When you undock from station, the ship spends some time raising above the landing pad before it starts responding to player control. That's what I call "liftoff animation"
In Elite player can control the ship almost immediately. Basically unlock landing gear and immediately blast off from the pad. Would be nice to be able to do the same. Meaning undock unlatches the ship, and then you can control it immediately. Slow automated undock can also be irritating if there's fight next to station.
[Feature Request]Shorten liftoff animation.
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Re: [Feature Request]Shorten liftoff animation.
It wasn't always like this. Early game versions allowed what you requested. However, it was changed likely due to problems with NPC's undocking and crashing into the station dock. Unfortunately, this was also forced on the player, as well. I would very much like to see it changed back for the player as it is indeed irritating, not to mention frustrating.
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