State of the Game

[xzanfr]

If you have played (like me) a lot of FPS games, it helps to map the keys you are familiar with to the same actions in EDO. Being left handed (mouse hand) I use the cursor cluster and surrounding keys for all of my shooter games, I can still play in VR just because of muscle memory.

Indeed it is... Home made or from a tin, both can be great!

Same here, playing with mouse on the left. Well, doing anything computer-related with mouse on the left. Arrow keys and numeric pads are for movements and quick commands.

It means that when I leave my ship/SRV, the hand that controls direction doesn't change, just moves from joystick to numeric pad/arrow keys.

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Me too.
I play E : D keys only - the old ones from elite 84 so SX<> etc. For horizons i use the numpad. I've never managed to get a controller that I liked.

I'd love to get VR but don't know how the disconnect between keys vs the in ship HOTAS would work. I also have a dodgy eye so can't se in 3d properly IRL - I've had a go at the blue / red glasses with E : D and its mental!

 

[xzanfr]

I love scampi crisps

Marcus is happy.

 

[Rat Catcher]

I also have a dodgy eye so can't se in 3d properly IRL

My left eye has a ridiculous amount of correction (although less as I've aged) around 6.5 dioptres so have the bottom of a pepsi bottle as a lens... Even uncorrected in VR I still get great effect, I'm due an eye test and new specs in January so aim to add prescription inserts into the Index after getting an accurate prescription.

 

[Bottom Hat]

Do you remember cheese moments too - thay had a sort of damp cheesy filling?
A classic pub favourite - we used to order this card for the bar at work back in the day - the bacon fries were lovely:

Cheese moments are arousing. Love them!

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That's how you become a flaming flanger.

 

[Rat Catcher]

@xzanfr are you in the UK?

 

[LeoBartlet]

Marcus is happy.

I watch Masterchef but my god are they a bunch of pretentious Enders.

They're cooking a bit of dinner for fork sake not curing cancer.

 

[xzanfr]

@xzanfr are you in the UK?

Yes mate.

 

[Factabulous]

I watch Masterchef but my god are they a bunch of pretentious Enders.

They're cooking a bit of dinner for fork sake not curing cancer.

(probably not a good gambit to try on Masterchef itself ...)

 

[LeoBartlet]

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(probably not a good gambit to try on Masterchef itself ...)

 

[xzanfr]

I watch Masterchef but my god are they a bunch of pretentious Enders.

They're cooking a bit of dinner for fork sake not curing cancer.

I'd love to go to one of these fancy places to see why it's so expensive. I appreciate really good staff and decent raw ingredients cost money but does rubbing my dinner in a jus taste any different from going to a harvester?

 

[LeoBartlet]

I'd love to go to one of these fancy places to see why it's so expensive. I appreciate really good staff and decent raw ingredients cost money but does rubbing my dinner in a jus taste any different from going to a harvester?

I imagine a lot of it is about paying for an experience and a good portion of that experience is probably being ripped off.

 

[Darth Ender]

endangered animals are illegal to kill and consume in most places. So obviously it's going to be expensive to have them for dinner.

 

[Oztig]

I can't bring myself to do it. I've got an Oculus Quest and was able to use it via their Oculus link software (haven't tried in a while). I gotta say that it was visually amazing, but the sheer amount of controls the game needs, I can't do it all "by touch" especially now with the on-foot keyboardy stuff.

Ive got pretty much everything mapped to my HOTAS. If I did onfoot combat, then my setup wouldn't be good enough, but for walking and scanning etc, all is ok

 

[Oztig]

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That is deeply disturbing.

Well done!

 

[PRORABBIT67]

 

[xzanfr]

I imagine a lot of it is about paying for an experience and a good portion of that experience is probably being ripped off.

Heston went to my school and was a couple of years above me - I'm pretty sure he sold snails from the playground at a profit even then.
...no idea what he used as a jus.

 

[Bottom Hat]

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(probably not a good gambit to try on Masterchef itself ...)

It's touche tennis lol!

does rubbing my dinner in a jus

Not sure if this is typed correctly....?!

 

[xzanfr]

Not sure if this is typed correctly....?!

We might need a Frenchie* to confirm.

(*someone who lives there, not a snog)

 

[ubermick]

It helps being able to touch type. But otherwise I can recommend the X-56 for the sheer amount of controls right at your fingertips.

I can, but when I'm sitting back in my chair and have to lean forward to use the keyboard for anything then it takes a bit of time to find "home" - literally like fumbling in the dark. My HOTAS is a bit mental, got the Virpil CM-2 throttle which has more hats, switches, and knobs than I know what to do with.

 

[Sysmon]

I can, but when I'm sitting back in my chair and have to lean forward to use the keyboard for anything then it takes a bit of time to find "home" - literally like fumbling in the dark. My HOTAS is a bit mental, got the Virpil CM-2 throttle which has more hats, switches, and knobs than I know what to do with.

I locate the arrow keys with my right thumb, when moving from stick to keyboard input. Everything else is then where it always is. Helps having a grand old mechanical keyboard.

Here's my setup from 1984, try playing EDO with that:

Spoiler

PS: OK so maybe there were also a few inputs from the C64 keyboard, but stating that would spoil the dramatic effect.

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