Questions about Capital vessel

[Aeonayr]

So i have a good Small vessel and i want to warp With my capital vessel like a star wars ship and in the new planet( or system i like to use it) its possible or i need to make a new one?

[VulcanTourist]

I'm not sure I understand the question correctly, but when you use the warp drive on a ship, even the limited range one on an SV, the ship of course travels with you and you can keep using it at the new destination. That doesn't stop you from building another ship, whether a copy of the current one or a brand new design, in the new system.

So, you can have a small fleet of things that you carry with you from system to system, AND/OR you can leave one or more ships behind as you travel. Keep in mind that in solo gameplay ships do nothing when you aren't present in that playfield: they neither get attacked nor can they defend or react. That is of course different when using a multiplayer server.

Were you asking if you could TRANSPORT the SV with the CV? Yes; it's called docking. You need landing gear or docking pads attached to the SV to allow it to dock. Tip: they don't have to be facing downward: they can also face up or sideways. You can dock to ceilings or walls if that is what works best. When a ship is docked, its weapons and shields are disabled; it becomes invisible to the enemy.

[Aeonayr]

i tried docking and even the ship dont fit in the capital ship...

[Aeonayr]

i mean the capital goes and the ship stays like a box in the space....

[HurtfulPlayer97]

Does not need to be inside. Any flat surface big enough for the SV will do.

[Sabaithal]

Small vessels with warp drives can only jump within the same solar system. They cannot travel to other star systems. You need a capital vessel for that.

With that being said, if you're that attached to your SV you can always just make a basic capital vessel "warp platform/ring". Essentially a minimalist CV you only use for warping to other systems (just DO NOT PARK IT AT THE STAR BECAUSE YOU CANNOT GET BACK). Dock your SV on it for when you need to warp to another system, then just get off and use your SV once in the system.

[Aeonayr]

thanks guys

[The Big Brzezinski]

You can warp to star playfields using waypoints. Mark your ship in the registry, and you can warp to it.

[Ranix]

what is this nonsense about not being able to get back to the star? There are just more than one sun sectors and to get to the right one without a waypoint you need to approach the star from the correct direction (i.e. warp back to that star from the same system you warped in from last time).

You can also just jump to any planet and then jump back to the star to approach from the correct direction.

I guess in some rare situations your SV might not be able to achieve the angle because you warped in from a direction there's not a planet in. That would prevent you from getting back to the ship without using a waypoint. But with a waypoint you can always get there

[VulcanTourist]

Originally posted by Ranix:

what is this nonsense about not being able to get back to the star? There are just more than one sun sectors and to get to the right one without a waypoint you need to approach the star from the correct direction (i.e. warp back to that star from the same system you warped in from last time).

You can also just jump to any planet and then jump back to the star to approach from the correct direction.

I guess in some rare situations your SV might not be able to achieve the angle because you warped in from a direction there's not a planet in. That would prevent you from getting back to the ship without using a waypoint. But with a waypoint you can always get there

Once you are inside a system, the game engine doesn't allow the star to be targeted for a warp jump FROM THE SYSTEM MAP. Is that the issue, that the star of the same system that you're already in must be targeted for a warp from the STAR MAP instead? I've never tried that, but I've never needed to return to the same system's star badly enough to think outside the box I was in.

[The Big Brzezinski]

It's mostly useful if you want to make a base there, temporarily or permanently.

[Ranix]

you can actually jump to the star from an SV any time by just pointing your nose at the star while no jump target is locked and warping. You'll go right to the star every time.

[VulcanTourist]

Originally posted by Ranix:

you can actually jump to the star from an SV any time by just pointing your nose at the star while no jump target is locked and warping. You'll go right to the star every time.

That should be documented... someplace more permanent and universal than this.

[Sabaithal]

Originally posted by VulcanTourist:

Originally posted by Ranix:

you can actually jump to the star from an SV any time by just pointing your nose at the star while no jump target is locked and warping. You'll go right to the star every time.

That should be documented... someplace more permanent and universal than this.

Agreed, it would have been nice to know this.

[VulcanTourist]

Originally posted by Sabaithal:

Originally posted by VulcanTourist:

That should be documented... someplace more permanent and universal than this.

Agreed, it would have been nice to know this.

Someone must have encountered this entirely by accident. I'm experienced at poking at black boxes, but it never occurred to me consciously to try this and see what happened.

The next question is: he specifically referred to SVs... so does that mean it doesn't also work with CVs?

[Aeonayr]

my question was if i can trasport SV INSIDE the CV for another star. Like a big trasport Ship.