Elite on Kickstarter...

[Muttley]

Newsletter 30 is now out: http://us2.campaign-archive2.com/?u=dcb ... 70b7a0178e

Contains info about new stuff coming soon such as player comms (voice and text), matchmaking and anti-crime measures.

[Darkflame]

I love the idea that the quality of the audio feeds degrade as you get more damaged. Thats awesome.

At this rate I think this game should be cited as the definition of immersion.

[Misfit]

Hmm, not sure my touch typing is good enough to type whilst in VR mode!

With this game, Saitek X52 controls and the Occulus Rift DK2 I have decided to go for some headphones that will allow me to hear the world around you too, so as not get too lost in there...

So I'm backing this Kickstarter:

https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/17 ... deliver-gr

They are bluetooth bone conducting headphones, so you can still hear everything but as your ears aren't covered still hear stuff around you too.

[VNVObit]

Hmm, not sure my touch typing is good enough to type whilst in VR mode!

With this game, Saitek X52 controls and the Occulus Rift DK2 I have decided to go for some headphones that will allow me to hear the world around you too, so as not get too lost in there...

So I'm backing this Kickstarter:

https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/17 ... deliver-gr

They are bluetooth bone conducting headphones, so you can still hear everything but as your ears aren't covered still hear stuff around you too.

I would have thought getting lost would add to the experience
could always use your phone timer to prod you when you've been in there for an hour or so

seen those type of headphones before but never seen a useful application for them for me (I don't like listening to music when I cycle for numerous reasons)

[Cloudane]

Really looks fantastic.

The folks have just headed down to a con for this

[Muttley]

Really looks fantastic.

The folks have just headed down to a con for this

LaveCon? Shame I couldn't go. It's unofficial but at least 3 Frontier bods are going.

In other news. Look at the gorgeous lighting on this video:

[Muttley]

And a new video from Neon Raven:

[Baggypants]

Really looks fantastic.

The folks have just headed down to a con for this

LaveCon? Shame I couldn't go. It's unofficial but at least 3 Frontier bods are going.

In other news. Look at the gorgeous lighting on this video:

wowzer.

[Yak]

Reeeally hoping that both my x52 Pro and DK2 orders come in before the pauper beta starts at the end of the month so I'm ready

[Cloudane]

Really looks fantastic.

The folks have just headed down to a con for this

LaveCon? Shame I couldn't go. It's unofficial but at least 3 Frontier bods are going.

That's the one.

Well, I just got gifted the beta, so that's me on board as well

Should've got into it earlier really, sounds like the alpha and beta stuff has been a lot of fun with a good community, and a good con as well. It's pretty cool how much is being built around it.. they're part of a "dockers" podcast and all sorts. I was just overly absorbed in other things and the more I missed out the more I tried to ignore it

[Chuffmeister]

And to think .. I turned down a job at Frontier.

Hey ho I'm still going to play the arse off this when it's out.

[Darkflame]

I know someone currently at Frontier....but he isn't working on Elite, no mater how much I pester him about it

[Muttley]

[Misfit]

So these lovely videos with all that detail. What kind of a PC are gong to need to replicate it?

[Muttley]

So these lovely videos with all that detail. What kind of a PC are gong to need to replicate it?

Minimum requirements for the alpha/beta are as follows:

Direct X 11
Quad Core CPU ( 4 x 2Ghz is a reasonable minimum)
2 GB System RAM (more is always better)
DX 10 hardware GPU with 1GB video ram
Nvidia GTX 260
ATI 4870HD
Internet connection

Windows 7.x
Windows 8.x

This will probably change though as they optimise things, plus MacOS support is scheduled for 3 months after the first release.

The CPU in my machine is an i7-3770K @3.5GHz, and I have a 2GB NVidia GTX 770.

As an example, the other day I benchmarked (with FRAPS) a trading run from Aulin to Azeban just to see and this was the result:

2014-06-29 21:11:53 - EliteDangerous
Frames: 62202 - Time: 467192ms - Avg: 133.140 - Min: 52 - Max: 220

That's with every graphics setting at max, plus they haven't finished optimising yet.