INTERNUT
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Very recently just a few hours ago, I hired a warp service to get to RT from caly for a total cost of 32 ped; 25 for the pilot plus the 7 ped TP fee to get from the RT space station to RT itself. The pilot was very professional, etc and I was generally ok with the service, but there were a few mishaps along the way - and the fact that this was my very first trip to another planet probably didn't help
Anyway, upon being teleported up to the spaceship, I became stuck in the side of the vessel not far from where the refuelling station was; my AV just wouldn't budge. Eventually, after various combinations of W A S D and jumping using the space bar, I managed to get free and eventually all was ok. Shortly after that I was near to the ship's TP as was the pilot, but there was no sign or message anywhere saying how long the trip would take or when we would arrive - and then things seemed to hang for a while, and I just wasn't too sure what I was supposed to do next, or what was supposed to happen next.
To cut a long story short, I then found myself floating in space because the pilot had removed me from the passenger list, etc, and shortly after that I'm at at a revive terminal on RT space station. I then paid the 7 ped TP fee to get down to RT itself... The pilot did what he did to save time, which I was ok with albeit not expecting it, but the thing that got me is this. That there were no messages or notices of any kind, either on the HUD or anywhere in the ship, telling me how long the trip would take and when we had arrived! I later realised that I was o.c supposed to use the ships TP, but there was no indication of any kind saying when! That's basically it. In future I'll know what to expect and what to do, but I found the whole thing a bit unintuitive.
Anyway, upon being teleported up to the spaceship, I became stuck in the side of the vessel not far from where the refuelling station was; my AV just wouldn't budge. Eventually, after various combinations of W A S D and jumping using the space bar, I managed to get free and eventually all was ok. Shortly after that I was near to the ship's TP as was the pilot, but there was no sign or message anywhere saying how long the trip would take or when we would arrive - and then things seemed to hang for a while, and I just wasn't too sure what I was supposed to do next, or what was supposed to happen next.
To cut a long story short, I then found myself floating in space because the pilot had removed me from the passenger list, etc, and shortly after that I'm at at a revive terminal on RT space station. I then paid the 7 ped TP fee to get down to RT itself... The pilot did what he did to save time, which I was ok with albeit not expecting it, but the thing that got me is this. That there were no messages or notices of any kind, either on the HUD or anywhere in the ship, telling me how long the trip would take and when we had arrived! I later realised that I was o.c supposed to use the ships TP, but there was no indication of any kind saying when! That's basically it. In future I'll know what to expect and what to do, but I found the whole thing a bit unintuitive.