Elite on Kickstarter...

[Muttley]

A PC Gamer / Edge / Guardian journo has a series of YouTube videos showing of beautiful video game worlds called Other Places.

Here's his Elite: Dangerous video he published yesterday:

[Whiteball]

Anyone know much about the Thrustmaster T.Flight Hotas X?

Only £35 and the reviews seem decent enough and some mention Elite.

Hadn't really taken much notice of it as didn't realise it split into separate yolk/joystick.

http://www.amazon.co.uk/gp/product/B001 ... ROKL5A1OLE

Not used it myself, but it's supposedly a not bad entry level flight stick.

Yeah, I've looked at that one too. Didn't realise it could be separated in two though, might have to have a re-think now.

My biggest trepidation at present is I'm predominantly left-handed although I do use a mouse in my right and am fairly decently ambidextrous I guess.
Not having used one of these things before I guess I could get used to it fairly quickly as I won't have to un-learn anything as such.

The reviews seem to say it's much better than the pictures make it look which again is good as I was worried about it being a bit unstable, light and plasticky.

[Whiteball]

Ok, so having read a few more reviews I've decided to jump in.

£32.
http://www.amazon.co.uk/Thrustmaster-T- ... ords=hotas

When it gets here I'll post a first impressions/mini review if anyone's interested.

[Misfit]

Ok, so having read a few more reviews I've decided to jump in.

£32.
http://www.amazon.co.uk/Thrustmaster-T- ... ords=hotas

When it gets here I'll post a first impressions/mini review if anyone's interested.

I'd been doing the same and come to a similar conclusion. I think I'll go with this too and see how I get on. Can always upgrade to the X52 pro when they become available.

It's at a price where it seems taking a risk isn't difficult.

[Yak]

Well I am pleased with my non pro x52, as I understand it the only difference with the Pro is more lights/some display/some parts shinier, none of which matter to me when I have my Rift on .

What it does do is let me fly my ship/direct my power to subsystems/deploy my hardpoints/shoot at shit/boost/reverse thrust/use lat thrusters/jettison heatsinks etc without faffing about with a keyboard with my Rift on, well worth it for that .

Having said that it is probably the nerdiest thing I've bought since Train Simulator in a steam sale once .

[Misfit]

Standard X52 seems to be in stock everywhere now, so Saitek seem to be getting stuff to suppliers at last.

So hopefully the Pro follows soon.

I'm sure a standard one will be fine but will always have that niggling doubt.

[Muttley]

Some stunning camera work and editing in this video:

[Misfit]

Continuing X52 watch:

Scan's date for the Pro just went from the 27th July to 15th August.

[Mat]

I came this close to plonking down an order for the Thrustmaster HOTAS Warthog yesterday, but came to my senses at the last minute.
When the time does come to buy a joystick, I think that's the one I'll get, but seeing as how I'm not even in the beta, it would be a bit silly to buy one now.

You guys playing it, would pedals come in handy, or are they not really needed?
I know the Saitek sticks support twist rudder control, but the Warthog doesn't. Do you find yourselves using rudder-style controls a lot?

[Misfit]

I came this close to plonking down an order for the Thrustmaster HOTAS Warthog yesterday, but came to my senses at the last minute.
When the time does come to buy a joystick, I think that's the one I'll get, but seeing as how I'm not even in the beta, it would be a bit silly to buy one now.

You guys playing it, would pedals come in handy, or are they not really needed?
I know the Saitek sticks support twist rudder control, but the Warthog doesn't. Do you find yourselves using rudder-style controls a lot?

From what I've read there isn't much need for Yaw in Elite, but Star Citizen relies on it more. But that's just anecdotal as I've been reading and could have changed/be rubbish.

The Warthog is silly money! And that's coming from a stupid with money person...

[Muttley]

I came this close to plonking down an order for the Thrustmaster HOTAS Warthog yesterday, but came to my senses at the last minute.
When the time does come to buy a joystick, I think that's the one I'll get, but seeing as how I'm not even in the beta, it would be a bit silly to buy one now.

You guys playing it, would pedals come in handy, or are they not really needed?
I know the Saitek sticks support twist rudder control, but the Warthog doesn't. Do you find yourselves using rudder-style controls a lot?

You really need some form of yaw control. I use it (via twist on stick) a lot for fine-tuning my aim in a fight, and it's very useful when docking, etc. too.

That said, you could always try it mapped to some keys for a while before deciding whether to shell out for rudder pedals or not.

[Misfit]

See, said I could be talking rubbish!

[rowan]

Some stunning camera work and editing in this video:

I'm not even sure how they did half that stuff, there's a bit of postprocessing I can detect but that really is a stunning piece of work.
Wouldn't be surprised to see a mention in the next newsletter.

[Muttley]

Some stunning camera work and editing in this video:

I'm not even sure how they did half that stuff, there's a bit of postprocessing I can detect but that really is a stunning piece of work.
Wouldn't be surprised to see a mention in the next newsletter.

There is some post processing and colour correction going on. The footage was capture by looking out the top window of the sidewinder. They guy who made it said he remapped his controls so he could fly along like that a bit more easily.

I wouldn't be surprised at all to see it in the newsletter judging by the comments made by a couple of the developers when it was posted on the forums:

That. Was. Awesome.

Plus several million bonus points for getting some Bladerunner audio in there.

I have to say that was spectacular, having done a lot of capture work I know how hard some of these shots can be to get! And all from inside the cockpit?!

[Whiteball]

Stop posting all this nice stuff...you're costing me a lot of money