OFFICIAL Elite: Dangerous

Aquinus · Dec 16, 2015

I'm still waiting for super cruise to not suck on Windows 10 with AMD GPUs. :shadedshu:

However, the CEO of FD posted on Reddit saying that the next driver AMD is going to release should have a fix. I'm hoping that claim came from information we don't have that was provided by AMD...

Mindweaver · Dec 16, 2015

I bought it a couple months ago. I tried playing it a bit, but I couldn't get out of the hanger.. lol but I only played it for about 30 minutes. I bought it for my Oculus Rift and it looks amazing inside the ship. That's probably why I didn't get out of the hanger.. lol Plus, my flight stick was in storage. I can't wait to get CV1 and try it sometime in the first quarter of next year. :toast:

Aquinus · Dec 16, 2015

Mindweaver said:
I bought it a couple months ago. I tried playing it a bit, but I couldn't get out of the hanger.. lol but I only played it for about 30 minutes. I bought it for my Oculus Rift and it looks amazing inside the ship. That's probably why I didn't get out of the hanger.. lol Plus, my flight stick was in storage. I can't wait to get CV1 and try it sometime in the first quarter of next year.

I hate the default key layout for Elite: Dangerous for the mouse and WASD area. I always have to switch Mouse X-axis from roll to yaw, I rebind Q and E to vertical strafing, then rebind A and D to roll if I'm remembering it correctly. I absolutely hate roll being on the mouse. I personally think it makes piloting a ship 10x more difficult than it needs to be.

Kursah · Dec 16, 2015

Agreed, I prefer SC's default control scheme for Mouse + KB. But Elite does work well with Mouse + KB. Though my CH HOTAS is amazing in comparison...

I haven't had a chance to try out Horizon's official yet...I'm debating if a deal I found on an R9 290X flashed to a 390X is worth getting or not... my 770 is starting to struggle at 1080 with some newer games...though in all reality it's probably because they're not as optimized...still makes me sad that the day is nearing where the 'ol 770 2GB isn't enough for 1080p gaming.

Though this game isn't bad at all...but I did notice slowdowns in beta when nearing planets and their surfaces...

Aquinus · Dec 17, 2015

Kursah said:
I'm debating if a deal I found on an R9 290X flashed to a 390X is worth getting or not...

Not for Elite: Dangerous in Windows 10. 300-series require drivers that make super cruise suck in systems with a lot of ships. Although, rumor has it that AMD's next driver should have a fix. Hopefully it's true. :clap:

bubbleawsome · Dec 21, 2015

Hey guys, do any of you play on mac? If you do what GPUs do you have? Frontier says the GTX 650m is minimum required, but I've got an iMac with a 5750 1GB and it's the only machine my little brother can play on.

Kursah · Dec 21, 2015

I play on a PC with an 8850m, and am able to run medium-high settings at 1080p. If you play at 720p, and medium you'll probably be fine I would imagine. Though Horizon's add a lot of load to the GPU, as I stated above...it works my GTX 770 in my main gaming rig. I still need to test Horizon's on the 8850m yet...

bubbleawsome · Dec 29, 2015

I don't really know what I'm doing any more. Part of me wants to grind for a Cutter, part of me wants to grab an Asp and a few SRVs and go to the core, and part of me wants to grind for a Corvette since I'm horrible at combat.

I tried a FDL and I've apparently lost a lot of my skill.

Aquinus · Dec 29, 2015

bubbleawsome said:
I don't really know what I'm doing any more. Part of me wants to grind for a Cutter, part of me wants to grab an Asp and a few SRVs and go to the core, and part of me wants to grind for a Corvette since I'm horrible at combat.
I tried a FDL and I've apparently lost a lot of my skill.

Part of me wishes I could play the damn game without super cruise mode sucking. I've been playing everything except Elite: Dangerous because of this stupid bug. My patience is growing thin to be honest.

bubbleawsome · Dec 29, 2015

The AMD supercruise bug?

R-T-B · Dec 29, 2015

Relevant 4k Horizons goodness screenshot:

PS: Yes, my pic host is slow, thus the spoiler tag. Sorry, but nowhere lets me upload 4k PNGs.

Aquinus said:
Part of me wishes I could play the damn game without super cruise mode sucking. I've been playing everything except Elite: Dangerous because of this stupid bug. My patience is growing thin to be honest.

A thought. Maybe try forcing 3d clocks with Powerplay completely disabled in afterburner? It would fix the issue, at the expense of a lot of energy.

Flogger23m · Dec 30, 2015

Quick question. How does Horizons work online? Can you still play with people who only have Elite Dangerous?

Jaffakeik · Dec 30, 2015

Is this game any good? Is there really couple billions planets to explore? And are they unique from each other? Or ''no man's sky'' will beat every crap out of all space exploring games?

R-T-B · Dec 30, 2015

Jaffakeik said:
Is this game any good? Is there really couple billions planets to explore? And are they unique from each other? Or ''no man's sky'' will beat every crap out of all space exploring games?

It's got the procedurally generated planets and yes there are billions, but you can't land on the vast majority yet.

bubbleawsome · Dec 30, 2015

Flogger23m said:
Quick question. How does Horizons work online? Can you still play with people who only have Elite Dangerous?

Yes, 1.5 and 2.0 are cross-compatible

AsRock · Dec 30, 2015

R-T-B said:
It's got the procedurally generated planets and yes there are billions, but you can't land on the vast majority yet.

yeah going to each and every one of them is not small task or even possible, i think you be pretty dam bored with the game by that time comes ( years ).

Flogger23m · Dec 30, 2015

bubbleawsome said:
Yes, 1.5 and 2.0 are cross-compatible

That is good to know. So I assume those with only Elite Dangerous can't land on planets? And does Horizons include all of the original Elite Dangerous content?

bubbleawsome · Dec 30, 2015

Flogger23m said:
That is good to know. So I assume those with only Elite Dangerous can't land on planets? And does Horizons include all of the original Elite Dangerous content?

Yes and mostly yes. I'm not clear on the Cobra MkIV, I think only those that own both can own that ship. Otherwise everything is in horizons that is in 1.5

Flogger23m · Dec 30, 2015

Thanks for clearing that up. Might be worth waiting for Horizons to go on sale.

bubbleawsome · Jan 8, 2016

AMD drivers version 16.1 hotfix have resolved the supercruise bug! Aww yeah!

Aquinus · Jan 8, 2016

bubbleawsome said:
AMD drivers version 16.1 hotfix have resolved the supercruise bug! Aww yeah!

Your post just dictated what I'm doing for the next two hours.

Edit: Aaaaaaaaaaaand... smooth as a hot knife through butter.

Ahhzz · Jan 8, 2016

Pretty serious update, according to my "Update Newsletter"

the faction changes at posts look like fun

bubbleawsome · Jan 14, 2016

We've found a barnacle!

Also can't get my HOTAS working still.

Kursah · Jan 14, 2016

I'd like to know more about your issue, I did reply to your post in the TPU space sim thread. Maybe the throttle isn't operating correctly...is that still the issue?

Scrizz · Jan 14, 2016

bubbleawsome said:
We've found a barnacle!

Also can't get my HOTAS working still.

mine just worked without the need of tweaks

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OFFICIAL Elite: Dangerous

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