Using Galacticraft 1.7-3.0.11.319
I just tried to use a cargo rocket with a launch controller for the first time. I'm on Mars, and I wanted to launch the rocket from a place on the Mars surface to land at my Mars base.
I placed the launch pad and cargo rocket, then put down a fuel loader, added fuel, and added batteries until my rocket was 100% fueled. Then I broke the fuel loader to take it with me to another location. I added some items to the cargo rocket, but did not fill it all the way. Then I added a launch controller next to the pad. I already had a pad with a launch controller at my base in preparation for this test, so I matched up the frequencies (I used 1 for my base and 2 for the other pad), which both turned green.
I set the launch controller to break the launch pad and then tried to set a condition under which the rocket would launch. I tried "fully fueled," "10 seconds," and "instantly." (I was using batteries to power the controller, returning to my base to recharge them for each attempt.) Nothing I did with the launch controller caused the rocket to launch. I finally launched it with the "Launch" button in the rocket itself, which worked. The rocket launched and a short time later landed at my base, but stayed floating about 3 blocks above the launch pad there. I could not find the broken launch pad anywhere, either floating near the launch site, in my inventory, or in the cargo rocket at my base.
1) What am I doing wrong with the launch controller? Do I have to place things and set settings in a particular order to make it all work? I have read the Wiki and searched the forums, but can't find any more specific information.
2) Where should I have looked for my launch pad? Does breaking one on launch make it disappear completely? Is there something different I should have done to preserve it?
I just tried to use a cargo rocket with a launch controller for the first time. I'm on Mars, and I wanted to launch the rocket from a place on the Mars surface to land at my Mars base.
I placed the launch pad and cargo rocket, then put down a fuel loader, added fuel, and added batteries until my rocket was 100% fueled. Then I broke the fuel loader to take it with me to another location. I added some items to the cargo rocket, but did not fill it all the way. Then I added a launch controller next to the pad. I already had a pad with a launch controller at my base in preparation for this test, so I matched up the frequencies (I used 1 for my base and 2 for the other pad), which both turned green.
I set the launch controller to break the launch pad and then tried to set a condition under which the rocket would launch. I tried "fully fueled," "10 seconds," and "instantly." (I was using batteries to power the controller, returning to my base to recharge them for each attempt.) Nothing I did with the launch controller caused the rocket to launch. I finally launched it with the "Launch" button in the rocket itself, which worked. The rocket launched and a short time later landed at my base, but stayed floating about 3 blocks above the launch pad there. I could not find the broken launch pad anywhere, either floating near the launch site, in my inventory, or in the cargo rocket at my base.
1) What am I doing wrong with the launch controller? Do I have to place things and set settings in a particular order to make it all work? I have read the Wiki and searched the forums, but can't find any more specific information.
2) Where should I have looked for my launch pad? Does breaking one on launch make it disappear completely? Is there something different I should have done to preserve it?