[Guide] The Newbies Guide, Advise from a SpaceBar.

jlehtone · Post by **jlehtone** » Thu, 24. Aug 06, 09:49

What are you whining? Who does not love you?

Does not matter, just kill them. Lots of them. They will change their attitude about you for sure. Worked for me.

But, please wait 'till they ask you to kill them. They even pay for it. If you just shoot first, you'll get the opposite reaction.

Tracker001 · Post by **Tracker001** » Thu, 24. Aug 06, 16:37

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Lost Ark wrote:
Tracker001 wrote:Since you can't see what a ship will hold as far
as guns and missils are consernd. Including shields.

At the shipyard
before you buy it.

What is a good way to find this out? (In Game)
Yes you can, press 'I' over your ship selection to gets its stats page.

I tried that. I brought up a shipyard . ordered a ship.
And Before I confirmed the sale,I pressed shift-T.
Well nothing happened. No-ship info.
I'd like to know "if" I spend 35meg, what I'll be getting.
( Kick the afterburnner's)
( Also tried lower case "t" ,just to be sure.)

What I do is, find the ship I want flying around.
Target, and check the spec's.

apricotslice · Post by **apricotslice** » Fri, 25. Aug 06, 01:04

Tracker001 wrote:I brought up a shipyard . ordered a ship.
And Before I confirmed the sale,I pressed shift-T.
Well nothing happened. No-ship info.

Funny about that.

The ship info is off the main view screen. You highlight the ship and press the i key ! (i for info).

If you have ordered a ship, your way too late to get info on it.

Where did you get shift-t from ?

Tracker001 · Post by **Tracker001** » Fri, 25. Aug 06, 04:06

Lost Ark wrote:
Yes you can, press 'I' over your ship selection to gets its stats page.

Oh that's a Cap " I " not a cap " T "...da

But good to know I (hehe) went to far.

That was my problem.
All I have to do is "Highlite " the ship.
Then press " i "

I suppose the lower case "i" is what you ment.

apricotslice · Post by **apricotslice** » Fri, 25. Aug 06, 04:32

Tracker001 wrote: I suppose the lower case "i" is what you ment.

Yes

Tracker001 · Post by **Tracker001** » Fri, 25. Aug 06, 07:49

Hey-Suzzie;

Another round of spacefule please.

Ok
I understand when I am docked at a station.
It is possible to arange my guns in diffrent groupings.

Making it possible to qwickly change wep's grouping's
by pressing the 1,2,3,or 4 key.

This allows freshly charged guns to replace depleted
guns on the fly.

And to allow me to switch to weaker guns, if I'm
just trying to capture a ship.
Instead of just blowing it into space dust.

How do I go about setting these grouping up ?

jlehtone · Post by **jlehtone** » Fri, 25. Aug 06, 08:09

Tracker001 wrote:I understand when I am docked at a station.
It is possible to arange my guns in diffrent groupings.

This is one of the things that makes me order doubles without rocks, and fast.

I hate rodents. And you need one on this. Cannot do on docked ship, cannot do to other ships. Why am I forced to climb into a ship and take a spin outside just to configure my guns? Please, have mercy on my old joints.

apricotslice · Post by **apricotslice** » Fri, 25. Aug 06, 08:30

Tracker001 wrote: Making it possible to qwickly change wep's grouping's
by pressing the 1,2,3,or 4 key. This allows freshly charged guns to replace depleted guns on the fly.

No. Once the gun charge is depleted, nothing fires until it restores.

All the group keys do is allow you to change guns on the fly.

Most useful for - using 4 ahept to destroy sheilds and a bit of hull damge, and then change to 4 aires to chip away at the hull slowly in the hope the pilot bails out. - Using 4 ahepts on a M3. then change to 4 aires for a buster or harrier.

Tracker001 · Post by **Tracker001** » Sat, 26. Aug 06, 01:00

So,what is it that I do.

Press "2" and load the wep's I want on "2"
And then press "3" and load the wep's I want there?

Can I do this on the fly ? Or do I need to be docked
at a station ?

Jon Tetrino · Post by **Jon Tetrino** » Sat, 26. Aug 06, 01:49

Tracker001 wrote:So,what is it that I do.

Press "2" and load the wep's I want on "2"
And then press "3" and load the wep's I want there?

Can I do this on the fly ? Or do I need to be docked
at a station ?

Wrong, you load all the weapons you want into your ship, now lok next the weapon on the left column while your flying, youll see 4 bars next to each. you can click them, if a bar is highlighted the weapon is active when the number that corresponds with that bar is selected.

The bars go from left to right - the left most bar corresponds to 1, the rightmost to 4. to highlight a bar, click it, to fade it, click it again.

Tracker001 · Post by **Tracker001** » Sat, 26. Aug 06, 08:50

Now I understand.

The marble now has a job in X3.

western · Post by **western** » Sat, 26. Aug 06, 11:11

If you want to take out a capital ship, get up close and friendly, I mean really close, close enought to see the rivets! Out of arc of armaments, get yourself tucked right in, try and match your speed, and move with your target and then chip-away at shields and hull until you here those magic words - 'No target selected'!

jlehtone · Post by **jlehtone** » Sat, 26. Aug 06, 12:04

western, have you ever noticed how the big ships slow down as you get "close and personal"? And how they accelerate and turn if you drift behind the midship? Rivets are not fun to watch, but their turrets are. You can even see how individual guns disappear as your fire destroys them.

Tracker001 · Post by **Tracker001** » Sat, 26. Aug 06, 18:43

I like playing ,dodge the snowball.As you make
an attack run.

And play follow the leader with a missile.
Close to M1's. Much fun.

apricotslice · Post by **apricotslice** » Fri, 1. Sep 06, 11:11

shane-oh wrote:perhaps mentioning avarice, that way there shouldn't be that many avarice posts, and maybe adding a bit telling people who use vanilla the likely hood of winning the lottery

apricotslice · Post by **apricotslice** » Thu, 7. Sep 06, 12:02

Ideas are still welcome.

The question will get asked by the "newbie" and the answer will be credited to you.

jlehtone · Post by **jlehtone** » Thu, 7. Sep 06, 12:25

Never trust the computer young man! Feel like going somewhere? Fly yourself. Want something done? Do it yourself. And be a kind soul and offer a round in memory of all those who died by activating the autopilot.

Some of them were my friends. I did warn them. But did they heed my advice? No! They just mumbled something about "enjoying manual flying" being out of fashion, and how much more precise the modern technology is to any living being.

Do you see that senile wreckage, who shivers in the corner table? He hired other traders to trade around the universe. By his clothes you can see that he is quite well off, but he had to rescue his hirelings from tight spots once too many. Even the smartest help you may find can occasionally do costly mistakes. But until they do, that is said to be a very easy way to the big credits.

BlakesSeven · Post by **BlakesSeven** » Thu, 7. Sep 06, 14:55

Apricotslice, please follow the link to this gem that I got from CBJ regarding getting Station transporters to effectively dock at a Shipyard

http://forum2.egosoft.com/viewtopic.php?t=153313

apricotslice · Post by **apricotslice** » Fri, 23. Feb 07, 04:12

Finally completed.