Have you seen how many NPCs get themselves blown up while trying to dock? I can't imagine looking at them and wishing one of those was flying my ship!
The Docking Computer thread.
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Have you seen how many NPCs get themselves blown up while trying to dock? I can't imagine looking at them and wishing one of those was flying my ship!
Should have used Apple Maps.
I flew a T9 in beta it's not terribly hard to dock. I scraped my shields a bit going thru the access port the first few times but soon got the hang of it.
docking computer is not to make docking "easier", it's for lazy people who dont want to do it million times over and over.
i use docking computer in trading runs, it lets me tab to forums or do something else, however i always leave part of game visible so i can notice if something is going wrong. the only times when i had trouble with it was if you let it take control at extreme angle against letterbox while being close to station or if you forget to completely reduce speed to 0 (happened to me once, got wake up call when the ship rammed station wall and was like omg : o..didnt have enough speed to kill me on impact tho =p )
i use docking computer in trading runs, it lets me tab to forums or do something else, however i always leave part of game visible so i can notice if something is going wrong. the only times when i had trouble with it was if you let it take control at extreme angle against letterbox while being close to station or if you forget to completely reduce speed to 0 (happened to me once, got wake up call when the ship rammed station wall and was like omg : o..didnt have enough speed to kill me on impact tho =p )
I just learned how to dock a T9 and it was nice, difficult, brand new, like i had never dock ship, fancy the heavy feeling, lost my first insurance on the first undock because i tought i could ram a NPC sidewinder at 40 through the letter box, maybe it was because i was too slow but the siewinder ended up gettin me stuck in the letterbox while my shield were slowly goin off...
No, you should be asking 'How could I be so dumb as to fly without sufficient insurance and put my trust in a Docking computer'
Learn to fly, learn to dock, you will get little sympathy in these parts for you loss.
Hmm, that's a habit I'll need to break - ever since I got my Python I've been going out of my way to ram dumb NPCs in smaller ships in the slot...I just learned how to dock a T9 and it was nice, difficult, brand new, like i had never dock ship, fancy the heavy feeling, lost my first insurance on the first undock because i tought i could ram a NPC sidewinder at 40 through the letter box, maybe it was because i was too slow but the siewinder ended up gettin me stuck in the letterbox while my shield were slowly goin off...
-- Pete.
It's already been said, but never trust a docking computer. This has been a 'feature' of every Elite game, IIRC, which is why I gave up on them. Plus the fact that docking is easier in ED than in the previous 3 games (or at least so it feels to me). Even getting through the letterbox isn't hard, at least until you get a T7 or bigger at which point it becomes significantly more difficult to thread the eye of the needle at >75% throttle...
Good luck with your new (replacement) Cobra, but dump the DC and get a Shield Bank instead
Good luck with your new (replacement) Cobra, but dump the DC and get a Shield Bank instead
Docking computer is not 100% reliable and never has been in any of the Elite series. It's not a win button. Don't leave your ship unattended.
1) Always leave about 10%-15% in the bank to cover your insurance costs. (don't spend your last credit on cargo of outfitting)
2) Always be ready to take over from the docking computer. (Technology is not fool proof)
Sorry you had to learn these things the hard way.
I'll just mention another. NEVER run out of fuel. (prepare to self-destruct if you do).
He said he had enough for insurance you bunch of illiterates. OP don't let these people get you down. Docking computer has its kinks, but what are you going to land your own ship like some lowly peasant?
Dear god. Op. Don't listen to these idiots. . I see where you are coming from. A docking computer should do just that. .. dock. If it doesn't do the job why have it in game. It's obviously broken. To all the white knights and fanbois, please please grow up. The system IS broken, telling the op that he shouldn't trust a part of the game is . .
These idiots didn't lose their ship going afk
You might want to look up the definition of that word, I do not think I means what you think it means.
Docking computers always wait for the worst possible moment to get you killed ...
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I keep the docking computer for comedy reasons. I bought it for a bit of nostalgia, and to see if it still played the Blue Danube. To be fair, the only thing that makes it completely useless is the fact that it aborts as soon as anything red shows up on the scanner (hardpoints deplored or not). That's probably what happened to the OP.
I use docking computer religiously. It lets me sit back and enjoy whatever movie/TV show I'm watching while trading for a couple of minutes. But I'd never leave my PC while it's docking my ships.