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Cavallino · 12 Jan 2018 at 18:37

NeoWave said:
You might find this spreadsheet helpful which lists where to get data/materials etc…
https://docs.google.com/spreadsheet...RsDxfAcQa7cBq0YUIFy3m2NII/edit#gid=1287294423

As said by @JTrickle if you can skip that grade then do.

Thanks. Still struggling to find these SLFs. Not sure how to read that spreadsheet. It’s quite complex!

Cavallino · 12 Jan 2018 at 22:58

That's it really... it shouldn't be this difficult to find stuff in the game... I thought grinding the ranks to get a Fed Corvette would be the "boring bit" and then going onto to engineers would be more fun....
But for the love of god.... its even more unintuitive and... (not boring but just... ) frustrating....

Dammit I want to love this game so much but its not helping me....

I just want to get frikkin rapid fire pew pew....

kration · 13 Jan 2018 at 00:31

Cavallino said:
...its even more unintuitive and... (not boring but just... ) frustrating....

Dammit I want to love this game so much but its not helping me....

That is a superb summary of my experience with Elite Dangerous.

Though it always ends up dragging me back in...

Unintuitive and addictive.

Old Man · 13 Jan 2018 at 03:30

Elite Dangerous' “Beyond” beta is launching soon, will be free and open to all PC players:

See: http://store.steampowered.com/news/?appids=359320

NeoWave · 14 Jan 2018 at 09:49

Yep, beta is 25 January - yipee!

@Cavallino the Material Trader arrives in Beyond q1 update, the beta of which starts in a couple of weeks so getting such stuff will hopefully become a lot easier very soon! But if you need SLF now try flying in deep space, 200ly - 2000ly from a sun & checking Degraded & Encoded Signals Sources. Or find a medium sized settlement with low security & scan its data beacons.

Cavallino · 14 Jan 2018 at 16:26

NeoWave said:
Yep, beta is 25 January - yipee!

@Cavallino the Material Trader arrives in Beyond q1 update, the beta of which starts in a couple of weeks so getting such stuff will hopefully become a lot easier very soon! But if you need SLF now try flying in deep space, 200ly - 2000ly from a sun & checking Degraded & Encoded Signals Sources. Or find a medium sized settlement with low security & scan its data beacons.

Thanks NW. You wont believe me if I said I am STILL trying to find Specialised Legacy Firmware for the past week.

Just incredible....

kration · 14 Jan 2018 at 21:17

Where do I set the key binds for taking screenshots?

I've been trawling through the Options menu but can't find anything in relation to the standard screenshots and hi-res screenshots...

Fishbait · 14 Jan 2018 at 21:28

If you mean screenshots from within ED, fairly sure you can't change the keybinds.

Fishbait · 14 Jan 2018 at 21:51

Logged in for first time in a while, checked faction rewards. 13,000 credits. Had no idea it'd been so long hehe.

kration · 14 Jan 2018 at 22:22

Fishbait said:
If you mean screenshots from within ED, fairly sure you can't change the keybinds.

Yes, that's what I meant.

In that case, what are the keybinds?

For both standard screenshots and the hi-res version?

kration · 14 Jan 2018 at 22:29

kration said:
Yes, that's what I meant.

In that case, what are the keybinds?

For both standard screenshots and the hi-res version?

After a few seconds of googling :rolleyes:

:

F10 is the standard screenshot
Left Alt + F10 gives you the Hi Res version, but it's a bit sensitive about whether you are in open play or not (it was this that was confusing me, and I'm still confused )

NeoWave · 15 Jan 2018 at 10:23

I think it is because it was a dev bug fixing helper that has kind of evolved as everyone uses it. Of course there is always the chance that that is an old wives' tale since I can't remember where I heard it

NeoWave · 16 Jan 2018 at 08:41

Beyond content live stream today, 19:00 GMT!

NeoWave · 17 Jan 2018 at 09:13

From memory:
Crime & Punishment: Bounties received now include part of your ship's rebuy cost & part of the victim's if it is a Commander
Crime & Punishment: Friendly fire is now just a fine & the threshold is increased
Crime & Punishment: Bounties never expire
Crime & Punishment: Bounties can be paid off at Interstellar Factors
Crime & Punishment: Committing crimes creates a hot ship - if you dock with a hot ship system services will be restricted in the jurisdiction you committed the crimes.
Crime & Punishment: If you commit too many crimes against a superpower's factions they will put a superpower bounty on you & dispatch Advanced Tactical Responders; each superpower has its own.
Crime & Punishment: If you die in a hot ship you get sent to a detention centre in its own private instance

Powerplay: Killing Powerships whether Commanders or NPCs does not create a crime but a Powerplay 'Paramilitary' bounty

Missions: you can choose the type of reward. Starting with wing missions & coming to all.
Missions: cargo delivery missions will no longer be blocked due to not enough cargo space-they can be done in multiple runs
Wing Missions (& missions?): can be terminated at partial completion for a partial reward
Wing Missions: can be done by commanders in solo but they will be noticeably harder than normal missions

BGS: a new mission reward choice of increased influence is being added

Personally I think all this is excellent; can't wait! 1 live stream down; 2 more to go!

David_VI · 18 Jan 2018 at 19:43

Hey guys, I jumped in at the deep end... Got Elite a few weeks ago and then went and grabbed a Rift.

I played Elite a bit before getting the Rift but now i'm trying to get the settings right for VR.
I'm using the ED Profiler tool and a bit confused about supersampling and HMD quality. I noticed it the ship cockpit itself looks great, but stations feel a bit immersion breaking as they seem really pixelly and like they're not part of space if you know what I mean?

Any advice for settings?
Specs
1070gtx
4670k @ 4.3ghz
16gb Ram

Cheers Commanders

dirtybeatfreak · 19 Jan 2018 at 08:12

Can't link to it as I'm at work but if you look on the Frontier forums in the VR section, there is a guide on how to get the best picture out of your HMD. It's quite extensive and works well

EDIT: I'm a rebel ... https://forums.frontier.co.uk/showt...t-DK2-CV1-Vive-VR-Experience-Guide-Compendium

Vern1961 · 19 Jan 2018 at 08:17

Still grinding away at the lower levels trying to build rep and cash. Got my posterior handed to me in Empire space by two aggressive AI attackers which gave me the pleasure of the rebuy screen for a second time. Then got zero sympathy at the official forum when I related my experience!!

NeoWave · 19 Jan 2018 at 09:43

The official forum is quite the bear bit. I wouldn't pay too much attention to posts on it; unless they are by Devs or me of course

ttaskmaster · 19 Jan 2018 at 11:13

Vern1961 said:
Still grinding away at the lower levels trying to build rep and cash. Got my posterior handed to me in Empire space by two aggressive AI attackers which gave me the pleasure of the rebuy screen for a second time. Then got zero sympathy at the official forum when I related my experience!!

Nope, no sympathy.
At the lower levels, especially with the FREE Sidewinder, you can deek about as much as you like, as you first learn the ropes and then practice to get better... and it's all free.
Later on, when some evil frakking SoB NPC wing brings two Fer de Lances and a Python to come trash your ship and you lose over 50,000,000 Cr.... then you're on your way to sympathy-entitlement!!!!!

janksteruk · 19 Jan 2018 at 11:52

Vern1961 said:
Still grinding away at the lower levels trying to build rep and cash. Got my posterior handed to me in Empire space by two aggressive AI attackers which gave me the pleasure of the rebuy screen for a second time. Then got zero sympathy at the official forum when I related my experience!!

you wont ..it s the way the game is ..i have around 500 million in rebuys alone..im just a simple open trader..just dust your self off and carry on

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