Asteroid lander vanished

[Jalnor]

So I cleared up, loaded everything into my asteroid lander and launched it back off the asteroid with about an hour before it went out of range. I watched the lander take off, so I know it did. Yet it never did appear in my pinned items as returning to Mars. Any idea what I did wrong?

[FiatLux]

Originally posted by Jalnor:

Any idea what I did wrong?

Buy the DLC ?

[Redlegoguy1]

This was the behavior before the hotfix, landers would be pinned at only the starting location, not the destination. It was supposed to have been changed so that landers would auto pin to the surface upon starting a return trip, but it sounds like you must’ve stumbled into an edge case of some sort. Hopefully it just ends up working like previously and shows up once it’s ready to land. If it’s not back after 8 hours though, it may really be gone, and in that case I’m not sure what may have happened.

[BLÀde]

it's best not to wait at the very last minute or in this case hour before taking off

[Redlegoguy1]

Originally posted by BLÀde:

it's best not to wait at the very last minute or in this case hour before taking off

That’s true, but from what I’ve tried so far there are some forgiving mechanics even if you do. I had a last minute rocket that I had a payload set for that I was going to send to another asteroid, but didn’t get the destination completely configured in time. I did have the payload set and ready though, and while my asteroid hopping progress came to an end, the rocket did show up 8 hours later ready to land on Mars. I wasn’t specifically using auto mode either, but my understanding is that auto mode completely takes care of the launch for you if time runs out, payload finished or otherwise.

[Jalnor]

Originally posted by FiatLux:

Originally posted by Jalnor:

Any idea what I did wrong?

Buy the DLC ?

Unhelpful, smart arse. Would neg this if I could.
Also consider that some people are given games or DLC by friends and loved ones as presents.

Originally posted by Redlegoguy1:

it sounds like you must’ve stumbled into an edge case of some sort. Hopefully it just ends up working like previously and shows up once it’s ready to land. If it’s not back after 8 hours though, it may really be gone, and in that case I’m not sure what may have happened.

I think I went beyond 8 hours, but I do still have a save from before that. Hopefully a second attempt will be better.

[TheTripleAce3]

did you Abandon the asteroid before landing the rocket at earth by chance?

[Redlegoguy1]

Originally posted by TheTripleAce3:

did you Abandon the asteroid before landing the rocket at earth by chance?

I'm not 100% sure what you mean by this, but the only ways a lander gets lost are if it hasn't taken off when the asteroid goes out of range (though I don't know exactly when that cutoff happens) and if it was ready to land on the asteroid but landing hadn't been initiated. Landers that are ready to land back on mars cannot be lost.

[BLÀde]

no his right if you abandon the roid before the rocket lands it does vanish i've done this.

[FiatLux]

Originally posted by Jalnor:

Unhelpful, smart arse. Would neg this if I could.!

Me you too , since I were merely suggesting that you did nothing wrong and that none of this were your fault - other than using the DLC at this point - since it's so buggy..
Please take a bit more clever approach rather than trying to punish other for your total lack of humor and for your lack of understanding of communication !
Also you considering yourself a "comics creator" while at the same time being devoid of humor surely sounds as a hoot !