Elite: Dangerous

[J_C]

I was doing mission runs an hour ago and I had no problem.

 

[SuicideBunny]

my open probs are seemingly gone. only minor occasional hiccups, but i get those in solo too.

 

[Bradylama]

FD said a couple of times they weren't planning to release on steam. I haven't heard of them flip-flopping on this yet.

so... steam release sometime next year?

i reiterate for dudes who played since gamma/beta: how the fuck do NPCs escape with 0% hull? it's absolutely infuriating and retarded

I remember there being a bug during the Beta when ships would just disappear instead of blowing up, which robbed the player of the bounty. Presumbably they were hyperspacing out, but in the Gamma they still blew up and gave a bounty even if they did go into hyperspace, I guess because their structural integrity is supposed to be too low to make the jump. This might be a legacy bug that popped back up somehow. Just come to Sarbago and fool around with the combat zones (warning: Military Grade NPCs). Ships in a warzone will never try to warp out, but for now it's still 3,000 cr a ship regardless of class.

Version 1.03 is out now, but no patch notes posted on the FD forums yet. Just like last time. Real timely.

Edit: Just popped into one of the cap ship instances and sided with the libruls to see how dangerous the Interdictors are, and they're not dangerous at all. So long as you keep a healthy distance from the cap ships you can get some respectable fights. In fact, I had a better run at the cap ship site than the low or high intensity conflict zones. 11 ships worth of vouchers before I ran low on ammo.

I also had great frame rates on Ultra settings, hovering between 50 and 60 fps on my GT 750. Patch notes on 1.03 still aren't out, but I'm guessing there were a bunch of graphical fixes.

 

[SuicideBunny]

god, i hate it that the screen you invoke the map from changes its behavior. i always keep forgetting not to call it from outfitting because it's unusable.

oh how goddamn hard
can it possibly be
to make a damn map
that behaves properly

 

[Bradylama]

god, i hate it that the screen you invoke the map from changes its behavior. i always keep forgetting not to call it from outfitting because it's unusable.

oh how goddamn hard
can it possibly be
to make a damn map
that behaves properly

Are you talking about the galaxy map? You can bind a key to it.

 

[SuicideBunny]

go into outfit screen on base, press galmap key, try setting a route.

 

[Bradylama]

go into outfit screen on base, press galmap key, try setting a route.

How about, don't go into the map from the outfitting menu. It's an issue that's been popping up since the Gamma. Outfitting doesn't function the same way everything else does from your cockpit.

 

[SuicideBunny]

How about, don't go into the map from the outfitting menu. It's an issue that's been popping up since the Gamma. Outfitting doesn't function the same way everything else does from your cockpit.

how about fd make it inaccessible or fix it? sounds way better to me than what you're proposing. heck, they could even add a manual route tool so you don't have to wait for whatever algorithm generates the travel graphs to finish.

 

[Bradylama]

It is inaccessible unless you use a key map. Why don't you make a support ticket for it?

 

[bonescraper]

Mortmal is normally a jackass, but I kind of agree with him. I feel like this right now is the feature complete beta (just from impressions) - with a good bit of balancing and stuff to do, and the need to fill it with content.

Lol, it's far from being feature complete.

 

[Mortmal]

https://forums.frontier.co.uk/showthread.php?t=79992
Lugh event a failure, but accordinlgy the dev we triggered a civil war three times....However no one seen any hints of this happening. So it seems the game should be a lot more responsive and dynamic, warzone and enw missions , but nothing has been tested and therefore nothing working.

 

[Bradylama]

Actually you triggered civil war three times, but it didn't hold. We've since fixed that. It was an excellent test and kudos for the attempt.

Michael

We'll just have to see then, won't we?

I wouldn't hold my breath.

 

[Whiran]

We'll just have to see then, won't we?

I wouldn't hold my breath.

All I can say is you were doing the right things and that trading can have a big impact against your efforts.

Michael

There you go!

Stuff happened but we can't tell you what it was, what it did, why it happened, why it failed, or anything really. But stuff happened. Really. Seriously. We mean it. You did not see anything but that's fine. Just don't ask about it okay? Just believe.

 

[Trash]

Contacted support yet?

Yeah, finally got the game up and running. Looks gorgeous and a shitload of fun. Nice learning curve as well. Launching for the first time didn't feel as terrifying as it did in Sturmovik but it did feel like a real accomplishment to get out of that station. Too bad I got a shit xbox controller instead of the old joystick of yore and that the preset key bindings for it kinda suck balls. Oh well, more learning to do.

Anyway, anyone got a decent and cheapish flightstick to recommend?

 

[Bradylama]

https://forums.frontier.co.uk/showthread.php?t=59675

You're all dead to me now. :russia:

Anyway, anyone got a decent and cheapish flightstick to recommend?

http://www.amazon.com/dp/B00009OY9U?tag=gamingacc-20

This will do for a flightstick+keyboard setup. Not sure how much it is in Danistan.

 

[Morkar Left]

These look decent:

http://www.amazon.de/Thrustmaster-2...F8&qid=1419021967&sr=8-1&keywords=joystick+pc

http://www.amazon.de/Thrustmaster-2...F8&qid=1419021967&sr=8-4&keywords=joystick+pc

http://www.amazon.de/Mad-Catz-F-L-Y-5-Flight-Stick/dp/B001EYU1VO/ref=pd_sim_sbs_vg_2?ie=UTF8&refRID=023H2HN2K6M171ZX9TX9

http://www.amazon.de/Logitech-Extreme-Pro-Joystick-Packaging/dp/B002BYONB0/ref=pd_sim_sbs_vg_24?ie=UTF8&refRID=023H2HN2K6M171ZX9TX9

 

[J_C]

Yeah, finally got the game up and running. Looks gorgeous and a shitload of fun. Nice learning curve as well. Launching for the first time didn't feel as terrifying as it did in Sturmovik but it did feel like a real accomplishment to get out of that station. Too bad I got a shit xbox controller instead of the old joystick of yore and that the preset key bindings for it kinda suck balls. Oh well, more learning to do.

Anyway, anyone got a decent and cheapish flightstick to recommend?

You can't go wrong with these:

http://www.amazon.com/Saitek-102989-Cyborg-Evo-Joystick/dp/B0000AW9P1
http://www.amazon.com/Logitech-Extreme-Joystick-Silver-Black/dp/B00009OY9U

They are budget sticks but very well built and durable.

 

[Morkar Left]

Yeah, if you can still get a Cyborg Evo, I recommend. I'm using one, too.

 

[J_C]

Yeah, if you can still get a Cyborg Evo, I recommend. I'm using one, too.

Yeah, me too.

 

[SuicideBunny]

Launching for the first time didn't feel as terrifying as it did in Sturmovik but it did feel like a real accomplishment to get out of that station.

this is probably the only game where docking is actual fun for me. heck, i've stopped using up/down/left/right thrusters to land entirely, because landing using only forward thrust makes it so much more satisfactory...

 

[Ulminati]

Launching for the first time didn't feel as terrifying as it did in Sturmovik but it did feel like a real accomplishment to get out of that station.

this is probably the only game where docking is actual fun for me. heck, i've stopped using up/down/left/right thrusters to land entirely, because landing using only forward thrust makes it so much more satisfactory...

I like to angle the nose down and thrust forward+up at the same time, skimming across the station interior as if I'm a helicopter :3

 

[Bradylama]

Launching for the first time didn't feel as terrifying as it did in Sturmovik but it did feel like a real accomplishment to get out of that station.

this is probably the only game where docking is actual fun for me. heck, i've stopped using up/down/left/right thrusters to land entirely, because landing using only forward thrust makes it so much more satisfactory...

Landing in one smooth motion without having to make adjustments is comparable to shooting a basketball without hitting the rim. Nuthin' but net.

Edit: Galnet is blowing up lately. It's satisfying to finally see something happening in this inert galaxy. The ability to turn off Orbit lines has also been added to the functions panel if you don't want those big ugly streaks across the pristine universe.

 

[SuicideBunny]

anybody know how to identify prisoner ships? is it traders with "prisoner" cargo or something like that?

edit: the joys of an advanced d-scanner

time to make some tea

They don't. They escape with 0.4% hull.

they don't. they autojump once their jump timer is up, even if the ship is destroyed and in its death animation (explosions plus tumbling). just had it happen. no bounty reward.

 

[J_C]

They don't. They escape with 0.4% hull.

they don't. they autojump once their jump timer is up, even if the ship is destroyed and in its death animation (explosions plus tumbling). just had it happen. no bounty reward.

That's why I always go for overkill. :D The only dead ship is the blown up ship.

 

[SuicideBunny]

i went for overkill too. kept firing for enough to get the hull down some 5-10 more %. fucker still jumped away.