That's what mine did yesterday out of nowhere as well. As stated above I unplugged the stick for a moment and plugged it back it. All nice and dandy again.
Do not start mining with a sidewinder. It's not worth it! You need an ASP minimum for it to be fun and lucrative! The refinery needs to be cleared all the time, you can only hold (iirc) 4 cargo. No, do not do itSo I tried getting into this for the first time because of the Oculus Rift support. So far I've lost my starting ship two times. I don't think I'm very good at this game.
First time I found a contract that said to just wait around for a while, and they'd tell me where to meet them? Sounded dangerous, but it was paying 80,000 credits, and I only need 12k to buy the mining stuff I want to get into, so I accepted it. As soon as I warped into the system and engaged supercruise, some guy tried to knock me out of it, but I managed to stay in by lining up the escape vector or whatever (I credit the HOTAS I bought for this). I was soon knocked out of warp again though, and this time I didn't escape. However, the guy (AI?) who attacked me was super bad, and I killed him pretty easily, and got some bounty credit on top of it. Right after the battle, my quest updated...but it still didn't show where to deliver the data? I looked at nearby stuff in the system, and there was a "strong signal source" or something highlighted, so I figured that's where I needed to be. I supercruised to it..and immediately ran into like five ships all flying in formation. As I was looking over at my communications to see if I could say hello, they all fired at once at my ship. I didn't even have a chance to get away. The worst part was, I seem to have even lost the bounty I got? Even just that would have been enough for a mining laser and a refinery
Second time, I accepted a mission to deliver medical supplies to some far off system. It paid a lot though, so I figured why not! Except right after taking the mission, I realized I didn't have a route to the target system. After fiddling around with the galaxy map for a bit, I managed to find a route that got sort of close to the target system, and I assumed that maybe a station in that system would have map data that would let me jump the rest of the way. However, what I didn't realize was, not every system is populated. Needless to say, I ended up in the middle of nowhere without enough fuel to make another jump. Not knowing what else to do, I pointed my ship at the sun and waited until my ship exploded.
Anyways, VR+HOTAS in this game is awesome. Even these unfortunate events were pretty cool when I felt like I was really there. If I was just playing on a monitor, maybe I'd be feeling differently right now.
Too bad it's not possible to use something like this in VR. I'd like to have a panel somewhere in the hud where I can watch something in between
Haven't used it either. I don't know what the benefits for me are. Right now it feels like it's more grind with pseudo stress to keep up and the negative effect of harassment. Thanks nope.
Do not start mining with a sidewinder. It's not worth it! You need an ASP minimum for it to be fun and lucrative! The refinery needs to be cleared all the time, you can only hold (iirc) 4 cargo. No, do not do it
Do dismiss the bulletin board at first! If you really want to do some missions from there, do only data transport or cargo transport. Data transport is best for you. The do not need Cargo Hold at all and you can take several missions at once that way.
Do some bounty hunting first to get some money! Try a ressource extraction site (RES) with low. Those are in rings around planets most of the time. Bring with you a kill warrant scanner and scan enemy ships. If they are wanted, engage! Do not tackle Python, Anaconda, Dropship, Assault Ship yet if you do not have significant help in form of authorities.
Switch ships from Sidewinder to Eagle to Viper and try to upgrade those to A rated modules. (expensive!)
If you have a spare module slot or you are not intending to trade, take a fuel scoop with you. With it you can scoop fuel out of stars.
Regarding the route: Look left, switch to transactions and in the detail view of the mission you have "open in galaxy map" to the right. If you click this and switch back to the first tab and open the galaxy map, this system is selected and you can add a route to it easily.
Try to setup the galaxy map navigation to you liking. It SUCKS in VR without configuration! I use the stick to rotate and pan the camera. To move the selector I use the hat on the throttle. Z-axis is one of the wheels on the throttle. With proper control on the galaxy map it's much more easy. Do not use the mouse. This is confusing as fuck
this doesn't matter. As long as you hit him the within the last (I'm not entirely sure about the amount) 10 seconds before he dies you get your money regardless who did the final shot! With that said, if you see a big ship that is fighting with authorities, wait for it to nearly die and shoot it at least once to get even this big bounty!
Yup. The Cobra was my go-to ship for the longest time. It could haul, it could fight, really good all-rounder on your way up to the endgame.
Bought myself an ASP again after using the Python I just bought. I do not like the Python as a trading/travelling vessel but I do keep it for mining. Therefore it's awesome I think.Finally got the rank to buy a Federal Corvette. I don't have the money to buy it though but I am able to do so now
but yeah, if I can get the Python to 32ly with shields and stuff perhaps I'll switch again.
Didn't understand that either.
If I recall correctly this will be in the upcoming 2.1 after patch (where they will add the reputation thingy for engineers also)
This week!
