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Eight meters per second

May 09, 2006 dbradhud link
Weird sort of glitch. While "roid diving" for some buried treasure, I lost control of my throttle. I could set my speed up and down, and the bar on the HUD moved up and down, but the speed wouldn't change. When I turboed, I could accelerate to a top speed of eight meters per second. I limped back to the station and relaunced. Same situation. I redocked and relogged. Same thing. On the way back to the station, I picked up the cargo from some poor convoy pilot that didn't know how to dock. All of a sudden, throttle control returned.

I might need to lay off those roids...

Broma-Ba Slick
May 09, 2006 Person link
What button do you have the break bound to? That seems like the exact same thing that happens when I accidentally brush the trackpad on my laptop. The break freezes on and... well, you know the rest. NOT pretty in a combat situation! :D

-Calder
May 09, 2006 a1k0n link
Yeah, your brake was stuck down. Generally speaking, just tap space to fix it unless you rebound the brake.
May 10, 2006 dbradhud link
OK. I have not changed the bind on the brake. If this happens again, I'll tap the spacebar. Thanks.
May 11, 2006 thurisaz link
..or you could pay the extra 2c for ABS, like the rest of us :P
May 11, 2006 dbradhud link
I don't trust them newfangled things. I want a brake that works by pulling a lever.