Group Offroad Saturday - Ursa's, and Dragonfly's and Noxii, oh my!

[AstroGimp01]

Let's say 0800 PDT (1500 UTC)

Please put these names into your contacts so we can find each other and make a group (want to be added tothe list reply after):

AstroGimp01
marcsand2
Phantomoftruth
Sraika
Deroth / Deroth1
Printimus
Radegast74
Crimtic
Vavrik
Xenorak
Bigtimes

 

[Deroth]

Let's say 0800 PDT (1500 UTC)

Please put these names into your contacts so we can find each other and make a group (want to be added tothe list reply after):

AstroGimp01
marcsand2
Phantomoftruth
Sraika
Deroth
Printimus
Radegast74
Crimtic
Vavrik
Xenorak
Bigtimes

Deroth1 on RSI.

https://robertsspaceindustries.com/citizens/Deroth1

 

[BluePilote]

Nice

 

[Sraika]

I had the same issue. Uninstalling and reinstalling the launcher fixed this for me!

Thanks, will do! :slight_smile:

Let's say 0800 PDT (1500 UTC)

Please put these names into your contacts so we can find each other and make a group (want to be added tothe list reply after):

AstroGimp01
marcsand2
Phantomoftruth
Sraika
Deroth
Printimus
Radegast74
Crimtic
Vavrik
Xenorak
Bigtimes

Well, I'll probably be horribly hungover then, but I will attempt to make it. :grin:

 

[marcsand2]

Crap, RL came in between. Today we left home at 18:15, my wife mentioned that the movie would start at 18:20...:thinking::fearful::rocket: When she checked, there were only 2 seats left, no room for the kids, so tomorrow at 16:00 UTC we are going with the kids to a movie. No dirt rally for me :unamused:

 

[marcsand2]

server change from EU to US does not affect the fps and ping too much

I checked today the difference in FPS for US, EU and AUS at 14:00 UTC. Not a lot difference. max 30 FPS, min 20 FPS. I think that it depends more on how crazy an instance is (everybody spawning a Starfarer) then on geographic location.

 

[Radegast74]

I checked today the difference in FPS for US, EU and AUS at 14:00 UTC. Not a lot difference. max 30 FPS, min 20 FPS. I think that it depends more on how crazy an instance is (everybody spawning a Starfarer) then on geographic location.

We should also coordinate a Discord chat...I was thinking that if a couple of us joined different regions, we could find out who is getting the best frames, and then all join that server...that might be "overthinking" things, but it may help...

 

[AstroGimp01]

I expected to grab one of the existing Hangouts rooms on Discord as well, should have mentioned that, thanks!

'Gimp

 

[AstroGimp01]

We are also going to need someone who knows where the wreck is to drop off a ship so we can have a nav marker - much harder to find it than i expected in flight (I didn't find it).

Hopefully someone can help or it will just be an offroad jamboree.

'Gimp

 

[marcsand2]

We are also going to need someone who knows where the wreck is to drop off a ship so we can have a nav marker - much harder to find it than i expected in flight (I didn't find it).

Hopefully someone can help or it will just be an offroad jamboree.

'Gimp

Munken tried to guide a bunch of TESTies to the wreck. There are 2 orientation points. Fly away from the first orientation point until you are at the correct distance, then fly at an angle of 90 degrees from the first orientation point, away from the second orientation point until both distances are correct. Unfortunately it was on the dark side, so we aborted.

 

[PrimeCronus]

I would like to come guys, but my game keeps laging so hard, that i can't even move... So sorry, i will wait a little till next patch and some optimization fixes. Please make a video!

 

[Radegast74]

I would like to come guys, but my game keeps laging so hard, that i can't even move... So sorry, i will wait a little till next patch and some optimization fixes. Please make a video!

ha ha, I try not to record myself engaging either in a) criminal activity, or b) stuff that could be used to blackmail me :)

We'll see what we can do...

 

[AstroGimp01]

We are getting a new cooktop installed today so I may be in and out a little, about to remove the old one (WifeyGimp informed me yesterday....).

I'll be online shortly before 0800 PDT / 1500 UTC (about an hour) - we'll meet in Discord first.

'Gimp

 

[Doggen]

Ah thats 17:00 here, so will have dinner in between somewhere. Ill look for you guys but dont wait up for me :)

 

[AstroGimp01]

Room 1 in Discord for initial meetup/planning

'Gimp

 

[AstroGimp01]

Wow - 3 hours of gameplay before a 10002 dropped everybody.

We had lost and found, rejoins from micro-crashes, and I learned a LOT to include in planning for the next time.

Combined air and ground ops was a huge blast - we had a glitchy Ursa that kept killing people so we ended up setting out with an Ursa, a Yellowjacket, and top cover from a Cutty Black, a Superhornet and a Sabre initially, with a Buccaneer joining later.

Before the sun set I took some shots, see below. O2 does NOT replenish in the Ursa so we had to grab a Connie for support/transport and the game crashed as we were about to reach our first turn point, so need to find a better air/land navigation mechanism, dead-reckoning and triangulation was pretty tough, plus the day/night cycle adds another level of complexity.

I sure as hell had fun and hope others did too.

Driver's Meeting before heading out

Random shots enroute

Took the Yellowjacket back to ArcCorp to grab the Connie since progress was painfully slow - lots of ships

Night time Connie dustoff to grab the Ursa (this was fun)

Alpha or no, that was some epic multi-player fun, thanks to everyone who joined.

'Gimp

 

[hardroc77]

I found a report (actually 2), and a good workaround: "first u have to sit on a chair in the rover... so the rover is activatet and he know somebody is in. then stand up and u can enter the cockpit." I'll try that next time I'm at Levski

Let's say 0800 PDT (1500 UTC)

Please put these names into your contacts so we can find each other and make a group (want to be added tothe list reply after):

AstroGimp01
marcsand2
Phantomoftruth
Sraika
Deroth / Deroth1
Printimus
Radegast74
Crimtic
Vavrik
Xenorak
Bigtimes

Added names to my contacts. Now I have some more to look for online

Deroth1 on RSI.

https://robertsspaceindustries.com/citizens/Deroth1

Got it.

I checked today the difference in FPS for US, EU and AUS at 14:00 UTC. Not a lot difference. max 30 FPS, min 20 FPS. I think that it depends more on how crazy an instance is (everybody spawning a Starfarer) then on geographic location.

Exactly. The more items the server has to keep track of, the more it works. Starfarer has a lot more items than a Gladius or Freelancer.

Munken tried to guide a bunch of TESTies to the wreck. There are 2 orientation points. Fly away from the first orientation point until you are at the correct distance, then fly at an angle of 90 degrees from the first orientation point, away from the second orientation point until both distances are correct. Unfortunately it was on the dark side, so we aborted.

Well I don't feel so bad now. No matter what time of day I'm on, the wreck are is under dark skies for me too. I though I found it when it was still PTU, but game crashed as I approached. Go figure.

 

[hardroc77]

I'm gonna try, gang. Got some pressure to do a meet up with family members outside the house tonight . But maybe I can convince them I'm contagious with the flu or Malaria or Something. Have fun guys. Can't wait for the snapshots and video clips.

 

[hardroc77]

Wow - 3 hours of gameplay before a 10002 dropped everybody.

We had lost and found, rejoins from micro-crashes, and I learned a LOT to include in planning for the next time.

Combined air and ground ops was a huge blast - we had a glitchy Ursa that kept killing people so we ended up setting out with an Ursa, a Yellowjacket, and top cover from a Cutty Black, a Superhornet and a Sabre initially, with a Buccaneer joining later.

Before the sun set I took some shots, see below. O2 does NOT replenish in the Ursa so we had to grab a Connie for support/transport and the game crashed as we were about to reach our first turn point, so need to find a better air/land navigation mechanism, dead-reckoning and triangulation was pretty tough, plus the day/night cycle adds another level of complexity.

I sure as hell had fun and hope others did too.

Driver's Meeting before heading out
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Random shots enroute
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Took the Yellowjacket back to ArcCorp to grab the Connie since progress was painfully slow - lots of ships
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Night time Connie dustoff to grab the Ursa (this was fun)
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Alpha or no, that was some epic multi-player fun, thanks to everyone who joined.

'Gimp

Wow. Great shots. I might have to use a couple for backgrounds.

 

[Xenorak]

Sorry I couldn't make it, some stuff came up ;_;