Saint Sputnik posted:

Actually I think I might see how I like listening to http://radiooooo.com/ while playing, just set it to 1980s Russian or something

Tony Montana posted:

there is nothing in the OP about rovers. I have one, driving it around is sweet What can we do with it? Can you mine stuff? Survey asteroids?

Tippis posted:

<vent>

I would just like the record to show that Polonium needs to go die a fire, and then the fire needs to go die in a pond, and then the pond needs to be nuked from orbit.

</vent>

Groggy nard posted:

I still find Polonium more often than Specialized Legacy Firmware

Groggy nard posted:

I still find Polonium more often than Specialized Legacy Firmware

Main Paineframe posted:

I find tons of Specialized Legacy Firmware. Too bad I can't give you all my extras because there's no way for players to transfer mats to each other.

Fishreds99 posted:

Oh, also if anyone has been paying attention the whole API thing..

FD are actually working on this (pretty slowly) but using what they've showcased so far for the new API, we've been able to produce some cool rudimentary kill-mail type stuff, similar to EVE.

Finally us griefers are going to be able to have official records of our ~dank ganks~

Fishreds99 posted:

Oh, also if anyone has been paying attention the whole API thing..

FD are actually working on this (pretty slowly) but using what they've showcased so far for the new API, we've been able to produce some cool rudimentary kill-mail type stuff, similar to EVE.

Finally us griefers are going to be able to have official records of our ~dank ganks~

Main Paineframe posted:

Sure, but will it be able to do anything actually interesting?

Fishreds99 posted:

Not sure. I can't even pretend to begin to understand the mind of a carebear.

Fishreds99 posted:

Not sure. I can't even pretend to begin to understand the mind of a carebear.

Main Paineframe posted:

An API call to automatically post threads to the Reddit and/or official forums with the appropriate blanks filled in when specified things happen

Nicetalga4Meltdown posted:

Fishreds99 posted:

Oh, also if anyone has been paying attention the whole API thing..

FD are actually working on this (pretty slowly) but using what they've showcased so far for the new API, we've been able to produce some cool rudimentary kill-mail type stuff, similar to EVE.

Finally us griefers are going to be able to have official records of our ~dank ganks~

Panch posted:

Is there a hard and fast rule on how the engineers upgrades translate to plain English? Specifically the FSD range upgrade. Does the stage 1 mean I can expect 1-4% range, or do I have to do some math to figure out what my actual (in ly) gain will be based on my FSD size and the gain in optimal mass?

Trying to build a Clipper for Exploration but doing a few very short (~300ly) shakedowns made me feel like 25.22ly was going to be pretty lame for distant trips. I'd be fine if I could nudge this up over 30 (or more!) but I'm also afraid I don't understand what the potential FSD gains mean and I could be grinding for days to get like 2-3ly.

Toxic Fart Syndrome posted:

http://inara.cz/galaxy-engineers

Toxic Fart Syndrome posted:

Although, depending on where you are going that jump range should be fine. Obviously slower than going with a 30+, but as long as you are heading core-ward that should be sufficient range.

Fishreds99 posted:

Not sure. I can't even pretend to begin to understand the mind of a carebear.

Panch posted:

I used that, but I guess my question in not so many words is how does 4% optimized mass translate to actual ly? Is 4% optimized mass 1ly on some ships and .5ly on other ships?

Tippis posted:

As far as I understand, on any given ship, it should be a 1:1 translation into jump range, all else being equal.

Or, rather, a jump uses up a specific amount of fuel that is determined by f = l × 0.001 × (d × m_ship / m_optimal)^p.

The l, and p parameters depend on the rating and class of your FSD; the ship mass (m_ship) obviously depend on the amount of junk you weigh the ship down with; d is the distance you're trying to jump, and optimal mass (m_optimal) is the thing you're fiddling with with your upgrade.

That looks like a bit of a mess, but the important thing to note is the parenthesis. Your FSD can spend a given maximum amount of fuel which we can treat as a constant, and anything that alters the other parameters means that the whole thing must balance out to give the same constant number. The exponent p could be a problem, but only if we try to balance something inside the parenthesis against something outside of it — as long as the product inside the parenthesis is constant, the exponent is a non-issue.

This means that, for instance, when looking for a constant product of the distance and masses involved, a 10% lower mass is cancelled out by a 10% lower optimal mass to give the same fuel consumption for the same jump distance. Or 10% higher mass is cancelled out by a 9.1% lower jump distance. Or — and this what you're asking about — that a 10% higher optimal mass is cancelled out by a 10% longer jump distance.

But again, all this assumes that everything else remains constant, which it won't be if you start comparing different ships or different FSDs or different fits. And that last part is where it gets tricky, because your optimal mass bonus will most likely come at the cost of increased mass on the FSD itself. Now, granted, compared to the total mass of the ship, the increase of the FSD mass will be fairly minor, so as a rule of thumb, you can still roughly consider the optimal mass bonus to be the equivalent of a jump range bonus.



…unless I've completely misunderstood the FSD mechanics.

MoraleHazard posted:

When I played EVE, I would have said the same thing. I was always pvp'ing and wasn't above ganking pubbies and a scam or two.

In this game? I just seems more chill. Maybe it's because I'm older, but I enjoy and relax to flying around, looking at the pretty pictures and hauling gold and bauxite.

I made 5 million credit in one half hour run yesterday. At this rate, it won't be long until I get myself in a Python. (though I'm going to keep my Asp for a future exploration run to Sag A*)

Tippis posted:

This means that, for instance, when looking for a constant product of the distance and masses involved, a 10% lower mass is cancelled out by a 10% lower optimal mass to give the same fuel consumption for the same jump distance. Or 10% higher mass is cancelled out by a 9.1% lower jump distance. Or — and this what you're asking about — that a 10% higher optimal mass is cancelled out by a 10% longer jump distance.

But again, all this assumes that everything else remains constant, which it won't be if you start comparing different ships or different FSDs or different fits. And that last part is where it gets tricky, because your optimal mass bonus will most likely come at the cost of increased mass on the FSD itself. Now, granted, compared to the total mass of the ship, the increase of the FSD mass will be fairly minor, so as a rule of thumb, you can still roughly consider the optimal mass bonus to be the equivalent of a jump range bonus.

BitBasher posted:

Can you supercruise from one star system to another without witchspace? Will you eventually actually get there?

Gort posted:

What's the best non-joystick control scheme? I've got an Xbox pad, keyboard and mouse - how can I set these up well for this game?

BitBasher posted:

Can you supercruise from one star system to another without witchspace? Will you eventually actually get there?

Space Skeleton posted:

There are a few odd things missing from synthesis and I have no idea what the reasoning is.

Surprise Giraffe posted:

Really hope they make it possible to reload shield boosters with mats at some point. I put prismatic on a corvette and once the boosters are dry and shields are down it takes like 5 mins just sitting around before they return. Not to mention 17 mins to reach full from almost broken. Pretty sure this was a waste of time.