Elite Dangerous(PS4)

dreamers75

I would love to be a PS4 player who likes space games and has never played Elite: Dangerous.

The next 4 to 500 hours of your life are going to be awesome.

You will die from making an arse of a landing, you will die from running out of fuel, you will get ganked in open by a seal clubber, you will find it insanely difficult at beginning.


After a thousand hours you will moan on the forums there is "no content".

Atomic Pineapple

Will it have PSVR support?

bigphil2

I am very curious to try this as I played Elite when it came out 1st on a schoolfriends BBC Micro Computer..it blew my mind at the time.. nothing like dog fights with Pirates or Police.. docking was always a pain in the arse mind..

Venom

bigphil2 wrote: »

I am very curious to try this as I played Elite when it came out 1st on a schoolfriends BBC Micro Computer..it blew my mind at the time.. nothing like dog fights with Pirates or Police.. docking was always a pain in the arse mind..

Stalking and hunting "wanted" NPC's and pirates through asteroid belts is pretty damm cool

dreamers75

Pftt puny space pirate.

Sephiroth_dude

When is it out?

F1ngers

Sephiroth_dude wrote: »

When is it out?

You didn't watch the video. :P
27/6.

Sephiroth_dude

F1ngers wrote: »

You didn't watch the video. :P
27/6.

I didn't

gerrybbadd

Atomic Pineapple wrote: »

Will it have PSVR support?

Nope

from a Q&A on the Frontier website

Will Elite Dangerous support PlayStation®VR?
Elite Dangerous is a flagship VR game on PC so of course, VR is important to us. It’s definitely something we’re looking into, but we have nothing to announce for launch.

DeSelby83

What sort of game is this other than a space exploration game. It is something you would need to dedicate a lot of time to or are there pick up and play for 30/45 mins activities? The trailer shows a lot of action but obviously they are showing the best bits. Is it in the same vane as eve online or is it way less hardcore? Also is there any single player content or is it all multiplayer?

Mickeroo

DeSelby83 wrote: »

What sort of game is this other than a space exploration game. It is something you would need to dedicate a lot of time to or are there pick up and play for 30/45 mins activities? The trailer shows a lot of action but obviously they are showing the best bits. Is it in the same vane as eve online or is it way less hardcore? Also is there any single player content or is it all multiplayer?

There is a solo mode but you're still online, just means you wont have a chance to get instanced with other players. Once you get out of the starting system though you don't tend to run into other players unless you go looking for them.

To get the best, most expensive ships in the game requires lots of grinding but the smaller ships are fun too. It's grand game to dip in and out of, you can easily just hop on for an hour and do a few trade or bounty missions or whatever.

There's a steep learning curve though s oyou need to put a bit of time in to learning the controls, particularly how to land in a station without getting blown up :pac:

fixXxer

I see this is being released today. Is this the game I wished No Mans Sky was went I bought it I wonder.

Captain Chaos

fixxxer wrote: »

I see this is being released today. Is this the game I wished No Mans Sky was went I bought it I wonder.

Released yesterday and yes its the game NMS was ment to be but without the crafting and research.

This game is 3 years old too

fixXxer

It's a very humbling experience when a space station cancels your docking authorization because you take too long trying to get your ship aligned correctly :-/

Mickeroo

fixxxer wrote: »

It's a very humbling experience when a space station cancels your docking authorization because you take too long trying to get your ship aligned correctly :-/

It might be worth investing in a docking computer early on.

There should be a training mission especially about docking too, once you get used to the controls it's second nature (I played on xbox but I'd imagine the PS4 controls are identical).

Controls are also highly configurable if you don't like the default set up.

Atomic Pineapple

How does it run on the standard PS4?

bigphil2

Mickeroo wrote: »

It might be worth investing in a docking computer early on.

There should be a training mission especially about docking too, once you get used to the controls it's second nature (I played on xbox but I'd imagine the PS4 controls are identical).

Controls are also highly configurable if you don't like the default set up.

I kept on overshooting the drop out and couldnt figure out that that was why my landing gear wasnt deploying,so was hovering over the landing pad,swearing at the tv... but it defintiely helped improve my manoevering skills..

Mickeroo

Your landing gear should be able to deploy as long as your'e not in super cruise I think. It will slow the ship down a bit so might make it easier to manoeuvre.

In terms of managing ship speed I found it easier to set the throttle to increments rather than needing to hold the button down, so I know if I tap left bumper 4 times the ship will stop dead and if I tap right bumper 4 times I'll be at full throttle.

For dropping out of super cruise at a particular station, keep the throttle in the blue area and it will automatically manage your speed on approach so you don't over shoot.

bigphil2

Mickeroo wrote: »

Your landing gear should be able to deploy as long as your'e not in super cruise I think. It will slow the ship down a bit so might make it easier to manoeuvre.

In terms of managing ship speed I found it easier to set the throttle to increments rather than needing to hold the button down, so I know if I tap left bumper 4 times the ship will stop dead and if I tap right bumper 4 times I'll be at full throttle.

For dropping out of super cruise at a particular station, keep the throttle in the blue area and it will automatically manage your speed on approach so you don't over shoot.

Yeah,i eventually figured it out,but for some reason i was in the station but was in supercruise mode ( the charge fsd hint kept popping up) so i had to got out of the station supercruise away and approachy again.. all went ok then..

Mickeroo

bigphil2 wrote: »

Yeah,i eventually figured it out,but for some reason i was in the station but was in supercruise mode ( the charge fsd hint kept popping up) so i had to got out of the station supercruise away and approachy again.. all went ok then..

I didn't think it was possible to get into a station in super cruise, sounds like you broke the game a bit

bigphil2

Mickeroo wrote: »

I didn't think it was possible to get into a station in super cruise, sounds like you broke the game a bit

Haha, and it was literally the 2nd training mission too..

i suppose its better to mess up then than in open play..

My name is URL

Bought this yesterday. Only got as far as the docking training lol

Couldn't make heads nor tails of it

Mickeroo

Don't worry about the incursion training missions, one of them is(possibly two of them) borderline impossible.

heebusjeebus

Spent 20 mins trying to dock in the second training mission. FFS, cant get my brain in gear for this at all.
Added to that, only poxed my way to stop at that space station. Dont know how to get out of hyperdrive smoothly.

is there an easier way to control the pitch/yaw using the controller? The default scheme is not intuitive to me.

EoinHef

If anyone wants to get a little head start on learning a bit about the game Obsidian Ant on youtube is doing a playthrough on PS4 currently. Ive found him very helpful while learning the game on PC and as the PS4 version is new he has started from scratch in the PS4 playthrough.

heebusjeebus

Thanks Eoin. Watched a few of his videos last night.
I'm reading the following too, for general tips and tricks too. Makes a lot more sense now that I've dicked around in the game for a bit.
Think I'll spend a few hours tonight, just doing the tutorials again. Will get more competent at dropping outta lightspeed and parking.

https://www.reddit.com/r/EliteDangerous/comments/6k6lmj/a_cheat_sheet_guide_for_new_players_ps4_or/

http://www.pushsquare.com/news/2017/06/guide_elite_dangerous_tips_and_tricks_for_beginners

bigphil2

heebusjeebus wrote: »

Spent 20 mins trying to dock in the second training mission. FFS, cant get my brain in gear for this at all.
Added to that, only poxed my way to stop at that space station. Dont know how to get out of hyperdrive smoothly.

is there an easier way to control the pitch/yaw using the controller? The default scheme is not intuitive to me.

Exactly the same stuff did on that same mission.. seems to be a definite case of practice makes perfect..

DeSelby83

Last night I found a control scheme I am almost happy with, I docked 4 times in a row without crashing and finished my first mission. While it seems like a small thing it was a huge sense of achievement. Think it's got it's hooks in now

Mickeroo

Once you get a ship that can carry a little bit of cargo and jump a reasonable distance to get around it's worth looking at the community goals for some easy money.

www.reddit.com/r/EliteCG

You should be able to find them on the galaxy map as yellow waymarks.

bigphil2

DeSelby83 wrote: »

Last night I found a control scheme I am almost happy with, I docked 4 times in a row without crashing and finished my first mission. While it seems like a small thing it was a huge sense of achievement. Think it's got it's hooks in now

What scheme did you use?

EoinHef

A little tip when on approach in super cruise,as long as the distance is is still in ls(light seconds) make sure your arrival time never goes under 7 seconds,if it does your most likely going to fast. Once it gets to less than 1 Mm(Million Mile?) thats when you disengage super cruise.

Who would have thought that being an intergalactic van driver could be so entertaining. Spent nearly 1.5 million on my third ship last night. A Lakon type 6. Loving this game so far.

DeSelby83

Had a nice little handy delivery mission last night for a nice 200k. Got to the system, heading towards the planet base. Requested my landing. Was all running very smooth, lined myself up with the landing pad. Tried to press down and circle to get my landing gear out...didn't press down, boosted into a tower and blew up. Lost my 200k, lost all my random inventory for a crash site and had to rebuy my ship. Circle is no longer boost.

EoinHef

DeSelby83 wrote: »

Had a nice little handy delivery mission last night for a nice 200k. Got to the system, heading towards the planet base. Requested my landing. Was all running very smooth, lined myself up with the landing pad. Tried to press down and circle to get my landing gear out...didn't press down, boosted into a tower and blew up. Lost my 200k, lost all my random inventory for a crash site and had to rebuy my ship. Circle is no longer boost.

Been there,harsh lessons in this game:(

Sephiroth_dude

Steep learning curve for this? and does it include the DLC Pack Horizons?

Mickeroo

Sephiroth_dude wrote: »

Steep learning curve for this? and does it include the DLC Pack Horizons?

They're separate, it's under 30 euro on steam for both at the moment i think if you get the commander deluxe edition. Sale is ending this evening though I think so you only have a few hours to decide.

dreamers75

Is the PS4 version not Horizons included?

edit yeah Amazon only has one version which includes horizons.

DeSelby83

dreamers75 wrote: »

Is the PS4 version not Horizons included?

edit yeah Amazon only has one version which includes horizons.

You can get the base game on its own or the deluxe edition which has horizons included

My name is URL

Is anyone else experiencing crashes and huge slowdowns at certain times in the game? Like when dropping out of super cruise, for me; the game either becomes unresponsive or just crashes completely with an error code. This is happening about 40% of the time.

I see that people have mentioned it on Frontier's forums. I contacted Sony over it and asked about a refund. Cheeky fcukers said that they need a written confirmation from the publisher that there's no fix, as if that would ever happen. They never even provided an address or dept. name that the written confirmation would need to be sent to!

Has anyone ever been successful in getting a refund for a digital game?

Mickeroo

dreamers75 wrote: »

Is the PS4 version not Horizons included?

edit yeah Amazon only has one version which includes horizons.

My bad, subscribed to this thread and the one in pc gaming and got mixed up.

dreamers75

DeSelby83 wrote: »

You can get the base game on its own or the deluxe edition which has horizons included

Seems to be only a Legendary edition for PS4. I cant find another one.

https://www.destructoid.com/review-elite-dangerous-446850.phtml

PS4 review, good review he hits home on the "space is hard" part and some times you have look outside the game for information.

Leaves out the brilliant flight model in combat with FA on or off or doesnt mention it enough. Thats the best part of Elite, the actual flying.

Sephiroth_dude

Is there a steep learning curve for this?

OptimusTractor

Sephiroth_dude wrote: »

Is there a steep learning curve for this?

Getting the hang of controlling your ship with the the thumb sticks requires a lot of patience.

mcgooch

Sephiroth_dude wrote: »

Is there a steep learning curve for this?

Learning curve is very steep for this from what I've seen/read, but it's also very rewarding for those that are willing to put the time and effort into it.
Using a HOTAS set up improves the experience as the flight model is excellent by all accounts.

bigphil2

mcgooch wrote: »

Learning curve is very steep for this from what I've seen/read, but it's also very rewarding for those that are willing to put the time and effort into it.
Using a HOTAS set up improves the experience as the flight model is excellent by all accounts.

This guy has a couple of videos playing with the Hotas for the 1st time on ps4.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ghb3q3YOIG4

Mickeroo

Mickeroo wrote: »

My bad, subscribed to this thread and the one in pc gaming and got mixed up.

Whoever edited the thread title, thanks :pac:

EoinHef

bigphil2 wrote: »

This guy has a couple of videos playing with the Hotas for the 1st time on ps4.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ghb3q3YOIG4

I see thats a PS branded Hotas,anyone know if the older non branded one works. Tempted to double dip on this game and try get a few friends playing. If i cant use the older HOTAS im not gonna bother though

bigphil2

EoinHef wrote: »

I see thats a PS branded Hotas,anyone know if the older non branded one works. Tempted to double dip on this game and try get a few friends playing. If i cant use the older HOTAS im not gonna bother though

I asked about that and i was told that the old one doesnt work with it..

My Hotas 4 is sitting in parcelmotel right now waiting for me to pick it up..

I just need to say goodbye to the missus and ill be hitting the game for the next few months ill say

EoinHef

bigphil2 wrote: »

I asked about that and i was told that the old one doesnt work with it..

My Hotas 4 is sitting in parcelmotel right now waiting for me to pick it up..

I just need to say goodbye to the missus and ill be hitting the game for the next few months ill say

Seem to be seeing conflicting reports,ive decided against double dipping for the moment anyway.

Theres a lot to be getting on with with this game and splitting my time between two versions is probably a bad idea!!

BTW there is no comparison between stick and joypad,flight stick is awesome in this game.
Just remember to keep in mind you will most likely have to re map buttons. The defauot with the HOTAS X was rubbish. So i wouldnt do anything to crazy till you get your mapping down.

bigphil2

EoinHef wrote: »

Seem to be seeing conflicting reports,ive decided against double dipping for the moment anyway.

Theres a lot to be getting on with with this game and splitting my time between two versions is probably a bad idea!!

BTW there is no comparison between stick and joypad,flight stick is awesome in this game.
Just remember to keep in mind you will most likely have to re map buttons. The defauot with the HOTAS X was rubbish. So i wouldnt do anything to crazy till you get your mapping down.

Apparantly all the buttons are mapped straight out of the box! but its the first thing ill be checking

DeSelby83

Have any of you guys been to Mitterand Hallow in the Epsilon Indi system. Well worth a trip out there to try and land on the moon but if you do you are in for a treat.