Arena Commander v 0.8 Release

[Sneakytiger]

dling as we speak

[b00n]

Gonna be tomorrow for me

On the positive side I discovered that Jumpgate is still running and is now free, so that'll get me back in the mood for space sims while I wait

[smilodon]

So far

Smilodon 20 Vandull 0
Asteroids, space junk and various non specific bits of floaty stuff 10 Smilodon 0

The first few waves of Vanduul are fairly easy to kill, but I never see the harder enemies as I tend to crash into stuff with annoying regularity. Must watch where I'm going....

[Sparko]

Managed to get to wave 5 of the vanduul swarm by which time I had no thrusters, 1 wing and sparkly things shooting out the cockpit. Had to wait for the inevitable to respawn but wow, for pre-alpha, very impressed, very good fun indeed.

Had the odd crash, which was expected of course and not all my key mappings did what they said they should do but again expected hiccups. But it is playable and oh.....extremely pretty

[smilodon]

I'm slightly feeling like I'm chasing a dot with my mouse, but to be honest if I actually look to my target and watch my incoming fire, I do seem to hit more things more often. Also if you try to play arcade mode and simply chase your target with a stream of fire/laser bolts etc you'll over heat your guns and end up a toothless sitting duck. I'm getting used to firing on my target when I'm actually likely to hit it and bumping my shields when something is on my tail. Quite tactical and yes very pretty. First game to send my CPU beyond 50% load as well.

[Doorman]

The learning curve, for me anyway, is....steep! Control is haphazard to say the least! For me, one of the first things to sort out will be the joysticks  etc. Looks great. Could go far.

Did anyone else have connection problems? To be expected I guess.

Promising. :thumbsup2:

[no peanuts]

The learning curve, for me anyway, is....steep! Control is haphazard to say the least! For me, one of the first things to sort out will be the joysticks  etc. Looks great. Could go far.

Did anyone else have connection problems? To be expected I guess.

Promising. :thumbsup2:

Agree on the steep learning curve, it would seem I am a useless pilot :narnar:
I had 3 or 4 connection errors when loading the hangar, it would drop me in the hangar then show the connection error but after the first couple of attempts it went fine.

[Whitey]

My download finished sometime overnight but the launcher is sitting on "PLEASE WAIT".  Does anyone know how long this wait should take?

Edit:  Found post on reddit saying to restart the launcher and I have but now I'm getting the Connection errors. Hope to get a short play before work.

Edit2:  I find the mouse/keyboard pretty much unplayable with the default settings.  More testing needed tonight

[TeaLeaf]

My download finished sometime overnight but the launcher is sitting on "PLEASE WAIT".  Does anyone know how long this wait should take?

I did the close launcher, restart and it fixed it for me.   I then got the Connection error too, but I am assuming their servers are down so will try to connect later when I get back from my meeting.

[OldBloke]

Excellent piece on the launch and what to expect next for Arena Commander. Includes video tutorials and how to fly/fight using keyboard & mouse. Videos for other controllers to follow.

https://robertsspaceindustries.com/comm-link/transmission/13925-Arena-Commander-V08-Thank-You

[Lameduck]

I had the same problem but finally managed a free flight. Since then 6.30am I've been trying to d'load the pilots manual without success. Does anybody have another source for this manual?
I'm very pleased with the graphics and the 'feel' of the game, but quite disconcerted in the difference between joystick control and mouse control, hence the desire to RTFM.

[BrotherTobious]

Lame there is a copy on this thread posted by vob right. If your still having issues let me know and I will host a copy for you.

Sent from my Nexus 4

[no peanuts]

On my first couple of attempts I couldnt work out how to leave the hangar, turns out all I had to do was wear my helmet to actually start the Arena Commander.
Luckily Toby was on IRC and threw this at me  https://robertsspaceindustries.com/media/dpd639fngtcakr/source/Arena-Commander-Pilots-Guide-V0-8.pdf

If that isnt working for you try this one

Good Luck Pilot!

[Lameduck]

Thanks guys, Vobler kindly sent me a copy via drop box. Will be engrossed for the next few hours :yahoo:

[TeaLeaf]

Crowd funding rate prior to DFM release: $40,000 per day

Crowd funding now that DFM is released: $140,000 per day

:roflmao: