Some planets don't want me

bpsl · Post by **bpsl** » Thu Jun 14, 2007 3:26 pm

I point a planet. Press 0. OK, a little green square flash. I go on.
When I am very near (sometime, < 100Km), when I press "0", the square became all RED.

I lost a couple of rescue missions, because I could not dock on it.

Is a bug or it's me?

(or maybe I had to go on? I fear a SPLAT... I'm yet a Sunday's pilot...)

mortaneous · Post by **mortaneous** » Thu Jun 14, 2007 8:01 pm

Red usually just means that portion of the square is behind part of the planet/base... It probably means the docking square is being drawn just under the planet surface. I've had it happen and still been able to land. You do need to get very close to some planets (<45Km was the smallest I've seen).

bpsl · Post by **bpsl** » Fri Jun 15, 2007 7:53 am

mortaneous wrote: You do need to get very close to some planets (<45Km was the smallest I've seen).

Yesterday I tried to commit suicide

but incredibly, I survive!
About 11Km, I docked. Now the Merchants faction love me (and Luddite hates. Oh, well). BTW, rescue mission, it's very dangerous. Make very angry not the whole faction, but few ships. You don't expect, with a rescue mission.

I don't understand why you get sometimes a red square. Maybe I should read the manual again.

(thanks!)

Shissui · Post by **Shissui** » Sat Jun 16, 2007 5:10 pm

bpsl wrote:BTW, rescue mission, it's very dangerous. Make very angry not the whole faction, but few ships.

Rescue missions are easy -- take any fast ship with a tractor. Aim for the pilot immediately on arrival & vacuum it up. Hit flight mode & exit for the drop point.

You do not need to kill anything. Any attempt to kill anything uses up pilot oxygen. Grab the pilot first and then, if you WANT to kill the local ships, then you can chase them without the time limit hanging over you.

Dark-Blood-Hound · Post by **Dark-Blood-Hound** » Sun Jul 01, 2007 1:58 pm

The red-square happened to me once... So I lended up carrying on accelirating.. Until my ship floated into the center of the planet undocked... :S

Like being inside a gigantic football I guess..?

(PS: Certain planets/stars can't be landed on eg: sun stars and stuff)

rigelan · Post by **rigelan** » Sun Jul 01, 2007 7:27 pm

Oh, have they changed the code so you can't land on stars anymore? Pity. I haven't tried in a while. Hopefully it destroys your ship if you tried.

micheal_andreas_stahl · Mon Jul 02, 2007 12:10 pm

WHAT!!! You could land on stars? I never tried it. I'll be back!!!

Dark-Blood-Hound · Post by **Dark-Blood-Hound** » Mon Jul 02, 2007 4:37 pm

I once landed on a star, and it was boring.... -_-

Anyways, I don't get destroyed if I attempt to land on one...?

rigelan · Post by **rigelan** » Tue Jul 03, 2007 12:32 am

Oh i doubt you get destroyed. I was only hoping that you would get destroyed (you know, like in real life).

Yeah it really is boring. It takes so long to get so far in, the gravity well is humongous.

Dark-Blood-Hound · Post by **Dark-Blood-Hound** » Tue Jul 03, 2007 5:11 pm

rigelan wrote:Oh i doubt you get destroyed. I was only hoping that you would get destroyed (you know, like in real life).

Yeah it really is boring. It takes so long to get so far in, the gravity well is humongous.

I agree.

It would be fun to see some random crappy ship disintigrate into a gigantic flaming ball of Hydrogen.