Non-warp travel between points of interest?

[Pootwaddle]

I was mining in an asteroid field, decided to warp back to the station, and got the message that I was overloaded. So, instead of dumping anything, I decided to target the station and just travel under normal speed back to it.

First, I noticed that every time I went between manual, and auto mode, I lost my target lock. So, I best guessed until I was facing the direction of the far off station, traveled a bit, switched modes to check the distance, traveled a bit, checked the distance, etc.

Anyway, I noticed the distance was increasing. Even though I was pointed in the right direction. It was impossible to travel under normal power back to the station.

I dumped enough stuff until I was no longer overloaded, and warped back.

Is this a glitch? Do you HAVE to warp between points of interest in the same system? Can't just free roam between them?

Also, do I not appear on the map? Because if I do, I'm not seeing it.

Overall, I love the game. Just trying to figure things out.

[Schinkengamer]

The distance should not be increasing, this seems to be a bug. You are also able to travel between points of interest manually, although this is not recommended, because it could take you hours.
I actually once had a bug where I went into the in-between speed of warp- and normal travel, so I decided to try it out. It took me about 10-15 minutes to get to the sun, and that speed is a LOT faster than normal travel.

[Schinkengamer]

And btw. I dont want to offend you, but this sounds to me more like a human error. So while it could technically be a bug and I certainly wont say it was not a bug, it is actually more likely that you misread the distance or something.
Once again: Its more likely, not guaranteed. It can still be a bug. Just saying.

[Pootwaddle]

I'm not sure what kind of error I could be making, I watched the distance go from about 50km to about 80km, and I gave up the ghost at around 90km.

Anyway, I tried the same thing with another character and the distance did indeed decrease as it should. I probably should have reloaded, or tried a different character before posting.

Thanks for you reply.

[ZLinkelda]

You do lose your target though when switching back to manual which is annoying and is why I gave up trying..

[DBK Games]

Hello and thanks for report. I will check the "increasing distance ". It seems bug.
You lose your settet target when switch modes auto to manuel. Because when you're in manuel mode you can't set a distanced target ,can only lock enemy ships.

[Raoh]

There's definitely something off with the distance reading sometimes.
I went into my first wormhole the other day and wasn't sure what to do when I entered after making the ship clone (which looked different to my current ship but that's another issue perhaps). I flew towards the large swirling wormhole looking thing but never got any closer to it after a good distance so gave up and presumed it was just a background image and not a target. (there were no enemies in there either so it was a bit of an anti-climax)

The strange thing is when I then headed back towards the clone object/wormhole exit, the distance reading to them, that I had been watching while moving away from them, jumped to way lower than it should have been for so e reason, I.E. 70k to 20k - not true figures but close enough.

[DBK Games]

Hmm... I didn't think about the possibility that players could travel through the system without using warp :) I will do someting about it thanks for report .

[Sicaoui]

How do you get rid of stuff, if your ship is overloaded?

[Pootwaddle]

You can view your ship's inventory and drop whatever items you wish.

[Warbucks]

Confirming Pootwaddle's findings as-to flying manually and distances....noticed the same thing at Wormholes and manual flying....also think we should be able to see our ship location on stellar/system maps.
Your efforts on this game are greatly appreciated! There is only so much you can do as a 1 game dev. I'm enjoying your efforts!!!!

[Takeshi Kovacs]

Honestly, I think it's kind of crappy that we have to, "dump cargo" because we're overloaded, I mean it's not like we can buy extra bank slots (oh wait, that bug was fixed? No it wasn't), so instead we have to work with this bizarre system that un-targets our targetted destination, and also the distance seems to get longer (yes, this still happens) as time goes by. Seems like sadistic punishment to me.

But, according to the developer, it would take us hours to do this manually anyway. So again, why punish us for *trying* to make extra money? It's that or just throw the items/money away.

[ImHelping]

Originally posted by Takeshi Kovacs:

Honestly, I think it's kind of crappy that we have to, "dump cargo" because we're overloaded, I mean it's not like we can buy extra bank slots (oh wait, that bug was fixed? No it wasn't), so instead we have to work with this bizarre system that un-targets our targetted destination, and also the distance seems to get longer (yes, this still happens) as time goes by. Seems like sadistic punishment to me.

But, according to the developer, it would take us hours to do this manually anyway. So again, why punish us for *trying* to make extra money? It's that or just throw the items/money away.

A "Weight to value ratio" filter would certainly help there.

Though overall with the way the economy shakes out, "Why does this missile launcher weigh 110 pounds!?" issues are nothing compared to the fact generic scrap bits, or even an entire asteroid field worth of ore, are not as expensive as what they charge you for a single common white tier gun.

So just shrugging and throwing out anything that isn't guns or modules becomes your new sorting mentality.

I hear yah on slot limitations pain, though. Even if you had infinity carry weight, you have problems like anomolies not stacking, far too many crafting materials just for the sake of them making even Tier 1 consumables or crates full of food as involved as what would normally be endgame crafting (So I need rare asteroid dust to make this t1 wire, which can't even drop until I train for special mining skills, what the ♥♥♥♥?), etc.


Either way. the value of generic ores and scrap needs to be increased to be worth it long term. This game is kind enough to scale experience gains for mining after all so one asteroid seems to always remain roughly the value of one kill.

Because trying to pay a new gun if drop RNG isn't giving you what you need (Oh boy I'm level 28!... still only have a level 23 gun tops from drops). quickly costs more than buying a brand new ship. and you sure as hell are not going to earn that with mining in any sane time frame past level 10 tops.

[Spaetheimkehrer]

Originally posted by Pootwaddle:

You can view your ship's inventory and drop whatever items you wish.

Hi,

but HOW?
Maybe I'm dumb or blind or both...
I tried LMB => drag and drop (into space) => didn't work
I tried RMB => nothing happens
I don't see any key in the settings which might be useful?

I cannot get rid off my 7 units too much.
Maybe the game could suggest to discard items in order to be able to warp?!

Hope somebody has a suggestion soon.
Rummaging through the depth of galactic network to find an answer...

[Pootwaddle]

I'm sorry, it's been a while. It can be done. Fiddle around a bit. If nobody chimes in, I'll fire it up, so I can help you.

[Spaetheimkehrer]

Originally posted by Pootwaddle:

I'm sorry, it's been a while. It can be done. Fiddle around a bit. If nobody chimes in, I'll fire it up, so I can help you.

Hi again,

I am trying this game the first time today, so I'm somewhat new to it.
Just found out, that when you save in space, quit and then reload, you're at the space station automatically.
In the end, that's just as good as warping ;-)

thanks for your fast response anyway! Feel huged!