Elite on Kickstarter...

[Muttley]

Got a bit confused earlier trying to set a destination from the galactic map. I don't think you can, can you? I eventually did it from a higher level nav menu. On the actual galactic map is there any way to select other places apart from searching for them by text?

Bear in mind I'm in rift and trying to do everything via hotas buttons.

Also totally going to have to bind a "drop supercruise" button. Overshot places a couple of times fishing about peering under the bottom edge of the rift to find the J key.

Clicking with mouse by default. The control options you can remap everything for the galaxy map too though.

In the galaxy map, the dotted lines show your currently possible jumps based on the max jump distance of your ship (Sidewinder is about 6LY I think). I think later we'll be able to upgrade engines.

[Yak]

when I tried clicking the mouse the scene in Rift closed and I had to reselect it in the task bar on my main screen :/. I guess I'll work a bit on some button bindings while I'm sat in Chango dock .

[Baggypants]

Not me, only been playing Solo.
Weird though, I reserved my name.

Ahh OK. Well the name was definitely darkf(something)... Might have been darkfire.

Darkfart?

[Cloudane]

Managed to get parked at Azeban without actually blowing up. Although I did take a while to actually find the letterbox.

PROTIP (true for older Elite games as well but I'd long forgotten) - if you're facing the letterbox the station is always rotating anti-clockwise. So you can usually figure out where it is once you get used to seeing the rotation from all the different angles.

Though a couple of weeks back it took me ages to find the one for Dohan - because it was adrift and seeming to warp a bit as well!
It was actually really creepy as there was just me stationary in the dark with the atmospheric "whoosh" coming from the station, I look across to the request docking thing and then look back up and it's MOVED and there's just one of the edges of the station turning towards me going "rawr"
Haunted station

Handy having the head tracker when flying close to the station and trying to find the opening.

[benedictw]

On the old games the entrance was always oriented towards the planet.

[pete_uplink]

Not me, only been playing Solo.
Weird though, I reserved my name.

Ahh OK. Well the name was definitely darkf(something)... Might have been darkfire.

Darkfart?

Ha! Possibly.

[defsdoor]

Scan showing IN STOCK now.

Not had a despatch notification yet though.

[defsdoor]

Yay - they've just confirmed despatching tonight!

[Mat]

Good catch defsdoor, I've placed an order too

[Misfit]

Good catch defsdoor, I've placed an order too

Dilemma!

Dabs has changed on the site to say 4 on order, delivery delayed. But that could relate to new orders. My order now says 'Pending Processing' instead of waiting on supplier. So keep that order at £109.99 and hope it turns up or change to Scan and get it Monday (but at £136.28 delivered)?

Unusually for me, I'll take the chance and wait.

Or of course I could open the Thrustmaster box and cancel...

[Misfit]

Overclockers have stock too. So looks like it's coming in everywhere at last.

And cheapest delivered with definite stock is the Box store on eBay (can collect from Argos from them too):

http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/Saitek-X52-Pr ... 0800537544

£124.99

[defsdoor]

Interesting. I've never heard of box but they are only 5 minutes from where I live

[Yak]

get those x52s, it's the difference between feeling like you're playing another PC game and feeling like you're flying a SPACESHIP .

[Surfr]

On the old games the entrance was always oriented towards the planet.

I think this is still the case. I've noticed it to be true more times than not, at least.

[Darkflame]

Quite disappointing those ship decals are micro-transaction based. And I use the term "micro" liberally here.
https://store.zaonce.net/game-extras.ht ... 1406883393

4 euros for a texture?

I assume this also means custom ones are not going to be a feature.