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michaelthered Feb 9, 2020 @ 5:47pm
get rid of the mail slot if you're going to give us large ships....
i've gotten my liner stuck now twice inside that slot and couldn't free myself no matter what i did before i got popped by security. It's an easy fix, it also is nonsensical and shouldn't have been in the game to start with...a giant "iconic" space station with a tiny slot for an entrance. Makes no sense.
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Caramel_Clown Feb 9, 2020 @ 5:53pm 
Those slots are actually enormous, and every ship you can fly has plenty of room on every side. You just have to know how to fly them. Make note of cockpit position in each ship. It's not always in the centre. For example Anaconda has a bridge on the very top, so you have to line up your cockpit with the very top of the slot. Beluga is the opposite.
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Qrazy Feb 9, 2020 @ 6:01pm 
Learn to fly. Problem solved.
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michaelthered Feb 9, 2020 @ 6:10pm 
well, when you fly a ship that the autopilot almost always clangs off of the roof or the floor of that mail slot....that's a tell that somethings up. Obviously object detection is also an issue cause even if you do clang something around...it shouldn't get you stuck. I tried forwards, backwards...thrusting everywhere...to no avail. Just make it bigger and the shoddy object interaction coding won't come into play.
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Qrazy Feb 9, 2020 @ 6:13pm 
Originally posted by michaelthered:
well, when you fly a ship that the autopilot almost always clangs off of the roof or the floor of that mail slot.

See, that's the difference. I manually fly my ships in and out. You should try it, it'll make you a better pilot. And it's a million times faster.
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Caramel_Clown Feb 9, 2020 @ 6:13pm 
Originally posted by michaelthered:
well, when you fly a ship that the autopilot almost always clangs off of the roof or the floor of that mail slot....that's a tell that somethings up. Obviously object detection is also an issue cause even if you do clang something around...it shouldn't get you stuck. I tried forwards, backwards...thrusting everywhere...to no avail. Just make it bigger and the shoddy object interaction coding won't come into play.
It's a fault with autopilot, not the slot size. Slots are big enough for just about anything. If you line up Anaconda correctly you can squeeze two small ships above and below it, without them touching. It's hard to gain proper perspective about scale of things. Playing at least once in VR may give you a better idea.
I can give you advice on how to dislodge yourself, it's an old trick that works most of the time. Toggle your landing gear, deploy and retract it. It changes ship's hit box, which often gets you unstuck.
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michaelthered Feb 9, 2020 @ 6:15pm 
Originally posted by Qrazy:
Originally posted by michaelthered:
well, when you fly a ship that the autopilot almost always clangs off of the roof or the floor of that mail slot.

See, that's the difference. I manually fly my ships in and out. You should try it, it'll make you a better pilot. And it's a million times faster.


yeah dude i got mine stuck flying manually....follow along pls. My point was that even when you AP some of these ships the AP bounces it off some hardpoints on the way out. Do you get my point now?
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michaelthered Feb 9, 2020 @ 6:16pm 
Originally posted by Caramel_Clown:
Originally posted by michaelthered:
I can give you advice on how to dislodge yourself, it's an old trick that works most of the time. Toggle your landing gear, deploy and retract it. It changes ship's hit box, which often gets you unstuck.

That's good sht right there thank you. Kind of cringy tho that one would have to use that but......whatever.........i've consigned myself to "the little things" in this game that make sense in some alternate universe far from this one.
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Witcher Feb 9, 2020 @ 6:21pm 
Lol, game is designed to issue fines to CMDRs who don't queue for landings or depatures like moi.

I shall be first to admit it's not possible to go in/out in a Cutter with another large ship in opposite direction.
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Qrazy Feb 9, 2020 @ 6:24pm 
Originally posted by Witcher:

I shall be first to admit it's not possible to go in/out in a Cutter with another large ship in opposite direction.

It is if you're going fast enough lol
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Qrazy Feb 9, 2020 @ 6:27pm 
Originally posted by michaelthered:


yeah dude i got mine stuck flying manually....

So why did you say autopilot? Doesn't matter. Learn to fly. Feel free to hit up google image search for ship sizes in comparison to station slots.
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Caramel_Clown Feb 9, 2020 @ 6:46pm 
Originally posted by Witcher:
Lol, game is designed to issue fines to CMDRs who don't queue for landings or depatures like moi.

I shall be first to admit it's not possible to go in/out in a Cutter with another large ship in opposite direction.
Are you trying to say you're not boosting your way out of the slot, playing bowling with ships that were unfortunate enough to get in your way?
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Witcher Feb 9, 2020 @ 6:54pm 
Originally posted by Qrazy:
It is if you're going fast enough lol

I do slow down to 100 m/s if another ship is going thru the mail slot at the same time ... to avoid fines but sometimes still get fined for ships rising from their landing pads who hit me. It's really their fault for not watching like when reversing from a car park ;P

Originally posted by Caramel_Clown:
Are you trying to say you're not boosting your way out of the slot, playing bowling with ships that were unfortunate enough to get in your way?

I seldom boost my way thru mail slot except maybe speed a bit to jump ahead of weekend drivers (or pilots). I mean game expects to grind (e.g., Influence in my case) and I have to efficient and fast to complete missions right? ;)
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michaelthered Feb 9, 2020 @ 7:38pm 
Originally posted by Qrazy:
Originally posted by michaelthered:


yeah dude i got mine stuck flying manually....

So why did you say autopilot?

i already mansplained why susan.
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Noob Van Noob Feb 9, 2020 @ 8:06pm 
you can actually fit two beluga's in the mail slot at once
https://www.reddit.com/r/EliteDangerous/comments/6oodav/if_you_do_it_just_right_two_belugas_can_fit_into/

Last edited by Noob Van Noob; Feb 9, 2020 @ 8:07pm
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Dolphin Bottlenose Feb 9, 2020 @ 9:21pm 
Originally posted by michaelthered:
yeah dude i got mine stuck flying manually....follow along pls. My point was that even when you AP some of these ships the AP bounces it off some hardpoints on the way out. Do you get my point now?
Sorry, but no. The mailslot is big enough to go through without being stuck.

Autopilots also have no problems with getting big ships through. The only time they "bounce" off the course is when some other Commander does a sudden maneuver, appearing in front of you.

When you see the AP moving your ship up or down, it accounts for the cockpit position comparing to your ship. For example, the Anaconda's bridge is at a top of the ship, so the viewscreen almost scratches the top grill of the mailslot, when the ship goes through at the middle.

Or, when you fly the Beluga Liner, you have to take in account its tail flukes, and go in a bit lower.

I don't even remember when the last time I had my ship stuck in the mailslot. They go through the mailslots just fine. But you do need to get more experience in flying ships before jumping into big ones.



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