Beta 2 first impressions

[GlobusDiablo]

Hey Commanders

It seems very unstable, but here are my first comments:

1. Text and voice comms to anyone from anywhere. Nice.
Edit: But they don't work. I see 5 friends online from the main menu, but I can only contact 1.
2. Galactic map seems broke. I can't get it to work anyway.
3. New UI looks good I think.
4. All commodities markets seem down? Nothing worth transporting anywhere so far.

What are your findings?

[Avago-Earo]

I'm not sure either. I couldn't get on line just a black screen with music. This was all over the main forum last night so I gave up.

On the training missions, in the first one 'docking', the game kept freezing for a good 5 seconds or so then returning to normal then freezing.

In the 'navigation' session I couldn't work out how to select the space port in the targets UI. It appeared on the next panel but I couldn't use my hat switch to move to it (T-Flight HOTAS), and could only go to the systems map but even there wasn't clear as to whether it had been selected or not. I had to select it as target ahead when I eventually got a reticule to get a lock.

It looks amazing although I'm unsure about the Christmas tree decoration style stars and the fat lasers but that's just my persona.

[Vikinger]

Lots of changes in this release. Feels like a complete different game.

But ive not faced any serious bugs and everything runs smooth for me.

A bit difficult to find good trade routes and some stations that list commodities as major exports are not available.
I simply cant find any fish to buy LoL

Its easier to make credits on missions. I had one missions to deliver 3 cargo and I got 11k as reward

Overall I enjoy it but il guess it take some time to get used to this new build

[Neillm]

You've got to love lines like this in the patch notes:

- Geological activity is now broken down into several aspects(plate tectonics, volcanism, mountain forming and magnetic field), these values are Earth relative
- Atmospheres now have a composition included and will calculate the surface temperature of planets based on the greenhouse effect of a particular atmosphere

Now that's attention to detail!

[GlobusDiablo]

Lots of changes in this release. Feels like a complete different game.....

I agree. Is it me, or has the overall combat/handling balancing been tweeked towards something easier. Somehow playing the tutorials gave me a more "arkadey" feel than I'm used to.

And FA-Off dwindles your speed back down again now. Good or bad? Don't know...

[Neillm]

This is an interesting read about the changes to the flight model and the reasons behind it...

http://forums.frontier.co.uk/showthread.php?t=44057

[GlobusDiablo]

This is an interesting read about the changes to the flight model and the reasons behind it...

http://forums.frontier.co.uk/showthread.php?t=44057

Cheers Neill.

[Silverwolf]

Massively impressed with the scale of changes for Beta 2.

My favourite changes are being able to sell your exploration data and the bigger space to explore.

Really this game is shaping up now.

[Vikinger]

And using thrusters slow your ship down a lot. Noticed that when I was about to flee from an interdiction and did evasive manoeuvres.

[RogueZephyr]

I'm not sure either. I couldn't get on line just a black screen with music. This was all over the main forum last night so I gave up.

On the training missions, in the first one 'docking', the game kept freezing for a good 5 seconds or so then returning to normal then freezing.

In the 'navigation' session I couldn't work out how to select the space port in the targets UI. It appeared on the next panel but I couldn't use my hat switch to move to it (T-Flight HOTAS), and could only go to the systems map but even there wasn't clear as to whether it had been selected or not. I had to select it as target ahead when I eventually got a reticule to get a lock.

It looks amazing although I'm unsure about the Christmas tree decoration style stars and the fat lasers but that's just my persona.

They are bringing out 2.01 at some point today. Hopefully it will fix the black screen problems.