Author Topic: STS-8 RMS Accomplishment  (Read 15454 times)

rocket_man55

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STS-8 RMS Accomplishment
« on: March 03, 2010, 10:39:24 PM »
 :D Hey guys! I have just started playing this game for the first time in 2 years.. and on STS-8 I grappled the object in the cargo bay on my second try. :D I rember it takeing me like 30 trys when i first got the game back in 08. :D Just thought I would shair.

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Re: STS-8 RMS Accomplishment
« Reply #1 on: March 03, 2010, 11:00:17 PM »
Good job!!
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Re: STS-8 RMS Accomplishment
« Reply #2 on: March 03, 2010, 11:36:48 PM »
Thank you man. :3

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Re: STS-8 RMS Accomplishment
« Reply #3 on: March 05, 2010, 05:27:41 AM »
haha. I'm still trying! I keep hitting the soft stops limits, or I end up hitting the Test Payload.  :-\

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Re: STS-8 RMS Accomplishment
« Reply #4 on: March 06, 2010, 02:38:27 AM »
Ehh.. Its hard.. I dont grapple it till im 100% sure that I have it on the money. :3 I use my joystick to move the RMS wich is tons eaiser in my opinion. :D Just keep trying :3 :3 you will get it. :3

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Re: STS-8 RMS Accomplishment
« Reply #5 on: June 05, 2010, 12:06:45 AM »
I have also struggled with the RMS grappling. Geting the payload out is OK but I had a nightmare re-positioning the load on STS-8.

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Re: STS-8 RMS Accomplishment
« Reply #6 on: June 06, 2010, 12:48:40 PM »
Congrats!

You know what they say....if you are having trouble with something step back, take a deep breath and try again later. Im not sure they ment 2 years later....but it worked!  ;)
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Re: STS-8 RMS Accomplishment
« Reply #7 on: August 09, 2010, 05:40:08 PM »
I did it first time with a joystick. I then took it out of the bay and let it go to see if I could tap it off into space with the arm but it just stuck there like a rock. Hopefully this will be implemented in the new game - would be really neat to see it float off if you got the grapple wrong and you had to chase after it - that would be neat if also extremely difficult!
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Re: STS-8 RMS Accomplishment
« Reply #8 on: October 01, 2010, 04:52:53 AM »
I did it first time with a joystick. I then took it out of the bay and let it go to see if I could tap it off into space with the arm but it just stuck there like a rock. Hopefully this will be implemented in the new game - would be really neat to see it float off if you got the grapple wrong and you had to chase after it - that would be neat if also extremely difficult!
I actually moved away from it with the thrusters then moved back and re-capture it... (of couse make sure you save before you go off mission, you can never know what you would encounter)
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