Broken docking computer?

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Broken docking computer?

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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?

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Post by lucabu »

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
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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 :-)
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Post by Uncle Reno »

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