Hmm, why not run it on your pc? or are you dead posh and have a computer built into you sepctacles
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Hmm, why not run it on your pc? or are you dead posh and have a computer built into you sepctacles
Hmm, why not run it on your pc? or are you dead posh and have a computer built into you sepctacles
Well played, that was funny.
But hey, with Occulus Rift and all that, who knows - soon we might have them built into glasses.
How do you turn text on in Frontier FE? It can be very annoying to target ships without it.
Should work I had it working on a netbook although it was a bit slow on the planets but I have not tried it out on my windows 7 system yet.
Might be something to do with windows 64?.
L according to the manual for text labels.
Thanks for that. Maybe it is Windows 7 64bit. Never mind, I nudged the details down a bit and it's much better now.
Nudging down the details helped for me as well.
Unfortunately, it seems that on Windows 8 it is impossible to Disable Visual Composition, or whatever fix is used for having to click UNDER the icons. Windows 8 simply doesn't have that option. The fix I found for this was to simply play in windows mode, and I could click on the icons themselves.
Just a fix for anyone who might have this error.
Also, I've said it once, and I'll say it again. I tried FFE on 4 different computers. All of which had Nvidia cards and I couldn't see any icons period. I moved to ATI with my newest computer, and BAM they appeared. Just in case one of you fine folks is having a similar issue.
IF you get FFED3D from the Elite Forever website, be prepared for a NEW error.
It basically keeps giving the 'no disk in CD drive' error constantly. Click 'CANCEL' instead of 'Continue' should take a few tries but it will eventually go away.
FFED3D is the least stable program I have EVER used.
Unfortunately, it seems that on Windows 8 it is impossible to Disable Visual Composition, or whatever fix is used for having to click UNDER the icons. Windows 8 simply doesn't have that option. The fix I found for this was to simply play in windows mode, and I could click on the icons themselves.
Just a fix for anyone who might have this error.
Also, I've said it once, and I'll say it again. I tried FFE on 4 different computers. All of which had Nvidia cards and I couldn't see any icons period. I moved to ATI with my newest computer, and BAM they appeared. Just in case one of you fine folks is having a similar issue.
IF you get FFED3D from the Elite Forever website, be prepared for a NEW error.
It basically keeps giving the 'no disk in CD drive' error constantly. Click 'CANCEL' instead of 'Continue' should take a few tries but it will eventually go away.
FFED3D is the least stable program I have EVER used.
It is one of the icons on the far right from memory. Check out the FFE manual. You should be able to find it by searching "ffe manual"
Nudging down the details helped for me as well.
Unfortunately, it seems that on Windows 8 it is impossible to Disable Visual Composition, or whatever fix is used for having to click UNDER the icons. Windows 8 simply doesn't have that option. The fix I found for this was to simply play in windows mode, and I could click on the icons themselves.
Just a fix for anyone who might have this error.
Also, I've said it once, and I'll say it again. I tried FFE on 4 different computers. All of which had Nvidia cards and I couldn't see any icons period. I moved to ATI with my newest computer, and BAM they appeared. Just in case one of you fine folks is having a similar issue.
IF you get FFED3D from the Elite Forever website, be prepared for a NEW error.
It basically keeps giving the 'no disk in CD drive' error constantly. Click 'CANCEL' instead of 'Continue' should take a few tries but it will eventually go away.
FFED3D is the least stable program I have EVER used.
I only had access to one computer with an ATI cards and all the icons worked and none of my computers with nvidia did. I wrote all about it in the thread "no icons despite all attempts". It was frustrating. Here is that thread http://forums.frontier.co.uk/showthread.php?t=2314&highlight=missing+icons
I know the team is writing a new one but it is going to take a long time.
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Yeah sorry man, I read that, and even started a thread of my own before that. Its just FFED3D's awful programming. It doesn't help that nobody can help us because none of the devs speak English.
I think now that ED has been announced, it may be a very long time
There are a number of bugs; guess it's all in the FFE tradition
http://www.elite-games.ru/conference/viewtopic.php?t=47373
Although they have said they are no longer working on the game as they are doing one themselves built from scratch with none of DB code in it.
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My fix so the mouse pointer can hit the buttons properly in fullscreen:
When at the screen that say press key to start playing, move the mouse to the top or bottom. The mouse changes to like you have hit the border of a window. Click left mousebutton and then left click in the middle of the screen.
That fixes the mouse pointer for me.
It will work when in the game also.
When at the screen that say press key to start playing, move the mouse to the top or bottom. The mouse changes to like you have hit the border of a window. Click left mousebutton and then left click in the middle of the screen.
That fixes the mouse pointer for me.
It will work when in the game also.
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That is a well documented fault. Have a look at some of the previous posts. Also I have a dedicated thread I started here http://forums.frontier.co.uk/showthread.php?t=2314
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It appears to be more of a problem on Nvidia cards than ATI. I'm wondering which card will most suitable for Elite Dangerous but the received wisdom is that ATI does D3D stuff better.
Yep I have an Nvidia chip in my laptop.
After looking at the crappy planet textures and icons I think I'm going to make a mod so they look better and consistent.
Here's a pic of progress I've made on the icon graphics so far. This is a pic of the Phekda system:
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