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Well the download was typically slow.
And I might need a better computer rather than my laptop, I have dropped to medium on the graphics settings and the framerate was still slow even by crystal shards site standards.
Tried out the first go somewhere else mission , took an apex taxi.
Night landing lots of other shadows moving around. I think someone just jumped on me for no reason.
Stealing everything not locked up.
OK I have become a thief in the dark.
Got trapped in a hab building when someone else tripped the power.
Now every one's shooting, and I don't know how to call the taxi.
Where are the shields??
Red is dead, rebuy working good.
A lot'o fun...
Night landing lots of other shadows moving around. I think someone just jumped on me for no reason.
Stealing everything not locked up.
OK I have become a thief in the dark.
Got trapped in a hab building when someone else tripped the power.
Now every one's shooting, and I don't know how to call the taxi.
Where are the shields??
Red is dead, rebuy working good.
A lot'o fun...
Was watching the lifestream. I really think its a waste that they didnt at least do the Taxi Interior since taxi travel is in real time and there is nothing to do in there. How bout some arcade games?
The abandoned settlement atmosphere really gives me the xenomorph facehugger vibe. Especially since 34th century explorer suit flashlights are weaker than my 21st century bicycle rechargeable usb headlamp.
The AR-50 rifle cost more than a spaceship!
The abandoned settlement atmosphere really gives me the xenomorph facehugger vibe. Especially since 34th century explorer suit flashlights are weaker than my 21st century bicycle rechargeable usb headlamp.
The AR-50 rifle cost more than a spaceship!
Well, the alpha is downloading... slowly. And I can't play live ED either while I wait. Probably possible if I'd set up a separate launcher perhaps. Hey ho, I can wait. I'm fully prepared for a slideshow until they optimise and one thing concerns me during this twiddling-my-fingers-time - my BINDS. Does it keep my current ones and add sections for Odyssey or will I need to redo the entire lot?
We shall soon see!
We shall soon see!
EDIT
Right, have the game downloaded. It seems to have kept my current bindings and just added a section for walking around and general Odyssey stuff. Thank the maker for that!!!
I've only spent ten minutes in the alpha so far as I want to do some "real" stuff first. So far:
- How do I get to my ship?
- Why does turning left or right lag graphically while strafing left/right and moving forward and backward is fine?
This is extremely early days for me and I'll get my answers somehow - they're pretty much questions to myself really. The main point of this post from Tyres' alpha experience of the alpha is "Hooray! I can play it!". We'll see when the salt shaker needs to come out
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Just for anyone interested - the game takes your current bindings and creates a new set with those added sections. So for example "mybinds.3.0.binds" becomes "mybinds.4.0.binds" - thus your non-alpha game still has your pre-existing binds preserved. (The StartPreset.start file tells the game to load the binds file name {e.g."mybinds"}, the version of the game decides whether it should load the 3.0 or 4.0 file.)
P.S. Anyone still using "custom" should really take the time to rename as per the following link - it will avoid any future grief about having binds overwritten by the game.
lost your binds? want hasstle free backed up binds look no further
keybindings can reset if you visit the control section without one of your usual devices used to play the game ie hotas , xbox pad etc not plugged in or at that present moment is undetected by windows as it thinks your just using keyboard and mouse it simply rewrites your binds for you...
Excellent point! I didn't realise that's how it did it!
EDIT, yep yep, so in here:
C:\Users\?YOURUSERBAME?\AppData\Local\Frontier Developments\Elite Dangerous\Options\Bindings
... is where both bind files are kept.
EDIT 2
Just FYI... and I'm sorry to break this to owners of small hard drives, my Elite folder is now 71.88GB (72GB on disk) in size.
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You might like to make a note of this which you can cut and paste or use to refer people to in order to avoid that awkward address:
%LOCALAPPDATA%\Frontier Developments\Elite Dangerous\Options\Bindings
the other quick reference I use is:
%USERPROFILE%\Saved Games\Frontier Developments\Elite Dangerous\
%LOCALAPPDATA% and %USERPROFILE% are very handy - I am sure there are other shorthands too.
It loads in your current binds file, there are near the bottom two sections for Foot and Foot Modes which you will need to populate.Well, the alpha is downloading... slowly. And I can't play live ED either while I wait. Probably possible if I'd set up a separate launcher perhaps. Hey ho, I can wait. I'm fully prepared for a slideshow until they optimise and one thing concerns me during this twiddling-my-fingers-time - my BINDS. Does it keep my current ones and add sections for Odyssey or will I need to redo the entire lot?
We shall soon see!
As long as you don’t change any other controls your binds should then be fine for either game and if not you have your secure offsite backups.
What does pressing ctrl f give your FPS as? Are you in double figures?Sorry, I don't follow you. What happens to your current BINDS once the Odyssey pack is running? When you say "switch back", I'm not sure what that means... sorry, I'm bing dense, I know!
EDIT
Right, have the game downloaded. It seems to have kept my current bindings and just added a section for walking around and general Odyssey stuff. Thank the maker for that!!!
I've only spent ten minutes in the alpha so far as I want to do some "real" stuff first. So far:
- How do I get to my ship?
- Why does turning left or right lag graphically while strafing left/right and moving forward and backward is fine?
This is extremely early days for me and I'll get my answers somehow - they're pretty much questions to myself really. The main point of this post from Tyres' alpha experience of the alpha is "Hooray! I can play it!". We'll see when the salt shaker needs to come out
Just for anyone interested - the game takes your current bindings and creates a new set with those added sections. So for example "mybinds.3.0.binds" becomes "mybinds.4.0.binds" - thus your non-alpha game still has your pre-existing binds preserved. (The StartPreset.start file tells the game to load the binds file name {e.g."mybinds"}, the version of the game decides whether it should load the 3.0 or 4.0 file.)
P.S. Anyone still using "custom" should really take the time to rename as per the following link - it will avoid any future grief about having binds overwritten by the game.
lost your binds? want hasstle free backed up binds look no further
keybindings can reset if you visit the control section without one of your usual devices used to play the game ie hotas , xbox pad etc not plugged in or at that present moment is undetected by windows as it thinks your just using keyboard and mouse it simply rewrites your binds for you...forums.frontier.co.uk
Great. Thanks. Does anyone have a solution for sometimes I using a VR headset, sometimes not? Because I seem to have to swap the graphics settings back after using a VR headset and switching back to screen.
