Exit cockpit inside my SV?

[maximus3311]

So I have a small room in my SV with all my equipment - including an open space which allows me to enter the cockpit from inside the SV.

However when I exit it always spits me out on top of the cockpit. Is there a way to tell the ship that I want to exit the same way I entered?

[margalus]

Screenshot of the interior in question.

[Merricat]

In general the seats/cockpits will attempt to return you to the same spot you used them from However they will 'check' that spot to ensure there is 'enough' room to place you that you won't be trapped or spawned inside of a block. I don't know the exact dimensions of the area that needs to be clear, but you could test in creative mode by slowly removing blocks around the spot till you are put back inside the room when you exit the cockpit from entering there.

[Shame on you]

So far i know there is no way to "Set" a position you leave the cockpit

[Spacewalker]

I have same issue ;)

https://youtu.be/9UE1IfvPneg

[margalus]

Originally posted by Spacewalker:

I have same issue ;)

https://youtu.be/9UE1IfvPneg

You are using an external cockpit, that is why you are exiting externally. They have other cockpit styles for internal if you want to exit internally.

[FrostDust]

I just spent some time messing around in Creative mode, starting with just a flat slab and the default closed cockpit. My results:
The only way to exit out the back of a cockpit, is to have blocks in the way of all the other sides of the cockpit. If you enter a cockpit, even from the back, you will (by default) be placed standing on top of it when you exit. If put a layer of blocks over the top of the cockpit, it will next prioritize placing you in front of the cockpit. Cover the top and front, it will then try to place you to the left or right side. Only by having a layer of blocks surrounding every other side of the cockpit, will you exit out the back of the cockpit, standing in the same position you entered from, but that pretty much defeats the purpose of having a closed cockpit.

[margalus]

Originally posted by FrostDust:

I just spent some time messing around in Creative mode, starting with just a flat slab and the default closed cockpit. My results:
The only way to exit out the back of a cockpit, is to have blocks in the way of all the other sides of the cockpit. If you enter a cockpit, even from the back, you will (by default) be placed standing on top of it when you exit. If put a layer of blocks over the top of the cockpit, it will next prioritize placing you in front of the cockpit. Cover the top and front, it will then try to place you to the left or right side. Only by having a layer of blocks surrounding every other side of the cockpit, will you exit out the back of the cockpit, standing in the same position you entered from, but that pretty much defeats the purpose of having a closed cockpit.

Sorry, but I have to strongly disagree with this. This does not defeat the purpose of an external cockpit. They are designed to only enter and exit from the top, so that is the way they work in game. If you want an internal cockpit they have those in the game also.

[MozoTyce]

Use an internal cockpit (obvious no ?) and make sure you have four free vertical blocks back and sides, you can get away with 3.5 blocks but not reliably.
So either side of the internal cockpit there should be a (horizontal) space of one block that is 4 blocks high (in the vertical).
When you exit the cockpit the game tries to 'stand' you next to either the middle or the back block (or to the rear). Your character requires three blocks to stand and it initially places you about 0.5 blocks higher so that (with gravity) you fall into place.

If you enter the cockpit from say, three blocks behind it, then when you exit the cockpit it will try to place you back where you were however this stops being effective if you change the 'playing field' such as moving from planet to space etc.

General rule of thumb for me, always leave internal space four blocks high and three blocks wide with the internal cockpit front and center of that area.

[Graf Schokola]

Originally posted by Spacewalker:

I have same issue ;)

https://youtu.be/9UE1IfvPneg

make more space behind cockpit. remove the blocks and constuctor. i have a external cockpit and a can access and go out from behind the cockpit.

https://steamcommunity.com/sharedfiles/filedetails/?id=1424083841

https://steamcommunity.com/sharedfiles/filedetails/?id=1424083633

[Notanyriedel]

Hi there! Sorry for resurrecting this necropost, but could someone give me an update on this? Tried method from above (free 3x4 space, enter from the inside) - still exit on the outside. It's not a big deal, but still would be nice if this could be solved.

[Priest]

No change i would be aware of

[maximus3311]

Originally posted by Mike:

Hi there! Sorry for resurrecting this necropost, but could someone give me an update on this? Tried method from above (free 3x4 space, enter from the inside) - still exit on the outside. It's not a big deal, but still would be nice if this could be solved.

I gave up a *long* time ago and just used the open cockpit/seat block and built the cockpit from scratch. Seems like the only way to exit your cockpit into a ship interior.

I use the "traditional" cockpit on smaller vessels that don't have an interior (with respect to Battlestar Galactica - think a viper vs a raptor)