OT: modern day Elite? X2:Threat on the way

[Atrocities]

Hey Puke its good to see you posting something. God where have you been man? Off playing Elite no doubt.

[dogscoff]

Would you like to play the original elite again? Some very kind and dedicated person has ported it to java and dropped it onto their website for your enjoyment:

http://bootlace.co.uk/index.php?pid=jelite&sid=applet

[Ruatha]

It's good but I can't decrease the speed, I don't use an american keyboard.

Edit 1:
Hey, what if I press Ctrl ALT f1....
Will have to try.

Edit 2:
It's windows, not as good as DOS used to be.
Will have to add it first in the control panel....

Work...You don't have permission to do this!, will have to wait until I get home.

[ June 12, 2003, 11:31: Message edited by: Ruatha ]

[Erax]

How do you enter the !#$%¨&* rotating space station ? I always crash into that !!

[Rigelian]

How do you enter the !#$%¨&* rotating space station ? I always crash into that !!

He he. haven't tried it on the java-ported Version, but on my trusty old C64 many years ago...

The trick was to get onto the imaginary axis of rotation of the SS. So move towards that, and rotate your ship to look straight at the 'slot'. When all the sides of the SS were symmetrical (they were docedahedrons or suchlike?), you could move straight towards it. You might have to rotate your ship so that the 'slot' was horizontal, can't remember.

Anyway, I do remember taking HOURS doing this before buying that docking computer.

All you elite-fans might want to take a look at www.eve-Online.com. However this thing is a $12pcm subscription...

[Ruatha]

Originally posted by Chief Engineer Erax:
How do you enter the !#$%¨&* rotating space station ? I always crash into that !!

Rigelian is right.
What is needed is training and training.
There are two different ways.
The best and safest is to rotate in phase with the space station.
The funniest and mostly deadly is to put on enough throttle and adjust the speed so that you enter when you are in the right position, tricky but doable!
You must enter without hitting the walls, i e when you are facing the rectangle as common hangar doors.

I used to play it on the BBC micro and the Amstrad CPC-464.

[ June 12, 2003, 15:04: Message edited by: Ruatha ]

[Dralasite]

Anyway, I do remember taking HOURS doing this before buying that docking computer.

Yeah, that was the hardest part of the game! The java Version seems a little more tolerant with docking, or I just got really lucky. Thanks for the links!