CedricB Posted March 31, 2002 Report Share Posted March 31, 2002 Check this out.... I don't know if it has been discussed yet. If you are closer than HyperJump minimum range to a planetoid, if you target the planet and initiate a jump, it will ask if you want to make planetfall. If you say yes, you will immediately teleport to the planet and make planetfall! Good way to get away from an enemy station when you're getting whacked pretty hard. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Shadow_Wolf33 Posted March 31, 2002 Report Share Posted March 31, 2002 as long as your ship is still in good enough condition to land that is Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jerrai Posted March 31, 2002 Report Share Posted March 31, 2002 yeah, i was wondering about that. how can the ship planetfall from like 500k with HJ but u can to fly to less than 100k and also make planet fall Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Supreme Cmdr Posted March 31, 2002 Report Share Posted March 31, 2002 quote:Originally posted by Enigma: yeah, i was wondering about that. how can the ship planetfall from like 500k with HJ but u can to fly to less than 100k and also make planet fallIf you actually understood how it worked - and read the manual - you would have the answer to this question. It has NOTHING to do with the distance to the planet. If the target is a planet, you are ASKED if you want to establish planetfall. This was done in order to make entering a planet a one-step process, rather than a two-step process. Previously, you would have to jump to the planet, drop out of range of its gravitational pull - and then fly toward it manually until you breached it. With this method, you can still jump to the planet and if you don't want to establish planetfall, you just say NO. doh! I don't even know why I have to explain something so simple, obvious and idiot-proof. Damn n00bs. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Duncan Idaho Posted March 31, 2002 Report Share Posted March 31, 2002 Heheh, even I knew how this one worked... And I must be the worst of the noobs these days. Idaho Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Shadow_Wolf33 Posted April 1, 2002 Report Share Posted April 1, 2002 note: whenever a person makes something that is idiot proof. A new breed of idiots will emerge to show them their error in thinking that something can be idiot proof. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Supreme Cmdr Posted April 1, 2002 Report Share Posted April 1, 2002 quote:Originally posted by Shadow_Wolf33: note: whenever a person makes something that is idiot proof. A new breed of idiots will emerge to show them their error in thinking that something can be idiot proof.heh, tell me about it. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
IRSWalker Posted April 15, 2002 Report Share Posted April 15, 2002 quote:Originally posted by Shadow_Wolf33: note: whenever a person makes something that is idiot proof. A new breed of idiots will emerge to show them their error in thinking that something can be idiot proof.A Darwinist could probably use this to show that there is an environmental pressure to promote the "idiot gene" that has a positive benefit to humanity as a whole - ie making people design society's tools better. Or maybe not. Smiley Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cmdr Nova Posted April 15, 2002 Report Share Posted April 15, 2002 The tools are getting better. But some of the potential users don't have a firm grasp on usage of them... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Grayfox Posted April 15, 2002 Report Share Posted April 15, 2002 those are the people that come from a town with a gene pool the size of a contact lens Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
IRSWalker Posted April 16, 2002 Report Share Posted April 16, 2002 There is a serious theory about the invention of the printing press being largely responsible for the problem of knowledge propagating faster than people's ability to understand it. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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