Or more specifically I need hull repair limpets. Seriously, is there no way to repair hull while exploring? I ask this because I'm currently hundreds of light years from the bubble with 40% hull. How did this situation arise? I was skimming over the planet's surface and decided to muck with the camera. Next thing I know, my DBX is cartwheeling across the surface. I guess it could have been worse, but now I'm considering cutting my expedition short.
We need hull repair limpets
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Mu77ley
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We've already been told back at Lavecon that hull repair limpets are coming...
Sit tight. The Repair Rats will be with you soon... or should that be soon(tm)?
FD intend to introduce repair limpets with 2.4 but you would need to go back to the bubble (or maybe colonia?) to get these new modules^^
i want collector limpet repair limpets. and then probably collector limpet repair limpet repair limpets.
i would prefer a faster scan myself. if something is worth flying out to scan i would prefer to need less time to scan rather than more time from further away. but then im still trying to figure which saves the most time and fuel. then again further you are from the pretty waterorld/ammonia/elw/gas giant the less likely you are to see the beauty and make stunning screenies. has anyone tried working out which is more efficient, flying normal distance but quicker scan or longer range but slower scan?
I fly to the bodys usually with 75% throttle and as soon as the scan starts i slow down to 50%. If the scan completed i set my heading to the next one.
With this method i get more benefits from the long range scanner. The DSS scan speeds up if you get closer and the speed up happens much earlier with the long range mod. Also i don't loose too much c-speed when exploring systems and reach the next ones also faster than usual.
On ELW or some special WW/AW i approach until i can see them and make sometimes screenies
at this point no mod provides any benefits anymore^^ah so then long range is just superior to fast scan UNLESS all you are doing is scanning the primary? EDIT: i need to go in game and re-engineer my exploration asp scanner then.I fly to the bodys usually with 75% throttle and as soon as the scan starts i slow down to 50%. If the scan completed i set my heading to the next one.
With this method i get more benefits from the long range scanner. The DSS scan speeds up if you get closer and the speed up happens much earlier with the long range mod. Also i don't loose too much c-speed when exploring systems and reach the next ones also faster than usual.
On ELW or some special WW/AW i approach until i can see them and make sometimes screenies
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I'm hoping this will allow for some new cooperative gameplay.
I'm thinking of groups of explorers meeting up in distant parts of the galaxy. One has a materials mining fit, so he has lots of resources to supply everyone with fresh limpets. Another is a Fuel Rat, so the limpets supplied by the miner saves him a lot of time prospecting planets. Another has lots of repair limpet modules, so he repairs everyone's ships.
They should be in 2.4
When beta launchers I'ma gonna start a thread and prepare to pack a load of limpets and do meet-ups with all who want them, I think a few other exploration minded Fuel Rats will do something similar..
Gotta wait for beta to find out how much hull each repairs for each ship type etc, do all the maths and work out how many I need for which jobs.
Depends on if you are still out and about by then too
When beta launchers I'ma gonna start a thread and prepare to pack a load of limpets and do meet-ups with all who want them, I think a few other exploration minded Fuel Rats will do something similar..
Gotta wait for beta to find out how much hull each repairs for each ship type etc, do all the maths and work out how many I need for which jobs.
Depends on if you are still out and about by then too
Hope they add extra slots to explorer ships as well to fit the repair limpet controller and cargo bay to hold the limpets alongside the 2 scanners, fuel scoop, shields, srv and afms that are needed. Thats 8 slots, more than most ships, including the 2 dedicated explorer ships have.
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They'e coming in 2.4, have you not been paying attention?
Two people have already told him that, have you not been paying attention?
Yeah, I think this is probably the case unless you simply never scan system bodies. I ended up getting bored of flying nearly smack dab into every planet and came back to the bubble, repaired my ship, and engineered the range +190-something percent. Still terrible as far as I'm concerned, lol (distant secondary stars still won't be in range).
Haha, actually, I remember reading that now that everybody has reminded me. But somersaulting across a moon like a doof created a more immediate need than five months from now.
But then we Need also Power Plant repair limpets. Because this is another Thing that cannot be repaired in flight, except by reboot.