Wow that takes me back. Took me a while to perfect manual docking, but once you got it, it was such a satisfying experience. What a great game. Thanks for the video!
The HOURS I spent perfecting that technique. Crushing when I had to dust it off after losing my hard-won docking computer to some pesky Kraits during a dogfight and crashing. What a waste of scooped narcotics.
In Elite, docking manually is actually pretty easy, first you fly between the planet and the station, then as you approach the station you keep the rotation as close to the rotation period of the station as possible. The controls in Elite make it stupid, because there's no friction to stop your rotation. To counteract that, Elite II: Frontier has Newtonian physics, but also in spaceship combat, which actually only proves that all Sci-Fi series are stupid, you can't really do that.
You mean in real time in your frame of reference? Actually, it simulated frames of reference by having the "Stardreamer", or fast-forward. The game always cheated by having the enemies appear out of nowhere and crashing into your ship, and always having more delta-V than you, even when their ships were crappier. It never mattered if you had the best thrust, enemies always just passed you by, even on crappy ships. It made a bad impression about realistic space combat, whet it wasn't!
Why not Blue Danube? What you do is stop between planet and station, then turn toward it, and keep the rotation (which for some reason isn't kept by the ship... Elite is weird.
just art.
shicetube 2 weeks ago
which station ?!
shicetube 2 weeks ago
Wow that takes me back. Took me a while to perfect manual docking, but once you got it, it was such a satisfying experience. What a great game. Thanks for the video!
muttsmith 3 months ago
I used to play this game as if it was Afterburner. I was truly shocking at it.
Robbaddoo 3 months ago
Yup, that's the easiest way to do it without the docking computer.
jaywalker71 5 months ago
The HOURS I spent perfecting that technique. Crushing when I had to dust it off after losing my hard-won docking computer to some pesky Kraits during a dogfight and crashing. What a waste of scooped narcotics.
LeHair 5 months ago
In Elite, docking manually is actually pretty easy, first you fly between the planet and the station, then as you approach the station you keep the rotation as close to the rotation period of the station as possible. The controls in Elite make it stupid, because there's no friction to stop your rotation. To counteract that, Elite II: Frontier has Newtonian physics, but also in spaceship combat, which actually only proves that all Sci-Fi series are stupid, you can't really do that.
Simpson654 1 year ago
I used to have Frontier. It could be played in real time so journeys could theoretically take years to complete.
webbhead92 1 year ago
@webbhead92
You mean in real time in your frame of reference? Actually, it simulated frames of reference by having the "Stardreamer", or fast-forward. The game always cheated by having the enemies appear out of nowhere and crashing into your ship, and always having more delta-V than you, even when their ships were crappier. It never mattered if you had the best thrust, enemies always just passed you by, even on crappy ships. It made a bad impression about realistic space combat, whet it wasn't!
Simpson654 1 year ago
I start elite yesterday and docking almost drive me crazy,
but after watch your demonstrate I success docking at last.
Thanks for protect my sanity.
letionbard 1 year ago
arghhh.... no Blue Danube ... sacreligious!!!!
YOu use the docking computer just for that 8-bit rendition.
xecutey 2 years ago 5
@xecutey Or 16-bit if your playing the amiga version.
MindstormXL 4 months ago
Why not Blue Danube? What you do is stop between planet and station, then turn toward it, and keep the rotation (which for some reason isn't kept by the ship... Elite is weird.
Simpson654 2 years ago
yep. Quicker than the docking computer. Mind you, mess it up, and you're kersplatted all over the station!
dfbowen 2 years ago
I like that - not try to match rotational speed or anything... wait till the docking port is ont he same attitude as you then boot it!
alcockell 2 years ago