Elite on Kickstarter...

[Muttley]

Meanwhile, back on topic:

Sorry

That was an tongue in cheek comment, not a dig at you.

It''d hardly be YakYak if people stayed on topic, would it.

[Muttley]

Are they likely to be different designs for stations? Just curious, I seem to recall "2001"-type stations featured in "Frontier", and I would kill to see an O'Neill Cylinder...

There definitely are different designs. In newly colonised systems you'll also seem them being gradually constructed over time (think Death Star 2).

Check this newsletter from last year for me details: http://us2.campaign-archive1.com/?u=dcb ... 7157d0e3e1

[Muttley]

One thing I noticed is that the voice which counts down from 5 when doing hyperspace is 1 second too early.

Yeah, I noticed that too and raised a ticket.

Alpha game is alpha.

[Misfit]

That's a Saitek X52 Pro.

I'm starting to hope the game sucks or takes a few more years to get to Beta (I've avoided paying the small amount from where I am to get to Alpha) as it's going to break the bank.

I'm going to need a new PC, a flash controller and an Oculus Rift.

I know I've bought systems/hardware for individual games before. But never to this level (and already spent too much on the game/novels). I suppose the Rift is unlikely to be out for a while, so some staggering of costs.

[Darkflame]

(still don't like the pseudo stars though...bah)

Looking at the video they don't look at all like they are meant to be stars. More like an AR overlay to give you a visual cue as to velocity, and as such not particularly out of keeping really.

Yes, that's it exactly. You need some indication that you are moving. As we know, "space is big" and without some local reference you can't really tell how fast you are mooving.

Yeah, I know....I just think its a rather boring/unimaginative way of doing it. I still vote for a subtle lattice instead;

Which would give a sense or orientation and scale, rather then just speed.

Also, I really hope they make it explicit that its your ships computer overlaying it. Maybe even have a toggle on your ships UI.

(I know I am nit-picking here, just been a long standing pet-peeve of mine with space games)

The game looks absolutely fantastic either way.

[Muttley]

(still don't like the pseudo stars though...bah)

Looking at the video they don't look at all like they are meant to be stars. More like an AR overlay to give you a visual cue as to velocity, and as such not particularly out of keeping really.

Yes, that's it exactly. You need some indication that you are moving. As we know, "space is big" and without some local reference you can't really tell how fast you are mooving.

Yeah, I know....I just think its a rather boring/unimaginative way of doing it. I still vote for a subtle lattice instead;

Which would give a sense or orientation and scale, rather then just speed.

Well, each to their own, but I think that looks downright fugly.

[Darkflame]

Well, that is a crappy hastily made mock up render from me remember.

[F-ZeroOne]

Are they likely to be different designs for stations? Just curious, I seem to recall "2001"-type stations featured in "Frontier", and I would kill to see an O'Neill Cylinder...

There definitely are different designs. In newly colonised systems you'll also seem them being gradually constructed over time (think Death Star 2).

Check this newsletter from last year for me details: http://us2.campaign-archive1.com/?u=dcb ... 7157d0e3e1

Cool, thanks!

[Whiteball]

Well, each to their own, but I think that looks downright fugly.

I can't say I'm too keen on that either. While 'stars' may not be ideal, I think they work better than that.

Didn't spring for the Alpha or Beta but am glad to have backed this. It certainly does seem to be shaping up nicely to be an outstanding game.
And a Rift will have to be got for it too...

[t0ne]

Will this work with my saitek X45? If not I'm sticking with Oolite...

Almost certainly, every control mapping is customisable.

I bought a Saitek X52 to play it with, but I tried it with a mates ancient Logitech WingMan (it has a gameport to USB adapter it's so old) and that worked fine...

How is the Saitek ?
I've just built myself a new PC gaming rig, basically for Elite, and I'm now barely resisting the temptation to upgrade to the alpha

[Misfit]

I've just built myself a new PC gaming rig, basically for Elite, and I'm now barely resisting the temptation to upgrade to the alpha

What spec did you build?

[t0ne]

I've just built myself a new PC gaming rig, basically for Elite, and I'm now barely resisting the temptation to upgrade to the alpha

What spec did you build?

I did spoo a fair bit of dosh on it and I wanted a small machine, not a stonking great tower like I've had in the past so went for a mini-itx system with lots of potential to overclock if necessary.

Intel i7 4770k
Asus Maximus VI mini-itx motherboard
Asus Geforce 780 GTX 3Gb video card
SSD drive
16Gb RAM

Not forgetting:
Corsair water cooling
Dell U2412M 24" Monitor
plus keyboard and mouse etc.
I feel absolutely filthy having to use Winders again though.

[Misfit]

I did spoo a fair bit of dosh on it and I wanted a small machine, not a stonking great tower like I've had in the past so went for a mini-itx system with lots of potential to overclock if necessary.

Intel i7 4770k
Asus Maximus VI mini-itx motherboard
Asus Geforce 780 GTX 3Gb video card
SSD drive
16Gb RAM

Oooh. Nice. Sounds exactly what I want.

What case did you go for? Does it keep cool ok without getting too noisy?

I'm trying to hold off until Elite launches and then go for the best graphics I can justify, which is probably around a 780 right now.

[t0ne]

Oh yes I went for a Cooler Master Elite 130 case with an Antec Gamer 620W modular power supply.
It seems pretty good on noise and temps although to be honest I've only just built it and not tried any benchmarks / stress testing yet.

[rowan]

I'm holding out for as long as I can before blowing a load at pcspecialist, did you by any chance have a look at them t0ne?