Designer1 Posted August 27, 2014 VT Supporter Share Posted August 27, 2014 (edited) This is the one I've been looking at Did you get one of these Hogso? I'm gonna pick one up at the weekend as it seems the 'go to' piece of kit. I did not! Unfortunately I haven't really had much chance to dump very much time in to the beta, so don't think it would be worth it just yet. Although playing with a mouse & keyboard really frustrates me. I went and picked one up earlier today and I have to say, if anyone is already playing or will be playing the game at some point in the future, then it makes it a 100% better experience. Took about 2 minutes to set up and there's already a profile for it within the game so you're set to go straight away. Haven't bothered tweaking anything (even though it's completely customisable) as the default settings are very good anyway. Also had my first taste of combat after being chased by 3 pirates for my cargo tonight. Ended up taking one out and escaping from the other 2 with a few moves and some luck. Absolute breathless stuff Oh, and this game has some of the best sound design i've ever heard in a game - totally imerses you. Edited August 27, 2014 by Designer1 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
robojoel Posted August 28, 2014 Share Posted August 28, 2014 This is the one I've been looking at Did you get one of these Hogso? I'm gonna pick one up at the weekend as it seems the 'go to' piece of kit. I did not! Unfortunately I haven't really had much chance to dump very much time in to the beta, so don't think it would be worth it just yet. Although playing with a mouse & keyboard really frustrates me. I went and picked one up earlier today and I have to say, if anyone is already playing or will be playing the game at some point in the future, then it makes it a 100% better experience. Took about 2 minutes to set up and there's already a profile for it within the game so you're set to go straight away. Haven't bothered tweaking anything (even though it's completely customisable) as the default settings are very good anyway. Also had my first taste of combat after being chased by 3 pirates for my cargo tonight. Ended up taking one out and escaping from the other 2 with a few moves and some luck. Absolute breathless stuff Oh, and this game has some of the best sound design i've ever heard in a game - totally imerses you. 'Thrustmaster' the name alone is enough to make me want one 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Juju Posted August 28, 2014 Share Posted August 28, 2014 Well, if you see me, I'm, commander backer #7291. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The_Rev Posted August 29, 2014 Share Posted August 29, 2014 Any of you guys going with the Oculus Rift for this game? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Designer1 Posted August 29, 2014 VT Supporter Share Posted August 29, 2014 Any of you guys going with the Oculus Rift for this game? I might be getting one for free so it would be rude not to try it 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ginko Posted September 6, 2014 Share Posted September 6, 2014 Went to Maplin to get a Thrustmaster earlier and I'm installing the Beta as we speak. I cannae wait, pet! My football-less Saturday night is sorted. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ginko Posted September 6, 2014 Share Posted September 6, 2014 Have to say I'm a bit disappointed so far. I know it's only a beta - or maybe it's my setup, but it shouldn't be as I have a quadcore i7 and plenty of RAM - but even with the graphics settings set right down to low across the board, I still have framerate issues when things start to get a bit hairy. It's fun though when it does work. Bloody hard though. I tried the one mission where you had a dogfight with just the one guy and it was more like jousting than anything else. Then when he went past me, I just could never turn around to chase him, I'd always lose him. Anyone else having framerate issues or got any advice? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Designer1 Posted September 6, 2014 VT Supporter Share Posted September 6, 2014 Never had a single problem with framerate - it runs smooth as butter even when i'm in a dogfight with a few ships. Regarding combat - turn off the flight assist, hit the blue zone in the throttle for most manouverability and make sure you make good use of power diversion, if you have them on the run switch everything to weps - if they have you on the run, switch to system. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ginko Posted September 7, 2014 Share Posted September 7, 2014 Ugh, that's a shame and not what I wanted to hear at all. I have an Asus N55SL which is supposed to be a pretty decent gaming laptop. It has an Intel i7 quadcore processor like I mentioned above, plenty of RAM and comes with an NVIDIA GeForce GT 2GB Graphics Card so it should run just fine, but even with that dogfight with just the one ship it would stutter. I didn't have anything else running, graphics set down to the bare minimum as far as I could see. The laptop had been on a while and does run very hot which is annoying, but I had it elevated so the bottom fans weren't smothered. I don't know what it could be really. I suppose I could check the graphics card drivers to make sure they're up to date. I'm not really much of a computer whiz and I always manage to own computers that never tend to work like they're supposed to Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Juju Posted September 7, 2014 Share Posted September 7, 2014 I have toadmit, it runs smooth as butter on my system - but being beta the random disconnects are becoming a bit annoying - But I've got an i5 3570 with 8g ram and a gtx 670 so it should run well. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rjw63 Posted September 7, 2014 Share Posted September 7, 2014 I have toadmit What's that? Webbed hands? 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
islingtonclaret Posted September 17, 2014 Share Posted September 17, 2014 Saitek X52 is the one I'll be going for I think. I can't wait for it. It's things like this that mean I'm not going to have kids. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Xann Posted October 26, 2014 Share Posted October 26, 2014 Echoes of 'Firefox' Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Designer1 Posted November 7, 2014 VT Supporter Share Posted November 7, 2014 16th December it is then. Best get some more practice in on the Beta in the meantime Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
daft Posted November 10, 2014 Share Posted November 10, 2014 I'm finally back in the saddle again after a brief pause for building a new computer. Almost back in the Hauler again, and I'm gunning for a Cobra after that. This feels like a game I will keep coming back to for years to come. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ermie123 Posted November 12, 2014 Share Posted November 12, 2014 I have toadmit What's that? Webbed hands? LOL love it!! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Designer1 Posted December 11, 2014 VT Supporter Share Posted December 11, 2014 Voyager 2 found in Elite Dangerous The designers of Elite: Dangerous went to great lengths to ensure the game’s portrayal of space travel is as authentic as possible. That includes adding the location of where the Voyager 2 would be in the game’s timeline. Elite: Dangerous’ latest patch notes contained a hidden “secret”. That secret was revealed today by Redditor Goldenvale. The secret is the Voyager 2. Elite: Dangerous has a replica of the Milky Way, and the game itself takes place in 3300 AD. So one talented tehcnical artist on the team decided to add the Voyager 2 probe to the game. Not only that, but it’s located where it should be with respect to the game’s timeline. That’s 2.1 million seconds away from Sol. So good Just cannot wait for next week now Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
islingtonclaret Posted December 11, 2014 Share Posted December 11, 2014 eeeeeeeek not long........................... 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Xann Posted December 11, 2014 Share Posted December 11, 2014 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
islingtonclaret Posted December 12, 2014 Share Posted December 12, 2014 I have just discovered a terrible fact. You need decent joystick/thrust combo. There is literally NOTHING acceptable for the left handed user. That is shocking. Saitek Cyborg looks like the best option, but no half decent thrust to go with it. Dammit, I really wanted to use the X52 with this game Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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