Community Event / Creation The Alpha Waste Canister Time Challenge

Frank

Frank
The Alpha Scenario Time Challenge

Let's see how good you are out there. You've all got mobile phones with stopwatches built into them. Why not put them to good use. The challenge is this:-

- Load up your Alpha build
- Select the 1st Scenario with the waste canisters.
- Leave the game waiting for the keypress to start the scenario
- Set your stopwatch app going
- Complete the mission in the fastest time you can.
- Stop the stopwatch when the "success" window appears on your screen


The shooting leaderboard so far:-

35.0 secs - Ian Phillips
39.0 secs - Ayo
43.0 secs - Rog
43.0 secs - Frank
52.0 secs - Stoo



The Second Challenge is as above but this time no shooting. You must destroy the canisters by flying into them.

The flying leaderboard so far:-

1:25 - Ian Phillips
1:28 - Rog
1:43 - Ayo
1:54 - Frank
2:11 - Stoo


The Third Challenge is the Solar Fluke challenge
As above but this time compete the second scenario without guns

00:31 - Rog
10:19 - Frank



The third challenge is a cracker. Please everyone, feel free to post your times. I'll get around to updating these tables eventually
 
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Rog

Rog
Heh!

Good idea Frank.

Used the timer on the X52 base:
  • 1 min 15
  • 1 min 2 secs (hit the FAOFF and went for a spin).
  • 43 secs. (more pips on the engines to see if I turn quicker. Stuck tongue out, that deffo helps).
I will not enjoy the rarefied air for long, I fancy. :p
 

Frank

Frank
FAOFF is a lot of fun. Completely unusable by me but fun anyway. I'll have to try the pips thing. I doubt I'll beat your time but at least I can better my own score.
 

Frank

Frank
Cody said:
<grins> As it happens, I don't have a mobile phone - but then I don't have the game either.
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Oh dear! I hadn't thought of that. I guess there's always:-

http://www.online-stopwatch.com/

but it means two computers, and it's all a bit hypothetical anyway :(

I thought "Fan Creations" would be the best place to stick this thread but If a moderator wants to move it then that's fine by me.
 

Ian Phillips

Volunteer Moderator
Ian Phillips
44 secs

44 secs again.

Wierd, if you get too close the guns don't hit the canisters. Guess the gimbals only work at a distance?
 
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Frank

Frank
With what you said, insanephoton, I thought maybe quicker turning wasn't the answer as it involved moving towards the canisters. I pipped up my weapons and managed to match Rog's score.

If everyone's time gravitates towards the 43-44 time then maybe it's because the canister challenge is too easy. What do you lot out there think? Maybe we could expand the time challenge to other scenarios?

I'll leave it at the canisters at the moment and see if we get anyone else reporting their times. The reason I picked the canisters was because I wanted the challenge to be open to everyone in an obvious way.
 

Frank

Frank
I thought I had to do it at optimum-turning speed to get the fastest time. That's how I got those canister-shaped dents in the front of my Sidewinder. :)
 

Frank

Frank
can I propose a change to the challenge? You've got to still destroy the barrels but no with guns :)

The quickest to run into all the barrels will space out the seconds more.

Rog? Ian? What do you think?
 

Ayo

Ayo
Got 39 seconds for the original challenge. 1 canister keeps being un-hittable except by crashing into it. Will try the new challenge :)

Edit:
New Challenge
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First attempt: 2:04
Second attempt: 1:45
 
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Frank

Frank
That 1:45 is a great time Ayo. I got 1:59 with the first run I did timing myself and all subsequent runs have been the 2:25 to 2:40 range. I must've had beginner's luck with that first run.

... but I'm going back out there to try again <grin>
 

Ayo

Ayo
Frank said:
That 1:45 is a great time Ayo. I got 1:59 with the first run I did timing myself and all subsequent runs have been the 2:25 to 2:40 range. I must've had beginner's luck with that first run.

... but I'm going back out there to try again <grin>
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Maybe I was lucky, I haven't tried it a third time yet. I did find that patience and taking time to line up properly helped a lot the second time.

Knowing what order is most efficient would probably help to take more time off.

Edit: I also deployed my guns so I had the cross-hairs to line up with.
 
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