pioneerspacesim/pioneer — Issue #832: Tomm's Sanctuary Auto-Pilot landing a no-go
Author: Cailean556
Created: 2011-12-01 09:41:34+00:00
State: open

I'm new to Pioneer but I'm pretty sure I'm intelligent enough to figure out the auto-pilot landing sequence, as I've done it on 2 space stations and a space port without incident. However I decided to run some mining machinery to Tomm's Sanctuary in a failed trade run (long story, basically it pays to read the column heading i.e. IMPORTS and EXPORTS prior to actually buying anything and selling it elsewhere...) from Discovery Base. The flight was uneventful and when I came within range of Tomm's Sanctuary, I requested docking clearance (which was granted, I was close enough to the base to even see the green flashing guide lights for the landing pad) and then ordered the auto-pilot to land for me. However it didn't work. The ship didn't even move, despite several attempts. So I settled for a rather interesting (and a little rough) manual landing. I'm pretty sure my AP wasn't damaged and I followed that procedure previously with success so I can only assume this is a bug of some kind or I truly am lacking in Pioneer aptitude... Hopefully the former, cos' I'm kinda liking Pioneer.