The best E:D youtube vid i've seen

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That was completely awesome!

Does anyone know how he moved his field of view back so far? I've messed with the FoV slider, but doesn't let me zoom back that far.
 

Philip Coutts

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Philip Coutts
I will warn all you would be FA off flyers, Isinona is highly, highly skilled. Probably the best pilot I've ever seen. Probably the best place to start is in the single player missions on the very first mission. Take your sidewinder for a spin through the asteroids with FA off, that way when you smash into lots and lots of asteroids there will be no consequences!

Good luck Commanders.....;)
 

Jarl

Jarl
I've made a full-speed, FA off landing in a Cobra before, but not under stealth. It's a nice wrinkle in the idea that I'll have to try. I really don't recommend trying it in anything bigger than a Viper, tbh. I turned my FA back on a little too late, clipped my Cobra on the edge of the docking window and nearly spun into a Lakon 9 coming the other way. Sheer luck and my panic-breaking helped me survive with only 37% hull left. :eek:

I'm going to do it again, of course. Gotta land that illegal cargo: the peace-loving Fed citizens NEED their Battle Weapons, Reactive Armor and... uh... Platinum.
 

Tihor

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That was some of the best flying I have seen and great use of tactics! This game keeps on getting better & better - well worth the 20 year wait :D
 

QNimbus

QNimbus
Predatar said:
That was completely awesome!

Does anyone know how he moved his field of view back so far? I've messed with the FoV slider, but doesn't let me zoom back that far.
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I would like to know that too.... was he using an OR perhaps? Or maybe TrackIR?
 

Gee

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Oscar-worthy stuff!

Demo-ed what an excellent game this is - can't wait for gamma to get my paws on it!
 

SuperGhostMaster

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QNimbus said:
I would like to know that too.... was he using an OR perhaps? Or maybe TrackIR?
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Middle mouse button enables free look but you'll lose steering if you use the mouse to steer. If you're using flight controls, then you're good.

When you enable free look it zooms the FOV out a bit.

Also, this was an awesome vid. I'd like to see it narrated instead of subtitled if used for a trailer.
 

rootsrat

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rootsrat
Definitely the best Elite video I've seen so far. This should be posted as an answer to the people claiming that this game sucks and there is nothing to do :)

Some crazy flying skills as well, to aim at the entrance from 10km away requires great precision.

The only thing is... The commander certainly wasn't going 300km/s, as they stated in the video ;)

Nevertheless, I salute them! Chapeau bas!
 

lefty1117

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rootsrat said:
The only thing is... The commander certainly wasn't going 300km/s, as they stated in the video ;)
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Agreed - pretty sure the speedometer (lol) is in meters/sec

Still though, he boosted and then FA OFF and ENGINES OFF ... he was at 320m/s from what I saw, basically max speed on a sidewinder ... I was convinced he was going to either switch back on to adjust course or plaster himself on the rack
 

JackDT

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Fantastic video. It does indeed though there is a lot to do even in the current version but you have to choose to do this just for fun, there's no in-game reason to do it.

I hope future versions of Elite have strong in-game incentives (if not credits, smuggling reputation that can be exchanged or something) for players to incorporate the most interesting gameplay stuff liek this. You have to choose to do this just fun now versus regular trade route grinding -- both much more profitable and less risky -- though smuggling seems like so much more fun.

I hope the devs see this video and think, how can we get players to do try and do this often in our game?
 
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