Elite on Kickstarter...

[t0ne]

No, I used uk.pcpartpicker.com for an idea of prices and to look at what others did using similar components and also looked around the review sites. I was set on trying to do a mini-itx build so the choices were a bit fewer and it possibly made it a bit easier. I've not built a pc for quite a few years now, so I am way out of touch really and could probably have done things a bit different, but I'm pleased with it so far. Just need to start saving for an Oculus now

[Muttley]

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

So far I'm liking it a lot. Seems reasonably solidly built, and works a treat with Elite. I had a few issues when installing the latest drivers from the Saitek site, but the Windows 7 WHDL drivers that auto-installed worked fine though. I think this was caused by the USB hub I had it plugged into not providing enough juice, because as soon as I plugged it directly into a USB 3 on the the motherboard it all worked a treat.

As far as upgrading goes, I'm thoroughly enjoying have a sneak peak and being able to test stuff, but be aware that we're already in Alpha-3 and there's only one more stage of Alpha to go after that before the first round of beta begins, so you may not get a huge amount of time in alpha. The other thing is that since alpha 2 started the game is actually feeling more like an alpha as they're tweaking and refining the net code which has lead to lots of problems with people not being able to connect (although that's mostly fixed now), so expect crashes and general weirdness (so, proper alpha testing then).

Did you already back at a beta access level? They might do the same as with the alpha and allow people to upgrade to the first round of beta, but there's nothing official yet.

[Muttley]

Docking and Launching with Flight Assist off:



Some great skills there.

[Muttley]

And a good interview with David Braben from GDC

[t0ne]

Did you already back at a beta access level? They might do the same as with the alpha and allow people to upgrade to the first round of beta, but there's nothing official yet.

Yes I'm already a beta backer. Given there's only one more alpha phase I might just hang on then. Thanks for the info on the Saitek, looks like I might bag one of them.

[defsdoor]

I've toyed with getting a joystick just for this but eventually I expect to be playing this on Linux so am not sure of my long term options.

I really need to find some time to update the Alpha and have a play - I've not touched it since the first release :O

[t0ne]

Bollocks, I've just realised I'm only on the standard beta not the premium. Doesn't look like you can upgrade either at the moment. Fingers crossed, maybe nearer the time they'll do an upgrade.

[Muttley]

Got into a discussion yesterday with a colleague about the scale of Port Zelada and whether the window textures were too small, so I had a little buzz around the station last night and captured some video:

[Glyndwr]

I have to say this is looking bloody marvellous.

[Muttley]

Some more great combat footage here:

[Stephen]

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.

Sweet system - I built something eerily similar a few months back:
Intel i7 4770k
Asus Maximus VI GENE ATX
Dual GTX660 2GB cards in SLI
SSD drive
16Gb RAM

I'm needing a good game to drive it - currently waiting for TitanFall PC.

[Muttley]

Beautiful piracy video:

[Muttley]

FD have announced that all Premium Beta backers will get access to the single player component later today (the Alpha 1.2 build), and full Premium Beta will start on 30th May.

http://www.investegate.co.uk/frontier-d ... 00504833E/

[Mat]

I've just been watching a bit of the Star Citizen PAX video, and it looks positively amateur next to Elite Dangerous.
Considering the difference in available funds, I'm stunned it looks quite so shoddy.

Warning: the crowd seems to consist of assholes, assholes and more assholes.

[RedOktober]

I guess Braben has the advantage that he's been writing Elite for 30 years already.