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Guess I know what I'll be doing tomorrow then....
My and my Space Pig goin luxury trading.
365k every 4mins is just too good to pass up.
Come back to the combat tutorials once you have more familiarity in game with the controls.
Combat in game is disappointingly easy right now in more or less any ship after the basic sidewinder.
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IMHO, these made the 360 pad nice to use
https://forums.frontier.co.uk/showthread.php?t=71532
About the 3rd time I've linked them in this thread but hey
Has every button you need mapped to the pad in a logical way
I tried FaceTrackNoIR with my Xbox 360 webcam, and it worked reasonably well. I think with a bit of tweaking to the various curves and settings it would be nice cheap solution to head tracking.
However... I found I got neck and shoulder ache from sitting relatively still in front of my PC. I think what I've found out is that I like to jiggle about in my seat as I play, which I can't really do when using the webcam as it causes the view to go into a spasm!
The button on my HOTAS that I used to switch headlook on and off before using the webcam stopped working whilst FaceTrack was running, so I couldn't even disable headtracking during general flight and just enable it when I wanted it.
So I've uninstalled it all and will live without it. Shame, as it could have enhanced the game loads. It also makes me a little nervous on spending cash on a solution, as I don't want to end up with neck and shoulder pain after trying to sit still during a gaming session.
However... I found I got neck and shoulder ache from sitting relatively still in front of my PC. I think what I've found out is that I like to jiggle about in my seat as I play, which I can't really do when using the webcam as it causes the view to go into a spasm!
The button on my HOTAS that I used to switch headlook on and off before using the webcam stopped working whilst FaceTrack was running, so I couldn't even disable headtracking during general flight and just enable it when I wanted it.
So I've uninstalled it all and will live without it. Shame, as it could have enhanced the game loads. It also makes me a little nervous on spending cash on a solution, as I don't want to end up with neck and shoulder pain after trying to sit still during a gaming session.
I've been trying to do this, but my Xbox Live Vision camera keeps "disconnecting" itself. It disappears from FaceTrackNoIR, but also disappears from Device Manager and anywhere else it would appear.
I hunted in Googleland for about two days trying to resolve the issue, but nothing I've found has helped.
The camera has spent the last few years in a cold and slightly damp garage, and I'm just wondering whether this has damaged it, but I cannot tell.
It's very frustrating - I had it running for a few minutes at a time and then it just disconnects with the "device has been unplugged" warning sound in Windows.
Any ideas?
Windows 8.1 here with nothing unusual by way of settings or peripherals.
Cheers
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just set the freetrack start/stop hotkey to a button (map in joystick software, cannot in Eite itself) or use the hotkey, I use one of my toggle buttons up for start/stop and down to re-centre.
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I'm in Tenche at Blaauw Hub, making 659k every 4mins in my Type9. There is a S.L. 7.22Mm from the port, so you can just stay full throttle and it takes about 8 seconds in sc.
I look back at how hard I worked to get the Cobra and I am earning a cobra and 2 vipers every 4 minutes - madness.
But when you consider that a fully tricked out an A grade Anaconda can cost 640million that is about 60 hours constant trading, getting on for 2 working weeks.
It would be lovely if there was an alternative to trading as a money making method.
I've just crossed 100million current assets so still so far to go - I really want a heavy fighter in the game, kind of like a fighter version of the Asp.
I look back at how hard I worked to get the Cobra and I am earning a cobra and 2 vipers every 4 minutes - madness.
But when you consider that a fully tricked out an A grade Anaconda can cost 640million that is about 60 hours constant trading, getting on for 2 working weeks.
It would be lovely if there was an alternative to trading as a money making method.
I've just crossed 100million current assets so still so far to go - I really want a heavy fighter in the game, kind of like a fighter version of the Asp.
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rofl
I was up till 3am on a conference call supervising some engineering works - they didn't need me, so managed to hammer that run at Tenche for about 5 hours solid, I hit 300M in assets.
Anaconda is rocking now, kitted for combat, A7 shields, uprated thrusters, 4x C3 fixed beam lasers and 4x dumbfire launchers, I tried A7 thrusters for a while - really transforms the ship in terms of flight, the E7s make it fly like a type-9 so I've settled for B7s.
Shields are expensive on the conda, as is the thrusters, as is the reactor
I guess you've not seen uprated bulkheads........ ?
I think mirrored surface composite was 346Mcr for the Anaconda last time I looked.....
I guess you've not seen uprated bulkheads........ ?
I think mirrored surface composite was 346Mcr for the Anaconda last time I looked.....
Geeez, I will get this ship fully kitted out, it will take a while mind
My current assets stand at 206mil and I am still enjoying all aspects of the game.Anyone give me the heads up on turreted weapons.
Say I have them on my type9 in 'target only' mode.
I then select a non-hostile target will they open up or does the target have to be red ?
Can you "turn them on and off" by having an 'empty fire group' ?
Cheers,
Say I have them on my type9 in 'target only' mode.
I then select a non-hostile target will they open up or does the target have to be red ?
Can you "turn them on and off" by having an 'empty fire group' ?
Cheers,
Whats the deal with NPC pirates? do they just kill you or can you drop cargo and they let you live?
Up until now I would just kill them but since getting a type 9 thats not really an option, I can usually drop a few heat sheild a run away from them but last night I got interdicted by an anaconda and he killed me before I could jump
another 4.8 million down the drain, but I did notice I had all my cargo back (516T paladium) when I bought back my ship so I must have had some kind of cargo insurance, lucky as that would have been another 7million loss
Up until now I would just kill them but since getting a type 9 thats not really an option, I can usually drop a few heat sheild a run away from them but last night I got interdicted by an anaconda and he killed me before I could jump
another 4.8 million down the drain, but I did notice I had all my cargo back (516T paladium) when I bought back my ship so I must have had some kind of cargo insurance, lucky as that would have been another 7million lossNot even going to bother with the Anaconda, wasn't that impressed in Beta. So time to keep on trading and just gather cash for maybe a python or a fer de lance. I dont even mind flying the spacepig on standard configuration but the heat issue is a ball ache in repair costs.
I think i am the only one who has only fired lasers once and that was in my free eagle.
I think i am the only one who has only fired lasers once and that was in my free eagle.
Yeah. Even if they have started shooting, they will stop after you drop a couple. They scoop really quick (seeking lux type vicinity thang, they don't actually scoop) so if you are intending to shoot them in the back you have to bee very quick.
I stopped playing a couple of weeks back at Python. Will return to check out updates throughout the year.
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