, the station opens fire and I lose my new cobra, all my cargo and all my credits. How is this possible? How can the docking computer be so dumb??

I now have 1000 credits left. Its going to take me ages to build up my savings again, im am literally this close to quitting.

Surely this is a bug? Is there any way to petition to get my credits back?
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sorry for your loss... maybe this will help

[video=youtube;rX7wtNOkuHo]https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rX7wtNOkuHo[/video]
 

Hamerstein

Hamerstein
Docking computer - It should work properly and yes it does suck that it's flakey (FD are working on it), but unless you really need one - don't have one. Docking in ED isn't difficult, it's not like in Elite where getting the smallest thing wrong leaves you splattered over the station. Get the hang of manual docking, take your time til you're completely familiar with the controls. There is no ship smaller than a T9 that can't be docked with relative ease, even by a novice.

Worth noting that the docking pad lights are flakey - turn on and off randomly, but the compass will always direct you in the general direction of your pad once you're in the bay.
 

Ralph Vargr

Ralph Vargr
777Driver said:
I know it sucks but the problem is really with how you handled the situation. Never leave automation to do it's own thing. The DC has an over ride, either add power or disconnect through the modules.

Never fly without insurance, and never take a loo break when a computer is landing your ship. At the end of the day it's just a computer, if you autoland an aircraft you constantly have your finger on the TOGA button, it can and will screw up.

On the plus side they are looking to improve the DC in upcoming patches.
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We always knew where the A/P circuit breaker was... :)

All manual landings for us, in up to and including Cat 3 IFR instrument penetrations, without GCA.
 

Extrasmooth

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I don't even really understand what purpose docking computers fulfil. Manual docking is easy and much quicker. I can only think that docking computers are used by pilots who always seem to need the latrine during docking - is it a weak bladder thing?
 

Pete

Pete
Skillet said:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?x-yt-ts=1421914688&x-yt-cl=84503534&v=rWPTbB_feNE

Thx to CMDR Pete
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You're welcome...

Other words of wisdom I've offered on this topic are:
Pete said:
They should have different grades of docking computer:
E - Will definitely kill you / get you killed
D - Will almost certainly kill you / get you killed
C - Will kill you / get you killed if you're not paying attention
B - Will actually try not to kill you / get you killed
A - Will nearly never kill you / get you killed

I sold mine for 4 tons of extra cargo space, and didn't look back...damned thing was a liability.
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and:
Pete said:
...the Docking Computer has all sorts of ways to land that I wouldn't have considered...

Like upside-down, balanced on on edge of the ship, maybe stopping inside the letterbox patiently waiting for a very slow NPC to make way, hovering around in the middle of a station without doing anything, flying all around an outpost, and then just stopping because it's just too hard, etc.
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Friends don't let friends use Docking Computers....

-- Pete.
 

Zplintz

Zplintz
Don't go afk In flight.

Don't trust your uninsured fully loaded ship and all your savings to a Clank.

Neither docking computers (nor Human pilots) are infallible.
 

Quineloe

Quineloe
I think OP is trolling. Make a Cobra so expensive that your insurance loan won't cover it requires more than 4 million pumped into the ship, and unselecting some key outfittings would put you well within the 200k again.


Also, AFK with ship undocked for 10 minutes? Sure...

The Asp is the first ship you can actually lose from a single death. Not the Cobra, not the Type 6.


Extrasmooth said:
I don't even really understand what purpose docking computers fulfil. Manual docking is easy and much quicker. I can only think that docking computers are used by pilots who always seem to need the latrine during docking - is it a weak bladder thing?
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Docking computer is great for streamers because they can use those 2 minutes to interact with their channel.
 
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