What triggers aurora expl?

[Tigah]

Anyone knows what triggers the aurora to explode after impact? I'd like to delay it as much as possible for no reason, is it random?

[Stelar Seven]

It's a short timer.

[Phaota]

If you want to put the ship back to the unexploded look, then use "restoreship". To put it back to the destroyed state, use "explodeship".

[Tigah]

Originally posted by Apostate:

It's a short timer.

You are sure or assuming? Because of the few people I've watched play, they were above water when it happened, so maybe if I never gasp for air...?

[Mr. Collins JuJu]

It is surely on a timer. The timer begins when your game loads the life pod. I don't know exactly how long it is, but is the same time every game. The explosion will happen regardless of where you are. Many people prefer to be above water simply to watch it happen.

[Stelar Seven]

Originally posted by korean sniper:

Originally posted by Apostate:

It's a short timer.

You are sure or assuming? Because of the few people I've watched play, they were above water when it happened, so maybe if I never gasp for air...?

Above, below, in the pod, out of the pod. I've lost count of the number of times I've restarted. It goes boom very fast.


The good news is radiation suits are easy to make now. You can also find one but I think that's only at pod 6.

Once you have a rad suit then the Aurora going boom is a good thing. You need the nose blown off to get in. Getting in and near the blown Aurora will give you a lot of free batteries and power cells.

If you want it unexploded you can use consol commands to reset it. Or if you play creative than it won't explode unless you tell it to.

[DarkHoodness]

Originally posted by #Picks#WeeWooWeeWooWeeWooWeeWoo:

It is surely on a timer. The timer begins when your game loads the life pod. I don't know exactly how long it is, but is the same time every game. The explosion will happen regardless of where you are. Many people prefer to be above water simply to watch it happen.

I've started several games (I love it that much) - From what I've witnessed, the timer actually seems to be random. Sometimes the Aurora explodes on the first night after the start of the game. Sometimes its the following morning. Other times it's during the second night. But it's never more than 3 in-game days.

It doesn't seem to be related to what the player is doing and where they are, either - It happened when I've been deep in a safe shallows cave, and once when I was in the Grassy Plateaus near Lifepod 17 (it took that long).