Before i throw this game away......
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I've just gotten in the habit of continuing into the station and doing a 180 before boosting back out. I even manage to do it without taking any paint off the vette or the station!
Ooo, slick move. Gonna have to remember the next time I forget.
Ooo, slick move. Gonna have to remember the next time I forget.
Just be careful of your surroundings. Once I wasn't paying attention and slapped a AspE right into the station wall with the nose of my vette. Fortunately it didn't kill it, but it was a NPC anyway. Did get a fine though.
One time, not long ago actually, I was in open and was leaving a station with my Beluuuuuga. And another beluga was stuck in the slot, an NPC, not a player, weirdest thing. It was stuck diagonally into the frame. I suspect it was an NPC coming in and a player probably banged it or something and got it stuck. The station of course shot it to pieces a moment later. Good for me, because I had just launched from the platform trying to get out.Just be careful of your surroundings. Once I wasn't paying attention and slapped a AspE right into the station wall with the nose of my vette. Fortunately it didn't kill it, but it was a NPC anyway. Did get a fine though.
I just use a docking computer............
I have no idea.
Did nobody tell him about the docking computer? Or was he just a drama queen?
It is not easy to land manually!
But as in 84 Elite YOU have to learn how to do it! Just so you can if you have to.
Then in game when you have a spare 4500credits, give up discovery scanner slot and fit the DC
Took me 3 weeks too learn, use docking training tutorial
I remember in 84 Elite when you had a battle it was always the DC that was damaged, in ED it seems to be the Canopy
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But as in 84 Elite YOU have to learn how to do it! Just so you can if you have to.
Then in game when you have a spare 4500credits, give up discovery scanner slot and fit the DC
Took me 3 weeks too learn, use docking training tutorial
I remember in 84 Elite when you had a battle it was always the DC that was damaged, in ED it seems to be the Canopy
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Takes lots of time to get the fineness needed to make piloting each ship go smoothly. Each ship has to be learned to maximize unique features. Small to huge. The one thing that stays fimilier is your choice of bindings. Get this quick little form filled out and you should be on your way in good order.
Note: Takes a few sheets of paper if you try to print it out.
Bindings gif
Note: Takes a few sheets of paper if you try to print it out.
Bindings gif
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^^^^^ This
Why are you guys even bothering to give advice(and/or arguing) ?
He has either left,doesn't care or was trolling.
Dognosh is right.
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I don't get it... What's so frikkin hard with landings??? I mean just go in slow, hover above the landing pad, get in position, and use your vertical thrusters to lower the ship on to the landing pad, and you're done.
Having no skills at this game is a very dodgy reason of quitting imo. There are far more legit reasons to quit ED...
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This is a more general rant from my side to people raging about not being able to land.
Having no skills at this game is a very dodgy reason of quitting imo. There are far more legit reasons to quit ED...
Edit.
This is a more general rant from my side to people raging about not being able to land.
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Woah there!
I'd strongly recommend against this. Ensure mouse is pitch and roll and imagine that you holding the mouse is you holding the top of a joystick. Yaw thrusters are way less powerful than your roll ones, so you will have less control if you rely on yaw.
The other key to landing is to land like you are in an aeroplane, not like you are in a helicopter[1]. Aim to slide onto the pad, not arrive above it and hover down.
[1] Yes, yes, I know that helicopters generally land in a smooth approach to the ground with a little flare at the end, but it works as an analogy because most people imagine helicopters (air ambulance, military helicopters in movies etc.) landing vertically from some distance up.
My first docking attempt lasted about 8 minutes. My second resulted in my being blown to pieces by the station. the third lasted 9 minutes before I bailed out and boosted out of the station in fear of another laser show.
It was at about this point in time that I figured out that you need to be pointing at the back of the station, never had a problem again. These days, I sometimes even manage to dock my Anaconda in 30 seconds from the 7.5km marker, though about 40 seconds is the norm.
Time and practice, I actually would never buy a docking computer because I find docking to be one of the games greatest joys. That's just me, though...
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It was at about this point in time that I figured out that you need to be pointing at the back of the station, never had a problem again. These days, I sometimes even manage to dock my Anaconda in 30 seconds from the 7.5km marker, though about 40 seconds is the norm.
Time and practice, I actually would never buy a docking computer because I find docking to be one of the games greatest joys. That's just me, though...
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I find this is something that really is very different to each person. I suspect he likes the way the mouse works as a "turret", whereas, like me, you are more used to the way a flight stick works. I've been playing flight sims since I was 12, so my idea of natural is how an aircraft stick works.
Those that are used to FPS shooters, for example, with a KB+M, would think very different. It's not bad, just different.
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