I keep trying but cannot land

[little_sarbonn]

I don't know what it is, but I literally cannot land my ship. I've been doing the tutorial mission, and I get to the end of the second one, and she wants me to land on the station, but I can't land. I keep turning around and around, but I can't land. It is so frustrating.

I can't believe it's this hard to do something so freaking simple. What might be wrong? It keeps saying to face the right direction of the icons, and I am. But it won't land. I even hit the ground, and it won't land.

I so wanted to play and like this game.

[FirstToDie]

On all landing pads, the holographic number of the pad is where the front of your ship should be facing when you land.

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3 <==[
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Also make sure you made a request to land and lowered your landing gear.

[morph113]

And that you are on the correct landing pad :)

[Wolf]

1. request docking
2. enter starport
3 deploy landing gear.
4. fly above your landing pad. (pad number should be in front of you
5. when the radar changes to a targeting screen, be sure your ship outline moves forward when your ship moves forward. if it moves backwards, you are positioned backwards on the pad.
6. desend within the center of the target. faster beeps mean you are closer

[HairballHacker]

Originally posted by FirstToDie:

On all landing pads, the holographic number of the pad is where the front of your ship should be facing when you land.

———-
3 <==[
———-

Also make sure you made a request to land and lowered your landing gear.

Also, on a orbital platform there is a pattern on the pad like a half-circle with a straight side. Land with the straight side on the right.

On a planetary base, there are two green lights indicating which you should be entering into the pad.

I forget about a station but I think it is the same as a platform.

Make sure you are trying to land on the correct pad (ask for landing permission and the control will tell you where to land).

Make sure your landing gear is down.

[Crimson Echo]

Here is a link to the tutorial video for docking: https://youtu.be/weAoY7kw2NM
The only change is the way you request docking is a little difrent (dedicated button to the right of the contact list when the station is selected.)

Have you requested docking permission from the left panel?

the small circle('Compass') to upper left of the main 'radar' will show where the assigned landing pad is. (white means it is infront, darker means behind.)

Easiest way to land is to fly above the signed landing pad along the center spin axis of the station. (the compass dot will be bottom center, and just changed from light to dark.)

Deploy landing gear ( default bind kb/m is "L" key )

Then use the vertical thrusters (Default bind kb/m is 'R'=up and 'F'=down) to settle down on to the pad. Not the main spin axis of the station should match the center line of the ship. (the ship lands on skid of a sort.) (using the throttle and 'q'=left and 'e'=right thrusters may be needed to get the alignment just right. )

Note: You can only land at a low speed. If you are going too fast you will just sort of bounce out of the way, and not dock.

[Captain Keen]

Since no one else has mentioned this: Press F to lower your ship unto the platform. That's a big secret for some reason.

[xPEDx]

Originally posted by FirstToDie:

On all landing pads, the holographic number of the pad is where the front of your ship should be facing when you land.

———-
3 <==[
———-

Also make sure you made a request to land and lowered your landing gear.

This..
Also.
You need to try and get the small circle into the middle of the large circle. dead centre .

[xPEDx]

Or You could just skip the tutorial and go straight in game. Find a Docking computer and then when you want you can practice with the computer off. At least the docking computer will show you how to do it..

[little_sarbonn]

Thanks all for the comments. I'll try this next time I get into the game. It was just so frustrating because I was becoming an expert at turning around my ship and going very slow. Just couldn't land it. Or at least get the tutorial to say "good job!" and then end.

[tomg2012]

I had trouble landing using an Xbox controller. I kept boosting accidentally near the landing pad. It got a whole lot easier when I bought a HOTAS.

[Bubba Fett]

When you get close to the pad and get the landing target where your radar normally is, you need to be properly centered on it. The vertical and horizontal lines will turn blue when your alignment is correct on that axis. The vertical line is side to side alignment and the horizontal line is front/ back alignment.
Then when you're centered on the pad well enough, the entire target will turn blue.
You can then descend to the pad and you're down.
Been a while since I played on the PC so I don't remember the default keys for up and down axis.

[Mc]

Originally posted by tomg2012:

I had trouble landing using an Xbox controller. I kept boosting accidentally near the landing pad. It got a whole lot easier when I bought a HOTAS.

Problem is that deploying landing gear is mapped to B+down by default and B itself is mapped to boost, which is receipt to disaster. I remapped land.g. deployment to X+down and no more accidents since.

[Bubba Fett]

Originally posted by Mc:

Originally posted by tomg2012:

I had trouble landing using an Xbox controller. I kept boosting accidentally near the landing pad. It got a whole lot easier when I bought a HOTAS.

Problem is that deploying landing gear is mapped to B+down by default and B itself is mapped to boost, which is receipt to disaster. I remapped land.g. deployment to X+down and no more accidents since.

Didn't you have to give up looking at your SRV panel for that? I play the PS4 version and have the same problem with the mapping of the landing gear. I remapped it to the triangle + down replacing the hyperdrive which is already mapped to tapping the triangle. (would be the Y button on an Xbox controller)
It's odd that it duplicates some controls with the default mapping while leaving some things completly unmapped. Like the hud mode switch and access to the FFS. (which itself is completly unmapped)

[Mc]

Originally posted by Bubba Fett:

Didn't you have to give up looking at your SRV panel for that?

Well, I purchased Horizons only recently and while I landed on planet I did not use SRV yet. But it seems SRV has its own section for control mapping so maybe it would not conflict.

Also I play VR so if it is for looking around I do it just by turning head, so don't need controls for that mapped.

Anyway I suppose other key combination can be found if X+down is necessary for something else. Just anything without "B" in it. Not sure about PS4 but on PC it recognises even 4 key combinations, not that it is very practical but I use A+B+X+Y for re-center VR view.

[Paradox]

Originally posted by Mc:

Originally posted by Bubba Fett:

Didn't you have to give up looking at your SRV panel for that?

Well, I purchased Horizons only recently and while I landed on planet I did not use SRV yet. But it seems SRV has its own section for control mapping so maybe it would not conflict.

Also I play VR so if it is for looking around I do it just by turning head, so don't need controls for that mapped.

Anyway I suppose other key combination can be found if X+down is necessary for something else. Just anything without "B" in it. Not sure about PS4 but on PC it recognises even 4 key combinations, not that it is very practical but I use A+B+X+Y for re-center VR view.

My guess is that he meant the "Role Panel" which is also used in multi-crew and fighters, but could be wrong as I don't use a controller.