Can you actually travel light years away in supercruise?
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That´s a good question ... on the other hand the highest SC speed I ever saw was something between 600-800c.
Even with this speed a single ly distance would require you to spend half a day of constant flying to approach the target.
I somehow doubt anyone tried this
Even with this speed a single ly distance would require you to spend half a day of constant flying to approach the target.
I somehow doubt anyone tried this
That´s a good question ... on the other hand the highest SC speed I ever saw was something between 600-800c.
Even with this speed a single ly distance would require you to spend half a day of constant flying to approach the target.
I somehow doubt anyone tried this
It will be cool if someone does manage it.
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i read somewhere on the forums that someone(s) did, and even took screenshots...
theres a guy who tried going to Sol system that way... but i guess there was an issue as if the stars sky wasnt moving, and stayed the same or sumthin
theres a guy who tried going to Sol system that way... but i guess there was an issue as if the stars sky wasnt moving, and stayed the same or sumthin
Here is a video where it didn't work. That was beta 2. I think someone on the forums said it still didn't work in beta 3, but who knows.
Back in Alpha, Commander Splendour attempted to supercruise from Eranin to Asellus Primus. I can't find the thread about it now - probably archived, but basically he couldn't. The journey turned out to be infinitely long.
The Centauran Herald changed the details to make it a success and posted a great faux news story about it http://centauranherald.tumblr.com/post/86130615484/successful-record-attempt-ends-in-bizarre-existential
However that was in Alpha, so who knows what the situation is now. I suspect it's still the same and you can't actually supercruise from system to system - not that you'd want to anyway, other than to say you had done it.
The Centauran Herald changed the details to make it a success and posted a great faux news story about it http://centauranherald.tumblr.com/post/86130615484/successful-record-attempt-ends-in-bizarre-existential
However that was in Alpha, so who knows what the situation is now. I suspect it's still the same and you can't actually supercruise from system to system - not that you'd want to anyway, other than to say you had done it.
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Yes you can, but you will still have to hit the hyperspace button to get to a different system. After traveling a light year, you will be no closer to your destination, but you will be 1 light year away from where you started. I guess the expantion of the universe is occuring more rapidly than anyone had thought
No, tested and confirmed:
https://www.reddit.com/r/EliteDangerous/comments/2maehy/escaping_the_beta/
https://www.reddit.com/r/EliteDangerous/comments/2maehy/escaping_the_beta/
That´s a good question ... on the other hand the highest SC speed I ever saw was something between 600-800c.
Even with this speed a single ly distance would require you to spend half a day of constant flying to approach the target.
I somehow doubt anyone tried this
the speed can go much higher than 800c - I've been to 1700c before I decided to jump. The problem with people trying it at the moment, is that they are going to places like SOL which isn't even in the bubble. What I would suggest is wait until the game is released THEN try it. Find a system that is a small jump away e.g. 4LY and head in that direction.
it will probably still take more that 24 hours, so ensure you leave the pc alone and pointing in the correct direction, test in a starting sidewinder so if you run out of fuel you can always self destruct.
The guy who made it to SOL, basically nothing loaded for him - personally I think SOL isn't in the game "officially" yet as that is outside the bubble and it is unique to the game as it's our homeworld. When players arrive at earth they will have to make the planet look like earth and not some random generated texture.
So, wait for release, find a close system and head in that direction, I've seed the SC speed go over 2000 in some screen shots, it's just a long way to be prepared to wait....
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It's not the same, but if you are just out of range you can travel in a direction and then jump. There have been a couple of times I was given an uncompletable mission (due to the calculation of distance with cargo mass being handled slightly differently by missions and ship, I think), where it was impossible to reach the destination with the cargo, but only by 0.02-0.03 Ly. I seemed to have to travel a little further, say 0.04-0.05 Ly, toward the destination, but was then able to hyperspace to the destination. Of course, this only works if you also have lots of time!
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Oh I much prefer volume 122
Oh I much prefer volume 122
Never say never – they could implement the “door” once a certain distance is travelled in supercruise (e.g., 60% of the distance to another system so it wouldn't repeatedly toggle if you looped around at the 50% mark).
Elite isn't as seamless as the blurb tries to make it out to be. As has been mentioned, its really rooms in space. It wouldn't be practible to sc to another system but knowing that you could would have been an awesome thought and really make you feel the gameworld really it seamless and boundless, from one end to the other. Maybe in future development frontier will find a way to remove those invisible walls and ditch the rooms in space concept.
