Impossible to go exit menu with active fire weapon...

MrDionne · Post by **MrDionne** » Wed Jan 02, 2013 9:30 am

Hi, often in multiplayer when I leave to go to the game menu, there is first a count of 10 seconds (who knows why), but very often it is counting up a message saying "impossible to go exit menu with active fire weapon". And every time the 10 second countdown is reset.
But I'm docked at a station and there are no enemies and no battle in the area.

Sometimes I wait for more than 5 minutes without being able to leave the game! I have to do ALT + F4 or change the system to exit.

This is a bug?

[Edited on 2-1-2013 by MrDionne]

SeeJay · Post by **SeeJay** » Wed Jan 02, 2013 9:35 am

No, this is intentional.

Some pilots used the ESC menu after releasing weapons to avoid getting killed in the blast.
This is "cheating" and it was implemented this way because of that.

The gun fire doesn't have to be on you, it's somewhere in the sector you're in!

Just jump to a nearby sector and hit ESC.

MrDionne · Post by **MrDionne** » Wed Jan 02, 2013 9:41 am

Ah ok. But it would be nice if the weapon firing zone is reduced. Because if there are currently 2 IA to fight, even if they are located more than 10K, I can not quit the game.

Also, when you are docked at a station, the 10 second countdown should not take place because is secured, not trying to fight. 10 seconds should be active only when you are in space.
This is just an idea.

Maarschalk · Post by **Maarschalk** » Wed Jan 02, 2013 3:42 pm

From post: 154031, Topic: tid=10293, author=MrDionne wrote:Ah ok. But it would be nice if the weapon firing zone is reduced. Because if there are currently 2 IA to fight, even if they are located more than 10K, I can not quit the game.

Also, when you are docked at a station, the 10 second countdown should not take place because is secured, not trying to fight. 10 seconds should be active only when you are in space.
This is just an idea.

You can still fire your Weapons when inside a Station!...

Post by **Marvin** » Wed Jan 02, 2013 5:01 pm

Keep in mind its use: To prevent every possible version of the exploit. If you are surrounded and damaged, using the Esc is an exploit. With the countdown, there is no way out.

MrDionne · Post by **MrDionne** » Wed Jan 02, 2013 8:47 pm

From post: 154082, Topic: tid=10293, author=Maarschalk wrote: You can still fire your Weapons when inside a Station!...

Yeah maybe. But is hard to killing anything when you can't move because the tractor beam of the station prevents you from moving and you have the trading menu in your screen (F3).

From post: 154087, Topic: tid=10293, author=Marvin wrote:Keep in mind its use: To prevent every possible version of the exploit. If you are surrounded and damaged, using the Esc is an exploit. With the countdown, there is no way out.

Euh yeah, but you can always use ALT + F4 or disconnect physically your ethernet cÃ¢ble, right?

[Edited on 2-1-2013 by MrDionne]

Post by **Vice** » Wed Jan 02, 2013 9:16 pm

It's not impossible to exit at all. Self-destructing to the exit menu still works just fine and even has the same timer as the escape exit. And it doesn't care if there is weapon fire around or not.

Yeah maybe. But is hard to killing anything when you can't move because the tractor beam of the station prevents you from moving and you have the trading menu in your screen (F3).

Remember that you can disable the tractor auto-docking with Alt-F3.

Euh yeah, but you can always use ALT + F4 or disconnect physically your ethernet cÃ¢ble, right?

Yup, but then your out of the game entirely as any kind of factor/equation. You can't sit there and pause your risk, then immediately join back in repeatedly.