Oh my...Elite Dangerous:Horizons

[GDS_Starfury]

now... can you link up the voice controls with the wi-fi/bluetooth ST communicator badge from the Want thread?

[SirAndrewD]

now... can you link up the voice controls with the wi-fi/bluetooth ST communicator badge from the Want thread?

As long as it can function as a computer microphone, it should be able to do so. 

I just have my mic set up across the table from me.  The Voice Attack software is very, very good at picking out words, and if it hangs up on something it's easy to assign multiple words to a command if it commonly mishears. 

Only downside is, if you have a really good microphone like I do, you better not have the TV turned up. 

The software is $10, but it's worth it for me.  I have a lot of different games programmed for use with it.

[GDS_Starfury]

I can think of several ways the woman might kill me if I had voice control and team speak going at the same time.

[SirAndrewD]

I can think of several ways the woman might kill me if I had voice control and team speak going at the same time.

Yeah, that's the other big disadvantage.  When the wife and I are gaming in the same room it's back to the keyboard commands for me.

[undercovergeek]

There's only so much geekery I can get past her indoors

If I sat there saying 'boost engines' 'deploy mines' I'd get panned like a ginger Bob

[Jarhead0331]

...another stupid question (I guess the first one was really dumb since nobody answered it )

How do you navigate the comm panel? This is the menu on the top left side of the screen. I am only able to access the local comms, but for the life of me, I cannot figure out how to scroll over to the other items in the menu. It's irritating because sometimes I have messages on one of the pages that I can't access. Thanks.

[JudgeDredd]

I can only say how it works for me. On my X52, I've got those "snap" views tied to the pinky and hat control.

So Pinky+Hat Left takes me to left panel, Pinky+Hat Right takes me to the right panel and Pinky+Hat Up takes me to the top left menu system. I'm not at my computer so can't tell you what "options" in the controls menu those are tied to.

Strangely, my TrackIR works to activate the left, right and middle panels, but not the top left panel (the one's where "emails" are?)

[JudgeDredd]

What the hell is up with the SRV? The thing is damn near impossible to control. The planetside missions can be very time consuming and dangerous due to control issues. What is the optimal control config?

No idea I'm afraid - I don't have an SRV  :-[

[Pete Dero]

Where to set the keys :

To access the panel : Mode Switches - Comms Panel
To go to the tabs : Controls - Interface Mode - next/prev panel tab

[sandman2575]

There's only so much geekery I can get past her indoors

+1.  Sir Andrew D's mention of his pro-gaming wife is striking to me, as it's so different from my own situation! I'd describe my wife's attitude toward my gaming hobby as 'tolerance masking deep-seated hostility.'   ;)

I'm jealous of you guys who talk about buying Asps and Pythons and what not. I have 80+ hours in Elite and not a whole lot to show for it!  A decently upgraded Viper plus a pretty 'meh' outfitted Cobra III. I have about 1.5M in the bank. I'd like an Asp as my next purchase but I am a long way from being able to buy, outfit, and insure one!

I think my mistake was failing to reap enough rewards from bounty hunting before combat was overhauled. I take the Viper out to some extraction sites to see what I can collect, but the payoffs are not what they used to be and combat has become much more dangerous. The most lucrative thing for me these days is running drop-off missions in the system that I've built up a good, pro-Federation reputation in (Noatiaca). Each run can net me around 100-125K. But they're time consuming and not all that fun.

[Jarhead0331]

^Personally, I would stop bounty hunting for now, switch back to the Cobra and start looking for lucrative trade and/or delivery based missions. In my experience, these missions now reap greater rewards and are not usually that difficult. I've done several delivery missions that each netted me in the $200,000 to $300,000 credit range. I double and triple them up, when I can in order to hit many stops per run.

Since I bought my Asp, I've flown two missions, each took maybe 30 minutes. In total, the two missions netted me about $1,900,000 after paying for some minor repairs and restocking on some kinetic ammo. Although controlling an SRV on planet surface can be a royal PITA, I've found that missions to disable settlement generators are extremely lucrative and not all that dangerous, although there is some risk associated.   

[sandman2575]

Yeah, I think you're right. The payouts for the kind of bounties I can collect in my Viper are pretty meager. Missions are by far the most lucrative thing for me right now, especially since I've developed good relations / reputation with the Federation (something I never even paid attention to until recently). I've never figured out how to make decent profits by pure trading. I've tried using those website 'trade calculators' etc. to find good profits or a good trade circuit. 

[Jarhead0331]

Yeah, I think you're right. The payouts for the kind of bounties I can collect in my Viper are pretty meager. Missions are by far the most lucrative thing for me right now, especially since I've developed good relations / reputation with the Federation (something I never even paid attention to until recently). I've never figured out how to make decent profits by pure trading. I've tried using those website 'trade calculators' etc. to find good profits or a good trade circuit.

I definitely used Bounty Hunting in the beginning to get a good balance going in order to buy larger ships, but yes, it seems like the only real feasible path to wealth of any consequence is through the more non-combat based commercial activities.

[SirAndrewD]

...another stupid question (I guess the first one was really dumb since nobody answered it )

Ha!  Sorry, I missed it. 

And sadly, I've got few suggestions for you on the SRV but pure trial and error.  Pretty much all controls can be mapped, and it took me a good solid day of driving that thing around to get any controls that I was comfortable with. 

My setup is to use my throttle thruster throttle control and rudder pedals as steering with my joystick stowed and my mouse active for the turret.  Even then it can be like riding a starving Tiger without a saddle. 

Planets and moons with low gravity are the worst.   When out trying to find alien barnacles for meta alloys, I tend to take more damage just bouncing off rocks than from seekers. 

[Yskonyn]

JH, you'll find the SRV is much better controlled with Drive Assist OFF. Beware that gravity has its way with the little car much heavier now, so that means floating high over a ridge on low grab Worlds where you need to time your booster firing to ensure gentle landings as well as hard crashes on high grav worlds.

The Comms window is annoying with standard keybindings. The TIR wont activate it either so the easier thing is to bind it to a key.