In all my time playing Elite, I never knew about this...
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Quite handy with Voice Attack if you're using a HOTAS.
I have had a dedicated button on throttle which set it to 75% when I hit 6 seconds(not 7 as you were told) for nearly 2 years
Keep it the blue and you will fly true.
5 - 4 seconds here, nose down, nose up, use gravity to slow down (not recommended, go safe with 6). I alo have a key for 75%. Here is another one:
When You are 5 Mm to the station, you can go again full throttle. Still enough time to exit SC, great for running againts last second interdiction.
Edit: there is some thread burried deep into this forum about the art of speeding towards the stations and correcting the path if overshooting.
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Admit it, it's only because you don't want to lose that crumpet you just dropped.
A couple of mates and I use it in real life now... It started out in game
"Hey, how far away are you from the rez?"
"8 seconds out" (We use 8, not 7)
"Roger that"
But has seeped in to real life as an easy way to say 'nearly there/on my way/one second':
"Hey, we're already at the pub, how far away are you?"
"8 seconds out"
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"Hey, how far away are you from the rez?"
"8 seconds out" (We use 8, not 7)
"Roger that"
But has seeped in to real life as an easy way to say 'nearly there/on my way/one second':
"Hey, we're already at the pub, how far away are you?"
"8 seconds out"
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When in SC, Gravity interference of nearby bodies prevents you from reaching 100%, even if you go full throttle and cut to blue the closest you can achieve in a straight line is between 05-06ish seconds (6 to be safe) and once you are close enough, throttle up again to 100%. still not worth it, unless you are running from a interdiction.
7 Seconds is what the ship stabilises at if you engage 75% early, 6 seconds is the limit unless you start spiralling or use gravity to assist.
Keep it in the blue and you......Will spend bloody ages getting where you're going
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Sorry to hear that you didn't figure it out earlier.
Another thing, if you haven't thought of it yet, is to use the station viewer to the left of the radar to fly around and position yourself for a front-door super-cruise drop to the station. No need to fly the sub-light around the station anymore. It's a bit weird though, because the station has to point a bit down-left to drop out exactly in front of it.
Its really helpful if you're flying a big heavy slow trading ship. Much easier to position yourself in SC instead of SL.
I have had a dedicated button on throttle which set it to 75% when I hit 6 seconds(not 7 as you were told) for nearly 2 years
Yep'. As soon as the revelation was made to me, first thing I did on both Xbox & PC is set a hotkey to throttle 75%.
Here is another one I like, hit your 75% at 6sec then poke incremental throttle up one time and you can sail in pretty quickly at 5sec without overshooting, then use the 5Mm full throttle trick posted above to shave off even a few more seconds.
Prior to patch um 2.? - 2.2 I think, you would always overshoot at 5sec but they made a subtle change to gravity in SC. I made a 76% macro that's pretty slick.
Planets are another trick entirely...
Prior to patch um 2.? - 2.2 I think, you would always overshoot at 5sec but they made a subtle change to gravity in SC. I made a 76% macro that's pretty slick.
Planets are another trick entirely...
Sometimes I enjoy doing the fools loop.