Surely that should read "even on higher end machines", it's certainly not limited to higher end machines?
Community Event / Creation Buckyball Run A*: What do you do when a mountain is there? Move it.
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Surely that should read "even on higher end machines", it's certainly not limited to higher end machines?
With all the technical difficulties you have had, plus the galactic instability of late, I have to say, I'm impressed. Timewise... it's not the best of times, but you are indeed the first to finish in a FDL!
I salute you!
I agree, however I dare not challenge Buckey or the race organizer on this one.
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My personal hope is that given the rather minor nature of the rule violation (I mean, you can pretty much see Galileo from Daedalus 
), Morbad will receive the time-honoured Buckyball tradition of public humiliation, but the time standing.
), Morbad will receive the time-honoured Buckyball tradition of public humiliation, but the time standing.
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Nope. Bucky doesn't have much respect for The Man.
Welcome to the Buckyball Run CMDR Serraphix! Fly safe CMDR!
Haha, thanks! I was unable to sign in, because I wasn't home by that time. But Chance kept buggin' me on phone. ;D
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You are assuming "the majority of players" here to mean "players who have pledged to a faction", not truly "majority of the players".
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I am of the opinion that there will be MORE players un-aligned to any faction than there will be for any of the factions
I am not pledged to any faction, have no plans to pledge to any of them, and none of the space is hostile to me
I'm not overly interested in PvP in ED, and I am pledged. Why? Because I want to have an impact on the state of the galaxy, even if it's a small one.
I suspect there are many others like me.
Good luck on your run, Commander!
I'm making my way home in the same ship, so I can tell you it's a good ship - as long as you don't mind spending a while scooping.
Congratulations on completing the challenge! Especially in a Fer-de-Lance! That's pretty hardcore!
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Congrats! Great time, that's really setting the bar for the class!
I hope that it doesn't matter, since it's still Sol-to-Sadge. I must admit that I found it quite hard to spot where it says Galileo in the rules. Early in the race I was wondering why everyone was setting off from Galileo as I would have probably chosen one of the stations orbiting Earth. I had to reread the rules more carefully to see where Galileo was specified.
Seconded. Given you spend no SC time in the starting system, I can't see it being a problem.
I had a bit of an easier time flying around last night, after the 1.3.02 update, I'm still in the core at the moment making my way 'galactic east', but as I'm a little away from the centre now I can actually spot local nebulae more easily so I'm travelling from planetary nebula to planetary nebula in a generally eastern direction towards a large nebula just outside the core.
I've not been bothering with 'magic-number' plotting, I've just selected a visible planetary nebula from about 100-200LY away and set a course for it, then once I get within 1 jump, I switch my destination to the star closest to the nebula to get some close up photos before entering to scan the system itself.
These 100-200LY plots have been plotting quite quickly - within 10 or 15 seconds. I also didn't experience any crashes last night. So there's definitely hope for anyone running with the current version - if you don't know your 'magic number' keep making shorter range plots until you find a distance that plots almost instantly - then multiply that range to get something close to 1000LY and see if it plots quickly.
When I actually make long range 972LY plots they work within 1 second, so definitely faster than it was in 1.2. If I keep making good progress I may be out of the core after tonight, depending how many nice systems to scan I stumble across, so this might be the last help I can offer until I make another run myself.
I've not been bothering with 'magic-number' plotting, I've just selected a visible planetary nebula from about 100-200LY away and set a course for it, then once I get within 1 jump, I switch my destination to the star closest to the nebula to get some close up photos before entering to scan the system itself.
These 100-200LY plots have been plotting quite quickly - within 10 or 15 seconds. I also didn't experience any crashes last night. So there's definitely hope for anyone running with the current version - if you don't know your 'magic number' keep making shorter range plots until you find a distance that plots almost instantly - then multiply that range to get something close to 1000LY and see if it plots quickly.
When I actually make long range 972LY plots they work within 1 second, so definitely faster than it was in 1.2. If I keep making good progress I may be out of the core after tonight, depending how many nice systems to scan I stumble across, so this might be the last help I can offer until I make another run myself.
Has anyone considered a Buckyball Universal Cartographics run?
It's taking me almost as long to sell my exploration data as it took to get to Sadge.
It's taking me almost as long to sell my exploration data as it took to get to Sadge.
@drakhyr My friend Serraphix(Also CMDR Serraphix) would like to be put on the list. He is running a Diamondback Scout which is named Vakarian. He's too lazy to post but I got him interested in it
Welcome Serraphix! I may not do another complete update to the Unofficial Big Board, unless there is a rush of new entries or finishers, as I believe ElectricZ is back this weekend. But I've captured your details and you'll be on the list I send over to EZ when he returns
My personal hope is that given the rather minor nature of the rule violation (I mean, you can pretty much see Galileo from Daedalus
That's my expectation too, though I don't have the final say. Morbad's time is my board, and I think we've largely covered the ritual humiliation
Has anyone considered a Buckyball Universal Cartographics run?
It's taking me almost as long to sell my exploration data as it took to get to Sadge.
I sympathise! From my first run I spread selling the data across several systems, which did break it up a bit. Got five new system permits in the process
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Well, I think the rules are pretty strict on that one... The humiliation has to occur when the miscreant's time is added to the official Big Board. I'm sure EZ will have us covered.That's my expectation too, though I don't have the final say. Morbad's time is my board, and I think we've largely covered the ritual humiliation
One benefit of doing the A* run: no NPCs around to do this!
And I thought jumping through suns was the worst that could happen on a jump!
Meanwhile, on the way back home, I've come across one of the side effects of doing the Sadge Run for the fourth time:
"'No new astronomical objects discovered'? I have no memory of this place."
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One benefit of doing the A* run: no NPCs around to do this!
God Dammit!! That opened in full screen and I ducked.
Finally after propping up the bar in Galileo for the past couple of months my newly minted Explore-a-hauler has arrived and we set off yesterday.
Highlights so far have been 2 emergency crashes (being distracted by the Ship's cat both times) and accidentally turning off thrusters in frameshift.
It turns out frameshift is not controlled by the FSD as I imagined.
1,000 ly out, just another 23 sessions to go!
Highlights so far have been 2 emergency crashes (being distracted by the Ship's cat both times) and accidentally turning off thrusters in frameshift.
It turns out frameshift is not controlled by the FSD as I imagined.
1,000 ly out, just another 23 sessions to go!
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Good luck out there ethelred, just keep that cat away from the self destruct button!
P.S. so what actually happens if you turn off thrusters in frameshift?
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