Broken docking computer?

cazabam · Post by **cazabam** » Tue Jul 18, 2006 9:41 am

I was recently on a small mining expedition at Ra, and I thought i'd go to sell my hard earned cargo. As I approached the station at Ra, I turned on my docking computer and went over to do something else (IRC, as it happens). I happened to glance left as the system announced final clearance for docking, only to crash my ship straight into the navigation bouy! Has anyone else ever seen this happen?

Ta,

C

lucabu · Post by **lucabu** » Tue Jul 18, 2006 10:11 am

It may happen. As far as I know Docking Computer is not afraid of any obstacle on his way. It's safer to use SHIFT+d

cazabam · Post by **cazabam** » Tue Jul 18, 2006 10:19 am

lucabu wrote:
It's safer to use SHIFT+d

That's a shame - I like to listen to the music while it's doing it's thing

Uncle Reno · Post by **Uncle Reno** » Tue Jul 18, 2006 10:19 am

The docking computer may not act as we would like sometimes (see this thread for my experience).
Don't take this as gospel but I think Giles may be looking at this, anyway, I always use speed docking (shift+D) nowadays!

lucabu · Post by **lucabu** » Tue Jul 18, 2006 11:17 am

cazabam wrote:
lucabu wrote:
It's safer to use SHIFT+d
That's a shame - I like to listen to the music while it's doing it's thing

No, I am not that patient; I just want to buy fuel, jump to another system and kill again

cazabam · Post by **cazabam** » Tue Jul 18, 2006 12:10 pm

lucabu wrote:
No, I am not that patient; I just want to buy fuel, jump to another system and kill again

Sometimes I play just to relax and de-stress, hence my love of mining. If I can just find it again, there's a mining asteroid near Ra where I can spend a couple of hours just blowing rocks up and collecting the bits. Tres relaxing.