So it seems we get dropped into a random system:
Albert - COSI (not cosy) - Freeagle parked 174Ly away! back in LHS 3443. That'll not be happening soon with a 7Ly drive range.
Bosch Terminal in LHS1914.
now at Fleming City in STKM 1-626 (it rolls off the tongue) 4 disco's in 5 minutes. Think I'll come back when the system stabilises a little.:sideways:
See you online mate, I hear our Freeagle is hidden in a port somewhere near our spawn point, not found mine yet!
Gonna watch Arithon on Twitch at 8pm.
http://www.twitch.tv/elitedangerous
Can we agree upoin where to meet up?
I have no idea where to go. The galaxy is so big, and I am so small...
I just got a Hauler so can jump 9 Ly now. Let me see where you are in relation to me.
What ship have you got Verner (sorry)?
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I got a SW, and 40 Cr.... :-)
I just wanted to know if we should have a kind of "home port".
Oh well, I think will just sit out Gamma and wait until release... Hope for a new wipe so I get my 100Cr back. :lmfao:
Cartographics are the key to your money issues. I'm en route to Sol. I think we need to see how the multi ship and character engine works as having a ship at a home port 200L Y away is impractcal. Meet in 2 days in Abraham Lincoln? Wednesday 7pm GMT?
In case you're a long way from Sol, something to pass the time whilst in HyperSpace:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JD1TC94AHco&feature=youtu.be
LOL!
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Okay, I'm a Kickstarter backer and was unable to download the game.
Got the Launcher from the forums and logged in and verified the launcher, unfortunately I only had the "Purchase" option.
Now there were some fun and games when they replicated the backer app data to Zaonce as during the lock out time I changed my email address. Somehow my account became disjointed but they supposedly sorted that out. Looks like it may have caused me to not be able to log into the server as an early backer.
They put the "Early Backer" element into my account on 7th Nov, so that part was working.
Anyway, raised a ticket and as of about 1 hour ago I got the "Install" button on the launcher. Now I need to get my X45 out of the cupboard and get that set up, my few minutes of trying with mouse and keyboard were painful to say the least.
Apparently I'm in a basic commodities and refuel station, Treshchov Port in orbit around Aiabiko 5, it says my Eagle is sat in the dock of the station orbiting Aibiko 6. So about 85lyr from Sol.
Need to set everything up, do the tutorials and work out how to earn some money with my 100cr and Sidewinder Mk2 before I jump into real space.
Wooo hoo I should have access too then hope to see you on ts
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Yup installing as we speak
Just keep scanning every system you enter and you'll be able to collect Cartographic Data to sell in the stations for 500CR + per system. If you avoid combat, I.e. Full power to systems for max shields and then boost away with flight assist off and move randomly, from any NPC that interdicts you and activate Frame Shift as soon as it's cooled down, you'll survive. Don't engage enemies until you have practiced a bit. Get your eagle and sell it for the cash and keep the Sidewinder. By then you'll probably have over 50K CR so start trading towards Sol. When you get over 60K get a Hauler for 9.5ly jump range and all this time scan every system with your discovery scanner as its free money. You can sell your gun on the Hauler to reduce weight and increase jump range.
When you have the Hauler and 10k just plot a route to Sol and go for it. 8 jumps per full fuel tank, stay about 30% running dry ain't fun!
Basically if you can land, control power and avoid combat your can do anything in this game. Trading success comes with experience, combat is tricky, bulletin missions watch out for systems that need a permit like SIRIUS (cost me a 6k fine that one did)!
I'll be online later if you wanna chat about anything.
Sol, 7pm Wedneaday 😉
Quote from: albert;391558Sol, 7pm Wedneaday í ½í¸‰
I tried a bit yesterday, but Elite crashed and I must have ruined something, because I could not log on again. I don't have time for anything today so that deal is off.
Maybe some other night then.
It was horrible for everyone last night mate. We can try another night. I found if you're 50LY away from SOL, 10 mins planning a route and 20 mins jumping will get you there in a Hauler, Sidewinder might take longer.
The gamma sorted itself out (eventually) last night and after some long jumps, where at one point at got the audio-warning "main fuel tank drained" :blink: I managed to arrive in the SOL system and after a brief tour of the planets, docked at Abraham Lincoln station.
See you there tonight commanders!
(http://www.kl2.com/arrived_at_sol.jpg)
I understand that for the new recruits into the Gamma that getting to grips with the game and getting to Sol may be an issue. I will look for a system a bit closer to Cosi where most people seem to have spawned. Can yawl tell me in a PM your current location please?
I will be burning and turning tonight hope to see you there guys
Work and kids permitting, I should be online tonight also :)
I have no idea where I will spawn though as I was away the whole weekend and am still recovering!
From what I read solo play is just basically the same universe with NPC's only in your game and you can switch between the two.
So do you recommend solo play unless there is something you need to meet up for.
Twisted, on first joining the Gamma can you do it into the Private Group so we can see if you spawn in the Cosi system like others? I've noticed those who join first time out in Solo or Open end up in a random place a long way off from 3 or 4 others who have ended up in that system.
Quote from: Liberator;391578From what I read solo play is just basically the same universe with NPC's only in your game and you can switch between the two.
So do you recommend solo play unless there is something you need to meet up for.
All game modes exist in the same persisten universe.
Solo you are alone with NPCs.
Private Group (send a group request to join ALBERT) - same as solo but in the close vicinity of group members you are put into the same instance (supposedly but yet to be retested by us).
Open - same as private but you end up either 1) in the same instance as friends or 2) with random publics and friends.
I suggest you start playing the game after you've joined the group, so you spawn near others, as I am guessing that group members will spawn close to each other. I can accept your request to join the group at 5pm GMT when I get home. Toby you should do the same.
Unfortunately I had already popped into the real game yesterday to check where I was in relation to Sol.
Closer to Sol than Cosi, about half as far.
Quote from: Liberator;391584Unfortunately I had already popped into the real game yesterday to check where I was in relation to Sol.
Closer to Sol than Cosi, about half as far.
Same, spent a good amount last night playing this and I am loving i, love the use of trackIR in it. Really big thanks to everyone that help me out answering questions sorry there were so many.
See you tonight.
Ended up leaving whilst in Beta Trianguli Australis - Lots of Ship parts there including FSD, Power Plant, Power Dist, Bulkheads. It's a super high population system with many stations wants to buy in Performance Enhancers at a high price.
Managed to trade up to a Hauler last night, so now I have 35,140 CR and I'm sitting in "Schiltberger Port" with 16T of shiny new (empty) cargo space.
Are we going to try and head for COSI or SOL?
I would suggest we find a system cluster with mixed economy and good trade routes and make it our "base of operations". That way the old hats can cash up and assist the newbies.
I suggest Beta Trianguli Australis not just because I'm already there but it has all the upgrades we'd ever need, is close to Sol and is vast plus I've found no other as good in 3 days.
Alternatively I could get to Cosi quite quick as I have 20Ly jump distance now unladen.
"Beta Trianguli Australis" or 2nd Australian triangle it is then! See you there.
​FROM FRONTIER
As the title suggests Gamma 1.02 is on its way soon. The servers will be down for at least an hour from 2.30PM GMT, after that we'll reopen space and let you loose again!
The full change log is below:
- Fix kinematic soft lock loading game
- Fix for softlock on shutdown regarding fog volumes
- Fix possible memory leak in the system map
- Add in some missing metadata from populated authored systems far outside the usual generation range
- Missing backer system ‘Pepper’ added
- Correct the station ID for the station in 17 Draconis
- Deeper telemetry to diagnose what/why we're getting stuck entering the game in certain circumstances
- When the server has too many stellar forge request, bounce it back so the game can try a different server
- Fix for lighting not appearing in the right eye on stereoscopic modes
- Handle the case where directional lights are removed while processing the view culling data
- Improve MTU discovery handshake
- Ensure location s are not sent if they are no longer valid
- Improve upnp clean up code
- Provide feedback telemetry when system data is received from the server which is either internally inconsistent, or inconsistent with the game's own data
- Additional telemetry to help get to the bottom of why some players get stuck entering the game.
Was just nipping over to LHS 3447 to pick up my Eagle, well to sell it. When the update happened. 120,000 Ls from the station I need to get to, they never made this bloody easy for me.
I'd just completed the first stage of my journey home (Sol). Will set out again tonight.:)
EDIT: Stuck where I am as I (and many others) cant upgrade as I get a validation error.
Hoping for an upgrade to an upgrade :blink:
EDITED EDIT: Upgrade upgraded. Working OK :)
Quote from: albert;391579Twisted, on first joining the Gamma can you do it into the Private Group so we can see if you spawn in the Cosi system like others? I've noticed those who join first time out in Solo or Open end up in a random place a long way off from 3 or 4 others who have ended up in that system.
I did this and spawned at Bose Station with 100 credits and a Sidewinder. No Eagle? Oh well.
I may have time to actually play at somepoint .....
If you look at the system map it will show you where your eagle is mate!!!!!
Also the game is now open to all pre-orders, just tutorials and training missions.
Check your dashboard for details.
So it does. The "Pick your pack" screen could have shown it to allay my fears!
Quote from: Liberator;391651Also the game is now open to all pre-orders, just tutorials and training missions.
Check your dashboard for details.
That made me pre-order it today :)
Arrived at the catchily named "Beta Trianguli Australis" last night. Parked up at Lunan Hub.
I'm the guy in the little yellow Hauler...
(http://www.kl2.com/space-taxi.jpg)
As people are getting closer to meet up. Should we all work for reputation with the same faction? Would be awkward if we turned out to be enemies?!
Still 87LY away and no money so going to do some jobs and then continue.
Btw if you run out of fuel your ship will shut down your Life support and then when the air runs out it explodes. There is no helpful person that turns up to help with fuel!
Yes Verner. I'm suggesting The system Arithon is at above because it has lots of parts and I've run like 30 missions from there, still Neutral Rep though!
Game downloaded, I may even get a chance to fire it up tonight and have a play. :D
Yay, I'll have time to play this around 8pm :D
What is the recommended ship to travel to Sol with - sidey or eagle?
I'm assuming that I'll need to trade or run missions for cash for fuel.
Quote from: BrotherTobious;391694Still 87LY away and no money so going to do some jobs and then continue.
Btw if you run out of fuel your ship will shut down your Life support and then when the air runs out it explodes. There is no helpful person that turns up to help with fuel!
That's why I've dropped the cargo pod from the Eagle and replaced it with a fuel scoop.
A few minutes skirting through the coronal mass ejections of the local star and you're all topped up again.
Stellar Cartographer Lib.
Quote from: Liberator;391701That's why I've dropped the cargo pod from the Eagle and replaced it with a fuel scoop.
A few minutes skirting through the coronal mass ejections of the local star and you're all topped up again.
Stellar Cartographer Lib.
Great idea I shall follow suit!
Good game tonight. Experiment with "gifting" cargo to Vozzard was partial success!
We've found a set of systems with good trade routes both ways and a reasonable mix of equipped stations.
We will help stragglers get here as we can.
See you out there!
Zeta Triangulis Australis and Moepick were a great combo. The return trip always came up with some BB mission or other that earned more than the trading.
How was the cargo thing partially successful?
Quote from: albert;391712How was the cargo thing partially successful?
I managed to scoop them up, but they where still marked as stolen. We need to try again out in deep space. We where only 10 KM from a station last night.
BTW. Is there a black market in those systems? I have stolen Silver I need to shift....
Quote from: vobler;391715I managed to scoop them up, but they where still marked as stolen. We need to try again out in deep space. We where only 10 KM from a station last night.
BTW. Is there a black market in those systems? I have stolen Silver I need to shift....
Thrudds web page can be used to search for black markets near your current locations. Try that out and if your current system isn't listed yet choose one near to where you currently are docked.
Yay, finally gotten to SOL, docked in Abraham Lincon.
Now have 38,000CR thanks to system scanning and a few bounties en route. Took about 3 hours, discovering almost everything I found along the way, dying once in combat which took me back a few hops.
Beginner notes:
HEAT damage kills the hull which is expensive to repair I was mainly looking at module health and they looked fine :/
If you're not refueling, ensure you have fuel for TWO jumps as the next hop may not have a station or a living star to refuel @ via a scoop.
I'm away most of the weekend, but should be on tonight for a while.
Have we chosen a hub system yet? I think I'll start looking towards a hauler soon and have a spot of trading, or mining the belts I discovered.
I think we should put votes down for a Hub as it's unfair those of us who have had more time to grind our credits dictating the home station.
I would ask, has anyone achieved anything higher than Neutral with any Faction as yet?
I am close with the Beta and Zeta (Trianguli Australis) systems. I must say Zeta excites me as it has good trade routes but we may be able to find trade routes through Beta with you all involved, I know I struggled but I also didn't have much external info to work with. Beta also has the upgrades.
So I vote Beta or Zeta Trianguli Australis.
No faction rep yet - just docked at Lunan Hub - 40LY from SOL. Will try for some trading later.
I've only got the combat training missions so I won't be joining you for a little while yet.
Quote from: Sn00ks;391768I've only got the combat training missions so I won't be joining you for a little while yet.
Good time to learn the combat mechanics then - costs you nothing :)
Aye, learn banking lads
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Arrived at Lunan Hub in my new Hauler @ 21:44:57 on 30/11/3300 with CR 23,000 in my back pocket :yahoo:
I'm 1358 years old.:sad: Reckon I'm owed £7,563,223 Old Age Pension. Should claim for cold weather allowance as its bleedin freezin out here.
Knocked, but no one was in. :angry:
Will call again tomorrow. :byebye:
P.S I vote for Beta
I just bought a hauler myself. fitted it with 8 cargo capactity, refinery and mining laser to see if I can improve on the 40-60k per 40 mins I made in the freagel mining.
Hopefully will find out during the week!
Snap, also just bought the 8 capacity hauler, got 30k in the bank. I'm currently trading around Mokosh which is about 80LY from SOL. Been doing about 8-9k per return trip, which is a 6LY jump and a 25LS/2500LS FSD. Not sure what that makes me per hour but I'll slowly max out capacity. Need to find some more profitable trade routes.
I managed to get to Friend status in Beta, Zeta and Moepirk I'm Allied and get a nice little message Welcome: trusted Ally. When I arrive at their stations :D
I noticed the 100K missions are starting to arrive occasionally.
gone from being a Peddler to a Dealer! They pick their ranks carefully.
Got my hauler last night and making money roll on cobra!
Cobra Mk III baby.
Wow, the difference between this and the hauler is ridiculous, I feel safe(ish) again.
Wondering about taking a trip back to my start location to trash my Sidewinder that's there. Maybe hold out for a couple of weeks until they announce wipe/no wipe status.
I got a C4 Thruster first of all and crashed into the station wall! Beware the lurch forward on the Cobra.
It's now kitted out with B4 - Power Plant, FSD, Shield Generator, A3 - Power Distributor, C5 Thrusters, 40 cargo units.
2 x E2 Multi-cannons (epic damage) and 1 x E1 Beam Lasers, not gimb. I think Bean Laser Turrets might be nice on the class 2 slots and put the multi cannons in the 1s.
Need Reinforced Alloys, the hull takes a pounding when the shields are down.
After my Monday night's Eagle-ramming disaster (with a full cargo hold) last night I made around 80,0000CR in an hour and a half with a mix of missions a trade runs, so a better night all told.
Looking to make a million CR for upgrades on my Cobra. I'm not going to chase a Lakon-6 unless we go past the 16th without being wiped (or at least keeping our credits).
Just going to make my Cobra a solid all-rounder then have some fun.
B level Cobra parts are a cool half mill! As are 1.6 mill CR. Turret weapons are similar price from B to A but Cs are around 200K for turrets and well below 100K for non turret beam lasers which incidentally only seem to go to level E and no lower.
Hi Guys
Can you not by the beta version now ? do i have to wait until the 16th i take it mercenary edition is an add on ?
Quote from: DA BUTTON;392015Hi Guys
Can you not by the beta version now ? do i have to wait until the 16th i take it mercenary edition is an add on ?
The BETA is over (since November 22nd). You can purchase the game on pre-order which entitles you to download the game and play the tutorials until launch on December 16th.
This gives you a chance to try combat, configure your PC and get a taster, but for full access you missed the boat for now.
Pre-ordering gives you a reduced price, some digital content (artwork and PDF manuals), ship paint-jobs, plus a second ship in-game which can be sold for in-game currency to spend on other in-game assets.
Whether the £5 saving, early crack at the tutorials and the extra ship is worth jumping the gun for, is entirely down to personal preference.
I paid £30 to the Kickstarter in 2012 and the extra £15 to get the BETA and I've already clocked more hours on Elite than I did on BF4 which cost considerably more!
Ok thanks for your reply i will wait i think maybe an early chrimbo prezzie:D
One for us old guys who laugh at anything!
http://www.reddit.com/r/EliteDangerous/comments/2o7t71/surprisingly_i_was_met_with_little_resistance/
Nice one Bert, took me a few seconds :D
I admire the thought that has gone into the naming of the stations. Great scientists, explorers etc.,
and then some humour, a Rugby reference (Gareth Edwards Spaceport)
I've got into the habit of noting the names and having a swift wiki for the ones I dont recognise.
Last one yesterday was FINCKE who I discovered was either Ingo, German mathematician 1561-1656 or Michael US Astronaut b.1967
BTW never go there, its about 195000ls from system entry point.
Started seeing green blobs on the radar last night, so it appears I have made some friends in our little trade routes.
Quote from: Liberator;392076Started seeing green blobs on the radar last night, so it appears I have made some friends in our little trade routes.
Which System(s)?
Check your status with the factions, you'll be Friendly now! Then you get Aliied and after that ? Wither way they supposedly give you better missions and they will help you in a fight!
Well, thanks for introducing me to the gamma tonight guys :) Computer quit at the end there, but you lot saved me a lot of time learning the ropes.
Great to have you on board and talk with you mate don't be a stranger.
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Gamma 2.0 out.
Gamma 2.0 is now released New features include: - - The Lakon Type 7 cargo ship is now flyable
- - The Zorgon Peterson Adder is now flyable
- - Route planning added
- - Improvements to Alliance Stations
- - Scenarios in system updated on state change
- - Slavery missions and commodities added
- - Plus many tweaks and stability fixes
Ladies and gentlemen, start your upgrades...
Ooh, there's an Orca for sale.
2 minutes in and I can see they have changed the target holograms, bounties are now running totals per faction instead of each kill. Some slight sound and graphic changes as well.
New sounds. Charging FSD, banking in your ship, background radio chatter at stations.
HUD is more polished with a wider selection of target holo icons. FSD cool down now has an hourglass (bottom right in blue).
Adder appears to be a slightly bigger hauler - two weapons hard points instead on one, so slightly better.
Post any new stuff you see!
Adder 82K CR - Type 7 - 17mill CR. Both available near Chi Eridani.
I got my Cobra up to all A level last night (except life support). So I have 0.5MW of power left to play with for any gun upgrades. They are really depleting the rare items quickly now and also the sell price in stations where you also buy your next hold full of rare cargo is really low price. Solution, hop to one more station and sell it all for 15.5K CR profit!
They really have to get the launcher self updating .......
Finally reached home base and am docked in Guest Station. Rather enjoyed the journey, actually. Could be detailed surface scanner is the goal at the moment.
A way to change your hub colours:
http://www.reddit.com/r/EliteDangerous/comments/2p3784/you_can_manually_customize_the_gui_colors/
http://arkku.com/elite/hud_editor/
My config:
Standard
0.23, 0.29, 1
0, 1, 0
0.5, 1, 0.29
[ATTACH=CONFIG]2967[/ATTACH]
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=k5KLi6or8hs&feature=youtu.be
Back in your face griefers of trailer!
Quote from: albert;392567https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=k5KLi6or8hs&feature=youtu.be
Back in your face griefers of trailer!
Well Played!
Score! Very nice reparte!
The comeback does have one falicy though - Star Citizen.
The kick-starter trailer had the words "Actual Game Assets Rendered in Real Time Engine". Blew my mind then, and still does today.
Mind, that video has convinced me that this weekend is my last mining.
Time to take my cobra and try my hand at exciting missions and whatnot!
Quote from: Twisted;392572Score! Very nice reparte!
The comeback does have one falicy though - Star Citizen.
The kick-starter trailer had the words "Actual Game Assets Rendered in Real Time Engine". Blew my mind then, and still does today.
Mind, that video has convinced me that this weekend is my last mining.
Time to take my cobra and try my hand at exciting missions and whatnot!
Mining doesn't do it for me me either. I am in the middle of starting a civil war! in Van Maannen Star for the Religious Faction - Sublime! It's going slowly but I'll get there.
My comeback to Star Citizen is that in no way shape or form are the adverts for ships a true representation of gameplay, they're also cinematic trailer, I mean when most of the ads are created the ships are in concept stage. I'm not comparing kickstarters here, it's the marketing I'm talking about and they're identical in that they are not true gameplay and and are designed to reel in the pledges/ sales.
Talking with Vozard and Arcon this morning, I thought I would post this.
If you have a small ship with low cargo capacity, then Rare Commodities are the answer. First you need to make sure you have a Frameshift drive capable of 10Lyr or higher - you don't want to get stuck.
A route to take is from our home system of Zeta Trianguli Australis or it's neighbours, head for Toxandji and at Tsunaga Orbital buy "Toxanji Virocide" it costs a few hundred CR per tonne. It sells back here for 14-15,000CR per tonne. So a Sidewinder can make 60,000CR in a trip. That's a lot of trading (15 trips at 1,000CR per tonne).
If you are feeling adventurous, go from Toxandji to Eranin (Azeban City) sell the Virocide then, buy Eranin Whiskey then take that to Lave (Lave Station) and sell the Whiskey and buy Lavian Brandy then head back to Toxandji to sell.
Use your discovery scanner on the way to rack up cartography credits and stop every 50Lyr to refuel and sell the map data to fund the trip.
Doing the lap twice will raise enough cash to buy a Cobra Mk III.
Impossible to test today (not surprisingly). Continual disconnections and mismatched server events.:byebye:
Going back to earth to keep the joystick working on FSX.
i wonder can i get the full version at 0001 on the 16th as im on merc now, or will I have to wait for all our cousins across the pond to jam up the servers first
I had an hours play early (very) this morning before going off for a flight, and played Solo with no disconnections. Didn't find the 4 slaves I needed but hey, I believe they only fall out of pirate ships in cargo canisters lol!