Infractions coming out of a station?

[tashtego_jwm]

Okay, I keep getting this for some reason, not always but often enough I need to know what I'm doing wrong. I'll just be exiting a station, and the comm's person will blurt out that I'm close to committing an infraction and to leave the area immediately. What is triggering this? At first I thought it was maybe targeting ships in the area, but that's not it. I always leave within the countdown time. I try to exit the station in an orderly fashion? What gives here? I'm missing something, and while I can afford a small fine if I get one, that's just not my playstyle; a mix of lawful and chaotic good here if anyone knows their D&D.

[luZk]

You blocking the docking port. You blocking landing pads. You flying more than 100. You not giving way for larger ships. You hitting the station. You not asking for docking permission.

Also Chaotic neutral here.

[Subutai]

I had that too at the start off the game.
Basically you should just get out faster

Just aim your ship make sure to stick to the green lights on the right
and press that turbo boost!

[Dolphin Bottlenose]

If you go through the station''s entrance too slow, the station thinks that you might want to block the entrance. So it gives you a warning to clear it now, or to be shot. Going too slow through the entrance is also not good, like going too fast.

[Dolphin Bottlenose]

Originally posted by phiteceen:

Just aim your ship make sure to stick to the green lights on the right
and press that turbo boost!

...and kill a ship outside the mailslot, that was trying to position itself for the entrance, and be destroyed by the station for doing so while speeding over 100m/s. ;)

Boosting through a mailslot is a reckless flying, and should be used with care. :)

[Delta Green]

Originally posted by phiteceen:

Just aim your ship make sure to stick to the green lights on the right
and press that turbo boost!

I remember back to just after release and I was with a friend at a station while he was purchasing a Viper. He loved that ship before the Gamma wipe and was pretty excited to get back in it.
Throughout Beta he would always boost out of the mail slot, while I was someone (and still am - depending on the ship - who will drop speed pips and apply them to system and keep landing gear deployed.

His maiden Viper flight was over in seconds as he smashed into an incoming NPC (back then, they didn't approach on their green light side and generally only through the middle of the slot) and he instantly exploded. The worse thing was, he didn't have enough for a rebuy. I don't think he logged on for weeks after that.

[morgoth13]

Originally posted by Dolphin Bottlenose:

If you go through the station''s entrance too slow, the station thinks that you might want to block the entrance. So it gives you a warning to clear it now, or to be shot. Going too slow through the entrance is also not good, like going too fast.

It's probably this. Used to happen to me a lot when I was getting used to things. It happens just as you are going through the opening, but the message sounds more like you are trying to dock without permission. It's solved by keeping your speed above I think 60m/s as you go through the slot. But as long as you keep moving they'll just warn you and then forgive you.

On the flip side, don't go too slow on the way in either. You may get that warning below 60, I'm not sure... but even above that if you're not going close to the speed limit you're likely to get run over by any NPC ships behind you. Busy stations can be a bit tricky. Get through the slot and steer yourself up or down to get out of the way before slowing if you need to look for your landing pad.

[Sir Laffsalot]

Make sure that auto docking is turned on, and use it. When ready to leave, you see the option right there. Just like for docking, as long as you are stopped, after getting permission to dock, auto dock will take over.

[tashtego_jwm]

Based on everyone's input, I think I'm just going too slow. I've seen some NPC's enter on the left or on the right. Being from the US, I just default using the right hand side.

I got rid of the Autodock system. I wanted to really learn how to minutely control my ship in flight. At first, I was thankful for it, but I think about day 3 in, I knew it was limiting my flight skills.

[DarkBreed]

Originally posted by tashtego_jwm:

Based on everyone's input, I think I'm just going too slow. I've seen some NPC's enter on the left or on the right. Being from the US, I just default using the right hand side.

I got rid of the Autodock system. I wanted to really learn how to minutely control my ship in flight. At first, I was thankful for it, but I think about day 3 in, I knew it was limiting my flight skills.

Be careful. The mail slot has red lights on one side and green on the other. Depending on your orientation when docked, you might have to do a barrel roll to exit on the proper side of the slot. Just assuming the right hand side is proper without checking the lights could have you exiting into oncoming traffic.

G/L Commander o7

[tashtego_jwm]

No wonder I couldn't see it ... I'm quite colorblind. I'll have to see if I can spot a difference with the lights.

[tashtego_jwm]

Games really should try and assist colorblind people better. Some games are good at this, others not so much. Roughly 8% of males across the world are colorblind. I know that's not a huge percentage, but it can be really debilitating in games when everything is colorcoded.