THIRD PARTY APPS

[sutex]

I stop playing Elite dangerous ages ago as there's NO OFF SHIP STORAGE.

But even when there's a slight interest to play I find the ever growing dependency ED has on Third party apps also stops me from playing, as DEV'S , are making their apps to only work in Borderless mode.
I run every game in fullscreen mode , to allow my PC is have all the power it needs for that game and to save wear & tear on my PC.

ED is a disappointment, ED is supposed to be best played in VR , but everything you need to pull information or access information from THIRD PARTY APPS, is not setup for VR / Fullscreen mode game play.
Two year after Elite Dangerous has been released , I still can't use any third party apps unless I Alt tab , or run in borderless mode.

Android tablets, Web Servers to view apps via a 2nd PC , is not been developed and the cheap way out by frontier 'get others to develop third party apps' means these THIRD PARTY APPS devs also take the easy path

If I have to Alt Tab out of a 'game' to access information , its not a game, its work.

 

[Kaltern]

What exactly do you suggest Frontier do to solve this issue? Virtually all 3rd party apps are not required to play Elite - they're just extra additions to improve some people's QoL. Eddb.io, for example, is incredibly useful, but I see no way to make it work 'ingame' without adding whole new sections to the menus, which tbh isn't worth it. Besides, I think Frontier have enough to do with fixing the core game rather than adding new tools that not everyone needs or wants.

Oh, and BTW, excepting VR because that's entirely different, there is no discernible performance gain by playing in exclusive full-screen mode. I should know, I run at 144Hz and I get the same FPS in fullscreen or borderless. Extra apps on top of the borderless window - usually just browser windows, should make very little difference to performance unless you're playing on a potato. Then it isn't the game's fault.

 

[Trekari]

Um, cry more?

Maybe you should figure out why borderless mode is required before whining about it. You have no right to whine about people who make apps for this game FOR FREE.

If you don't like 3rd party apps, then don't use them.
If you don't like the game, then quit.

 

[sutex]

I set my PC up for VR , but never brought it , has ED apps, have zero support for VR fullsceen mode game play.


Elite Dangerous without any Third party tools , would reduce ED to a what ED really is, a Menu Based game , that you leaves you guessing.


Third party apps , should support Android tablets and Web Servers to view apps via a 2nd PC, and (in a 100 years) VR support too !!

 

[Cmdr Eran Mintor]

I don't mind the flak I'll get for saying it but EvE Online for a long time had an in-game browser that solved many issues regarding alt-tabbing, as many apps are useable in a browser.

Edit: I should note I play Elite through steam for this very reason. Having steam overlay/browser while playing Elite is extremely useful.

 

[sutex]

I don't mind the flak I'll get for saying it but EvE Online for a long time had an in-game browser that solved many issues regarding alt-tabbing, as many apps are useable in a browser.

Edit: I should note I play Elite through steam for this very reason. Having steam overlay/browser while playing Elite is extremely useful.

ED lack of forwarded thinking is well known ( engineers and no storage )

If you're a VR player the octopus game play you have to get up too , must drive you nuts , given everything you want to interact with in VR you cant unless you STOP using VR ...Headset on headset off Alt tab , headset back on rinse repeat , every time you need to plot a course read do anything other than fly !!

I want ED to think Fullscreen which is how VR works!! , and I want all THIRD PARTY APPS dev's to think that way too

 

[CMDR ANCALAGON]

"I stopped playing ages ago" but just randomly get the urge to post a complaint on the forums....

Who does that?

 

[sutex]

"I stopped playing ages ago" but just randomly get the urge to post a complaint on the forums....

Who does that?

But even when there's a slight interest to play I find the ever growing dependency ED has on Third party apps also stops me from playing, as DEV'S , are making their apps to only work in Borderless mode.
I run every game in fullscreen mode , to allow my PC is have all the power it needs for that game and to save wear & tear on my PC.

 

[CMDR ANCALAGON]

ED lack of forwarded thinking is well known ( engineers and no storage )

If you were a VR player the octopus game play you have to get up too , must drive you nuts , given everything you want to interact with in VR you cant unless you STOP using VR ...Headset on headset off Alt tab , headset back on rinse repeat , every time you need to plot a course read do anything other than fly !!

I want ED to think Fullscreen which is how VR works!! , and I want all THIRD PARTY APPS dev's to think that way too

Maybe, just maybe, you don't actually need to use those third party apps while you're actually playing the game.

 

[Kaltern]

ED lack of forwarded thinking is well known ( engineers and no storage )

If you were a VR player the octopus game play you have to get up too , must drive you nuts , given everything you want to interact with in VR you cant unless you STOP using VR ...Headset on headset off Alt tab , headset back on rinse repeat , every time you need to plot a course read do anything other than fly !!

I want ED to think Fullscreen which is how VR works!! , and I want all THIRD PARTY APPS dev's to think that way too

I'd like to know how you think you're going to type anything into any in-game app while in VR, personally. I can't think of many apps which would be 100% point and click which would be of much use...

 

[CMDR ANCALAGON]

Entire point is based on a false premise, that third party apps are required in game.

External resources are great and all, but I use those in between gaming sessions, not during.

No 3rd party apps are needed while actually playing the game.

 

[MottiKhan]

Yes, that's how to win friends and influence people. Complain, make demands and spew derision at people who volunteer their time with helpful apps.

Posting in caps was a nice touch too.

 

[Bottom Hat]

I just don't get the point about the "off ship storage" OP? Don't you mean the way that you can store modules 'off-ship' at space stations and ports?! I am not trying to argue - I just don't understand what you are asking for/shouting about? Sorry.


PS:- I am afraid I do agree with the other posters though about thinking your post is strange in totality, but as said I am not here to argue with you OP.

 

[sutex]

Oh God the sycophants are out, fanboys of a poorly thought out ( hence all the third party apps ) dying game, who's only claim to fame is, 'ED looks great in VR'

yet you just cant touch read interact do anything while in VR .. doh!

 

[Kaltern]

Oh God the sycophants are out, fanboys of a poorly thought out ( hence all the third party apps ) dying game, who's only claim to fame is, 'ED looks great in VR'

yet you just cant touch read interact do anything while in VR .. doh!

...and I'm out. (I constantly play in VR with a Rift.)

 

[Hellfire85]

Oh God the sycophants are out, fanboys of a poorly thought out ( hence all the third party apps ) dying game, who's only claim to fame is, 'ED looks great in VR'

yet you just cant touch read interact do anything while in VR .. doh!

If it's a "dying game" like you say, then why even bother posting here? Go play something else or go get a life instead of posting crap just for the sake of getting attention.
Are you feeling so ignored in your life that you MUST post a complaint on a forum to get the feeling you get noticed?

Really... I don't get your kind of people...

 

[Robert Maynard]

Oh God the sycophants are out, fanboys of a poorly thought out ( hence all the third party apps ) dying game, who's only claim to fame is, 'ED looks great in VR'

.... and on that note, I'll close it.