Elite on Kickstarter...

[The ghost of raids past]

One double density 3.5" floppy, just sayin'

Better on the Amiga, just sayin'

[Mqark]

Ok, I'm being an idiot clearly...

Why isn't my PC flavor xbox 360 control pad mapped to standard controls in Elite Dangerous?

I can use in the menus and I can try to bind the controls to the buttons, and frankly the level of avionics speak befuddles me greatly, but (from memory) the only options I have for a predefined control scheme are keyboard, keyboard and mouse and custom. Shouldn't there be a joypad option?

[Muttley]

Ok, I'm being an idiot clearly...

Why isn't my PC flavor xbox 360 control pad mapped to standard controls in Elite Dangerous?

I can use in the menus and I can try to bind the controls to the buttons, and frankly the level of avionics speak befuddles me greatly, but (from memory) the only options I have for a predefined control scheme are keyboard, keyboard and mouse and custom. Shouldn't there be a joypad option?

There should be, but there was a small problem with USB IDs, etc.

Download this file: https://dl.dropboxusercontent.com/u/358 ... ppings.zip

And put it (after unzipping) in your

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%LOCALAPPDATA%\Frontier_Developments\Products\FORC-FDEV-D-1000\ControlSchemes

folder (just rename the old file). Hopefully it should show up then.

The WIP Sidewinder Owners' Manual shows what the default gamepad mappings are if this doesn't work: http://elite.frontier.co.uk/downloads/S ... al_WIP.pdf

[Yak]

You really want to get an old barber chair or something, bolt the two halves of the HOTAS to the arms, and sit in the damn thing with the Rift on, looking like a complete tool from the outside but feeling like you're the pilot of a goddamn starship on the inside .

[Portland]

You really want to get an old barber chair or something, bolt the two halves of the HOTAS to the arms, and sit in the damn thing with the Rift on, looking like a complete tool from the outside but feeling like you're the pilot of a goddamn starship on the inside .

A certain red five standing by gif immediately springs to mind.

[Mqark]

Ok, I'm being an idiot clearly...

Why isn't my PC flavor xbox 360 control pad mapped to standard controls in Elite Dangerous?

I can use in the menus and I can try to bind the controls to the buttons, and frankly the level of avionics speak befuddles me greatly, but (from memory) the only options I have for a predefined control scheme are keyboard, keyboard and mouse and custom. Shouldn't there be a joypad option?

There should be, but there was a small problem with USB IDs, etc.

Download this file: https://dl.dropboxusercontent.com/u/358 ... ppings.zip

And put it (after unzipping) in your

Code: Select all

%LOCALAPPDATA%\Frontier_Developments\Products\FORC-FDEV-D-1000\ControlSchemes

folder (just rename the old file). Hopefully it should show up then.

The WIP Sidewinder Owners' Manual shows what the default gamepad mappings are if this doesn't work: http://elite.frontier.co.uk/downloads/S ... al_WIP.pdf

Awesome - thanks!

[OX mkII]

You really want to get an old barber chair or something, bolt the two halves of the HOTAS to the arms, and sit in the damn thing with the Rift on, looking like a complete tool from the outside but feeling like you're the pilot of a goddamn starship on the inside .

Or sit back and enjoy a virtual haircut, "something for the weekend sir?".

[rowan]

Video showing Rift in a nice style

[Cloudane]

The folks are into this in a very big way. They're doing voices in some very radio show

I am interested in ED myself, having played on the first on the Amiga and then Frontier on the PC.. good stuff, and I've always loved the various Elite-like MMOs that have popped up over the years. Just seem to have too much going on and too many other games I haven't got around to playing yet. So probably just hop on (with glee!) when it's released or thereabouts.

[RedOktober]

Can I assume that there will be a docking computer at some point? I don't fancy all that fannying around every time I play.

[Muttley]

Can I assume that there will be a docking computer at some point? I don't fancy all that fannying around every time I play.

Yes, but outlying basic stations will not necessarily support them so learning to dock manually is important.

To be honest though, once you've practised a bit, docking manually is a quick and trivially easy thing to do (unless you have one of the enormous ships that barely fit the entrance), and is likely to be a much faster way of docking than by computer.

Example of someone who has practised: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DFNC_c4exp0#t=23

[rowan]

Example of someone who has practised: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DFNC_c4exp0#t=23

Hehe yeah I saw that yesterday too. It looks cool but I bet he did a few takes to shoot that video and is usually a little more careful in game.

[defsdoor]

Hmm my Dabs order says processing. Wonder what that actually means ?

[The ghost of raids past]

Same with my Dabs X52 Pro order. Its processing but its not clear if thats any advance on placing the order.

[defsdoor]

Nah it's not - says "Awaiting stock from supplier, delivery delayed further" in.