I just bought this game and i have absolutely no idea on what im doing lol I don't know how to get money although I want to be a miner and sell ores and such but i'm stuck on the outer systems or something(I have no clue) can someone please tell me how to work the system map lol there's soooo many systems its great. i'm stuck in a sidewinder Im p sure and i'm an extreme noob to this game. wish theyd make a better tutorial system.
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Newcomer / Intro i'm new and have absolutely no idea what i'm doing
- Thread starter FireOfVoid
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First, read and view the tutorials. take that time. after... you will have much fewer questions 
http://www.elitedangerous.com/guide/
http://www.elitedangerous.com/guide/
try this thread:
https://forums.frontier.co.uk/showthread.php?t=80291
https://forums.frontier.co.uk/showthread.php?t=80291
- The Harmless' Guide to the Galaxy
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Did you do any of the tutorials? I kow they aren't great but they do oofer some good basic advice on how to land and stuff.
What are you using to control the game? If you're using mouse and keyboard, Click th center mouse button to go into "mouse look" . Then look left. A panel should pop up. "Q" and "E"(I think move the cursor left and right accross the top of the panel "A" and "D" move the cursor left and right in a menue. "W" and "S" move the cursor up and down in a menue.
To get started, you should dock at a station and go to the bulletine board. Take a courier or basic cargo mission. Do a few of these until you feel confident enough to try something harder.
In your spare time watch some of the many videos on youtube. Come back and ask more questions, we've all been there.
What are you using to control the game? If you're using mouse and keyboard, Click th center mouse button to go into "mouse look" . Then look left. A panel should pop up. "Q" and "E"(I think move the cursor left and right accross the top of the panel "A" and "D" move the cursor left and right in a menue. "W" and "S" move the cursor up and down in a menue.
To get started, you should dock at a station and go to the bulletine board. Take a courier or basic cargo mission. Do a few of these until you feel confident enough to try something harder.
In your spare time watch some of the many videos on youtube. Come back and ask more questions, we've all been there.
I have done the tutorials and I know how to land , dock , frame shift activate and request docking and such. Just need to find a way to actually find the stations bc i can't find any and don't know how to get money
Welcome! We've all been there! as others have posted try reading up on some guides and make sure to go through the tutorials to get familiar with the handling of a ship then have fun.
Fun story when Frontier Elite 2 came out I jumped in my ship and took off for the closest planet (Aster a gas giant) and just watched.... and watched.... and watched (with police in tow for not requesting takeoff) for about 4 hours until I left the atmosphere of the planet I was in and got only a little bit closer to Aster... I should have read the manual first.
Fun story when Frontier Elite 2 came out I jumped in my ship and took off for the closest planet (Aster a gas giant) and just watched.... and watched.... and watched (with police in tow for not requesting takeoff) for about 4 hours until I left the atmosphere of the planet I was in and got only a little bit closer to Aster... I should have read the manual first.
Can someone just flippin tell me where a station is because i'm completely lost and almost completely destroyed with almost no fuel
Use the left panel in your cockpit. The first column has a list of planets and Space Stations in the system. Lock a target on one of the stations. Activate frame shift drive and follow the "target"
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There are starports everywhere. Unless you are on the farthest edges of space, which I doubt you are if you are just starting out.
Use your navigation tab on the LH screen, select the starport, fly to it, request docking permission, dock and refuel.