Ships Faster in OOS?

[estevesbk]

Seems that when in OOS (Out Of Sector), ships seem to move and also dock/undock faster. Can you confirm this?

Bonus Question: When docked at a station, does the game consider the sector of the station I'm docked in as In Sector or Out Of Sector?

Thanks!

[DrBullwinkle]

Collisions are disabled OOS, so ships can fly straight through things (such as the Aldrin planetoid). The net effect is faster travel. Sometimes much faster; in crowded sectors.

[mrscribbler]

Since when?

No, you are not OOS when docked. You are always IS in one sector and one sector only.

[DrBullwinkle]

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[oogs]

Just out of curiosity, are you basing the OOS while docked comment on anecdotal evidence, or has a dev/mod said this outright?

The only reason I'm asking - I stay docked when I let my game run, and I have yet to see any crashes from my UT/STs while docked. I can't tell you if they move faster (or through objects) while I'm docked.

[DrBullwinkle]

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[Carlo the Curious]

Docked is still IS.

[Cycrow]

Right. Ships do not crash while you are docked because they are, technically, in a different "environment", which is geek-speak for "OOS".

It would be crazy -- and counter-productive -- for the game to process In-Sector "rules" for ships that are in a different environment than the player. Which is the case when the player is docked.

while the ship is in a different environment, its not in a different sector. So the sector engine is still running in that sector, so that sector is still IS. If that wasn't the case, you would get a delay when docking and undocking as the sector engine will need to stop and start which is part of the load time when traveling between sectors

[DrBullwinkle]

OK, Thank you.

[estevesbk]

Thanks guys!