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Elite: Dangerous |OT| Every Man's Sky
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My honeypot is safe, thank god.
Hook a brother up.
hobblygobbly
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The new shaders for gas giants (and other planets? they seem different) + city lights and stuff makes planets just look so much more better.
Taken from the beta forum:
Apparently also the federation, alliance (independents) and empire have different distinct patterns you can find in the city lights supposedly.
Taken from the beta forum:
Apparently also the federation, alliance (independents) and empire have different distinct patterns you can find in the city lights supposedly.
WOW
They did an amazing job for the shaders, the atmosphere and sense of scale is really some of the best i've seen for planets. Imagine in the future landing planets will be like? If they have a rigorous city generation/npc/wildlife/quest etc, you would basically have a planet wide GTA anytime you landed on one of these 0_0
I said damn! That is fantastic! And the animated clouds look shaded and separated from the ground, creating a sense of space beneath.
SJRB
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The new shaders for gas giants (and other planets? they seem different) + city lights and stuff makes planets just look so much more better.
Taken from the beta forum:
Apparently also the federation, alliance (independents) and empire have different distinct patterns you can find in the city lights supposedly.
Hoooooly shit
DiabolicalBagel
Member
The new stuff in the patch to avoid committing crimes when those idiots dive in front of your shots is a step in the right direction, but what they should have added is this:
Why is every crime a death sentence? Why do I have to abandon what I'm doing so I can sneak into a station to pay a measly bounty? Just let me pay it when I run into the appropriate feds. =/
Mengy
wishes it were bannable to say mean things about Marvel
The new shaders for gas giants (and other planets? they seem different) + city lights and stuff makes planets just look so much more better.
Taken from the beta forum:
Apparently also the federation, alliance (independents) and empire have different distinct patterns you can find in the city lights supposedly.
Man, that looks great! Can't wait to see this stuff in game!
Can anyone take a pic of where the system screen shows the name of who discovered it?
The new shaders for gas giants (and other planets? they seem different) + city lights and stuff makes planets just look so much more better.
Taken from the beta forum:
Apparently also the federation, alliance (independents) and empire have different distinct patterns you can find in the city lights supposedly.
Reminds me of Space Engine, but better since this is an actual game.
Garrus Vakarian
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I'm about to dust mine off for its second use in ten years for this game lol.
Here is a control diagram which should help you tweak things to your liking.
I haven't been able to run the game fullscreen for a while, it was forced in borderless window and I didn't know why. It sucks when you have a g-sync capable monitor.
Well, I discovered who the culprit is: The Oculus runtime. I uninstalled it and the game ran fullscreen without any issue.
It's a pain in the ass to uninstall the Oculus runtime each time I want to play the game on my main screen.
Well, I discovered who the culprit is: The Oculus runtime. I uninstalled it and the game ran fullscreen without any issue.
It's a pain in the ass to uninstall the Oculus runtime each time I want to play the game on my main screen.
It's not just that specific commodity - it looks like they fixed the trade simulation in general. Supply/demand values are changing over time now and popular routes dry up quickly.
https://forums.frontier.co.uk/showthread.php?t=109138
Lots of people are upset. Seems like an improvement to me, but they do need to improve the in-game tools.
Yeah I think it is an improvement as well, that entire thing was a glitch although it was very profitable.
Mengy
wishes it were bannable to say mean things about Marvel
Yep, that's the main problem with trading in Elite: the in game tools just suck. They aren't even accurate and can tell you very false information. It's the main reason why outside tools like Slopey's and Thrudd's were both so popular and so effective: because they were not only more accurate than the in game trade info but easier to use too.
Now, if the commodity simulation is fixed to be truly dynamic with supply and demand, then tools like Slopey's and Thrudd's will be much less useful as their data will constantly be outdated. BUT, if the in game tools aren't fixed to be accurate then this will all just make trading that much more frustrating, even if it is dynamically frustrating. Good routes will still be out there but they will require searching and effort to find, and they will not last as long as before.
I'm glad I'm fully focused on exploring and not trading at all right now, LOL.
Definitly.The new stuff in the patch to avoid committing crimes when those idiots dive in front of your shots is a step in the right direction, but what they should have added is this:
Why is every crime a death sentence? Why do I have to abandon what I'm doing so I can sneak into a station to pay a measly bounty? Just let me pay it when I run into the appropriate feds. =/
Also add some threshold between allowing to pay like that, and automatique death sentence, based on your reputation, it would make reputation more interesting/usefull.
flyinpiranha
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They are adding it for a 100cr later today or tomorrow it seems.
Nice, I've found the default controls to work pretty well, however I haven't been able to get it to use the button it uses for Engine Boost in that diagram to work on mine. I looked around and supposedly that button is only supposed to be a shift modifier or something. Regardless, I had to map boost to what that diagram shows as the "Deploy Heat Sink" button.
Having a TrackIR too makes the need for all those headlook buttons gone, so I can use them for something else.
Astral/H3X
Member
I think if you just target them and hit enter you can start typing.
Astral/H3X
Member
Welp, guess I'm done trading. I can't figure out how to trade for shit, and was hoping to get enough for a Viper. Now I'm just gonna stay poor I guess.
So you can't just chat globally?
No, thank god.
Why not? Most of the time in Open Play yee will see just 3-4 commanders in the same station
You can easily make enough for a viper simply by bounty hunting at nav beacons, even with the stock sidey.
Blast Processing
Member
There was something in the patch notes about planets turning into stars--that happens in-game?
Felix Lighter
Member
I thought it was referring to when planets models changed to "stars" when they reached a certian distance.
I probably need to lower hte intensity of the brightest green, but I can read it fine.
Anton Sugar
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Gonna hop back on this soon, haven't played in a few weeks. A few friends just picked it up--hope the public build is updated next week, would be a nice time to dive back in.
Kornelius just uploaded this vid on some of the combat/weapon changes in 1.1: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jv9kqL_sfRw
No more holding down the trigger
Kornelius just uploaded this vid on some of the combat/weapon changes in 1.1: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jv9kqL_sfRw
No more holding down the trigger
You chose that as your HUD? Are you colorblind, or...?
No more holding down the trigger
I'm so OK with this. Give me a reason to use heat sinks, increase the skill required to dogfight, etc.
Anton Sugar
Member
Yeah, now I actually have to git gud.
A solid route should make you 1000 cr/ton each way.
OK, so there's room for improvement (it's only 561/ton outward and 952/ton on the return journey, total round trip time 14 minutes). Any suggestions? I already tried the Best Profit Calculator (that's how I got to this route) but it couldn't come up with anything better.
Well, a standard 10min trading route with 3000CR/ton has similar profit, so I will stick with that.
I may have to buy a hauler and spend some time to see if I find some place half as nice as Wreav's: Scouting with the Anaconda is too slow with a fuel scoop and too expensive without one.
Also: Dev Update!
https://forums.frontier.co.uk/showthread.php?t=110112
Michael confirms they're still on track for a 1.2 beta on the first week of march and a mac beta by the end of march. He then mentions we will start hearing more about 1.2 and Wings "once the dust settes from the 1.1 release" but he did share some things:
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Also more comments from within the thread:
-New ships? Expect news in a future newsletter.
-Orrery view of system map still planned, but long way off.
-Microjumps to secondary stars in the same system is being considered.
Also: Dev Update!
https://forums.frontier.co.uk/showthread.php?t=110112
Michael confirms they're still on track for a 1.2 beta on the first week of march and a mac beta by the end of march. He then mentions we will start hearing more about 1.2 and Wings "once the dust settes from the 1.1 release" but he did share some things:
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Also more comments from within the thread:
-New ships? Expect news in a future newsletter.
-Orrery view of system map still planned, but long way off.
-Microjumps to secondary stars in the same system is being considered.
OH GOD SO MUCH THIS. Alpha Centauri would be so much less of a pain in the arse with this.
Veritigo_X
Member
They should do more than consider it. It's easily the worst part about the game and makes me avoid certain systems because of it.
Felix Lighter
Member
I ordered a track iR. I'm out of my mind.
Once you receive it you wont want to play without it ever again.
At this point you're probably better off running rare goods loops. Those net you far more profit.
This is the one I ran to get started:
http://www.reddit.com/r/EliteTraders/comments/2q3goa/lazy_rare_goods_circuit_by_cmdr_daggoo/
Strip everything except for a fuel scoop and max out your cargo space.
Those rare goods will get you 10-15k profit per ton.
Note that I haven't run rares with the latest patch, but I didn't see any mention of rares being nerfed so I assume they're still profitable.
Mengy
wishes it were bannable to say mean things about Marvel
No you aren't, TrackIR is amazing in Elite. I can't play the game without it now, nor Euro Truck Sim 2. Nor Flight Sim X.
TrackIR is great!
I like green, I wanted a green HUD. Like I said it definitely needs tweaking, but I like it better than the default colors.
TrackIR is awesome, I got mine for Arma originally, but it's a godsend for Elite Dangerous.
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