Trying to get into the game then I get stranded?

[Tidgem]

So I was just trying to get into this game I spent money on but never spent time on, and I was kinda getting it, repetitive missions that sorta thing.

Bam go look at the teleporter and see "Ship 996m" Then 997, 998 and finally 999 before it disappeared off the teleport screen.

For some reason my ship was moving. And now, I cant teleport to it.


Or afford another ship.


Or mine materials and sell them to get another one because im at a mission station and they dont have that stuff.



Thank you for helping :)

[Johnno]

1) Make sure you stop your engines when you get to a station you intend to visit, by pressing X.

2) Always put a respawn chamber (Molecular Assembler) on all your ships, that way you can hit esc - respawn and get back to your ship if need be.

3) You can always esc - respawn back to your starter station, or to Black Pit to mine for more resources and build a new ship. Include a holotable and you can find your back to your other ship (bring a ship editor and heaps of cargo space and you can salvage your other ship onto your new ship).

Bottom line: You're never ever stuck since you can respawn to Black Pit and mine for resources there. You can also take loan(s) to buy a new ship.

[Hurles]

It does sound like you didn't fully cut the engines when you teleported to the station, causing the ship to move slowly past the station. If this is a single player game, you can press F8 to enter the admin menu, and under ships, select your ship, and teleport to it.

If this is on one of our servers, I can also teleport you back to your ship.

We'll look into ways to make this more clear, and we thank you for your feedback

- Hurles

[Tidgem]

Originally posted by Hurles:

It does sound like you didn't fully cut the engines when you teleported to the station, causing the ship to move slowly past the station. If this is a single player game, you can press F8 to enter the admin menu, and under ships, select your ship, and teleport to it.

If this is on one of our servers, I can also teleport you back to your ship.

We'll look into ways to make this more clear, and we thank you for your feedback

- Hurles

Haha is SP so thank you I will do that! I was pretty sure I hit X to cut out the engines because its normally really obvious when you're warping. Oh well I will teleport to it and see what I did >_>

[Tidgem]

Originally posted by Johnno:

1) Make sure you stop your engines when you get to a station you intend to visit, by pressing X.

2) Always put a respawn chamber (Molecular Assembler) on all your ships, that way you can hit esc - respawn and get back to your ship if need be.

3) You can always esc - respawn back to your starter station, or to Black Pit to mine for more resources and build a new ship. Include a holotable and you can find your back to your other ship (bring a ship editor and heaps of cargo space and you can salvage your other ship onto your new ship).

Bottom line: You're never ever stuck since you can respawn to Black Pit and mine for resources there. You can also take loan(s) to buy a new ship.

Ohh thank you, I didnt want to take a loan because then I owe a bunch ahah. But the other idea is great thank you!

[baddoggs]

Another top tip. cut sublight BEFORE you warp.
That way you are completely stopped after a jump.
I used to "bump" stations a lot before i started doing this.

[Mojack]

all that and :

sometimes, rocks hit a station, and the station can drift a bit.
however, the station will always slowly return to its original position.

I would add the tip, to never stop just a few meters short of the 1k (small) teleport range,
because of this.
Also on multiplayer servers in the starter systems, when multiple ships are parked outside,
it is pretty common, that ships will bounce into eachother and push them out of the 1k range, could also be drones and skrill.

If you advance a bit, you can then use the large teleporter with 15km range.

[baddoggs]

Even with the bigger transporter, i still park around 300-350 meters.
I lost a ship that way as well when i first started, took me a while to recover it.
mainly if im going to be at the station for a while, i generally just store my ship.
It is after all, a free service.

[Mojack]

Originally posted by baddoggs:

if im going to be at the station for a while, i generally just store my ship.
It is after all, a free service.

and it does everybody a favor, especially in starter systems

[Tidgem]

Originally posted by Mojack:

Originally posted by baddoggs:

if im going to be at the station for a while, i generally just store my ship.
It is after all, a free service.

and it does everybody a favor, especially in starter systems

This is a fair point I will try that haha

[baddoggs]

Originally posted by Mojack:

Originally posted by baddoggs:

if im going to be at the station for a while, i generally just store my ship.
It is after all, a free service.

and it does everybody a favor, especially in starter systems

Quite right, Also stops outher players running hacks on the newbies while they park.
Problem is, while you don't consume fuel your batterys won't charge in storage.
It is a good thing for beginners though.