OMG - my first 4 hours ever of ED - im shattered!
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Phoeoeoweeee ok happy me
So glad you posted this cos I was for being it insanely difficult at first. Docking I feel Bally dissed when I worked out that you can press in L3 to change flight controls. This way you can swap between rotating the ship and strafing it to get in the right spot. Flight assist lets you hover essentially to get position, then just drop down!
I gave up on advanced combat training. Finally managed to lock on missiles to kill first guy, but couldn't cope with the rest.
And I'm super annoyed that throttle and trigger buttons are swapped over when you go from ship to scarab. Quick remapping there too!
But the worst is trying to suss out where the trade data is! It used to be easy to work out what to take where! Gonna have to really take time working out the maps and trade routes and looking in lots of places to get the info!
All in all a frustrating start...and yet...I LOVE IT. Learning curve is insane but insanely rewarding when it suddenly clicked. I nearly cried with delight upon a safe planetary landing for the first time!
Stick with it folks and remember when you watch vids etc that the PC and Xbox peeps have had 3yeRs to get good...
I gave up on advanced combat training. Finally managed to lock on missiles to kill first guy, but couldn't cope with the rest.
And I'm super annoyed that throttle and trigger buttons are swapped over when you go from ship to scarab. Quick remapping there too!
But the worst is trying to suss out where the trade data is! It used to be easy to work out what to take where! Gonna have to really take time working out the maps and trade routes and looking in lots of places to get the info!
All in all a frustrating start...and yet...I LOVE IT. Learning curve is insane but insanely rewarding when it suddenly clicked. I nearly cried with delight upon a safe planetary landing for the first time!
Stick with it folks and remember when you watch vids etc that the PC and Xbox peeps have had 3yeRs to get good...
haha, love it!!
im so glad im not the only one. First thing I did when I got free was to check who was around lol
And THAT is why I'm in Solo mode to start with
Some very skilled ED pilots do fly FA off, but there is something fundamentally wrong with these people.
I think that they must be k/board and mouse players.
Not saying that they march to the beat of a different drum, mind you.
https://youtu.be/wBciual7Ww4?t=24
One tip I can offer another new player when it comes to landing and docking, use your thrusters! Make sure you can thrust left, right, up, and down easily. I have mine currently mapped to the d-pad (my pitch and roll are right thumb while yaw is left) so I can easily fine-tune placement just above a pad and then easily drop right down on top of it.
That's the easiest way I've found thus far anyhow.
P.S.
As many others have suggested, turn that assist back on! lol
That's the easiest way I've found thus far anyhow.
P.S.
As many others have suggested, turn that assist back on! lol
It's like learning how to tie your shoes. Incredibly simple. Unless you do not know how, then it is approximately impossible.
First, turn the "assists" back on. Play in SOLO game mode. There is less "traffic" in SOLO. If playing on PC, consider a HOTAS control kit, with Z-axis (yaw) control, makes the task-overload problem much easier to deal with.
First, turn the "assists" back on. Play in SOLO game mode. There is less "traffic" in SOLO. If playing on PC, consider a HOTAS control kit, with Z-axis (yaw) control, makes the task-overload problem much easier to deal with.
shoot, I recommend HOTAS even on console lol
The button layout is just so much easier to use instead of having to stretch thumbs, fingers, switch finger positioning from one command to another, etc.
Did you that the when you click the left stick it changes how the the right stick behaves for flight/landing? So one mode will give you sideways thrust. I use this if I need to move sideways when landing. The other mode is 'spin horizontal' as you put it. I have also just had my first few hours on the PS4 version. Had the game for two years but Horizons is new for me. It's totally amazeballs.
Welcome to ED. I'd noticed in some of the yt streams of new PS4 players that they may be confused by the throttle vs. the thrusters. They also may not realize there are more thruster controls than just roll, yaw and pitch. There are two different sets of controls for thrusters and throttle. I'd recommend checking the mapping of all the throttle and thruster buttons. Be sure to know the mapped controls for vertical up/down, forward//back , and strafe left/right. Once you've done the initial push with the throttle and roll /w pitch & yaw, you can adjust the vector produced with the thrusters to tune the landing or precise path.
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I love the fact ED is a steep learning curve. Here's your ship, there's the door. Bye! Love it ��
This will save your life:
Go into options, controls, Alternate Flight Controls
Leave L3 as the button that enables alternate, but set it to "hold"
Set lateral thrusters to right stick left and right. Don't set ANY thrusters or control function to left stick.
When you're above a landing pad, you can shimmy left and right by holding L3, with no risk of pitching the ship or slamming into the ground. Limit the number of accidental or combined inputs!
Go into options, controls, Alternate Flight Controls
Leave L3 as the button that enables alternate, but set it to "hold"
Set lateral thrusters to right stick left and right. Don't set ANY thrusters or control function to left stick.
When you're above a landing pad, you can shimmy left and right by holding L3, with no risk of pitching the ship or slamming into the ground. Limit the number of accidental or combined inputs!