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Re: How do you scoop fuel?
Posted: Wed Sep 13, 2017 2:44 pm
by Imaginos
What I tend to do is... as soon as I get the scoop active message, I slow right down and then gradually turn away from the star until I have my back to it.
Re: How do you scoop fuel?
Posted: Wed Sep 13, 2017 8:06 pm
by phkb
Although slowing down means you don't scoop fuel as quickly, so you spend more time heating up.
Re: fuel scooping
Posted: Wed Sep 13, 2017 8:17 pm
by Cody
Odo987 wrote: ↑Thu May 25, 2006 6:51 amThe PC version of Elite wouldn't scoop unless one was belly-surfing the sun.
Belly-surfing the sun - that's how I do it. Soon as it starts tanking, I put the crosshairs on the rim.
Re: How do you scoop fuel?
Posted: Sun Jan 05, 2020 4:50 pm
by Tommie D.
I know I am late ....... but I just started playing Oolite (after playing Elite in the C64 and and old PC many, many years ago)
I had also trouble scooping fuel but what seems to make the difference is a full cargo bay.
If your cargo bay is full --> YOU CANNOT SCOOP FUEL
With room in my cargo bay, scooping is never a real problem.
Cheers,
Tommie D.
(meet my mother in law ........ and you will know what DEADLY means!!)
Re: How do you scoop fuel?
Posted: Wed Jan 08, 2020 11:58 am
by Cody
Quirium fuel: cheap-as-chips or free - but out there in the Big Black, it's priceless!
Welcome aboard, Commander!