X rebirth Tips (including how to dock )

[Neko77025]

Ok .. everyone add TIPs too this tread...

1) To dock First click on the landing pad with your Mouse (this will highlight it ) .. now press F (F is the interact Key)

2) You can turn off auto roll in settings.. feel more like space with this off

3) you can turn off auto aim in settings .. we are using a mouse or joysick.

4) when you are on foot you can loot boxes by pressing F on them

5) you can Draft behind faster ships when you are in the slip steams.

6) F5/ F9 are auto save and load


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[Neko77025]

Drafting means ... move faster by using their speed too reduce your drag

[Sidewinder]

Originally posted by ebayneko:

Drafting means ... move faster by using their speed too reduce your drag

Works...but im not quite sure the physics behind why it works in space, I am sofa king re todd ed

[Captain Kek]

game didnt explain... when u get that first captain, for your freighter, it says to take her 2 it... but i am there and i cant interact with the ship
what am i doing wrong

[Gazz]

Originally posted by cshelley180:

Works...but im not quite sure the physics behind why it works in space

There are no physics and there is no explanation. =P
The reason why the "drag" works the way it does is that in the trade lanes you can do something.

The "drag aura" of a capital ship means that when you are close to it and shut down your engines, you move right along with the ship.
That's because now you can have a real dogfight on the surface of a moving capital ship - because the capital ship itself becomes the frame of reference for all movements.
Maneuvers feel natural. Physics be damned. =P

[Neko77025]

Originally posted by Shanghai:

game didnt explain... when u get that first captain, for your freighter, it says to take her 2 it... but i am there and i cant interact with the ship
what am i doing wrong

go too the front of the ship .. the docking bay ... you can then click on it with the mouse and hit F too dock and unload him.

After that you need too put that ship in your squad it will say .. but at that point dont click on the docking bay .. click on the bridge and hit F

[Sidewinder]

Originally posted by ebayneko:

Originally posted by Shanghai:

game didnt explain... when u get that first captain, for your freighter, it says to take her 2 it... but i am there and i cant interact with the ship
what am i doing wrong

go too the front of the ship .. the docking bay ... you can then click on it with the mouse and hit F too dock and unload him.

After that you need too put that ship in your squad it will say .. but at that point dont click on the docking bay .. click on the bridge and hit F

How exactly do you unload him? I've docked and clicked everything and nothing works

[Hanulf the Berserker]

Anyone give me a tip for how to deliver the captain to my freighter? It said look for somewhere to dock, there's a slit int he side that looks like it's meant for ship access, I go within 10 mtrs of it and then I have no idea what to do - tried 'f' to interact but that doesn't do it. Is there a node on the ship that you can click on? Like missile turrets and shield pods etc?

[DarkNice]

Anyone knows how to repair your ship once you get an engineer?

[Hanulf the Berserker]

I found a mechanic on the station where you get your captain from - he had an option to repair the ship in his dialogue menu.

[Pud]

How to 'add: to squad'?

[CTHOMP]

After all the talk about how they are going to teach noob players how the X games work and when they force you to do a tutorial... there is still stuff that is not explained in the game?

[Ferro]

Originally posted by DarkNice:

Anyone knows how to repair your ship once you get an engineer?

For that one, you don't actually hire the engineer, you land on a platform/station and talk to an engineer and ask him to fix your ship. a hired engineer cannot fix your hull.

Ok question, how do I get my freighter to move its big lazy rear into gear? I need to deliver 100 fuel cells, managed to pick them up but for some reason my freighter just sits there like a lemon not moving to dock and off load.

[Tenebris]

To offload the captain, DOCK on the freighter, walk ot to the landing platform, hit ENTER for the menu, then it's something like 2 (to call crew), click on the captain, then tell him or her to work there.

[Magnum]

dont understand how to dock a station, using F shows me the dock button that I cant click or whatever. Can already tell Egosoft HAVE to simplify that docking operation, this is insane !

[Sulaco]

Originally posted by DarkNice:

Anyone knows how to repair your ship once you get an engineer?

I'm trying to figure this out too....