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    Quote Originally Posted by Wyzak View Post
    I think you meant to quote my previous post. I'm also not sure if you can get there in the sidey, I switched to the eagle and then upgraded it's FSD so that I can jump just over 10LY. I would advise anybody else to do the same, upgrade your FSD first.
    I did mean to quote the other post, yes..

    I've just grabbed a Hauler, definitely going to up its FSD first. Btw, http://www.elitetradingtool.co.uk/ is pretty useful for finding useful commodity trades, and https://cmdr.club/routes/ is a great help over built in routing.

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    Quote Originally Posted by Avatar View Post
    I did mean to quote the other post, yes..

    I've just grabbed a Hauler, definitely going to up its FSD first. Btw, http://www.elitetradingtool.co.uk/ is pretty useful for finding useful commodity trades, and https://cmdr.club/routes/ is a great help over built in routing.
    meh, so the in-game routing is so poorly implemented that you need a third party site to help you get from A to B?
    When an anti-piracy method is affecting the game for people who legitimately bought it and causing other people not to buy the game, there is obviously something wrong with it!

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    Quote Originally Posted by Wyzak View Post
    meh, so the in-game routing is so poorly implemented that you need a third party site to help you get from A to B?
    I think that it's more a case of me not having discovered many of the routes required to make the jump yet. I also only started playing yesterday, so I'm still learning as well.

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    Quote Originally Posted by Avatar View Post
    I think that it's more a case of me not having discovered many of the routes required to make the jump yet. I also only started playing yesterday, so I'm still learning as well.
    That may be a part of it, but we also had an issue with routing on our first game night which makes me think there's more to it.

    I tried entering our destination system the first time and the route option was disabled, then if you check again a few seconds later it's enabled again... I guess they are running some calculation behind the scenes, but it's not showing any indication thereof or progress.

    Also my friend and I were 40 LYs apart. I calculated a route to his location and found a star on that route that was roughly 20LY away from me (so half-way on a 3D route). We agreed to meet there and after several jumps in that direction we were still 40 LY apart...

    I then calculated a new route, same story, and he then double-checked it and noticed that the new middle-point is further away from him than it would be for him to fly directly to me...

    Eventually he logged and I flew to were he logged out.
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    Quote Originally Posted by Wyzak View Post
    Game is now patching to 2014.12.16.54237.
    Game is now 2014.12.17.54305
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    Quote Originally Posted by Reavs View Post
    It skips the files that are already downloaded.
    Okay, your downloader is finished. I tried updating it through the launcher, no luck. I had emailed support a day or so ago. They sent me a data file. Copied it in and it seemed to update very quickly. I could click PLAY but sadly I had to come to work. [emoji14]

    I'll try it later today. Thanks, looks like I'm sorted.

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    Cool stuff. glad you are sorted.

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    I'll be firing up the game for the first time today. Any important basic tips that will make life a lot easier?

    Also, I have a 360 controller, so it's either that or M&K. What are your experiences with the different control methods? Hotas or joystick the way to go?

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    Personally I prefer HOTAS. But I play allot of flight sims so i'm kind of used to the setup.

    Setup a goal for yourself. Focus on something specific like trade/exploration/mining or even bounty hunting/piracy until you have enough funds to branch out into something else. Trying to be a jack of all trades is expensive and doesn't work out well if you have to refit your ship every time you want to do something else.

    If you are comfortable with your combat skills then explore every USS you come across. Some might contain a couple canisters of stolen goods which sell for a couple of credits on the black market. There is always a change there might be a pirate waiting for you, hence the combat skills part.

    I'm focused on trading at the moment and just bought my first hauler. Should be able to get those funds rolling a bit easier now.

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    Quote Originally Posted by shibobo View Post
    I'll be firing up the game for the first time today. Any important basic tips that will make life a lot easier?

    Also, I have a 360 controller, so it's either that or M&K. What are your experiences with the different control methods? Hotas or joystick the way to go?
    There are a ton of keys that you need to figure out right of the bat and the tutorial doesn't really help that much. So be prepared to scroll through controls often.

    Important keys for starting out:
    1) Activate/deactivate FSD (default key J)
    2) up/down/left/right thrusters for fine movement when taking off/landing
    3) Access panel on the left (default key 1)
    4) Move left and right on left panel (default key A and D)
    5) Move up and down on left panel (default key W and S)
    6) Move to next tab on left panel (default key Q and E)
    7) Deploy/Retract landing gear

    Remember to request docking before you land
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