StormCrow

Probably sick of hearing me say this but if atv NEVER deploys automaticly no matter what I do and mining drone ALWAYS deploys automaticly THEN there has to be some kind of problem. Now maybe it is a PEBKAC(problem exists between keyboard and chair) but I really don't think so, unless I am just terribly unlucky when placing atv deployment waypoints and terribly lucky when placing mining drone deployment waypoints. I will try to pull myself away from Asheron's Call long enough to do some serious testing of this since I haven't done a lot of surface ops besides drones in a while.

Well the only way I ever set waypoints is from topdown. I really don't see why it should be any different deploying atvs than it is mining drones. But obviously they must be using different code somewhere.

Hmmmmmm. Well you should know better than I do, but I've never been able to get them to deploy automaticly. Mining drones however are a whole nother story. They always deploy, and you don't even need to set the waypoint anywhere near it to extract them. In fact I've done it manually while flying the shuttle and if you are in like 50 klicks you can extract them. It made life a lot easier to sit there and unload them, drop them. Fly to earth starbase without having to move. At the risk of going off topic I think VTOL flight has some serious problems with it. I cannot hover without either taking off(thrust too high) or crashing(thrust too low), the only way I can get them to hover is to holddown 5 and it's pretty useless like that. I wasn't having this problem til the G patch, going to install the new one now. If it keeps up I am going to just do like everyone else and use OTS for surface ops. Oh, and how do I get rid of the email notification for this thread?

I have this problem as well. I've had it from 2.08 through 2.09G. I play with texture memory limited to 2mb cause if I don't it seems to crash even more than normal. I have to reboot everytime I exit the game or it doesn't work.

Dunno if this one has been asked over and over but I want to know if it is something I am doing wrong or if it is a known problem. When I give shuttles waypoints with orders to deploy atv they fly there, presumably gawk at their surroundings and then rtb. If I give them a halt order they sit there and suck their thumbs. I then give them order to deploy atv; they continue sucking their thumbs. Having had quite enough of this I decide if you want it done right do it yourself so I jump in the cockpit and kick the atv out the door manually. This is quite an annoyance when you are planning a fullscale strike on a base. I settled on dropping the shuttles 30 klicks away with halt order, switching to each in turn and dumping them out and then waiting to launch ic and transporter team from tacops. Is it just cause my pilots hate me or is there a problem or am I doing something wrong?