Mining Probe on Mercury

ITS-Space · Post by **ITS-Space** » Tue Jan 01, 2013 8:03 pm

maybe someone knows why i can't deploy a mining Probe on Mercury
if i try , sitting on the planeds surface , i get the message "No Planetary , Moon ......."

on the moon it works

Maarschalk · Post by **Maarschalk** » Tue Jan 01, 2013 10:31 pm

Mercury does not have an atmosphere, also maybe you need to point a certain direction or be a certain distance from the surface to deploy them. I do not really know since I have only used them once to try them out only!.....

:P

ITS-Space · Post by **ITS-Space** » Tue Jan 01, 2013 10:35 pm

The Moon has no Athmo

?

and i can use the walker

also i can mine Oxy in the Athmosphere of Mercury

Maarschalk · Post by **Maarschalk** » Tue Jan 01, 2013 10:40 pm

According to Wikipedia, Mercury has no atmosphere, I do not know about Evochrons Mercury and Evochrons Moons. As I said I have only used the probes once so I'm not an expert in the use of them!......

:P

zex · Post by **zex** » Tue Jan 01, 2013 10:42 pm

i didnt know u could walk on moons. i always end up exploding.

Post by **Marvin** » Wed Jan 02, 2013 1:42 am

The Mercury assignment used to be "moon" ... but that might've changed. If you can do something on Mercury that you can't do on Earth's moon, then ... I don't know.

ITS-Space · Post by **ITS-Space** » Wed Jan 02, 2013 9:05 pm

i can land and mine and walk and do everything on mercury i can do on the moon exept deploing a mining probe..but i haven't tried deploing some thing else

i think this is either by error or there is a reason

?

Maarschalk · Post by **Maarschalk** » Wed Jan 02, 2013 9:54 pm

From post: 154116, Topic: tid=10287, author=ITS-Space wrote:i can land and mine and walk and do everything on mercury i can do on the moon exept deploing a mining probe..but i haven't tried deploing some thing else

i think this is either by error or there is a reason

?

Maybe it is to close to the sun or maybe the Deploy rules are being violated, like movement when on the planets surface if the planet is spinning and the spinning is some how detected as movement moving your ship!....It certainly sounds weird!...

ITS-Space · Post by **ITS-Space** » Fri Jan 04, 2013 5:09 pm

i could deploi all others like energie Station and so on but not the sensor array
Result is an error "....-50K ...50K..." what relates to the rule tha you have to build a Space Station far enough from the sun

Deploing the mining probe the game gives an Error about not beeing on a Moon or Planet

Post by **Marvin** » Fri Jan 04, 2013 5:12 pm

The range limit for sensor arrays is the same as for building a trade station. Mining probes require that you surround an object with the green box displayed on your HUD.

Maarschalk · Post by **Maarschalk** » Fri Jan 04, 2013 5:25 pm

From post: 154386, Topic: tid=10287, author=ITS-Space wrote:i could deploi all others like energie Station and so on but not the sensor array
Result is an error "....-50K ...50K..." what relates to the rule tha you have to build a Space Station far enough from the sun

Deploing the mining probe the game gives an Error about not beeing on a Moon or Planet

Did yoy try different locations on Mercury like the far side on Mercury away from the sunny side\\sun?

This might be a glitch related to Mercury's proximity to the Sun.
So that Mercury is not registered as a Moon or Planet but is in the Game code considered part of the Sun because of its proximity to it!.....I'm just guessing here though!......Vice should be able to tell us!.....