Docking with Oversized Ships

Wed Apr 09, 2003 10:24 pm by Turyleon

I have to say flying a Whitestar is very cool. The problem is that it's frelled big time. You can't dock with any base and you can't land on a planet. Sometimes the inertia acts in such a way that if you try docking at an angle and the ship goes into Cruise you will overshoot the jumpgate. The game acts like you made it through the gate (ie. the Widescreen bars drop like a movie and you lose control) but you just keep flying in normal space.

Am I missing something? I've heard of a mod where you dock at the tethers used by the armored transports (above the planet gates and usually along the sides of bases) so I investigated that possibilty (that would be a firm "no"

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Any help would be appreciated.

-Tury

Thu Apr 10, 2003 4:06 pm by ZaP Rowsdower

U do know what cutsceanes are good for? Jumpgate entry/exit? docking/launching? they are perfect for getting your butt killed! i wished they could be disabled
seems like i always get jumped at gates and i can do nothing till the back bars fall

Thu Apr 10, 2003 6:27 pm by Charok

There is a check box in the Options menu that will turn of cutscenes. I haven't tried it yet.

Thu Apr 10, 2003 8:39 pm by Turyleon

In the single player game you can skip them. I think they play in the multiplayer game so that when you dock and launch you are syncing up with other players who may potentially be in the area.

But the problem remains that the Whitestar (and presumably the bigger ships such as each houses cruiser, the large transports, etc) cannot dock with any station, land on any planet or enter any asteroid base. What's the point of buying a large transport ship if you can't land the thing to trade?

-Tury

Fri Apr 11, 2003 12:35 am by Anubis640

I have to disagree with the whitestar comments, it can dock at any planet i currently do that with no problems, although it is very tight...you definatly can do it.

As for stations the ship is battleship class so too big

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