Official Star Citizen / Squadron 42 Thread

GiraffePencils · 6 Jun 2014 at 09:14

Mine ran great,
got a handle of the controls after a bit and before I knew it I was there for an hour and a half

High settings, 1080p
i7 920 and GTX 560Ti

Raumarik · 6 Jun 2014 at 09:37

Anyone else notice some of the asteroids have low res textures? assuming it's perhaps my settings but some look great, others look like putty.

GiraffePencils · 6 Jun 2014 at 09:52

Halfmad said:
Anyone else notice some of the asteroids have low res textures? assuming it's perhaps my settings but some look great, others look like putty.

I did notice that.....as I hit one
but took little notice, ships are pretty enough to compensate

Raumarik · 6 Jun 2014 at 10:00

Must admit I did enjoy flying close to the asteroids, there's something about the physics, where you need to drag your craft's backside into line that's extremely good fun, bit like constantly drifting whilst driving

Itching to see how the Cutlass handles now!

SS-89 · 6 Jun 2014 at 10:18

Apparently you can activate mag boots with B once you exit the craft

Will try that tonight.

Have only managed to successfully land once due to the the glitched landing gear.

Raumarik · 6 Jun 2014 at 10:21

Get screenshots mate if you do, potential wallpaper ahoy!

Gazanimal · 6 Jun 2014 at 10:22

Halfmad said:
I jumped on your twitch last night and you were playing Wildstar. I was bitterly disappointed lol

Haha, yeah sorry I forgot to edit my Stream title until afterwards.

So many games/alphas/betas + real life to juggle at the moment

SS-89 · 6 Jun 2014 at 11:07

https://forums.robertsspaceindustri...lemented-so-well-it-s-perceived-as-bad#latest

Great explanation

Maybe a case that the pursuit of realism with the flight-model in fact has made it less fun or engaging?

I actually don't mind it that much but there is obviously a large contingent that do!

Zenduri · 6 Jun 2014 at 14:51

Press L and Left Alt at the same time and enjoy

Also when locked on with a missile, press and hold fire missile for a Missile chasecam towards the target... i tend to do this all the time now lol

ttaskmaster · 6 Jun 2014 at 16:57

HybridX said:
Also when locked on with a missile, press and hold fire missile for a Missile chasecam towards the target... i tend to do this all the time now lol

I stopped doing that when I realised it made me a sitting duck for any other hostiles!!

So how do I get the Hornet in my hangar?
I have 2 ship packages (Aurora and 300i), but I only have those two to play with, while I know other users with Freelancers have Hornets.
Is it because I haven't pledged enough money already?

Uther · 6 Jun 2014 at 17:13

Yes you would have to buy it, or something more expensive.

Raumarik · 6 Jun 2014 at 17:27

As Uther has said you'd need to buy the Hornet or a more expensive ship that isn't currently available. Freelancers aren't flyable yet AC V2 is rumoured to have Cutlass/Freelancer and Avenger.

Digital X · 6 Jun 2014 at 17:35

Right, been looking it this for a while, what would the $45 package give me? Is it JUST a ship to walk around, or can I use/fly/roam the game and get all updates with this? Also it seems pretty pricey above from there.

ttaskmaster · 6 Jun 2014 at 17:52

Uther said:
Yes you would have to buy it, or something more expensive.

Oh... that sucks.
I thought I'd read somewhere that everyone in the Alpha would get the same four or five ships to play with... The again, the Hornet so far has handled horribly, so I guess I'm not too upset!

Raumarik · 6 Jun 2014 at 18:41

digitalx said:
Right, been looking it this for a while, what would the $45 package give me? Is it JUST a ship to walk around, or can I use/fly/roam the game and get all updates with this? Also it seems pretty pricey above from there.

A laggy hangar to walk around in.
An Auroras MR ship to fly.
A laggy alpha arena to try to fly in.

Just being honest, the state of the game is what you'd expect from an early alpha but coming in now means you'll get the odd stretch goal reward as they come up, usually hangar fluff

If you think you'll eventually back it then you may as well hop onboard now, otherwise hold off.

PaulC2K · 6 Jun 2014 at 19:23

Halfmad said:
A laggy hangar to walk around in.
An Auroras MR ship to fly.
A laggy alpha arena to try to fly in.

Just being honest, the state of the game is what you'd expect from an early alpha but coming in now means you'll get the odd stretch goal reward as they come up, usually hangar fluff

If you think you'll eventually back it then you may as well hop onboard now, otherwise hold off.

Neither of those are quite true though, are they, as he wouldnt have Alpha access so he'd have to add $5 for the DFM/AC pass.

Ive just looked but there was a reputable seller on Reddit who was selling Aurora LN incl Alpha packages for cost, but seems he's sold out some point in the last 48h. There may be others though, It was roughly $48 after fees, which is $2 cheaper than RSI and its constant Alpha, not a module pass.

Raumarik · 6 Jun 2014 at 20:01

Paul - he's talking about the package + arena pass listed costing a combined $45 in the OP. Also I'm not sure if we're allowed to discuss trading in here, why I've not mentioned the grey market despite using it a fair amount myself and I've never had a problem with it tbh.

G-Man · 6 Jun 2014 at 20:20

Is the ship you get for the $40 actually worth the cash?

Been deeply considering jumping onboard with this lately now theres some actual tangible gameplay available.

Raumarik · 6 Jun 2014 at 20:45

I actually like it, has fantastic views in the cockpit compared to the more expensive ships. Weapon wise it's the most basic ship available but you are now able to do cross-chassis upgrades to ships where you upgrade your package to a better ship later. So essentially if you get it and hate it you can always grab a better one later. Thing to remember is that all ships are subject to change, so what you buy now might be better/worse in a weeks time etc. One thing I did notice about the Aurora is it feels very unfinished inside compared to the 300i and Hornet, the flip up displays aren't working, although that doesn't affect you much, just gives you more visibility of outside. You'll see it on the vid below.

Here's some footage and a guy talking about it in Arena Commander:

[Damien] · 6 Jun 2014 at 20:50

Have any of you tried playing with Voice Attack yet? I've been testing it out after watching a few vids and it works flawlessly.

I'm using this Voice Attack profile (command list here) if anyone wants to use it as a template.

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