I am not able to dock with planets anymore. When I press "d" I get the message "Flying in shared space, keep your comm open".
I think my troubles started when I had tried turning on the "auto docker" to try to understand what it does. I have since edited vegastrike.config and set "autodocker" value to false. At this point, I have even tried setting "planet_collision_docks" to true, but that does not seem to help either. If I let the ship continue on towards the planet, it just eventually dies .
Any pointers for troubleshooting further would be appreciated.
cheers!
Beta 0.5.1: Not able to dock with planets anymore
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data64
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klauss
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Re: Beta 0.5.1: Not able to dock with planets anymore
Find and read the autodocker threads for info on it, it works pretty well with planets. In general terms, you have to use the regular autopilot to get close enough to activate the autodocker - when DOCK says AUTO READY, you press A to deactivate the regular autopilot (if it's active), and then again to activate the autodocker.
A bit cumbersome if you ask me, we should do something about that.
About docking without autodocker, DOCK will say READY when you're able to dock, or how far you're from docking distance when you're too far away - you should press "d" when it says READY, which is usually quite close to the planet's atmosphere (but not inside it, and not too close either).
A bit cumbersome if you ask me, we should do something about that.
About docking without autodocker, DOCK will say READY when you're able to dock, or how far you're from docking distance when you're too far away - you should press "d" when it says READY, which is usually quite close to the planet's atmosphere (but not inside it, and not too close either).