RTS/Sim time waster required....
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Get X3:TCWhen are we getting another space sim?
There's a couple of Space MMO's coming out now reading around this forum
I can do that with a mouse and keyboard easily
To me a joystick just helps immersion, it won't make you play better. You get more precision with some controls, but less with others. I know when it comes to aiming I'd rather have a mouse
Get X3:TC
There's a couple of Space MMO's coming out now reading around this forum
Thanks mate.
Never really got into the X3 series even thought I played Elite 2: frontiers to death.
I must remember to try it.
I can do that with a mouse and keyboard easily
ahh fair enough i could never master trying to do roll and yaw on the kb while turning with the mosue >.<
mine should be comming tomorrow too
My copy of X3:TC has just been shipped
Should be here tomorrow fingers crossed
Download the 2.0a patch now so you are ready to go when it arrives
Quite into X3 though haven't played for a few weeks - got bored with The Hub campaign. While there are strategic elements to the gameplay, however IMHO it's more hands on than a God style RTS which may be what the OP had in mind.
Not sure if it will be everyone's cup of tea but The Sims 3 will be out in a few weeks, might be worth waiting for that?
While the sentiments may belong in one of the gaming nostalgia threads, the games I do miss are in the style of the old "Battleground" series (Ardennes, Gettysbury, Shiloh etc). Turn based so you had time to think and plan but incredibly compelling!
Not sure if it will be everyone's cup of tea but The Sims 3 will be out in a few weeks, might be worth waiting for that?
While the sentiments may belong in one of the gaming nostalgia threads, the games I do miss are in the style of the old "Battleground" series (Ardennes, Gettysbury, Shiloh etc). Turn based so you had time to think and plan but incredibly compelling!
Downloaded it in work yesterday and took it home on my Archos last night (no interweb in my flat yetDownload the 2.0a patch now so you are ready to go when it arrives
)bah mine hasn't arrived
hope it comes tomorrow
Same
Shows how good OcUK are... ordered the game and the joystick on the same day... OcUK's package turns up not even 18 hours later... It'll be 4 days before I get my game...
lol
Downloaded it in work yesterday and took it home on my Archos last night (no interweb in my flat yet
Same
Shows how good OcUK are... ordered the game and the joystick on the same day... OcUK's package turns up not even 18 hours later... It'll be 4 days before I get my game...
lol
yeah same except i ordered the game a day before the joystick which has still beaten it
that joystick is ace though already raised the palm rest and adjusted the tilt on the buttons to get it uber comfy
Online FAQ + Instructions
It's got a pretty nasty learning curve (I'd say it is vertical, but its not, its slightly sloped backwards
)
I've uploaded the PDF of the manual so you can check it out here. I'd try and get a basic understanding of the mechanics of flying about, going through the menus and getting missions.
Feel free to bug me for more specific things here or on msn or something if you want.
It's got a pretty nasty learning curve (I'd say it is vertical, but its not, its slightly sloped backwards
)I've uploaded the PDF of the manual so you can check it out here. I'd try and get a basic understanding of the mechanics of flying about, going through the menus and getting missions.
Feel free to bug me for more specific things here or on msn or something if you want.
Online FAQ + Instructions
It's got a pretty nasty learning curve (I'd say it is vertical, but its not, its slightly sloped backwards
I've uploaded the PDF of the manual so you can check it out here. I'd try and get a basic understanding of the mechanics of flying about, going through the menus and getting missions.
Feel free to bug me for more specific things here or on msn or something if you want.
Cool I'll probably be posting billions of "aghhh how do i avoid the planet!!"
type questions.
#
thanks for the manual
oh I'll find a way
I always fail epically at games that require a joystick at first, first time i went on combat flight simulator i managed to flip the plane sideways on the runway >.<
Did get awesome at the old x-wing and tie fighter games though
when you get a capitol ship go you still pilot it with the joystick etc?
Whats that like
edit: it is slightly worrying that the manual starts with
"say goodbye to a social life and/or sleep"
Also very promising too
I always fail epically at games that require a joystick at first, first time i went on combat flight simulator i managed to flip the plane sideways on the runway >.<
Did get awesome at the old x-wing and tie fighter games though
when you get a capitol ship go you still pilot it with the joystick etc?
Whats that like
edit: it is slightly worrying that the manual starts with
"say goodbye to a social life and/or sleep"
Also very promising too
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Yeh you can pilot any ship you own. Capital ships are very sluggish.
I've not had any destroyers or carriers yet in Terran Conflict, but I'd imagine they are the same as X3, very slow to turn, and annoying to fly through a busy sector without hitting things and then being hated by the locals!
The M7 Frigates are far more flyable, and these still dwarf the Corvettes and Fighters. Such huge level of scale in this game
I've not had any destroyers or carriers yet in Terran Conflict, but I'd imagine they are the same as X3, very slow to turn, and annoying to fly through a busy sector without hitting things and then being hated by the locals!
The M7 Frigates are far more flyable, and these still dwarf the Corvettes and Fighters. Such huge level of scale in this game
that joystick is ace though already raised the palm rest and adjusted the tilt on the buttons to get it uber comfy
Yeah exactly the same, got the rest up on the top slot and the trigger buttons tilted slightly to the left