When boosters shut off, throttle is reduced.

jgbaxter · Post by **jgbaxter** » Tue Jan 02, 2007 2:23 am

When flying in game boosting, when you stop boosting your throttle is reduced.

It should stay at 100%.

madpeople · Post by **madpeople** » Tue Jan 02, 2007 9:16 am

was it 100% before?

when you boost your throttle is set at 100%

also, in ships with no boosters, you get a sound effect when you press booster, and it feels like you accelerate very slightly faster or perhaps be pushed better when you hold booster in a booster less ship

jgbaxter · Post by **jgbaxter** » Tue Jan 02, 2007 7:49 pm

Yup, this been happening a long time for me.

I throttle to 100%, eventually I kick in boosters, boost awhile, either stop boosting or run out of fuel.

If I don't throttle to 100% again when I take my finger of the boost it throttles down to about 1/3 - 1/2.

So my usual boosting is...

Throttle 100%, boost, no boost, throttle 100%, then of course if I want to squeeze out the speed I use forward thrusters.

P.S. when your ship doesn't have boosters or your out of fuel, using the booster button is the same afaik as using the forward thrusters.

Dogbones · Post by **Dogbones** » Tue Jan 02, 2007 8:11 pm

Hmm, I've never heard this reported before jg. I take it you are using a joystick? So you are saying you can visually see the throttle indicator drop to 1/3rd - 1/2 when you let off the booster? What is your throttle control? is it a 'dial' on your joystick?

For what it is worth, I have noticed that I only get max throttle (controlled via a dial on the joystick) if I keep pressure on the dial. But this is a purely a joystick calibration issue as it backs off to only 98 or 99% for mechanical reasons. I have noticed that if I hold the booster button, even on ships without boosters, that it is the equiv of 100% throttle.

AFAIK, using forward thrusters (in addition to full throttle) does nothing, at least not for max speed, perhaps it increases your accel, but I'd doubt it (anyone confirm this via looking at the code?).

Dog

p.s. Mad has a good point, but I am assuming you mean you were previously at 100% throttle before the boost, otherwise when you stop boosting it simply returns to your previous throttle setting. Also AFAIK, boosting when at 20% throttle is the same as boosting at 100% throttle WHILE boosting, the only difference being when you let off the boost.

mcwarren4 · Post by **mcwarren4** » Tue Jan 02, 2007 8:27 pm

Wow, I can't believe this is the first time a dev has heard this or it was noticed. This problem has been a thorn in my side since day 1 of Allegiance. I use a mouse. Bax explains it exactly as it happens to me. Throttle 100%, boost, when I stop boosting throttle is less than 100% despite not touching throttle keys. It seems it only happens the first time you boost in a ship though. After you correct it the first time throttle stays at 100% even after boosting. Docking resets the whole thing and you have to correct it after you quit boosting the first time again after relaunching.

I never thought of posting about it, its a minor annoyance but it would be great if it can be fixed.

madpeople · Post by **madpeople** » Tue Jan 02, 2007 11:27 pm

i believe forward thrust is exactly the same as 100% thrust, except that it only applys as long as you hold the button.

i never have my throttle set to anything higher than 0, and it gets annoying if it is above 0 as i dont have full control of my ship

jgbaxter · Post by **jgbaxter** » Wed Jan 03, 2007 12:17 am

Like mcw, I'm using virtual joystick aka mouse. /smile.gif" style="vertical-align:middle" emoid=":)" border="0" alt="smile.gif" />

It is really annoying as I'm usually flying at 100% thrust and use the thrusters to slow my thrust down if I need to.

I haven't experimented with it much, though I will today regarding this;

QUOTE It seems it only happens the first time you boost in a ship though. After you correct it the first time throttle stays at 100% even after boosting. Docking resets the whole thing and you have to correct it after you quit boosting the first time again after relaunching.[/quote]It may be the same for me, never really noticed though.

QUOTE AFAIK, using forward thrusters (in addition to full throttle) does nothing, at least not for max speed, perhaps it increases your accel, but I'd doubt it (anyone confirm this via looking at the code?).[/quote]

I can't say if it increases your accel, but it might well do that. It definately slows down the rate of decel after boosting so youc an squeeze out some extra speed.

Gothmog · Post by **Gothmog** » Thu Jan 04, 2007 12:13 am

I have had the same problem regarding throttle reduction after boosting. I don't believe it happens 100% of the time but I usually push full throttle button while boosting to counter it, so I haven't noticed lately...

jgbaxter wrote:QUOTE (jgbaxter @ Jan 3 2007, 10:17 AM) I can't say if it increases your accel, but it might well do that. It definately slows down the rate of decel after boosting so youc an squeeze out some extra speed.

I second that.

I also have a problem with my autopilot shutting off a lot when pushing f3; during ripcording it is especially annoying.

bahdohday · Post by **bahdohday** » Fri Jan 05, 2007 2:44 pm

I've noticed this with mouse too. Sometimes when I come off boost my throttle is set to around 80% or something?

Also forward thrusters do make some kind of difference although I don't have code to back this up atm. If you run out of fuel when boosting and are going more than your normal top speed, you slow down more slowly if you keep holding the boost button while it reloads. At least it seems so, hard to test this properly.

rojomojo915 · Post by **rojomojo915** » Sat Jan 06, 2007 7:59 am

Ive had the same problem. I always thought it was me hitting a button and not realizing it and i am also using a mouse