Vector Landing Tutorial - How to do Pro Landings! - Star Citizen 3.23

In this tutorial, we'll be explaining you step-by-step on how to vector land within the new update of star citizen 3.23. If you like this video, please consider to like and subscribe to help us grow our channel.
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Credits:
CroganWarrior - Narrating the video
Rednasho - Piloting the ship, video editing
NuttersHD - SFX, video assisting
00:00 Introduction
00:31 Explaining Vector Landing
01:05 Game Settings
01:35 Vector Landing Showcase
02:30 Showing Different Landings
07:15 Outro

[@sentinelcorps]

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[@blackmanx5845]

OK, the 180 Mole landing was dope!

[@sentinelcorps]

Haha thanks!

[@metal52militia]

The squatting reclaimer landings look awesome.

[@sentinelcorps]

Oh yeah, big fan of that!

[@julienpham]

I agree. They also say we will have in the mini map the surroundings to land but it is not in game yet. I hate to have to use third person, it is like cheating to me

[@justinsandock]

Great tutorial! Thanks.

[@mur4s4m3]

That's interesting for aesthetic / edited video landings, I'm keeping the trick ;) I generally just quickly go inside another's hangar (not obstructing or knocking in any way), land in an angle, in the peasantiest way possible (ideally reversed), leave ship before it gets towed, use another ship then The confusion of other one is always priceless when I call elevator and wait for him/her to take it with me :D

[@jaelonquixote]

Gorgeous landings! I tried doing this after watching Wicked Wookie's video but didn't think to use space break to slow my decent and ended up crashing hard. lol Thanks!

[@sentinelcorps]

Glad we could be of help!

[@sYd6point7]

nice job on that reclaimer landing beautiful.

[@sentinelcorps]

Thanks man.

[@LykosDarrowSc]

Thanks for sharing this technique, I look forward to giving it a try. Far better then what I've been doing up to now

[@sentinelcorps]

Wish you all the luck!

[@simonm7590]

Ooph great camera work in that Mole 180 landing. Moving the camera one way while turning the ship the other while in external view! Top work

[@sentinelcorps]

Thanks, took quite some recordings to get that angle straight haha.

[@simonm7590]

@@sentinelcorps I bet! I may hit your it’s up on Discord if that’s ok, see what your up to? How many in your org?

[@sentinelcorps]

@@simonm7590 Ye man you can join the discord, it’s in the description. Currently the organization size is 30, we prefer newcomers to somewhat experienced players without capital ships for now.

[@simonm7590]

@@sentinelcorps ah ok mate no problems then 👍

[@Kiwi_Dave]

Awesome - would be helpful if CGI included more basic instrumentation like VSI

[@timjeffrey764]

Great vid, guess I’m gonna be dying a few times practising that 😂

[@ec-norsemanzero-drake7031]

Learned some new things here, I was close but subbed and liked as a result of your work. Thanks so much.-

[@sentinelcorps]

Makes me happy to hear this! Thank you for subscribing.

[@williamhux4737]

Enjoyed your video....has helped my reclaimer landings alot...keep up the good work.

[@sentinelcorps]

Glad we could help!

[@porkorosso7885]

Great video and thanks for the tips. I’ll start practicing.😊

[@sentinelcorps]

Good luck mate! Glad we could help.

[@pitanpainter2140]

This is good. Be aware that, in some ships, the speed vector is based on the pilot's cockpit rather than the centre of mass or landing gear (I'm thinking of the Vanguard series, and the Freelancers).

[@sentinelcorps]

Good to know!

[@ChrisPrinsloo-if7fw]

Practice starts tomorrow! Thanks

[@sentinelcorps]

Good luck pilot!

[@sentinelcorps]

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[@Eriodas]

Very nice, i always landed going full stop and align using [wasd] but with this trick i am going to practice Pro landings as well xD

[@sentinelcorps]

Using the stick myself as well! Hope u get it smooth controlled!

[@hans_____]

Nice skill to practice. Better use of time than grinding aUEC because the skill won't be wiped with 4.0.

[@sentinelcorps]

Indeed haha

[@GameCruton]

So glad to see this. I love V landing. It looks so pretty and satisfying. I was a little bumbed when I heard someone say it was either pointless or not there now (I can't recall atm) Either way, glad they were wrong.

[@sentinelcorps]

Glad to hear!

[@scrapyardwars]

Perfect.

[@dt9233]

That is some pretty good landing!💯💯💯💯💯💯💛👍

[@sentinelcorps]

Thanks!

[@Wolf-Odonnell]

Great vid!

[@sentinelcorps]

Thank you!

[@stevenszmek7007]

VERY nice ! ... facepalmed since i could have thought of this myself :P Keep them coming please !

[@ONsharkYX]

Thank

[@sentinelcorps]

No worries mate! Here to help.

[@Traumglanz]

Those are some neat landings, but I think the acceleration limiter gives you something that is even smoother and cooler.

[@007mindbender]

That's just impressive

[@sentinelcorps]

Thanks o7

[@callmedrafo]

Now i have something to learn in SC before they fix the missions 😅

[@sentinelcorps]

Good luck man haha

[@Warsheep2k6]

And then there is me who deactivated precision flight assist, coupled and gsaf all together and comes in full burn to flare up just before touch down... i should make videos of that... then again i died pretty often to that too and its not perfected yet but it looks freakin awesome if i land it and it also saved my ass once or twice 😂

[@sentinelcorps]

Lots of people prefer a balance between good looking and safe haha. But if you can manage bravo.

[@jaelonquixote]

would love to see your videos of this type of landing!

[@Warsheep2k6]

@jaelonquixote I tried it and it failed in spectator cam will try to get a friend to record me stand by 😂

[@sentinelcorps]

@@Warsheep2k6 That’s how I did it. Good luck.

[@Trillineatus]

As a veteran i never touch anything else i just land the ship where you want to without changing settings

[@billkranz8035]

The way I land is stay uncoulped and in Nav mode. Then just use MMB to adjust speed control to right above the landing pad and drop gear and vtol to land. SCM mode is crazy slow.

[@sentinelcorps]

Lots of people prefer the slow approach to avoid crashing. What you’re doing is totally fine! Just requires a bit more control and experience. And a lot of times, shields are a necessity.

[@supersasquatch]

Genius 👍

[@spaceman112211]

In reality such landing will tear apart rear gear of most ships in SC, as it is fixed perpendicular the longitudinal axis of a ship. But those landings look cool as hell.

[@sentinelcorps]

Agreed, although for game purposes this is better lol

[@Romytus]

We really need a landing UI, use third person is not a solution

[@sentinelcorps]

Agreed

[@GUNJOEXD]

They should do something like elite dangerous

[@endsinvention1390]

Did you watch the video. You can do a vector landing and it’s way cooler

[@Tobbytheking]

Thanks for sharing, what key is speed brake?

[@sentinelcorps]

Speedbrake would be X on keyboard, and a correction on decoupled mode from the video, it’s not ALT+C but just C

[@julienpham]

I need to train vector landings, i never used that, usually i just use my omnithrottle to land well.

[@Kevlar-78]

Pretty slick man. So enabling VTOL doesn’t mess with the vector ?

[@sentinelcorps]

Thanks. Enabling vector basically helps you avoid dropping to the surface in atmosphere. Moons also count.

[@julienpham]

But now deploying landing gear limit speed to 30 even in decoupled? And you need landing gear when in gravity before switching to decoupled. So vector landing on a planet requires a very slow approach.

[@JS-wt8vf]

What speed do you normally come in at before you switch to decoupled? Looks to be about 100 m/s?

[@sentinelcorps]

That would be my maximum speed when approaching in decoupled personally. Varies with each ship as well.

[@roshallock5747]

Nice video, though I disagree with keeping the boost enabled during spacebreak. The reason you turn it off is so that you can more finely tune exactly how much thrust you want to apply when adding reverse power in any direction, rather than using 100%. Thrust translation (Up, Down, Left, Right Strafe) should be able to slow your ship enough if the descent is properly planned. Boost should only be needed if you misjudge or need to make a last minute correction, or to abort. Personally, I think pilots would be better served in learning how to land without it, forcing you to learn the flight characteristics of your aircraft more precisely. The landings you have when you do it this way are definitely a bit more challenging, but look and feel even better to the outside observer.

[@sentinelcorps]

I think that would be the next step after this video, since people don't fancy crashing so much while learning. But good tip.

[@Haldjas_]

It somehow triggers me that the gear isn't out way earlier in these landings and they're hot af too xDDDD. I always bring it down smooth and easy.

[@sentinelcorps]

I think it’s cooler looking deploying right before touchdown. I don’t like looking at people flying with landing gear deployed haha.

[@Haldjas_]

@@sentinelcorps oh yeah i understand that, it's personal preference after all^^ I'm more of a slow and steady person For me it's just that a few of those didn't even have the gear out fully before touching down i guess, that would be way too sketchy for my tastes hahaha but such hot landings are needed too at some point when there's big battles going on with dropships and stuff so no fault in learning them now i guess Great video anyhow!

[@sentinelcorps]

@@Haldjas_ Thanks mate cheers! o7

[@TheBod76]

"What's our vector, Victor?

[@MrZhefish]

some sort of ils indicator would be IT. the external view just breaks it for me. as does the center of mass of the c2 in relation ship with the landing struds, landing on a one legged milking chair on a poststamp during a hailstorm is more pleasant than that

[@sentinelcorps]

Agreed, forced to use third person now..

[@sleepywolf_]

I need to know the background music you used cos I'm in love with it. Pls lmk what it is 🥺

[@sentinelcorps]

Name of the song is "First light" from star citizen. I unfortunately won't link it but you'll find it easily no doubt. Just type in "Star Citizen First Light."

[@sleepywolf_]

@@sentinelcorps Thanks man! Appreciate it, awesome landings btw. Trying to improve on landings has been on my list so the tutorial comes in very handy.

[@Jarvice]

What part of the ship does the vector relate to? Is it always the middle of the ship or is it the cockpit?

[@sentinelcorps]

From my experience it’s the center of the entire ship. Which makes it a lot easier to do a tight landing. Good question!

[@Jarvice]

@@sentinelcorps Yeah the center makes the most sense but I wanted to be sure! Thanks :)

[@stevemerkator]

How do you freely gimbal the camera around your ship during non QT flight ???

[@sentinelcorps]

If you wish to freelook, you’d hold down Z.

[@NuttersHD]

You can also hold F4 and use the arrow keys to move the camera into allsorts of positions... :)

[@AtlasGaming4k]

So you’re the one leaving all the C2s at Area 18 practicing this! Lol

[@sentinelcorps]

Might’ve been me😅

[@g_pazzini]

the keys are: aim, decouple, extend gear, spacebrake..

[@sentinelcorps]

Correct

[@sentinelcorps]

Oh and of course adjust the speed limiter to how fast your ship should go before you decouple and apply a bit of thrust to get it going. After decoupled no more thrust or the vector indicator will change course.

[@crazys8s]

Or just decouple then thrust fwd. Or just do like me. Never turn on coupled mode in the first place. Practice practice practice

[@CraigPayne_52]

I enjoy watching this but doubt I will adopt the technique. Cool to know what's possible, though.

[@sentinelcorps]

Thanks man, whatever fits your style!

[@hie_rarch]

no matter what i do my vector keeps moving, esp in atmosphere. and this is also with gravity compensation both on or off

[@sentinelcorps]

Make sure to not apply any thrust with wasd or it will change the vector.

[@thierrybo6304]

I steel think real men can land smoothly in coupled mode with flight sicks.

[@silencedelta]

Yea this is the most dangerous way to land I land big ships smooth all the time coupled

[@sentinelcorps]

Ever since I learned this I can’t go back to coupled landings. But everyone has their own preference.

[@rixxy9204]

... or just learn how to land in First person

[@kennethjensen730]

I have a better way, hold N.

[@sentinelcorps]

To each their own🤷🏻‍♂️

[@GizmoMagui]

Vectors are the worst for people starting out, Hear me out haha. Because you have eyes and a brain you can see the ship is moving and the direction it is heading even in space. a icon is dumb. Velocity indicator is only for people that are not bright cookies. You do not need it to tell you where u are going you can clearly look out the fake window and see the ship is moving. See if you fly a heli or a plane don't even get these haha you have to FEEL for it you have to see and feel how the machine is handling if you give yourself a icon too look at you lose focus on what you are doing providing the means for the computer to handle it for you. You learn nothing. when I was learning low flying I kept crashing over and over again. My eyes was not on the landscape or Alt indicator my eyes was on the stupid velocity indicator. I ended up loosing focus on how to control the ship and my surroundings. When I shut these feature off and all its assisting settings i went from pure trash to now feeling the ship as if i was part of the machine itself. if you want to show off shooting past a tiny hole while doing loop-de-loops sure keep vector on..... But off will make you pro. But for people starting out to truly learn the ship you are flying you need to understand how it moves if you leave that up to a vector people wont really grasp the feeling of flight. they just set a marker where it needs to be and forget about the rest making it arcade style gameplay and you depending on a icon to keep you safe.

[@AngelicStreak]

If SC did a proper simulation, this should work only in space or in absolute windless atmosphere. Any kind of slightest wind would shift your former target off the original spot.

[@sentinelcorps]

Yeah, although I think for a lot of people this is already hard enough as it is. Maybe its a good balance for now.

[@DonDrage]

You could argue that decoupled really is setting your IFCS to keep your current vector, which would mean counter-acting any external forces, such as wind or gravity as it does now.

[@AngelicStreak]

@@DonDrage Nope. Decoupled does not do any automatic maneuvering thruster operations. It does not auto-correct for anything. It's the very definition of decoupled.

[@DonDrage]

@@AngelicStreak I mean, you can see that it does exactly what I said in 3.23, we know wind already does affect ships as you could see when ships blew away on Hurston when the wind there was over tuned. And now, in 3.23 decoupled counter acts gravity with landing gear up or down, just just when it is down like in 3.22. I don't know where your definition of decoupled comes from, as I see it, it is up to CIG to define exactly what it means, but they could very well give us options to turn off gravity and wind assist, I could see those options being useful in a Gladius when you're trying to fly purely through lift, control surfaces and main engine like a plane.

[@ksyyyy5448]

yeah and the space travel would be like kerbal space program, sc is not an simulation