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Description of what's going on in the pilots screen
- Thread starter GiantLeap
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It’s going to take time. I usually tell people the following.
This is one of the most complicated games I’ve ever played, and I have been playing since the original in 1984. I believe that you could read websites, forums, and watch videos for 8 hours/day for an entire month, and then you would know the basics but still be a beginner.
So take your time, learn, and play.
I would also recommend only asking small questions here, but ask as many as you want. If you want to learn everything all at once, you won’t. Elite does NOT hold your hand and tell you things. It’s intended that people figure things out and help each other. Just start small, do easy things until you can do more complicated things, and ABOVE ALL ELSE: THE NUMBER ONE RULE IS TO NEVER FLY WITHOUT ENOUGH CREDITS TO COVER A REBUY (or 3 rebuys).
Welcome to the club.
This is one of the most complicated games I’ve ever played, and I have been playing since the original in 1984. I believe that you could read websites, forums, and watch videos for 8 hours/day for an entire month, and then you would know the basics but still be a beginner.
So take your time, learn, and play.
I would also recommend only asking small questions here, but ask as many as you want. If you want to learn everything all at once, you won’t. Elite does NOT hold your hand and tell you things. It’s intended that people figure things out and help each other. Just start small, do easy things until you can do more complicated things, and ABOVE ALL ELSE: THE NUMBER ONE RULE IS TO NEVER FLY WITHOUT ENOUGH CREDITS TO COVER A REBUY (or 3 rebuys).
Welcome to the club.
^ This!
I've been playing fairly constantly since 2021, and guess what: I don't know how to mine. I know there's core mining and laser mining and stuff, but err.. I don't know how to do what exactly, because I've never bothered. (Note: please do not send me tutorials, I'll get to that eventually.) I guess a lot of us have one or more blind spots. There are really, really good combat pilots who've never heard of a Concha. There are explorers who never fired a shot at another ship.
Dito.
I redeemed a free Epic account (Horizons) at the beginning of last month.
I started the game in Horizon's Live mode and created my new CMDR there and I started in Matet inside the "starter zone".
I second all of this...
Something to add to that, which I've only noticed recently. When an NPC scans you, the top turns white. That's useful when you're pirate farming to target the pirate quickly.Also in respect to the scanner - this post has a simplified image with an explanation of the icons and their positions:
What?
The NPC that is scanning your ship is now indicated on the radar. I use a custom HUD, so my colours are different, but the scanning ship is indicated in a different colour. In my colour scheme, neutrals are yellow. Scanning ships are in gold with a slight shimmer effect.
The beauty of forums is that you can learn from each other. I'm still learning after 10 years of playing.
So you are saying that the triangle (cos hps deployed) is white when they are scanning you? I have never noticed that and yes 10 years here too. Is this new?
It seems like I recently experienced this but I'll be on the lookout now.
And @GiantLeap , to add to the knowledge base: When ships on the radar are attacking you they flash between red and white. Solid red ships are your enemies but not actively attacking...yet...
I never noticed it until recently, so I'm pretty sure it snuck in with one of the recent updates. I use default HUD colours. The best I can describe it is like a white cover is put over the yellow triangle during the scan, so you can see which ship it is unless you have a load of collector limpets all around you.. You'll have to watch it next time.
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Yes. It wasn't in the patch notes but it came in with the Ascendancy update I believe.
It's interesting since NPCs have always had a sixth sense about getting targeted for scans.