Elite: Dangerous - OUT NOW!

[Raveen]

I wonder if it'll be playable with a pad?

[Adept]

[quote="Raveen"]
I wonder if it'll be playable with a pad?
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It will indeed. David Braben's favorite, and the de-facto default seems to be an X-box 360 controller.

[Solarflux]

Look at Adept, selling the game 

[Raveen]

I'm as tempted now as I'm likely to get Keep posting stuff Adept.

[Adept]

Spy always joked I'm like a sales-rep for Logitech when I kept recommending the Force 3D Pro to all my friends 

Actually I'd like to start a discussion on controllers and such in preparation of the Elite launch.

My brother-in-law is going to go with an xbox 360 controller, and hopes his wife will be interested in joining us in the game. I fear it may be time to invest in a HOTAS and pedals for myself, but it's insanely expensive :O

[Raveen]

The ideal for me would be one of those gaming mini keyboards on my left hand and a Wii nunchuck in my right. Failing that I'll use my 360 pad.

[Adept]

[quote="Raveen"]
The ideal for me would be one of those gaming mini keyboards on my left hand and a Wii nunchuck in my right. Failing that I'll use my 360 pad.
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Hehe    Does windows recognize a nunchuck?

[Raveen]

I doubt it.

[Adept]

Here's a very good summary page about the game: http://elite.frontier.co.uk/about#.UsLqWbS4FRy

[Adept]

Multiplayer head-to-head dogfighting (and possibly Co-op) by the end of the month. Stay tuned for news and footage.

[Adept]

Alpha 2.0 announced with various multiplayer missions including a free-for-all. Oh but to have access 

[Adept]

Some visuals for you guys  (as well as a nice rendition of Major Tom from a certain Astronaut)

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yJA_8BnvHTA

[Phantom032]

[quote="Adept"]
I have some promising info.

The game will have an allegiance like newtonian-with-top-speed flight model. The absolute maximum in the system is 500 m/s, which we know is a _lot_ for Allegiance style. Six degrees of freedom is also pretty much confirmed by the devs, so this should turn out to be a game that we like to fly around in.

I think we'll have a chance to meet in space again in about a year's time. 
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500m/s? xJ and I rammed dreg bbrs to more than that already.
Mass driver is fun

[Adept]

[quote="Phantom032"]
[quote="Adept"]
I have some promising info.

The game will have an allegiance like newtonian-with-top-speed flight model. The absolute maximum in the system is 500 m/s, which we know is a _lot_ for Allegiance style. Six degrees of freedom is also pretty much confirmed by the devs, so this should turn out to be a game that we like to fly around in.

I think we'll have a chance to meet in space again in about a year's time. 
[/quote]

500m/s? xJ and I rammed dreg bbrs to more than that already.
Mass driver is fun
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OMG Phantom is here!!! Great to hear from you man

The ridonkulously expensive alpha has reached 3.0 now btw, so Beta isn't that far away anymore. The docking instructions are hilarious: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ey22m46 ... lpage#t=41

[Phantom032]

Of course I'm here. I read at least once every week. I just dont post, usually. My last post was simply a hidden suggestion to play alleg while you are waiting, in case you didn't notice.

I've seen a video and at least some of the weapons are auto-aim. Well, they wont need to deal with aimbots if they provide aimbots to everyone.
If I want to watch a video of a ship shooting stuff I go to youtube, I don't want to be a spectator in my own ship.

Unless this changes I will most definitely not spend money on this game.