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bigmike20vt said:
mechanically it's still the same however engineering has been VASTLY accelerated and basic thargoid fighting gear is now sold for (cheap) credits so it's much simpler to get to what you want to do.
the thargoid stuff is enjoyable if you have never done that before because of the material gathering

in system travel is now significantly faster if you buy an SCO drive and the new ships are specced to use an SCO drive so run even better still.
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Ah interesting... that sounds better and i haven't done any thargoid stuff so there's a good reason for me to install it again.

Thanks :)
 
I still hanker for the old days when we had just one system to pootle about in, doing trading and using those OP short range shotgun like weapons..
 
GBRusty said:
I still hanker for the old days when we had just one system to pootle about in, doing trading and using those OP short range shotgun like weapons..
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The is also a problem with playing a multiplayer game for its multiplayer aspect and its as big as ED is, its not really a multiplayer game in any practical sense, with some exceptions the chances of you running in to another real player are a billion to one.
 
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humbug said:
with some exceptions the chances of you running in to another real player are a billion to one.
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Until you want to start engineering stuff or joining in with community goals and then they are pretty much guaranteed to happen and be a net negative on your game. Remember kids, don't fly to engineer bases in open.
 
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I've played for a bit in VR on the quest 3. It's all right, but as I like to also do the on foot bit when I occasionally play then I don't bother with the VR.
 
After an 18 month break broke out the hotas to save Sol. After an hour of two of trying to remember how what where & why I started to make progress. Though my Fleet Carrier got repossessed :) No loss only ever used it to park my ships/modules at, didnt even make a single jump with it.

My Krait MkII has passenger cabins fitted so I used that to help with the evacuation. The interdictions feel a lot harder to escape from this time round but I only lost passengers to the Thargs the first run.

No idea what the current meta is for AXI but come next week I'll be stomping bugs assuming the Sol invasion actually happens.
 
MostlyHuman said:
The interdictions feel a lot harder to escape from this time round but I only lost passengers to the Thargs the first run.
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Can you imagine being a passenger on a ship not being able to help when it gets attacked? Perhaps sleeping in a bunk when the alerts start blaring over the loud speakers. The sudden g-forces pushing you against every wall.
 
GBRusty said:
Can you imagine being a passenger on a ship not being able to help when it gets attacked? Perhaps sleeping in a bunk when the alerts start blaring over the loud speakers. The sudden g-forces pushing you against every wall.
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Yeah it would be a terror run, though thankfully a pretty quick event.


Not sure about the g forces. Pretty sure the tech used in ED negates acceleration otherwise the pilot would be turned to mist on every flight.
 
I seem to remember FD answering questions about G forces in the early days, stating that they’d calculated them and don’t exceed 1G.

I can’t say that I’m convinced as 400ms equates to roughly Mach 1 at sea level, and with the pitch rate, I think that some would outrate a jet fighter
 
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Mr_Sukebe said:
I seem to remember FD answering questions about G forces in the early days, stating that they’d calculated them and don’t exceed 1G.
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Hahah, not a chance, you can actually induce black and red outs if you try, unless they removed that effect.
 
Mr_Sukebe said:
I seem to remember FD answering questions about G forces in the early days, stating that they’d calculated them and don’t exceed 1G.

I can’t say that I’m convinced as 400ms equates to roughly Mach 1 at sea level, and with the pitch rate, I think that some would outrate a jet fighter
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Maybe when in combat or landing/taking off but when in deep space using the Frame shift drive the accelerations are huge, millions/billions/trillions of g
 
Played a bit more in VR today. If it wasn't for the horrible degradation in quality when going on foot (as well as the weird grey box you see with the screen) I'd probably play it a bit more.
The weird shimmering is annoying, I put everything as high as I can.
Makes me wish I still had my HOSAS but Im not getting another one as I know my interest in this will be short lived.
 
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I just got a Quest 3 and I cannot for the life of me figure out the secret sequence of actions that will let me play Elite in VR with it.

I've had a Valve Index for the last few years, and while that ecosystem can be a bit fragile (to the extent that if I run into a problem my first and immediate response is to reboot the PC) I have no clue how I'm supposed to get Elite to load in VR with the Quest. Can anybody point me to a simple set of instructions to get it working?

Edit: I have a link cable (not Meta, but it works), and I've been able to play VR games via Steam Link, but for Elite I want to play wired to minimise any performance problems.
 
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rgrocott said:
I just got a Quest 3 and I cannot for the life of me figure out the secret sequence of actions that will let me play Elite in VR with it.

I've had a Valve Index for the last few years, and while that ecosystem can be a bit fragile (to the extent that if I run into a problem my first and immediate response is to reboot the PC) I have no clue how I'm supposed to get Elite to load in VR with the Quest. Can anybody point me to a simple set of instructions to get it working?

Edit: I have a link cable (not Meta, but it works), and I've been able to play VR games via Steam Link, but for Elite I want to play wired to minimise any performance problems.
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Reddit thread from a month ago

Give that a go.
Personally, once I've connected the quest to the pc, steamVr just works.
 
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GBRusty said:
Reddit thread from a month ago

Give that a go.
Personally, once I've connected the quest to the pc, steamVr just works.
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Thanks. The thing I missed was that after connecting, enabling link, and starting SteamVR, I had to go back out of the headset and launch Elite in VR from the PC. If I launched it from within the headset it opened in pancake mode.

Much sharper than the Index, but gonna need some tweaking to get the frame rate back up!
 
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Noxia said:
Played a bit more in VR today. If it wasn't for the horrible degradation in quality when going on foot (as well as the weird grey box you see with the screen) I'd probably play it a bit more.
The weird shimmering is annoying, I put everything as high as I can.
Makes me wish I still had my HOSAS but Im not getting another one as I know my interest in this will be short lived.
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I play using a HOSAS. (it wasn't planned my x55 throttle wiring broke due to prolonged use , then my x56 I accidentally snapped the throttle climbing out of my flight seat! .. I have glued it but don't trust it is strong enough for the heavy duty work out elite gives it.

it's brilliant fun flying with 2 sticks , tho the x55 /6 would not be my 1st choice for a left handed stick as it is modelled very definitely for righties.

if you already have 1 stick you could also buy a really cheap stick for your left hand. I don't think I would go back to a throttle in elite now even if I could, HOSAS is the way to go imo (for fun...... arguably the massive flight assist you get with mouse means is still more effective but personally effectiveness does not come into it for me)
 
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