Posts by Gibbon

  • Genesis - A new beginning

    Well after much debate, i've decided to reactivate my Genesis mod and put it up on a new server. I'll be doing a new version of the mod with some updates and fixes, cunningly called the Genesis 1.3 mod. This will run on a new server with an old name, Bananaworld. It should be up around Christmas or thereabouts, i'm not rushing as i've forgotten so much, trying to remember how to do things :)

  • FLAC - The new version for all versions of windows

    That's just the way of things OP, as soon as you have more people making different things, nobody can agree on anything. Modding scene was no different, otherwise we'd all have been working on the same mod. 51 active servers last time i looked, most with 0 or 1 player. We both know apart from 2 or three popular servers, the rest could shut tomorrow. It's how it is. That said, i've always enjoyed FLAC as server software, loved the fully working dynamic economy based on actual supply and demand without having to reload your game to get the current prices. Long may it continue. Downloaded it all just in case i get the urge to put up a server :)

  • Crashed Alien Ship

    Hardly news by now but as we already all know as revealed at Gamescon, there is a crashed alien ship to be found in the Pleiades Sector AB-W B2-4 9 A. The 9A refers to the ninth planets small moon. The coordinates are -26 degrees Lat, 97.5 degrees Long.


    Once there you will encounter this, make of it what you will...


  • Design failure, cheat or just awesome?

    Players are turning away by the truckload and with good reason. I'll paint you a picture, the casual player only has a few hours a week to play. They have been playing for over a year now, have managed to get a Python and are happily trading away or mining or doing whatever the hell they like doing in game. 2.1 lands.


    Now, nearly every time they go to a new system, they interdicted by overpowered npc's, and get blown out of the sky by uber cobras and the like. Losing more money than they can make, the casual player parks up and leaves the game until some sense returns to it. Factor in the buggy missions, no storage area apart from your ship to get engineer parts for upgrades, and the developers are scratching their heads wondering where it all went wrong.


    And my personal favourite, being attacked by npc ships even when i'm empty with such regularity that i've now parked up and stopped playing. Jesus this used to happen in Freelancer but at least the npc's went away if you were empty. How difficult can it be to implement the same thing in ED? The game royally sucks for a number of players right now but will suck even more unless Frontier get a grip on things and sort this damn mess out before the game dies completely


    For those that still need an Elite fix, try Oolite, a proper rendition of Elite with tonnes of mods, true to the original and loads of fun, something Elite Dangerous has ceased to be, at least for me. Works on all versions of Windows, 32 and 64bit

  • Design failure, cheat or just awesome?

    Going back to your point OP about doing community goals in solo, you still get pestered by npc's who sometimes follow you all the way to your destination station. That's ok in a type 6 but try it in a type 9, not great but part of the fun.


    Of course that has all stopped now with the current update due to the difficulty level the AI have received from the devs, making simple trade runs almost impossible now. I'm tempted to jump into my Asp and go back out exploring until they sort it out, or stop playing for a while as the game difficulty level has risen to insane

  • Elite Dangerous 1.6 and The Engineers (2.1) update live

    Anyone found the AI a bit over enthusiastic? I've lost somewhere between 20 or 30 mil since the update due to being blown up in 3 or 4 shots. Totally overkill. And while on the subject of the update, where the hell is a bank to store stuff needed for an upgrade? My fighters don't have any space left because... oh wait, they are fighters and don't have cargo space. GRRRRRR

  • Galactic neighborhood

    Not space carrots but Meta Alloys. Can sell them for big bucks :)


    More info here: Meta-alloys - Elite Dangerous Wiki - Wikia


    They are green pods on the stalks of the tree like things next to the barnacle, you shoot them and grab the stuff with your SRV, then bring them back to the ship



    This is what you're after, these pods. Smaller ones get dropped as well containing various elements you can use for crafting, like improved ammo, fuel for your SRV etc


  • Galactic neighborhood

    Been exploring myself. Did that trip to NGC 7822 via the Elephants Trunk a few months back. Very interesting place. I will hold issue with you about the Pleiades Nebula. One of the few places in the game where you can find alien barnacles. That's why so many players are out there :)


    I'm currently on my way back from another part of space after damaging my ship while trying to fly to the centre of the galaxy. Was 11,000 LY out but i've almost made it back now. Should return by the weekend hopefully ...

  • Genesis - A new beginning

    Server shut down over Christmas due to circumstances beyond my control, won't be up again sadly. It ran for a number of years and want to thank anyone who attended.


    I will still continue to give support on my own forum to anyone playing the Open Single Player version of Genesis

  • Elite Dangerous modding

    [subheading]EDFX[/subheading]


    Speaking of EDFX, i can upload it here if you want to play with it, or anyone else for that matter. All in one package that lets you change only graphical things in ED, so not a cheat. Also allows you to change the hUD colours as well. Didn't check in your downloads if there's a folder for ED


    Edit by Forlon
    Here some other info about EDFX: ED modding - Part 3 - Post Processing

  • FPS serious drop while in SC [SOLVED]

    Even we nvidia users get it, just not as bad as you seem to OP. My framerates are buried at 60fps and this is with EDFX running and resolution at 2715. I have an i7 with a gtx 960 4gb ram. Now i get stuttering at the start of using FSD and sometimes in asteroid fields, Notice this more when i'm in a wing strangely as opposed to running in solo. I was testing all this in 1.5 ships beta, and didn't see any issues so this could all be a networking problem when we are all on the servers bearing in mind ED uses P2P sharing. Will just have to see. I'll check it out when the Horizons beta starts hopefully today and report back :)