It makes perfect sense and is easy. Think of it like flying a chopper and not a jet and you won't crash again. You have to consistently use the space bar to manage your altitude or you will crash.
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It makes perfect sense and is easy. Think of it like flying a chopper and not a jet and you won't crash again. You have to consistently use the space bar to manage your altitude or you will crash.
Freeza Under The Shower
Member
According to the player sheet, you are all playing dirty vanus. That's not okay.
This afternoon I was playing as NC and it was pretty much only the warp point and a base. So.... dirty vanus shift incoming.
(but then you get the damn que, probably)
CrazedProfessional
Member
Equip Shotgun on HA
Go into a room and destroy everyone
Go into a room and destroy everyone
Is this true?
I haven't tried the final release yet, but in the Beta I was happily flying my Scythe around with my DualShock3 controller.
The gamepad also worked with ground combat, but it felt awkward to me, and I prefer the mouse in any case.
I wonder why they would take it out.
CrazedProfessional
Member
It gave pilots with controllers an unfair advantage.
scorpscarx
Member
According to the player sheet, you are all playing dirty vanus. That's not okay.
Damn straight, TR 4 lyfe.
VanillaCakeIsBurning
Member
Was part of a number of large raids on TR/NC positions on Esamir and Indar.
It's really cool just seeing Sunderer's and tanks rolling up on an enemy base while taking out anything that gets in the way.
Also I learned that you shouldn't stand anywhere near the generator when it blows. We had about 30+ people shooting at it in one room and we all died when the thing exploded.
It's really cool just seeing Sunderer's and tanks rolling up on an enemy base while taking out anything that gets in the way.
Also I learned that you shouldn't stand anywhere near the generator when it blows. We had about 30+ people shooting at it in one room and we all died when the thing exploded.
That's true.
It's still a PC game thought, and I should be allowed to use what ever hardware I want.
I have a Macro Keyboard and a Gaming Mouse, wouldn't those also give me an unfair advantage? (Rhetorical)
Weird decision to take out something so minor.
Poimandres
Member
Is the AUS server down at the moment? The serverlist doesn't say it's down, but I can't seem to join.
I've been playing since official release with no problems. An Xbox controller is plugged in (that I don't use) and I'm playing the game with mouse + G13 keyboard with its thumbstick registered as analog controller (joystick-1) in-game. I've ran across the crash-at-PLAY-button issue once only.
I have a i5-750 @3.7 and 670 FTW. Those heavy firefights feel low. I haven't checked the numbers, but they seem normal with all the shit that's going on. The game isnt what Id call super smooth.
CrazedProfessional
Member
iirc the game had 360 controller support early in the beta but then a lot of pilots became godlike in the skies because of it. Since SOE is sloppy with removing all traces of 360 support existing, for most people having a 360 controller plugged in crashes the game at launch now.
With every graphical option maxed?
scorpscarx
Member
That's a good thing, what is wrong with being godlike in the skies lol.
Also someone help, I'm crazy addicted!
Are you running on the in game high settings or using the ultra .ini?
ya. I think shadows is one notch down though. The game looks terrible, but i'm having some fun with it here and there.
Freeza Under The Shower
Member
Urgh.
One of these days I will hit people with a missile in the face and they will be dead. But not today. grr.
One of these days I will hit people with a missile in the face and they will be dead. But not today. grr.
Shaundakahl
Member
I'm having a hard time with controlling the Gauss SAW... I persist, but it has a mean recoil. I haven't worn NC colors before and there are the last of the factions, so I'm beginning to pick out which one I keep. The Vanguard is powerful, but I think the Prowler is a better tank. The Magrider is tough to factor for tank roles, but I like it's mobility more than I it's gun. I believe the TR pistol to be superior, for now.
Did anyone else know you could trial weapons every eight hours or so?
I think the MCG is the superior HA weapon, and I love the Reaver's default cannon.
Did anyone else know you could trial weapons every eight hours or so?
I think the MCG is the superior HA weapon, and I love the Reaver's default cannon.
I did not, how do you try weapons?
Just the default in-game settings.
Spazznid
Member
Controller works.
Wireless 360 one here works, and the only issue I have is no analogue trigger support (you can't bind Aim and Shoot to the triggers and use them at the same time...) and in Vehicles the sensitivity seems crazy high, even when I try to change it.
Maybe plugged ones are having issues atm, but it will be fixed.
Wireless 360 one here works, and the only issue I have is no analogue trigger support (you can't bind Aim and Shoot to the triggers and use them at the same time...) and in Vehicles the sensitivity seems crazy high, even when I try to change it.
Maybe plugged ones are having issues atm, but it will be fixed.
Yeah the controller issue is an issue only on W8 afaik and is unintentional. Last I heard they've always had it working in-house and haven't been able to get a repro case to fix it
Someone reported that using the dinput8.dll from somewhere in C:\windows in the PS2 dir fixed it, but I never got around to trying it
analogue support isn't good atm from what ive heard though
e: try weapons by going through the steps to purchase it, trial will be under purchase options
Someone reported that using the dinput8.dll from somewhere in C:\windows in the PS2 dir fixed it, but I never got around to trying it
analogue support isn't good atm from what ive heard though
e: try weapons by going through the steps to purchase it, trial will be under purchase options
That's pretty stupid since PC is all about playing how you want and plenty of hardware and even graphics help give people an advantage more than a controller would for flying. Plenty of mouse pilots can compete with the best of the controller pilots in BF3 too.
cripterion
Member
Any euro GAF playing on Cabal?
According to the player sheet, you are all playing dirty vanus. That's not okay.
Hey, I was VS before it was cool!
Since the beta for Planetside 1 in fact. Feels kind of weird to not be the underdog for once. Even in beta VS was usually lower population.
scorpscarx
Member
So my game was running more terrible than normal and guess what the cause was?
I unknowingly recorded 20GB of movie by pressing page up lol.
I unknowingly recorded 20GB of movie by pressing page up lol.
Anton668
Member
nvm. all is good...
Liberty4all
Banned
Does that include passive cert gain? I'm seriously tempted just to get over the hump. Weapons wise I'm pretty good now, but certs are excruciatingly slow. I think I got 80 tonight in 7 hours.
Liberty4all
Banned
Not my squads. One of the first certs I got was the spawn beacon that allows my crew to orbital drop where I place it.
Use to go full speed through forests in PS1.
First time here, I got in a plane and flipped it over in 50ft with a crash. I'm still crashing into the ground and still can't aim and move properly.
Its going to take some time.
Liberty4all
Banned
I believe you are talking about the tech plant (or it the amp?) layout.
There are 2 sub generators on either side of the base one that controls the blue shields that block friendly tanks from coming in and another that puts shields around the enemy tank spawn area. These sub generators will be clearly marked on your map.
There is another generator near the control point area that when knocked out will drop the orange shields protecting the final generator -- this final gen knocks out the enemies respawn tubes.
To blow generators walk up to it and press E to start an overload. Shooting them does nothing. Oh and don't stick around for the overload. Minimum safe distance.
Make your own then.
Spazznid
Member
Yeah, make your own squad, use your Mic, and name the squad something nice. People usually listen to me when I use my Mic as squad leader.
Also, if you can't make around 10-20 certs per hour, then you just need more practice. Learn where to go, what to shoot at. At first glance it may seem like everybody is zerging, but some players actually use the zerg to their advantage.
If all else fails, go medic and heal or go engie and find a max to follow. It's a bit less fun sometimes, but easy certs.
Also, if you can't make around 10-20 certs per hour, then you just need more practice. Learn where to go, what to shoot at. At first glance it may seem like everybody is zerging, but some players actually use the zerg to their advantage.
If all else fails, go medic and heal or go engie and find a max to follow. It's a bit less fun sometimes, but easy certs.
All shields have a symbol on them, look for that symbol on the map and or floating over a generator and blow it up. I'm going to assume your talking about the SCU's force fields. Their slightly confusing because the generator symbol is almost but not quite exactly like the SCU symbol.
The English Conquistador
Member
How much memory would sufficient enough to run this game so it's not like a stuttering mess? I played the beta and for the most part performance was fine, but the stuttering when entering new areas or crazy shit going down really was not fun.
Currently equipped with 4gb.
Currently equipped with 4gb.
8gb. That sounds more like an issue with loading stuff into memory from an HDD though. Would probably see more benefit from a SSD
Liberty4all
Banned
I would double that. I have 8gb and 0 stutter issues.
I'm having terrible problems with this game that I can't figure out. When I first spawn it runs absolutely fine but as soon as I move any significant distance my frame-rate just goes up and down constantly from 4-60fps (completely unplayable). Feels like it can't stream in assets fast enough but I don't know what I can do. I install games on a small WD 10,000rpm drive so that loading is usually better than usual! Graphical settings make no noticeable difference.
i5 3470 3.2Ghz
8GB DDR3
Nvidia 560Ti
I can't even log into the official support forum because I'm unable to recover the password for the SOE account I played Planetside with for years (unspecified error) and am not allowed to register a new one because I'm in the UK.
Any suggestions of things to try appreciated.
EDIT: I solved it! My GPU wasn't getting enough juice from the aging PSU. Rearranged some things and unplugged a hdd and dvd drive temprarily and now running really well. Lesson learnt...
i5 3470 3.2Ghz
8GB DDR3
Nvidia 560Ti
I can't even log into the official support forum because I'm unable to recover the password for the SOE account I played Planetside with for years (unspecified error) and am not allowed to register a new one because I'm in the UK.
Any suggestions of things to try appreciated.
EDIT: I solved it! My GPU wasn't getting enough juice from the aging PSU. Rearranged some things and unplugged a hdd and dvd drive temprarily and now running really well. Lesson learnt...
The English Conquistador
Member
Thanks guys! I'll see about the SSD too.
Oh yea. I make like 50-100 every hour with that setup.
scorpscarx
Member
Is it just me or is the weapon comparison stuff completely broken.
That seems pretty crazy. I get 80 certs in about 2 hours or so. I'm by no means a skilled player lol. Not sure why there is a big difference. 7 hours for 80 would suck pretty bad.