Issue with Jump Drive

[prototype81]

I cant find a straight answer for this but there are multiple topics about it.

When I am jumping in system sometimes it works perfectly and other times when I approach a target my ship will accelerate by itself to top speed and I get a message telling me to slow down.

I have tested this several times and no matter what I do when it happens it just happens with no rhyme or reason that I can see. If I take my sweet time the whole trip ( literally first couple of bars ) and stay in the blue only ever touching decelerate it will still shoot me full throttle once I get close. if I touch nothing it will do the same, full throttle and shoot me past my target.

Is this a server/internet issue ?
An in game mechanic that im missing ?
Glitch/bug?

It only happens sometimes it seems to be very inconsistent as to when it happens. I can do the exact same thing on one jump and the next it will shoot me top speed.

Thanks. Just trying to grasp what im experiencing.

[xPEDx]

you are too close to the area at the current speed, making you shoot past because you wouldnt be going slow enough to stop at that area. Some places may just be passing , such as signal sources , but will still say to slow down cos you re too fast IF you wanted to go there, you can just ignore these if you are going on to some other destination. all it means is your current speed is too fast for that particular area from your current distance.

[Smok3y]

Head to destination at top speed. When your time to target reaches six seconds drop throttle to about half way in the blue. Keep the timer at six seconds and you will be fine. If you see that its speeding up and not slowing down, you can perform a loop before blowing past your target to slow you down. You can also fly close to a planet using its gravity to slow you down. Do that right and you can shave a lot of time off the approach... sometimes

[xPEDx]

6 seconds is cutting it too short, 7 is do able but to be on the safe side , cut down at 9 and you will never over shoot and never need to loop.

[HamakiBCN2]

Let's keep it simple.

In Supercruise, select a target, and stay at full throttle, no matter what any voiuce says, until your target's Estimated Time of Arrival is 7 seconds.

when that happens, throttle down to 75%. You can even bind a key for precisely that if you prefer. Stay at 75% throttle until you're at your destination and a prompt appears to tell you to get out of supercruise. when that happens, well, get out of supercruise.

And that's it. You're at your destination. Nice and easy ;)

[Mr Robert House]

You can pretty much always ignore that slow down message, as stated above just drop your throttle into the middle of the blue zone 6-7 seconds away from your target.

Supercruise assist can do that for you, install it, disable auto throttle as that slows you down over long distances and move the throttle into the blue zone 6 seconds from the destination. You can get supercruise assist to drop you out while going at any speed theoretically and I abuse that a lot.

[Ildryn]

Originally posted by prototype81:

my ship will accelerate by itself to top speed

Top speed is 2001c. So if you found a way to do that while on approach it is definitely a bug.

Originally posted by prototype81:

I have tested this several times and no matter what I do when it happens it just happens with no rhyme or reason that I can see.

The left side of your hud has approach speed and distance needed to disengage at the target. Staying in the blue zone on your throttle would guarantee this if you were properly aligned.

Originally posted by prototype81:

If I take my sweet time the whole trip ( literally first couple of bars ) and stay in the blue only ever touching decelerate it will still shoot me full throttle once I get close.

Never had the problem. I just stay at the 8 second sweet spot on approach and it works just fine.
Sounds like you might be being a bit impatient.

Originally posted by prototype81:

I can do the exact same thing on one jump and the next it will shoot me top speed.

If you're getting shot to top speed it is definitely a bug. Since top speed is 2001c.

Originally posted by prototype81:

Is this a server/internet issue ?
An in game mechanic that im missing ?
Glitch/bug?

No.
Yes.
No.

[kegomatix]

Yeah definitely just an issue of figuring out the SC mechanics, it can be tricky. Otherwise you've experienced more bugs and issues in a few days of playing than I have in my 5 years, so I'd assume it's the former.

[prototype81]

Originally posted by Mr Robert House:

You can pretty much always ignore that slow down message, as stated above just drop your throttle into the middle of the blue zone 6-7 seconds away from your target.

Supercruise assist can do that for you, install it, disable auto throttle as that slows you down over long distances and move the throttle into the blue zone 6 seconds from the destination. You can get supercruise assist to drop you out while going at any speed theoretically and I abuse that a lot.

See the problem is there is this delay... All of a suddent he throttle shoots up. as soon as I start seeing it happen im always like, why this again lol So when it moves up the first orange bar I start to pull back to slow down but nothing happens. It keeps moving up then slow down message appears, im already trying to slow down but my ship keeps speeding up until it hits its full orange bars then on its own it comes back down.

Hope this is more clear and less confusing!

I also dont want to just use supercruise assist I want to figure out what is happening and not rely on an assist module. :) Thanks though.

Just bugs me that sometimes it does it and others times it doesnt.

[prototype81]

I will try using the 75% 6-7 second approach and see what happens.

[xPEDx]

its not going up, its showing you how it is from the distance you are and the current speed you are going from that distance, and yes the warning is too late always. you should have slowed b4 you got the warning, so just be sure to be in the blue from 10-7 secs , any where in there will bring you in nicely.

[kegomatix]

Originally posted by prototype81:

I will try using the 75% 6-7 second approach and see what happens.

6-7 second approach works every time. Make sure you have a 0% throttle key assigned, as soon as it hits 7, kill the throttle. From there you can immediately bump it back up to a balance around 7-10 seconds and you'll be within safe dropping speed.

A way to "cheat" it that used to be much easier until a recent update is to use the supercruise assist. In your nav tab, engage the supercruise assist then point ALMOST at the destination. Don't let it lock into to SC assist just yet.

Wait until it's about 8-10 seconds then steer your ship at the target to let the assist take over and just let it ride. It will haul ass into it sometimes but if you did it right, it will drop in perfect.

[prototype81]

Originally posted by xPEDx:

its not going up, its showing you how it is from the distance you are and the current speed you are going from that distance, and yes the warning is too late always. you should have slowed b4 you got the warning, so just be sure to be in the blue from 10-7 secs , any where in there will bring you in nicely.

I stay in the blue and at slow speeds... sometimes theres mutiple blue bars and i have kept it at the lowest the middle, and still it happens. I can be crawling and even if I keep at 25% percent the whole time and lower from there not accelarating once it will still happen. I understand what youre saying that im not actually going faster its just calculating the distance/speed and showing me via bars but this soes not feel like that. What is happening is different.

Maybe I will try to make a vid and post it.

There have been some jumps as I said where Idont speed up at all and take my time bneing super patient. But then in a nano second everything moves at light speed and I get what ive been explaining.

[Ildryn]

Originally posted by prototype81:

See the problem is there is this delay... All of a suddent he throttle shoots up. as soon as I start seeing it happen im always like, why this again lol So when it moves up the first orange bar I start to pull back to slow down but nothing happens. It keeps moving up then slow down message appears, im already trying to slow down but my ship keeps speeding up until it hits its full orange bars then on its own it comes back down.

That just means you approached too fast and should have began slowing down sooner.
Happens to everyone on occasion.

[prototype81]

Originally posted by kegomatix:

Originally posted by prototype81:

I will try using the 75% 6-7 second approach and see what happens.

6-7 second approach works every time. Make sure you have a 0% throttle key assigned, as soon as it hits 7, kill the throttle. From there you can immediately bump it back up to a balance around 7-10 seconds and you'll be within safe dropping speed.

A way to "cheat" it that used to be much easier until a recent update is to use the supercruise assist. In your nav tab, engage the supercruise assist then point ALMOST at the destination. Don't let it lock into to SC assist just yet.

Wait until it's about 8-10 seconds then steer your ship at the target to let the assist take over and just let it ride. It will haul ass into it sometimes but if you did it right, it will drop in perfect.

Will try thanks.

[Ildryn]

Originally posted by prototype81:

Originally posted by Ildryn:

That just means you approached too fast and should have began slowing down sooner.
Happens to everyone on occasion.

But as per my ship and gauges if I am travelling the absolute slowest I can in that jump mode it still happens so im not getting it.

Once you pass the point of where you should have been slowing down it is often too late.