Newcomer / Intro What are you up to?

[KnezBP]

Well, off I went and after some time (too much) I was interdicted twice. Picked up some more mats from the wreckages and sold the cargo at the station.

Tonight's earnings ~70 mill CR and 12 Arx.

I saw nothing out of the ordinary, but it was a nice little trip.

You old timers/miner guys are crazy. I spent the whole week breaking past my record bank balance of 50M and now have 65M. Still a bit below your daily haul.

I can almost buy every ship from Jaques Station though. I've just decided that I'm going to wait until I'm back in the bubble before I buy anything new. The engineering options out here are pretty useless.

I'm currently on an FC headed back to the bubble. I'm loving the buzz of an FC jump, the sound is fantastic, but I wish you could look out of a window.
I think I'll jump off around 5kLy from the bubble and make my own way from there (tomorrow afternoon maybe).
I'm 81% Pioneer and I think I need to get another 95M Cr in Expo data to make my first Elite and I'm feeling a bit guilty for hitching a ride.

Well done. You're one rank above me but you do tend to take the scenic route.

Also, o7 to Simon's father-in-law. Rest in peace.

 

[Skürt Avil]

Sorry for your loss Cmdr.
Congrats on the triple Elite. Well done.

I should have said... Sorry for you loss Simon and Congrats on triple Elite Cmdr.
Apologies

 

[Tyres O'Flaherty]

Indeed. Sorry for your loss, Simon

 

[Dreyski]

This is my Courier. It's slow but carries a fair sized load and can land on small pads. It's very industrial looking.
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Another of my ships, this one is more battle-ready:
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Looks like Lakon have a foothold in the X4 universe

After reaching the Seagull Nebula, I decided to bum around the Sanguineous Rim filling up my codex. Tagged a Wolf-Rayet, and giant & supergiant O-types, along with some geological and biological sites. Haven't decided how long to carry on for yet.

 

[Skürt Avil]

Just seen my first Glowing Green Giant. I'm told it's full of sweetcorn being converted to popcorn through the process of fission.

I sat on the deck of the FC and pondered my naval for a while.

Regards to 'something different' - Speedcuffs question. I've noticed that the FSD jump glitches at the moment. Seems a bit jerky. I hope it's the game and not my graphics card!

 

[KnezBP]

Though not to be a Debbie Downer or anything, I'm glad I didn't go out of my way to visit a glowing gas giant. They're not impressive enough to waste time and fuel on, in my humble opinion.

 

[Skürt Avil]

Though not to be a Debbie Downer or anything, I'm glad I didn't go out of my way to visit a glowing gas giant. They're not impressive enough to waste time and fuel on, in my humble opinion.

Yes, I was hoping for something more.

 

[KnezBP]

Yes, I was hoping for something more.

We live and learn.

Great job though. That's the first time I've seen one. Always better for someone else to take out the time and effort to explore things I can't be bothered with.

 

[Skürt Avil]

We live and learn.

Great job though. That's the first time I've seen one. Always better for someone else to take out the time and effort to explore things I can't be bothered with.

You're welcome!

 

[Simon Templar]

Thank you for the kind words, Commanders, much appreciated and sorry to have brought a sombre tone into this most lovely of threads. o7

 

[Simon Templar]

On a lighter note, two thoughts: I was asked for a shot of my ship flaunting its new triple elite decals, but how on Earth do you all get such good exterior shots of your ships, particularly when they're not on a planet's surface? I can manage a shot when I'm out in the SRV, but have no idea how to achieve it when up in space..?

And @Tyres O'Flaherty this might have all the appeal of a slap in the face with a wet kipper, but given there seem to be several in here who have never joined a squadron but who enjoy experiencing lots of varied gameplay, have you thought of starting a thread squadron??? With at least ten members you can have an in-game NPC faction, could have a home base and get into BGS etc. Might have no appeal, but it strikes me that there are enough of us in here. Just a casual thought in passing, to make of what you will. No idea if the squadron side of the game holds any appeal to any of you.

 

[Skürt Avil]

On a lighter note, two thoughts: I was asked for a shot of my ship flaunting its new triple elite decals, but how on Earth do you all get such good exterior shots of your ships, particularly when they're not on a planet's surface? I can manage a shot when I'm out in the SRV, but have no idea how to achieve it when up in space..?

And @Tyres O'Flaherty this might have all the appeal of a slap in the face with a wet kipper, but given there seem to be several in here who have never joined a squadron but who enjoy experiencing lots of varied gameplay, have you thought of starting a thread squadron??? With at least ten members you can have an in-game NPC faction, could have a home base and get into BGS etc. Might have no appeal, but it strikes me that there are enough of us in here. Just a casual thought in passing, to make of what you will. No idea if the squadron side of the game holds any appeal to any of you.

I'm not sure I'd be much use in a squadron. I'd be like the kid who's last to be picked for a school footie match. Oh yeah, that was me.

 

[[PS4] Lorenzo Waringos]

but how on Earth do you all get such good exterior shots of your ships, particularly when they're not on a planet's surface?

There is a mode (camera mode?) which initially puts you outside of the craft, it has a HUD on it giving you all the options, up, down, tilt, then you can lose the HUD too. You'll find the activation in your bindings somewhere.

 

[Simon Templar]

I'm not sure I'd be much use in a squadron. I'd be like the kid who's last to be picked for a school footie match. Oh yeah, that was me.

Lol my experience of squadrons is that most of us are not much use for most things. But even handing in some exploration data somewhere helps the squadron stats if you're on the squadron's books. It's likely a daft idea which would be too tricky to get off the ground but I thought it worth throwing out there.

There is a mode (camera mode?) which initially puts you outside of the craft, it has a HUD on it giving you all the options, up, down, tilt, then you can lose the HUD too. You'll find the activation in your bindings somewhere.

Thank you, I could only get that to zoom in a lot - I'll see if I can play around with it and zoom out some more.

 

[Ashnak]

Thank you, I could only get that to zoom in a lot - I'll see if I can play around with it and zoom out some more.

You'll need to (can) assign all the "free camera" controls to your physical controls, then you can fly the camera around, zoom, blur,..., toggle a button, and you can control the ship with the camera either fixed to the ship or to the local reference frame.

Spoiler

 

[Skürt Avil]

I've just exited hyperspace and gone straight through another star to come to a stop at the main star. That's after the Yellow Adder I got jumping to it before.

 

[Spaceman Si]

I've just exited hyperspace and gone straight through another star to come to a stop at the main star. That's after the Yellow Adder I got jumping to it before.

That, in Elite explorer circles, is what is known technically as a “Brown Trouser Moment”. Glad you survived!

 

[Skürt Avil]

That, in Elite explorer circles, is what is known technically as a “Brown Trouser Moment”. Glad you survived!

Luckily, I wasn't wearing trousers!
It's happened to me once before, when I played years back but I thought they'd done a fix where it doesn't happen anymore.
Apparently not.
I got it on video buffer, but not sure how to upload 46Mb vids here. Unfortunately no mic sound, just in-game.
"Taking Damage... Fuel Scoop Disengaged.."
My 17 year old deaf cat left the room in disgust.

 

[Spaceman Si]

My 17 year old deaf cat left the room in disgust.

Elite is one of those games which still causes me to shout like a loon at the screen on occasion, invoking the name of Our Lord in futile fashion as I struggle to regain control of a spinning ship. My cat has become inured to the outbursts over time, seated as he is in the best chair for co-pilotage, but he did decide to go elsewhere when my Clipper was caught in a black hole gravity well and was burning up trying to supercruise out of the way recently

 

[KnezBP]

On a lighter note, two thoughts: I was asked for a shot of my ship flaunting its new triple elite decals, but how on Earth do you all get such good exterior shots of your ships, particularly when they're not on a planet's surface? I can manage a shot when I'm out in the SRV, but have no idea how to achieve it when up in space..?

And @Tyres O'Flaherty this might have all the appeal of a slap in the face with a wet kipper, but given there seem to be several in here who have never joined a squadron but who enjoy experiencing lots of varied gameplay, have you thought of starting a thread squadron??? With at least ten members you can have an in-game NPC faction, could have a home base and get into BGS etc. Might have no appeal, but it strikes me that there are enough of us in here. Just a casual thought in passing, to make of what you will. No idea if the squadron side of the game holds any appeal to any of you.

That's a fun idea but I wouldn't put all the weight on the head of Tyres.

Gonna upload a vid showing why I need a wingman.