On Sun, 2 Feb 2025 21:25:11 -0600, Tahitian pearl wrote:
vallor wrote:
So got Mrs. vallor's Linux workstation set up -- with X52 pro HOTAS and
everything -- and we booted up Elite Dangerous Odyssey this evening.
She's flown before, but it was just a test flight with auto-docking.
This time she flew the first tutorial, which is through an asteroid
field to an outpost (but no docking). Then she did the second
tutorial, a cargo run where she undocked (manually), flew through the
mail slot, cleared the station, targeted the nearby destination system,
and jumped there.
I got her to back off on the throttle before she crashed into the star,
then she flew to the destination Coriolis station, where I showed her
how to set 75% throttle. She got through the mail slot, then it was
time to dock...where she had the most difficulty. I showed her how to
use the lateral thrusters to get over the pad, and we finally got her
docked.
Now I need to make her a cheat sheet of what all the controls do.
She's bound and determined to learn to fly spaceships. (She's watched
me for years, and asked, "when do I get to do that?" Now you can,
Honey -- now you can.)
Our ultimate goal is to go off exploring. Our immediate goal is to get
her able to dock a little better, and for that,
she can just fly in solo at my carrier, where it's safe... and no
"hurry up" pressure from the tutorial voice.
Her new Linux workstation:
Gigabyte B760I AORUS PRO Intel(R) Core(TM) i7-14700F 32G of RAM (DDR5)
1T NVMe drive NVIDIA GeForce RTX 4070 SUPER (AD104-A) (12G)
Linux Mint 22.1
What does Elite: Dangerous have that you also liked about Elite?
"mu" -- Elite: Dangerous is the first Elite game that I've played.
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