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CMDR Timber McWolf

CMDR Timber McWolf
aRJay said:
Ignoring racing inboard boosting is really just about getting in to the station before you and your dodgy cargo/passengers can get scanned so generally by the time you are going through the slot your speed should be dropping. At that point all pips to systems and weapons will give you maximum shields, in case the end of the station is too close, and minimal engines. Another thing that can work is switching on the docking computer as you pass through the slot assuming the crash position will at least hide the disaster from view.

Hitting boost so close to the slot that you are still accelerating as you go through tends not to end well no matter what you do.
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I managed to get dodgy cargo into the station autodocking... 🤷‍♀️
But I don't do this on a regular basis, so a grain of salt might be advisory in assessing this case...

I've hit boost while trying to land in a station multiple times now and only had one rebuy because I drilled my already damaged ship into the landing area. These accidents usually, but not exclusively happened while piloting the Shooting Star...
 

0threeleven

0threeleven
CMDR Timber McWolf said:
I managed to get dodgy cargo into the station autodocking... 🤷‍♀️
But I don't do this on a regular basis, so a grain of salt might be advisory in assessing this case...

I've hit boost while trying to land in a station multiple times now and only had one rebuy because I drilled my already damaged ship into the landing area. These accidents usually, but not exclusively happened while piloting the Shooting Star...
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Check out this guy, he's a maniac through the slots and landing.
Looks like a fun race, might have to try it.
 

Codger

Codger
0threeleven said:
Codger pointed out that the little bubble level (the dot in the round thingy)
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It's called the compass, which is an odd choice but that's what it's called.

I've found that I can land a ship using only the compass, without even looking down.

Did you know that the white dot becomes a circle when the target is behind you? That's how you know you are too far forward.

It really helps when manually landing big ships, like the Cutter.
 

CMDR Timber McWolf

CMDR Timber McWolf
Codger said:
It's called the compass, which is an odd choice but that's what it's called.

I've found that I can land a ship using only the compass, without even looking down.

Did you know that the white dot becomes a circle when the target is behind you? That's how you know you are too far forward.

It really helps when manually landing big ships, like the Cutter.
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It definitely is a helpful tool for navigation in general, no matter my struggles with it inside a station.

I can see why it got its name - it acts like a compass, being "magnetic" to your selected target. It uses some algorithms fed by map and flight data to determine where you are, relative to your target.
A normal magnetic compass wouldn't make much sense in space, as it would always point to the strongest/closest magnetic source and thus switch directions each time you pass a planet once you are outside of the sphere of influence of the nearest star.
 

0threeleven

0threeleven
Codger said:
It's called the compass, which is an odd choice but that's what it's called.

I've found that I can land a ship using only the compass, without even looking down.

Did you know that the white dot becomes a circle when the target is behind you? That's how you know you are too far forward.

It really helps when manually landing big ships, like the Cutter.
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Thingy works for me too but I promise to use it's correct name, all you guys were a huge help including some who are gone like para handy. :)
 

Tyres O'Flaherty

Tyres O'Flaherty
My luck changed a little today. Found a diverse life planet and grabbed first feet along with these three codex entries:

Space cabbage - or possible cauliflower:

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A candle inside its holder:

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And a nice looking shroom which was crying out for bacon and sausages:

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CMDR Timber McWolf

CMDR Timber McWolf
Whoa, Windows gave me a big scare this night.

After watching a livestream on the toob, my browser crashed in an odd way - trying to load another video would result in an infinityload.
I still was able to close the browser via the "X" in the upper right corner, but then all I could do was marvel at the wallpaper, as any attempt to start any app - even the task manager - would be fruitless. I couldn't even restart Windows, as the start menu would show if I clicked on its button, but then would have to face the same issue that any click that required a bigger action than open a context menu would fail.
Shutting down the computer via power button, I then started it anew - I could log in normally, but then had the same issue as before. No button works.
It took me several attempts and some uneasy sleep to get it running again...

Looks like your best bet to get things running again in this case is using the keyboard to navigate the menues and activate the restart.
 

Tyres O'Flaherty

Tyres O'Flaherty
CMDR Timber McWolf said:
Whoa, Windows gave me a big scare this night.

After watching a livestream on the toob, my browser crashed in an odd way - trying to load another video would result in an infinityload.
I still was able to close the browser via the "X" in the upper right corner, but then all I could do was marvel at the wallpaper, as any attempt to start any app - even the task manager - would be fruitless. I couldn't even restart Windows, as the start menu would show if I clicked on its button, but then would have to face the same issue that any click that required a bigger action than open a context menu would fail.
Shutting down the computer via power button, I then started it anew - I could log in normally, but then had the same issue as before. No button works.
It took me several attempts and some uneasy sleep to get it running again...

Looks like your best bet to get things running again in this case is using the keyboard to navigate the menues and activate the restart.
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Did you try alt ctrl del?

Could you restart in safe mode? Then try a Windows repair?

I hate it when my PC starts acting up.
 

CMDR Timber McWolf

CMDR Timber McWolf
Tyres O'Flaherty said:
Did you try alt ctrl del?

Could you restart in safe mode? Then try a Windows repair?

I hate it when my PC starts acting up.
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Nothing worked.
Safe mode didn't seem to be an option.
To do a restart, I had to start up the computer and choose it on the login screen.


To me, such situations are always quite scary, as I live in a rural area with even the closest grocery store being about 8 km away. And the nearest branch of my bank about 30 km. Might not sound much for our american friends, but here on the old continent, that's a lot, in particular if you take the gas prices over here into account.
 

Tyres O'Flaherty

Tyres O'Flaherty
CMDR Timber McWolf said:
Nothing worked.
Safe mode didn't seem to be an option.
To do a restart, I had to start up the computer and choose it on the login screen.


To me, such situations are always quite scary, as I live in a rural area with even the closest grocery store being about 8 km away. And the nearest branch of my bank about 30 km. Might not sound much for our american friends, but here on the old continent, that's a lot, in particular if you take the gas prices over here into account.
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Ouch.

The way I was thinking, iirc, if I could enter the BIOS before the PC attempted to boot into Windows, there is an option there to restart in safe mode. I think... it's been a while.

Hope you're all set now and it doesn't repeat!
 
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