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Elite: Dangerous

S☼I said:
Perfectly described Cid :) It DOES feel like a discovery because that's what it is.

I WAS circumnavigating the galaxy but was ill off work all last week and did 20k in 3 days before reaching Jaques Station. Not planning on going anywhere else for a bit either. When 2.2 lands in less than a month there'll be ten more stations here. A bubble far from the bubble. We have a Militia made up of pilots who have come together to protect the colony yet who would have at the least been antagonistic towards one another in the Bubble. We have weekly events like canyon racing or SRV demolition derbies. There's a large field of neutrons and white dwarfs really close. You should come, at least for s visit :D

Oh by the way my trip ended being 114,000 ly. I discovered 168 water worlds, 11 earthlikes, 11 ammonia worlds, 3 black holes, a neutron star and a supergiant. Made 61m for my data :thumbs:
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I made 25m on an 9k round trip... :p Legged it back for an exploration CG, got in the top 10% which landed me a 15m bonus. I've also got quite good at spotting ammonia worlds in the system map... They may a kind of wibbly, eerie sci-fi noise. Useful as they sometimes have thick atmospheres.

Jaques will probably be my next trip. Maybe as a stopping off point for Sag A.
 
Cid said:
No need, it has a solo mode. There's also a private server mode... You can switch between them. The only difference is that you don't encounter other players.
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This was probably my biggest concern, so that's good news.

Do you have to buy the base game or can you just buy the new add-on/part 2 thingy? Does that include everything in the base game plus new stuff, or do you need both?
 
Vintage Paw said:
This was probably my biggest concern, so that's good news.

Do you have to buy the base game or can you just buy the new add-on/part 2 thingy? Does that include everything in the base game plus new stuff, or do you need both?
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Both... The commander deluxe edition I think. It's now on steam (I'm stuck on the Frontier Developments launcher, unless there's a way of moving) and is 33% cheaper than from FD; £26.79. Dunno if the Steam offer is time limited, doesn't look like it.

Almost certain there will be more paid DLC seasons, yearly I suppose. It's a bit contentious but the changes this year have been significant and have clearly had a lot of work put into them.

e2a: although a lot of improvements also apply to the base game afaik. The base game doesn't have planetary landings, engineers (people who upgrade stuff) and some other stuff yet to implemented. You could buy the base game and upgrade later, commander deluxe just includes various skins I think.
 
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I've enjoyed the whole eight hours I've managed to spend on the game since I got it a month or two ago. Haven't even completed all the tutorials yet.

As someone once said "Events, dear boy, events".

Tell you what though - fucking loved what I have managed to do - flying around an honest to god damn space station going "wheeeeeeee" will never get old
 
Can anyone recommend a new pc to run Elite on? I know it's CPU heavy not graphics heavy, I'm thinking around 500 quid, i5, 8gb RAM and 1 tb storage. Plus decent graphics card, nvidia or something. Any ideas tech heads?
 
I've been playing this in VR....but I don't own a Rift or a Vive. :D

I've also just got a HOTAS off eBay, and I have Voice Attack set up. My immersion is complete.
 
Open invitation to any Cmdrs who make it out to Colonia and Jacques Station - PM your Cmdr name and I'll show you around and introduce you to who you need to know, be it the militia, the miners, the explorers or the events team :D
 
Currently 11k ly north-ish of Colonia, i.e. approx 33k ly from Earth...hunting nebulae and water worlds. Need 25m worth of exploration data from this trip and I'll make Elite.
 
S☼I said:
Currently 11k ly north-ish of Colonia, i.e. approx 33k ly from Earth...hunting nebulae and water worlds. Need 25m worth of exploration data from this trip and I'll make Elite.
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Untaggable one, have you got your head around Guardians yet? I've been off for a while but may get back into it... Specifically effects on explorers, what's happening with Jaques/Colonia.
 
Cid said:
Untaggable one, have you got your head around Guardians yet? I've been off for a while but may get back into it... Specifically effects on explorers, what's happening with Jaques/Colonia.
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Well, ship-launched fighters are off limits to me as I don't have a big enough ship. We've just had a community goal at Jaques, mining palladium, but how this has affected outfitting remains to be seen. There are several new outposts round Colonia system now but still pretty limited in terms of outfitting. There are also several new stations on the way to Jaques from the bubble. Oh, and using potentially deadly neutron stars to significantly boost your FSD I'd now A Thing. Not done it myself though - too risky!
 
Being able to filter journeys by star type is a much-needed improvement. Also like the ability to zoom in on the surface of scanned planets... Has everything got a bit prettier? Noticing more variation in gas giant models, but that may just be coincidence as I only dipped in for an hour or so. So far like, gonna head into the bubble for a bit, grind some cash, maybe get some (well, a) crew. Then possibly a trip out to Colonia.
 
Does anyone use rudder pedals with this (i've got an x-55). I'm starting from the ground up with this on my next days off. I usually drift into games and drift out without finishing them but I'm going balls deep on this one. Top 3 newbie tips? I'll be using the Rift also.
 
I don't think anyone here does... There are people who do, but I don't think they've really caught on in Elite; yaw is pretty effective bound to the x-55's twist axis. I'm a long way off going VR though, it may help to have an extra two inputs that are easily findable in meat-space. Tips?

- It will take time to map and tweak your controls. To make it a bit easier on yourself print 1) a diagram that explains Saitek mapping (this just tells you what each button/axis is called when you're setting up), 2) a print out of your mapping (there are websites that do this from your controller config files). Use hold-to-toggle as well... As in have at least one switch on your controller that you hold to change the function of all the other switches. My main one is the red pinky button on the joystick (also have x-55), although I also use a button on the back of the throttle for non-critical stuff (you may not need that as your 'look' commands will obviously be on the rift). You may have to get used to the controls without the rift first... Also you will, eventually, get used to controlling the landing vehicle with throttle and stick. But you can ignore that to start as you won't have a capable ship...

- There's cheating and there's using third party systems and google. Get lost for a bit, get a sense of scale. Then submit and use google... I don't mean try and find the latest exploit, but imo things like commodity searches and trade routes are completely fair. In a galaxy where ftl travel is available it would be a bit weird if you couldn't check what value x resource realises in y system.

- Having said the above, do let it overwhelm you. It's a good feeling... And great when you start to get a sense of control. And then a sense of awe. And that's a sense of awe on a monitor that was ok 3 years ago, can't imagine how some of this shit feels with VR.

I'll probably sink a grand into it one day... But when VR is well established, maybe even wait until there are decent commercially viable haptic gloves and proper mapping of hand movements etc.
 
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Cid said:
I don't think anyone here does... There are people who do, but I don't think they've really caught on in Elite; yaw is pretty effective bound to the x-55's twist axis. I'm a long way off going VR though, it may help to have an extra two inputs that are easily findable in meat-space. Tips?

- It will take time to map and tweak your controls. To make it a bit easier on yourself print 1) a diagram that explains Saitek mapping (this just tells you what each button/axis is called when you're setting up), 2) a print out of your mapping (there are websites that do this from your controller config files). Use hold-to-toggle as well... As in have at least one switch on your controller that you hold to change the function of all the other switches. My main one is the red pinky button on the joystick (also have x-55), although I also use a button on the back of the throttle for non-critical stuff (you may not need that as your 'look' commands will obviously be on the rift). You may have to get used to the controls without the rift first... Also you will, eventually, get used to controlling the landing vehicle with throttle and stick. But you can ignore that to start as you won't have a capable ship...

- There's cheating and there's using third party systems and google. Get lost for a bit, get a sense of scale. Then submit and use google... I don't mean try and find the latest exploit, but imo things like commodity searches and trade routes are completely fair. In a galaxy where ftl travel is available it would be a bit weird if you couldn't check what value x resource realises in y system.

- Having said the above, do let it overwhelm you. It's a good feeling... And great when you start to get a sense of control. And then a sense of awe. And that's a sense of awe on a monitor that was ok 3 years ago, can't imagine how some of this shit feels with VR.

I'll probably sink a grand into it one day... But when VR is well established, maybe even wait until there are decent commercially viable haptic gloves and proper mapping of hand movements etc.
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Thanks Cid!
I failed my O-Levels because of the original. Now i'm all growed up i'm going to enjoy myself. When i'm in the game proper (after training and tweaking) i'll let you know (Urban squadron??).
 
Ming said:
Thanks Cid!
I failed my O-Levels because of the original. Now i'm all growed up i'm going to enjoy myself. When i'm in the game proper (after training and tweaking) i'll let you know (Urban squadron??).
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This image is where I got button numbers I think:

SaitekX55RhinoButtonMapTemplate.jpg

It doesn't have the main axes, but they're pretty easy to work out. As you con probably see there are more than one of each number, so the trigger on the right stick and the boost on the throttle will both show up as Joy 1... This can be confusing (they obviously operate as separate inputs), and is why it's useful to have a diagram. This site will generate a sheet for you... Oh and the nipple next to joy 1 on the throttle I think is an axis. Not sure though.

I still have some stuff set on keyboard, which won't be an option for you, but mostly out of laziness (I think the only ones I still use are M for galaxy map and N for system) and because I like keyboard and mouse for map navigation. I'll probably get everything set up on the sticks one day... There are enough buttons.

J5 on the right stick is my main 'shift' key; for example I set J2 (throttle) to jump to next system, but holding J5 (stick) will shift it to 'target next system' (very useful command for exploring and/or evasion). Not to be confused with target subsystem, which is targeting a specific point on a ship in combat.

My own bindings are exploration-oriented and I always get a bit confused when I dip back into combat (well, running away) play. I'm heading back to the bubble and planning on buying something for the occasional skirmish, so will probably have another major remapping session then. I'm not sure whether the bottom left mode switches work, I think you need to do something in the Saitek software. Would be great to be able to have an explorer mode set up and a combat mode set up.
 
I bought a Thrustmaster T-Flight Hotas X cheaply off eBay. It's really good. Those other ones, like the X52, are far too expensive.
 
S☼I said:
Finally joined a fairly exclusive club :thumbs::cool:

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I'm going back into the black after a few days in the bubble. Wasn't for me. Would be nice if exploration were a bit more profitable - I mean your rate works out at something like 118,000 credits per hour. Mine's a bit lower... Too much SRV time.
 
Cid said:
Being able to filter journeys by star type is a much-needed improvement. Also like the ability to zoom in on the surface of scanned planets... Has everything got a bit prettier? Noticing more variation in gas giant models, but that may just be coincidence as I only dipped in for an hour or so. So far like, gonna head into the bubble for a bit, grind some cash, maybe get some (well, a) crew. Then possibly a trip out to Colonia.
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Cid there are 400 Cmdrs off to Colonia in a convoy if you're interested in doing that, leaving next Friday. Pm me if you're up for it
 
S☼I said:
Cid there are 400 Cmdrs off to Colonia in a convoy if you're interested in doing that, leaving next Friday. Pm me if you're up for it
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Do you know anything about the Colonia expansion CG? there are loads of factions.
 
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