Elite: Dangerous

Drool

gave this a go again. failed the 1st tutorial on docking 5 times and just gave up. it's just retarded tbh, there is no reason it should be that difficult. and it's not realistic, i can't imagine a docking system in the future that could allow so many crashes and start shooting you for the audacity of hitting things inside a giant pinball machine. and why on earth would a space station with no autopilot make their entrance just barely big enough to fit a small ship through? something so basic and fundamental in a computer game should be very simple to do. this is like making reloading in a shooting game a 5 minute minigame where you need to maneuver your bullets from your pocket with your fingers and guide them freehand into your gun using just the qwerty keys.

rant over.

jamo2oo9 wrote: »

I've done barrel rolls through the port so it's not small. It looks small but really, it isn't.

The purpose of the tutorial is to allow you to practise your skills in every aspect of the game mainly the docking as it's the one you will have to do everytime you want to go to a port.

that's nothing, i used to bullseye womp rats in my t-16.

problem there is just keyboard and mouse.

even though i had saitek x52pro i gave a go using the keyboard and mouse, imo this is a joystick game only.

froog wrote: »

gave this a go again. failed the 1st tutorial on docking 5 times and just gave up. it's just retarded tbh, there is no reason it should be that difficult. and it's not realistic, i can't imagine a docking system in the future that could allow so many crashes and start shooting you for the audacity of hitting things inside a giant pinball machine. and why on earth would a space station with no autopilot make their entrance just barely big enough to fit a small ship through? something so basic and fundamental in a computer game should be very simple to do. this is like making reloading in a shooting game a 5 minute minigame where you need to maneuver your bullets from your pocket with your fingers and guide them freehand into your gun using just the qwerty keys.

rant over.

Yeah, you really need a joystick for this game to be anyway playable a any decent level, in saying that, I did manage to dock first time with my mouse and keyboard, but it did take a while.....and a wee bit of cursing:eek:

Justwinginit wrote: »

I got this from a mate of mine from our clan site. If you're using the Thrustmaster hotas. Here's a link to the set-up, you can print it out or if you have a second screen, leave it up there for reference until you get used to it. https://docs.google.com/drawings/d/1s9mXzcyx_jBsmxCa9OIH9uX9LI-iwhBegwuI5F8vEIw/edit


Also here's the binding file: https://drive.google.com/file/d/0B6f-oR ... dqZ2M/edit

try putting the bindings file in ...

"C:\Users\yournamehere\appdata\local\Frontier Developments\Elite Dangerous\Options\Bindings"
*note.. the apdata file is a hidden file and you need to show hidden files *

with the filename extention .binds and make sure that your joystick is plugged in before you log in to play

I find this, combined with voice attack, I don't need keyboard at all:-)

What is this voice attack you speak off??

Justwinginit wrote: »

Oh man, you NEED voice attack for this game. http://www.voiceattack.com/
Basically you can map voice commands to certain keystrokes. ie: when I say 'Gear down' I have it set to press the 'insert' key for 0.1 of a second and my landing gear gets deployed. It's ideal for Elite as I have my power systems and more mapped. So for power to systems I just say 'power systems' for engines i say 'power engines'. It saves time, especially when in a dog fight, no need to look for keys. Here's a video, gives you the rundown on it. Simple to set up, free 21 day trial and only about €6 for full version. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=P0JnwTiVwOU

Or..
"Combat Stations" - Deploy weapons and transfer power to weapons systems.
"Run Away!" - Retract Weapons, transfer power to engines and full speed ahead.
"Request Docking" - Call up navigation's panel, tab across to contacts, select station & request docking.

Hey. Are there any Irish/Boards Groups set up for this yet? Getting tired of flying solo for now around the galaxy now.

Got this. Am at the advanced combat tutorial. Man that guy doesnt give up.

Good fun so far

Laviski wrote: »

there is a few of us on gaellords,
but honestly waiting tilll the 22nd when there should be the last and final full wipe. between here and then is just getting to grips of whats there at the moment (combat trading mining).

but then it is game on.

I'm sorry but I couldn't help myself when I pronounced that as "gaylords"


:pac:

I just downloaded Beta yesterday. I had ordered a new GPU to upgrade my 8 year old DELL XPS 420, which currently boasts an ATI Radeon HD3200 with no dedicated memory - it shares system memory.

GPU has yet to arrive but I wanted to download the beta so that i would be good to go when the GPU arrives.

Started it up on my ancient machine. Worked fine.

I haven't had much time to play around with it - downloaded overnight so I popped in this morning briefly before leaving for work. So I have not ventured into anything other than the docking tutorial, it may yet struggle during combat etc., but bottom line I am surprised a modern game like this will run on such an ancient system.

so to anyone who is thinking of upgrading/replacing a machine to play this (as I was) - there appears to be no need. Try it on your existing one first.

Anyway I spent years playing Elite daily as a teenager on my BBC, really looking forward to this. I only really stopped because there was just no progress left available to me. Great to see the space station this morning before I left for work in full textures instead of a wire frame.

Is anyone sucessfully playing this with an Oculus Rift yet?

So I made it to 70k credits or so last night. I did the combat tutorials up to killing the sidewinder after "advanced" combat.

But I took on a wanted NPC in game on the basis of his rating as "novice" without giving enough respect to the fact that his cobra was a much more powerful ship, I got his shields down and nibbled on his hull a bit but in the end he smashed me. In fact I just let him kill me because I could see eventually he would win the war of attrition and i got sick of wearing down his shields and then having them charge up again before i could do any substantive hull damage.

Now when I get home this evening my choice will be: Hauler or Eagle next?

I am thinking Hauler, selling the single laser and running with my tail between my legs if I find myself in combat. Is that the best approach? I have had very little combat outside the tutorials so far, one or two ships have escaped from me, that cobra killed me and I have zero kills. On the other hand I found myself wishing for more cargo space often enough.

If I get the hauler should I try mining to raise money, "trucking" or continue doing BB cargo missions? Which will earn cash fastest to get to the next upgrade?

I figure path will be: sidewinder -> hauler -> cobra-> lakon 6? -> asp.

The asp looks like a great all rounder.

Does anyone know when the next wipe will be? 22 November?