Docking needs a REVAMP!

[RoyalWolfe]

I know its been said before, Docking needs a revamp. but obviously it didn't sink in. there have been several threads on the subject and its only getting worse lately.

here are some
I found just by typing in this threads title.
Docking Orientation Module
C-Command to enable/disable docking size requirement
Small Craft docking classification & Jump Boosters
Docking Modifications
most of these are as recent as TODAY!

Sorry but yet again the problem is just getting ignored. And its gone way beyond beating a dead horse here. this isn't something that belongs in the suggestions section. Its already in the damn game!!!!!!! Fix it. adding to it only makes it more obvious its broken.

 

[Eldergroan]

i just went into the config and disabled the docking module checking size. now i can dock anything i want as long as it physically fits there.

go into the server.cfg and change IGNORE_DOCKING_AREA to "true".

 

[Zeno9141]

There have been more than enough threads about docking, which includes good ones and bad ones, and I find myself hugely interested in this particular one:
http://starmadedock.net/threads/pattern-encoder-block—the-solution-to-all-our-docking-problems.1092/

/rant start

And I must disagree with your last statement, as this IS a suggestion. It's a suggestion to make docking better. Besides "FIX THIS NOW" is not really motivational, as I know from personal experience. And on top of that, it's not like docking issues are the first problem that shoots to mind when you look at the game as a whole. There are UNCOUNTABLE bugs and dysfunctional features for the one reason this is an ALPHA.

/rant end

 

[SilentRider_14]

1. Is the only one from today or yesterday - has long been discussed or in the works but not a game breaking or changing priority.
2. Already exists server config
3. Just people going into the minutiae of creating a docking classification system and maybe create a jump-drive sabot
4. Logic 'ed systems activated by docks good for astro-tech beam, power supply, shield supply.
An activation block touching/adjacent a dock will turn on when a dock is in use and off when not. The main problem/issue is whether or not a host ship's weapons ignore a docked entity. Trigger area and a free floating ship is a doable, but weaker substitution