Trouble landing on planet.

[gfc1963]

Doing a sight seeing job in a Orca Liner. One of the jobs is to get to this planet and land at the stated required city. Get to the planet and the destination is in front of me with a solid circle around it meaning it is in front of me. Glide into the planet but too steep and I come out of glide and then the circle is dashed meaning the target city is on the other side of the planet?? How is this?? I can normally land on planets no problems but this time I'm stumped!!

[Sighman]

At extreme range the circle will be solid, and it will only turn dotted once you're within a certain distance. It's quite a long range though.

[笛野めのん]

Or, in rare cases, when the landing site is obscured by terrain (e.g. in a depression, mountains, etc.).

[BloodravenD]

It was your elevation change that caused it to go from unobstructed(solid circle) to obstructed(dashed circle). I find going at 50% throttle, I have a keybind set for it, with a not too deep decline, usually gets me where I need to go, I usually try to get to gliding, when I'm about 50km or so from the location.

[ZombieHunter]

I try to glide at +45 degrees. No less and no more. I think +60 or +65 is the drop point. If you do come in shallower, aim above your target and you will almost glide the entire way to it. I've glided over 150 down to about 12 or less before with no problem. Do not begin your glide if the circle is not solid.

The only time I've seen a circle go solid, then dotted is if it glitches out and somehow your target is under the terrain. It does happen. If you find a planet where the settlement or large outpost / city shows as under the terrain, report it so it can be fixed. They do exist for sure.

It use to happen a lot with surface scanning targets. I don't know if I have seen where a static POI was under the terrain, but I'm sure it is possible.

Or, in rare cases, when the landing site is obscured by terrain (e.g. in a depression, mountains, etc.).

This should not happen. If the target is on your positive half space of the planet / sphere (think dot product), it should be solid. I do not believe they are ray casting to compute if the target is visible or not.