Naah, keep em coming. I need to get back into this. That Corvette looks sexy as fuck! Also, what resolution and graphics settings you playing at?
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Have they fixed the supercruise FPS drop yet or the text chat bug?
Interesting thing about the corvette, it is rather large but turns much faster than the Cutter. And even though the cutter has better hull / hardpoints it's not as agile. So it seems like the corvette will be the new big boss. Though the Anaconda somehow managed to still keep it's own spot as well and is starting to look more and more like the multirole ship.
I'll try and get more pics tonight. With every beta, graphical settings get reset. And I have not changed them as of yet. But I usually am able to max out the graphics in Elite without too much hassle. Resolution is 1920 x 1080
Text chat I have not really tried out yet. Mostly played solo. But when I did text friends I did not see any issues except for the usual communication with server issues. If that is what you are talking about?
Supercruise I don't experience any fps drop. And I do remember the fps drop in 1.3, but in 1.4 it's gone for me. So I guess in 1.5 it just gets better.
Yeah, I remember you saying that. But unfortunately more people have reported it since 1.4 - https://forums.frontier.co.uk/showth...23#post2960623
If you only play solo, you probably wouldn't experience it. When I played solo I had no FPS drop, but when I played in open I had unbearable FPS drop when in Supercruise.
yeah, I've always had issues with the chat/message functionality. I always play online/open but I always fly solo (mostly due to not having anyone to wing with).
Most of the time I have no objective and just fly or do my own things, so that suits me fine, dunno if I can conform into what someone else would want to do and be forced into doing that.
I've used teamspeak and steam's voice calling feature through most of my plays in Elite. It makes life a lot easier, and works better. I hate half implemented chat features in games. So I stay away from them. But if you use CTRL + ALT + B you can see network traffic from your side on Elite and then that way see whether the message is being sent or not.
Just starting to plan for Horizons and I have noticed something. The expansion is almost double to base game price?
Elite Dangerous £30
Elite Dangerous Horizons £50 (pre-order incentive of £40)
Together equals 70-80 quid.
Converts to around R2000, which is ridiculous.
Though it also seems the Horizons update is more like a season pass?
Quote:
A SEASON OF CONTENT
The second major update for Elite Dangerous: Horizons will release in Q1 2016 with more expansions to follow.
This second major update will include additional gameplay-focused content including an all-new game-changing loot and crafting system.
This is probably the biggest issue I have with the game, and have had, is the stupid pricing model.
I've had this debate with so many people. We need to always remember with Elite that the expansions include all the updates for the next year. And the Planetary landings also includes the base game. Not just the expansion. Unfortunately you cannot gift the extra copy though. Which sucks.
But yeah you are not just getting planetary landings. You are also getting the multi-crew expansion and whatever else they plan.
Steam might have a sale on the base game soon enough.
....I'll wait for No Man's Sky then rather :p
The thing that gets me with No Man's Sky, is that it does not look as varied as they are selling it to be. The planets are also not very big. Or even to true scale which brings me to my second point: It's very arcade like and aimed at younger people it seems. I am not interested in another space shooter / planet walker. There are enough of those. That's why CQC is seperate from Elite's base game. It's for those who want instant action.
I just don't see NMS working for me. The videos all have the same creatures in them. The planets look interesting. I'll consider it a couple of months after release.
Can you ship or pay couriers to move your stored vessels to another system or port yet?
That was also a big bummer for me. The game has so much potential but so little of it is implemented.
They keep on hammering how it's a 1:1 scale representation of our known universe, but whoop dee doo? So what? Does that make it more fun? No, not really. Should we be impressed that they can create so many procedurally generated planets? No, that's how procedural generation works. The depth is seriously lacking, and it really annoys me that the quest timer keeps running even if I log out.
Unfortunately I did not get a chance to test the mission timer last night. Was too busy playing around with GUI disabled and taking high resolution screenshots. Perhaps tonight I will have some better luck.
Although I did discuss a lot of the new developments with friends:
The Corvette is one serious beast now in beta3.
SCBs got a decent enough buff, with a certain build you can use them to make shields very potent.
The new bi-weave shields are interesting but I don't see a lot of players using them.
The cutter has some serious firepower, it's downfall comes with agility. It's only slightly faster at turning than the Type-9. Which is bad, however it can take more cargo. So that's a fair trade off.
There's a new type of mine launcher that does more damage to shields than hull. But I have not had a chance to test this out yet.
[MENTION=4816]axon1988[/MENTION] - would be cool to squad up some time. I'll probably put more time in this weekend.
[MENTION=4924]Wyzak[/MENTION] - I think you have the Cyborg X (FLY5) ne? I ended up formatting my machine and lost something along the way as now my ED has no assignments to it, and of course the game doesn't recognise the joystick.
Also, when going into the devices properties in Windows, the yaw axis doesn't go all the way to the right, works fine to left.
Cool, cmdr name is bologniusmaximus.
About your fly5. I used to fly with one till a couple of months ago. Have never had issues with the game not detecting it. Not quite sure what you are having issues with either, could you elaborate? I would like to try and help out!
I know Wyzak has had exactly the same issues (if it's him I'm thinking of). The game just doesn't pick it up. Though it has a specified configuration file for it, it just sees it as a generic joystick, therefor forcing you to manually set everything. Though I think it has the standard config which doesn't utilise all the buttons.
I'll spend an hour or so setting it up. But I also don't see any place to calibrate the device in stupid Windows 10.
Regards,
CMDR Frampt
I have the fly 5 yes. From what I've seen there are multiple variants of it even though they look identical and the game only knows about one (or some) of them.
See my post here - https://forums.frontier.co.uk/showthread.php?t=69383 if that doesn't help you, I'll dig through my config.
I found the files on my desktop, but can't seem to attach them here. Drop me a PM with your email and I'll email them to you.
Loving this game again, been playing all day...
Tried out some SweetFX too.
http://images.akamai.steamuserconten...2472C092F7B15/
What is a beacon used for?
Secondly, is it possible to loan my account to a friend so he could try it before he buys it? [MENTION=5134]MalicE[/MENTION]
Wing beacons are for your team wings to easier find you. You can also use it to easily stay with your friends once you start moving about.
You can share your account with your friend without issues. As long as he/she is in South Africa. I am unsure of whether region restrictions apply. Can't imagine they do, but still your address and things get recorded on your account. So keep that in mind.
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Have an update. It seems to me like missions still time out. Although I mostly play CG missions, so I can understand that in that specific scenario.
Other wise today is potentially the closed beta release for planetary landings. Has anyone seen the system specs? It's rather high. So maybe tonight or tomorrow I will upload some landing pics and such.
System specifications for Planetary landings are as follows:
Minimum:
OS: Windows 7, Windows 8
CPU: Quad Core CPU (4x 2GHz)
RAM: 4GB RAM
VIDEO: Nvidia GTX 260 / ATI 4870HD
HDD: 7GB Available Space
Recommended:
OS: Windows 7, Windows 8
CPU: Intel Core i7 - 3770K or better / AMD FX 4350 or better
RAM: 8GB RAM
VIDEO: Nvidia GTX 770 / ATI Radeon R9 280X
HDD: 7GB Available Space
Source: https://www.elitedangerous.com/#sys-req
In some articles it mentions that the minimum is actually 6GB. Though I would just stick to what the official website states. If you would like to see some nice short videos about in-game footage, then you can see that here:
https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCR6...ox-QANGCig4RcA
Here are some of the better videos in my opinion:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bFYqfhMfVCk
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=e6DEbuVGtUw
Never mind, the beta has been delayed for a couple of days. My guess is Friday again.
Unfortunately that is quite an issue for me as my gaming time is unpredictable and can be interrupted after a few minutes and then I might only get time again a week or two later.Quote:
Have an update. It seems to me like missions still time out. Although I mostly play CG missions, so I can understand that in that specific scenario.
This is why I wanted a game that I could play offline and pause and resume whenever.
Seems like I may have found my issue, further testing will ensue tonight.
Took apart the base and and some Q20 on the moving parts. Seems to have helped by looking at the calibration screen.
ED is on sale for £9.99
Yeah, sorry I didn't read the last sentence about your joystick as it clearly hinted towards a mechanical problem.
For what it's worth I contacted Madcatz after I had some issues with my joystick and they shipped me a "broken" one to salvage for parts. But I haven't been able to find anything wrong with it...
It's slightly cheaper on Steam at the moment, R207. Isn't there some big expansion coming soon that will cost a lot extra though?
You can change the currency on Frontier's store to USD and then it is cheaper there. ALSO it is not region locked at Frontier. Unlike Steam. This new region lock has messed me around so much. I can't even gift games to international friends any more. So steam can suck it.