Disable Drone Auto-Launching?

[Blitz4]

Can you disable drone from auto-launching everytime you fly by a hostile?
Is there a hotkey to launch / recall drones?

[BellatorMonk]

Stop being forward thinking!! I am sure the devs will patch this in someday.

[NoDMoD]

Any news on that front? I am trying to figure this out right now.

[eMYNOCK]

Just have a loo into the Ships/Stations Loadout... the related Option should literaly jump into you.

[NoDMoD]

Originally posted by eMYNOCK:

Just have a loo into the Ships/Stations Loadout... the related Option should literaly jump into you.

There is no option for repair drones, is there?

Or am I too dump to find it? I looked everywhere.

Why can't we activate and deactivate repair drones?

[eMYNOCK]

repair drones?

i thought about the Cargo and Combat Drones...

Sorry, it is not possible or even intended to prevent the launch of the Repair Drones, that would kind of neglect their sole purpose.

Unless someone shoots your Hull with an Explosive they should survive most attacks and should always stay within the influence sphere of your bigger Ships.

[NoDMoD]

Originally posted by eMYNOCK:

repair drones?

i thought about the Cargo and Combat Drones...

Sorry, it is not possible or even intended to prevent the launch of the Repair Drones.

Unless someone shoots your Hull with an Explosive they should survive most attacks and should always stay within the influence sphere of your bigger Ships.

The bigger problem is, that they prevent you from using your hyper drive. When you want to gain a bit of distance fast (when an unexpected enemy fleet arrives), you can't flee.

There really should be an option, I suppose it wouldn't be hard to implement if all the functions for the other drones are already there?

[Lapo]

Originally posted by NoDMoD:

The bigger problem is, that they prevent you from using your hyper drive. When you want to gain a bit of distance fast (when an unexpected enemy fleet arrives), you can't flee.

And besides that if you manage to activate the travel drive it's because they fell off your ship's "you are moving with me" area. And as soon as you cross a gate they will be considered destroyed.

[redeyedraven]

Originally posted by NoDMoD:

There really should be an option, I suppose it wouldn't be hard to implement if all the functions for the other drones are already there?

Or just make the 'recalling subordinates'-command actually work.

I had destroyers get stuck in-system (almost losing them to enemy fire) due to deployed repair-drones, and the command just takes priority over everything else, Very annoying, and costly in certain situations.

[Sentient Entropy]

I'm pretty sure a repair drone you can't control would just be integrated into the ship's interior systems, like a damage control team. The moment its function would put it at risk of destruction or interference in normal ship operations it needs to be capable of taking directives.

And of course those directives should be fully navigable from a HOTAS setup... (say it with me, "no mouse in a cockpit")

[bloodymonarch]

Originally posted by Blitz4:

Can you disable drone from auto-launching everytime you fly by a hostile?
Is there a hotkey to launch / recall drones?

As someone who spends most of their time in Destroyers these days, this is a big problem. Repair drones force you to either move slowly or sit still while they deploy or you lose them and have to go buy more. Which usually means you have to go to a shipyard, which defeats the purpose of having repair drones in the first place.

[NoDMoD]

Originally posted by bloodymonarch:

Originally posted by Blitz4:

Can you disable drone from auto-launching everytime you fly by a hostile?
Is there a hotkey to launch / recall drones?

As someone who spends most of their time in Destroyers these days, this is a big problem. Repair drones force you to either move slowly or sit still while they deploy or you lose them and have to go buy more. Which usually means you have to go to a shipyard, which defeats the purpose of having repair drones in the first place.

Totally agree!

We need controll over them, to be able to strategically withdraw ships from battle to do repairs and get back in, while another one gets out to repair.

[Scutum]

Or when they emerge in a middle of a fight against a station while you evade enemy heavy plasma shots, almost blocking your maneuvers...