Docking issues

tomythius · Post by **tomythius** » Tue Aug 08, 2006 11:33 pm

Hi all.
I'm fairly new to oolite but have been really enjoying it.
At first I could dock no problem, now I'm stuck on Quitri with 400 (ish) Cr without being able to dock anywhere else.
I can navigate to other space stations ok, but once I'm in the box I get game over instead of docking rings.
Any idea why this might be happening? It's driving me nuts.

Arexack_Heretic · Post by **Arexack_Heretic** » Tue Aug 08, 2006 11:37 pm

you did line up at the beacon, request docking clearance, looked in your rearview-viewer and slowed down to half speed before entering the dockingbay?

Otherwise, you may want to run a debug and send giles the output-files and your version-number etc.

tomythius · Post by **tomythius** » Tue Aug 08, 2006 11:40 pm

Thanks for a quick response.
How do I request clearance? I didn't need to at first...

aegidian · Post by **aegidian** » Tue Aug 08, 2006 11:50 pm

He's having you on.

Which ship are you currently using? And do you get 'banging' noises when you enter the box?

tomythius · Post by **tomythius** » Tue Aug 08, 2006 11:54 pm

Gah!
Should have known. I did actually try checking behind me just now.
I'm in the default cobra mkIII with missiles (on safety) and 6t of cargo.
No banging, just a 'gurt-big crash' accompanied by the game over message.

Arexack_Heretic · Post by **Arexack_Heretic** » Wed Aug 09, 2006 12:04 am

Sorry I did not mean to tease.

Try reducing the speed, it may not be neccesary but helps prevent unnecesary damage.

I imagine you tried that already, so still a puzzling occurence.
It is not something simple like trying to land on the wrong side of the station right? (Dont get mad, some people actually try that and it is a simple mistake to make in some systems where the sun is behind the planet.)

tomythius · Post by **tomythius** » Wed Aug 09, 2006 12:21 am

I think it's the correct side.
I see a letterbox type thing with a row green lights down each inside wall and a set of four orange lights arranged in a cross at the end. Speed doesn't seem to be an issue.
Could it be a bug? I'm running the latest stable for linux on SUSE, AMD64.
I seem to remember there were some instructions regarding AMD64, but I was so keen to get going I may have skipped them. Could they be relevant?

Wolfwood · Post by **Wolfwood** » Wed Aug 09, 2006 5:07 am

Since you say that you used to be able to dock with no problems, this will be a stupid question for sure, but are you sure you match the rotation of the docking slit when you approach it?

tomythius · Post by **tomythius** » Wed Aug 09, 2006 10:47 am

OK, after much ado I've managed to dock at Lave.
This was on a clean game (not a save-file) and was just out and in.
Beginning to think it is just my technique. Must have had beginners luck before.