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Not as far as I know, because in the 34th century, despite having colonised the galaxy with spaceships capable of superluminal speeds, computers can only track a single target. And it really ******* bugs me.
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IIRC, the F-14 military fighter jet could track and launch missile attacks on up to 24 separate targets at a time.
However, you as a Pilots Federation member are basically a civillian, and allowing you that kind of devastating combat dominance would perhaps be irresponsible of the galactic government. I therefore imagine such abilities would be the domain of system military entities, while this nerfing is the 34th Century equivalent of a 10-round magazine.
Yea....
Right, but i shouldn't have to do that, i should just be able to select a target to scan and if its of no interest to me deselect it and it should switch back to my destination, or i should be able to scan ships without unlocking my destination.
Scanning ships in SR seems like an afterthought.
Map a shortcut key to "Target next system in route" under Targeting in control settings. Then, once you have targeted a station/planet in the galaxy/system map and you want to scan a ship on the way there in supercruise, tap your "target ahead" key, or your "cycle next target key", get the ship in your scan window, wait till it scans, then press your "target next system in route" key. It should then deselect the ship and retarget the station/planet automatically. You should not have to go back to the sys map or the side panel. At least this is how it works with me.
I always scan ships using this on the way to a station for the data. I almost always use the cycle target button rather than target ahead, as it, erm, cycles the targets so if there are multiple ships in front of your can get them all, and just keep cycling until they all show as scanned.
edit: just had a play to check, maybe it only works this way with the cycle target key as described. Using the target ahead key seemed not to work, but as I say if you know you are only doing this for scanning then cycling targets is all you need. Once you've done all your cycling and scanning, tap your next system key and Bob is your Uncle. I find the next/previous target cycle keys very useful generally, but especially for quickly cycling through all targets in supercruise to see if there are any anywhere I haven't scanned.
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Makes sense, what is the Cycle target Key? Or do i have to map one? i'm still a bit noob...
Makes sense, what is the Cycle target Key? Or do i have to map one? i'm still a bit noob...
It also under Targeting in the controller setup. There is one for cycle next and cycle previous. Press it and it will literally target the ships around you one after another. I rapidly tap this to see if there aren't any ships I haven't scanned while in supercruise. If I find one but go past it in the list, then I use the cycle previous key. There is a knack to it, but one you get the hang it is very quick to periodically check if there are any new ships to scan. And as long as you don't use any other targettng method than cycle, then it should keep your main station or planet target to go back to.
Right. My t16000m is here, and I've tried it out with the thrustmaster hotas one very quickly in squadrons, but this thread is more active, and it's potentially where I'm "graduating" to.
First of all, the precision of the t16000m is far far better, no drift, and currently perfection on the twist as well, which I'm really liking. Pairing it briefly with the throttle and it was quite nice, but I also paired it with the stick, and found that dual stick definitely had potential (though I'd certainly be releasing as much tension as possible on my left hand from needing to hold it forwards to max speed etc).
What sort of options would I have for a 2nd stick if I was looking at moving into ED? Keyword is budget here. I'm suspecting another 16000m is probably as good as I can hope for. Especially as it allows for the left/right hand switch. I put a wanted thread up on the members market, but unfortunately didn't get anything, and reddit users seem to fancy a lot more for their products than I'm willing to pay (more than ebay which was a surprise). So I'm scanning ebay for good deals basically. Once I get another, I think I'll move the hotas one on, and recoup some of my expenses!
I understand that the 16000m is more limited on buttons than some other more premium options, but with voice attack, I'm hoping to be able to get around that sufficiently well, I'm sure others manage with less. I will be in VR so won't be able to easily find other inputs!
First of all, the precision of the t16000m is far far better, no drift, and currently perfection on the twist as well, which I'm really liking. Pairing it briefly with the throttle and it was quite nice, but I also paired it with the stick, and found that dual stick definitely had potential (though I'd certainly be releasing as much tension as possible on my left hand from needing to hold it forwards to max speed etc).
What sort of options would I have for a 2nd stick if I was looking at moving into ED? Keyword is budget here. I'm suspecting another 16000m is probably as good as I can hope for. Especially as it allows for the left/right hand switch. I put a wanted thread up on the members market, but unfortunately didn't get anything, and reddit users seem to fancy a lot more for their products than I'm willing to pay (more than ebay which was a surprise). So I'm scanning ebay for good deals basically. Once I get another, I think I'll move the hotas one on, and recoup some of my expenses!
I understand that the 16000m is more limited on buttons than some other more premium options, but with voice attack, I'm hoping to be able to get around that sufficiently well, I'm sure others manage with less. I will be in VR so won't be able to easily find other inputs!
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yes unfortunatley it is still 32.
lol.
They can hoist engineers on us, but can’t spare the developers to finally resolve the 32 button limit. Pah!
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I have a pair of VKB Gladiator NXT coming via air soon, ordered yesterday and despatched yesterday, arrived in UK this morning and I've paid the import fees just waiting for estimated day to update as it was Friday but now not sure due to needing to pay the fees.
Hope its not too long
Hope its not too long
Good choice, loving mine.I have a pair of VKB Gladiator NXT coming via air soon, ordered yesterday and despatched yesterday, arrived in UK this morning and I've paid the import fees just waiting for estimated day to update as it was Friday but now not sure due to needing to pay the fees.
Hope its not too long
I have a pair of VKB Gladiator NXT coming via air soon, ordered yesterday and despatched yesterday, arrived in UK this morning and I've paid the import fees just waiting for estimated day to update as it was Friday but now not sure due to needing to pay the fees.
Hope its not too long
How much did it cost you? Are those a type of stick where you have to buy the base separately?
Hoping to have just nabbed another bargain t16000m off facebook, assuming I've not been scammed and/or it's not working. Sold untested (says pc recognised device when plugged in). Though only £5 upfront, and £10 on delivery if it works, and just another £5 if it doesn't. So either I've just lost £5 to a scammer (seems a bit weak to scam for that much), or I've got myself a bargain.
One day perhaps, if I take it all seriously enough, I'll graduate to VKB sticks
Probably when they're worth as much as the t16000s are now!Oh, and since I seem to be moving forwards. Tips for a newbie??
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How much did it cost you? Are those a type of stick where you have to buy the base separately?
Hoping to have just nabbed another bargain t16000m off facebook, assuming I've not been scammed and/or it's not working. Sold untested (says pc recognised device when plugged in). Though only £5 upfront, and £10 on delivery if it works, and just another £5 if it doesn't. So either I've just lost £5 to a scammer (seems a bit weak to scam for that much), or I've got myself a bargain.
One day perhaps, if I take it all seriously enough, I'll graduate to VKB sticks
Oh, and since I seem to be moving forwards. Tips for a newbie??
This is what I've just ordered 1 left and 1 right handed stick from VKB Europe, these come as 1 unit so no extra base to buy, its their entry level to mid tier sticks, but supposedly far better than the x52/t1600 type of sticks for precision and build quality.
Im moving from t1600 dual sticks to these VKB`s cant wait, they cost me £252.22 GBP for the air lift which means they get here much quicker, you then have to pay import fees which were £60 as well so all in 2 sticks were £315.
Guess you'll get about £60-£80 back on the t16km sticks too, so back down to £240ish I suppose. Definitely out of my price range unless I really start getting into it!
. Hope you enjoy.How were the dual t16s? I understand they don't ahve a lot of inputs compared to what you can need, but was it enough for the essentials?
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The t16 are not bad just the buttons on the base is hardly used and really needed more hats on the top for essential items.
Ive bought a stream deck as well because you can use it to control ship functions and its got nice buttons that you can assign a pic to as well for ease of use.
On the elite forums there is a plugin for stream deck to make it easier to set up as well.
I would say the t16s are the entry level minimum IMO and then move up from there, ive been on and off elite since alpha way back in April 2014 and been through quite a few flight sticks etc and decided to spend a bit more and hopefully these will last longer and be better overall as well.
GitHub - mhwlng/streamdeck-elite: Elgato Stream Deck plugin for Elite Dangerous
Ive bought a stream deck as well because you can use it to control ship functions and its got nice buttons that you can assign a pic to as well for ease of use.
On the elite forums there is a plugin for stream deck to make it easier to set up as well.
I would say the t16s are the entry level minimum IMO and then move up from there, ive been on and off elite since alpha way back in April 2014 and been through quite a few flight sticks etc and decided to spend a bit more and hopefully these will last longer and be better overall as well.
GitHub - mhwlng/streamdeck-elite: Elgato Stream Deck plugin for Elite Dangerous
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It's easy enough - I have 32 buttons mapped direct, plus another three mapped to CTRL, ALT and SHIFT, resulting in 192 mappable controls...