Congratulations for this guide. A very good work. +1
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Newcomer / Intro The Harmless' Guide to the Galaxy
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It's a good guide, but I have just a couple of criticisms ... hope you don't mind? 
You might need to update it a bit for the recent update to the game. I noticed that the Galaxy route planner bit says it the route planner limit is 100LY, this is out of date .., I think the limit is 1000LY, but I'm not sure. I certainly have plotted route of several hundred without issue.
I'm not sure you guide helps people with you referencing which key to push.
Not everyone will have the same key bindings, as you mentioned.
I suggest you talk in terms of "pitch up/down" and "thrust up/down" etc. The guide then works for everyone regardless of control system.
I don't disagree with your suggested keyboard and mouse setting, they seem to make more sense than the defaults.
On the whole it's a daunting task trying to put all the advice a beginner needs in one document, while not overdoing it.
So good job in general
You might need to update it a bit for the recent update to the game. I noticed that the Galaxy route planner bit says it the route planner limit is 100LY, this is out of date .., I think the limit is 1000LY, but I'm not sure. I certainly have plotted route of several hundred without issue.
I'm not sure you guide helps people with you referencing which key to push.
Not everyone will have the same key bindings, as you mentioned.
I suggest you talk in terms of "pitch up/down" and "thrust up/down" etc. The guide then works for everyone regardless of control system.
I don't disagree with your suggested keyboard and mouse setting, they seem to make more sense than the defaults.
On the whole it's a daunting task trying to put all the advice a beginner needs in one document, while not overdoing it.
So good job in general
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You realise you have reopened a thread that is 18 months old. Of course it is inaccurate.
The OP hasn't posted in the forum for 5 months, so isn't likely to be updating it.
Long reading but it was worth it. So many good tipps thx Cmdr! [up]
Just be advised that last edit was done a year and a half ago. There's a lot of a new stuff going on.
As a basic guide it's still nice, of course.
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Techno this is the best guide i have read! It Frontier should have it as their main guide for beginners
Thank you for taking the time to write this...it has Really helped me out
Thank you for taking the time to write this...it has Really helped me out
Haven't read through the whole of post #1 but would be cautious in taking everything on board as the guide was last updated in May 2015 which was version 1.2.07 and before Powerplay.
I would agree with most of the keybindings though.
Personally I have:
Mouse: Pitch & Yaw.
Mouse wheel up/down: Throttle Up/Down
Mouse side thumb buttons first/second: Thrust forward/backward
Q/E: Roll Left/Right
W/S: Thrust Up/Down
A/D: Thrust Left/Right
Throttle increment: 12.5%
Tab: Boost (default) although another said he found Spacebar better as he could use the left thumb for that.
Z: Flight Assist (default)
X: Throttle to zero (default)
C: Chaff
V: Heatsink (default)
B: Shield Cell Bank
/: Throttle to 100% (/ is the key left of <right shift>)
.: Throttle to 75% (. is the key left of /)
Having thrust (not throttle) on the mouse side buttons is particularly helpful in speedy manual docking as once you are hovering over the landing pad and are at 0% throttle you have access to the thrust controls with both sets of your fingers.
I would agree with most of the keybindings though.
Personally I have:
Mouse: Pitch & Yaw.
Mouse wheel up/down: Throttle Up/Down
Mouse side thumb buttons first/second: Thrust forward/backward
Q/E: Roll Left/Right
W/S: Thrust Up/Down
A/D: Thrust Left/Right
Throttle increment: 12.5%
Tab: Boost (default) although another said he found Spacebar better as he could use the left thumb for that.
Z: Flight Assist (default)
X: Throttle to zero (default)
C: Chaff
V: Heatsink (default)
B: Shield Cell Bank
/: Throttle to 100% (/ is the key left of <right shift>)
.: Throttle to 75% (. is the key left of /)
Having thrust (not throttle) on the mouse side buttons is particularly helpful in speedy manual docking as once you are hovering over the landing pad and are at 0% throttle you have access to the thrust controls with both sets of your fingers.
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2016
Even in 2016 this is still awesome and get my vote Thanks for getting a newbie started on the right path excellent!!!!
Thanx
Slow getting started. This will surely help.
Slow getting started. This will surely help.
What it might do is help you get into a lot of trouble. The advice in this thread is 2 1/2 years out of date.
thanks harmless
I have been attempting to play ED for a few days so am an absolute novice beginner. I will follow your suggestions but the first thing I read was not to get stressed doing the tutorials which I was doing and ripping my hair out. I just could not find a way to land on that space station in the docking tutorial and was so frustrated I requested a refund from Steam which they denied because I had spent 7 hours on the game. I will take my time now to familiarize myself with handling the game but I only have a gaming keyboard and mouse, not being able to justify the expense of a suitable joystick.
I have been attempting to play ED for a few days so am an absolute novice beginner. I will follow your suggestions but the first thing I read was not to get stressed doing the tutorials which I was doing and ripping my hair out. I just could not find a way to land on that space station in the docking tutorial and was so frustrated I requested a refund from Steam which they denied because I had spent 7 hours on the game. I will take my time now to familiarize myself with handling the game but I only have a gaming keyboard and mouse, not being able to justify the expense of a suitable joystick.
Wow - people still necro-ing this thread.
Time it was locked, it is WWAAAAAAAYYYYYYYYYY out of date.
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Time it was locked, it is WWAAAAAAAYYYYYYYYYY out of date.
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