Stahl51

Okay ... I've been messing around with UC all day and still cannot get the shuttles to deploy the mining drones. I'm setting waypoints just as described in the manual which is the same way I set them with Battlecruiser Millennium but it doesn't seem to work. At one point I ordered the shuttle to halt and the craft descended to a minus altitude on the planet's surface. Don't know how far down it might have gone, but when I ordered it to resume waypoints it continued to descend at the waypoint location with the Hold order. I don't understand the jump gate from the Earth to the Moon. Seems to distract from the realism a bit. I much prefer the old method of Millennium. No matter I can get used to it. I still experience sudden drops to the desktop. I have to save and save often to keep from losing my game. I'm fairly sure the CTDs are caused mainly by my motherboard chipset. Never have liked the VIA products. I'm considering ditching this mainboard for a good P4 Intel motherboard. Then maybe I'll be able to play the game without so much frustration. I've tried everything from lowering the graphics from 32 bit to 16 bit, but nothing helps. I have all the latest drivers and have followed the troubleshooting faq faithfully. Overall it's a good looking program and still ranks as my favorite. I just wish I could resolve the issues I've uncovered so as to be able to really enjoy it. I can deploy the mining drones if I fly the shuttle in myself, but even at that whenever I enter the atmosphere the computer takes over with its graphical display and when I come out of it I get a warning of damage and I'm on the surface bouncing around in a hovering mode. There's no flying it in for a soft landing that I've found yet.