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0threeleven

0threeleven
nemolomen said:
Whenever I mouse left handed I always change the mouse button mapping so I still use my index finger to click and middle finger to get context menus. I also always buy ambidextrous mice.

I just wish Windows 10 would save the mouse button mapping so I don't have to change it every time I turn on my PC.
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I use a Microsoft notebook mouse because of my hand issue's, their much smaller and easier for me to hold on to. But, the cool thing about them is they have their own proprietary software for remapping the buttons that is remembered when the computer is rebooted.

I know for sure that there are many gaming mice out there that do the same, they can be pretty pricey though.
 

nemolomen

nemolomen
0threeleven said:
I use a Microsoft notebook mouse because of my hand issue's, their much smaller and easier for me to hold on to. But, the cool thing about them is they have their own proprietary software for remapping the buttons that is remembered when the computer is rebooted.

I know for sure that there are many gaming mice out there that do the same, they can be pretty pricey though.
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I've been buying Logitech M310 wireless mice for a while now. They fit well and can be used in either hand. Come to think about it more, it may be some other software I installed on my home PC that is causing the issue with remembering button mapping.

At some point at work I had an ambidextrous gaming mouse that had a button to select different profiles. It was a simple click on the mouse to change hands...and it had a different LED color for each profile...

EDIT: Changed mouse model from M510 to M310 to match reality...
 
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Skürt Avil

Skürt Avil
Codger said:
I've been looking at this shot of "me" and pondering. I remember when my CMDR was just a ship. No face, just a helmet. He was always sitting. I didn't think about it much, I just flew around having fun in the game.

Then, suddenly, he had a face and a body. He still couldn't get up from his seat, but he became a little more of a real person. At the time I thought it was just fluff. What's the point of creating a holo-me, I thought. No one will see it. I hardly ever see it, except for a tiny portrait in the HUD. I made one anyway, of course.

And now, literally years later, my CMDR has become a fully-fledged character, who can get up, walk or run, shoot weapons, steal supplies, sabotage industries, wipe out entire settlements single-handed, explore vast untouched planets and see new things, and more.

FDEV gets a lot of flack for bugs and design issues and whatnot, and rightly so, but what they've accomplished in this game is actually quite amazing underneath all that. I have a 1:1 galaxy with my tiny human CMDR able to travel anywhere in it, and do all kinds of activities and see all kinds of interesting sights.

I hope that the people who have done all this work are happy and proud, despite the over-the-top moaning of the player base, because they deserve it. I'm just glad I've been here to experience it all.

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Seconded! Excellently put Codger.
 

Marvin the Martian

Marvin the Martian
Ashnak said:
Of course not (well, more or less - the two databases in ED and EDDB/EDSM are independent, I think EDDB and EDSM are using the same DB nowadays). Since you were the first to discover this system, who should have uploaded it to EDDB? If you want to fix that (for the future) and you're playing on PC (again, I think there are ways for XBox/PS CMDRs to contribute, I just never looked into them), run one of the helper apps (like EDMC or EDDiscovery) that will automatically upload any data on newly discovered systems into EDDB/EDSM. On the downside, that data is then also immediately available to any other CMDRs, who then (in theory) would be able to snipe that "first discovery" bonus from you.

Otherwise, that system will stay unknown to EDDB unless some other CMDR goes there, scans it and uploads the system data.
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I simply assumed they got the data from an API from Frontier.
 

nemolomen

nemolomen
Codger said:
I'm left handed. I write with my left hand, eat with my left hand, etc.

But I use a joystick in my right hand. I don't know why. I just got one and started using it like that back in the Wing Commander days. Never thought about it :)

Sorry to hear of your injury @nemolomen -- I would hard pressed to stay away from gaming for more than an hour. :)
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I hear ya, but I'll be back in no time though, if I can actually let it rest...
 

0threeleven

0threeleven
Codger said:
I'm left handed. I write with my left hand, eat with my left hand, etc.

But I use a joystick in my right hand. I don't know why. I just got one and started using it like that back in the Wing Commander days. Never thought about it :)

Sorry to hear of your injury @nemolomen -- I would hard pressed to stay away from gaming for more than an hour. :)
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Ya know, a few centuries back, left handed people were persecuted, beaten and told it was Satan trying to control them. Pretty darn sad.

I have a left-handed hammer you guys can have, I've no use for it as I'm right-handed.
 

Codger

Codger
0threeleven said:
Ya know, a few centuries back, left handed people were persecuted, beaten and told it was Satan trying to control them. Pretty darn sad.
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When I was being taught to how to hold a pencil and write in school, the teacher took one look at me there trying to use my left hand and said "Oh. Well, just hold it however you want." I still remember it to this day.

It was like she thought I was defective.

Maybe I am :)
 

nemolomen

nemolomen
Codger said:
I've been looking at this shot of "me" and pondering. I remember when my CMDR was just a ship. No face, just a helmet. He was always sitting. I didn't think about it much, I just flew around having fun in the game.

Then, suddenly, he had a face and a body. He still couldn't get up from his seat, but he became a little more of a real person. At the time I thought it was just fluff. What's the point of creating a holo-me, I thought. No one will see it. I hardly ever see it, except for a tiny portrait in the HUD. I made one anyway, of course.

And now, literally years later, my CMDR has become a fully-fledged character, who can get up, walk or run, shoot weapons, steal supplies, sabotage industries, wipe out entire settlements single-handed, explore vast untouched planets and see new things, and more.

FDEV gets a lot of flack for bugs and design issues and whatnot, and rightly so, but what they've accomplished in this game is actually quite amazing underneath all that. I have a 1:1 galaxy with my tiny human CMDR able to travel anywhere in it, and do all kinds of activities and see all kinds of interesting sights.

I hope that the people who have done all this work are happy and proud, despite the over-the-top moaning of the player base, because they deserve it. I'm just glad I've been here to experience it all.

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I spent about 20 minutes or so with Odyssey was released and then I had that "Eureka" moment where it all just flowed and I realized that the additions to the game were just absolutely incredible.

At that point I had only been playing EDH for about 8 months...
 

nemolomen

nemolomen
0threeleven said:
Make sure you map it first.
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@Marvin the Martian - And once you have mapped it, you can cycle through (using "Z" and "C" keys) any multiples of bio signs to see the blue area where that particular one can be found.

For each different bio on a body, you ahve to find 3 samples, collected apart (several hundred meters or more) then you can start working on a different bio.
 

Marvin the Martian

Marvin the Martian
Here's what I see:

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