Best Outer Space flying/mmo game ?

Solaris17 · Oct 19, 2012

microsoft flight sim turn off collision fly into space.

douglatins · Oct 19, 2012

3870x2 · Oct 19, 2012

douglatins said:
Eve?

This comes up every 10 posts or so.

Jetster · Oct 19, 2012

Eve was soooo much work. I felt like a Chinese sweatshop worker

BumbleBee · Oct 19, 2012

Jetster said:
Eve was soooo much work. I felt like a Chinese sweatshop worker

it's a grind but going to war with other corps makes it all worth it.

Ahhzz · Oct 19, 2012

jgunning said:
Has anyone tried this yet?Is it any good..?

I tried it earlier this year/late last year, I forget which. It was... ok. A little clumsy, iirc.... I guess today's AAA titles make some of these indy attempts just a bit... low-grade. I give them credit for trying, but I had problems even figuring out where I should click on the screen to accept the next mission...

KainXS · Oct 19, 2012

did anyone try faster than light, its pretty good albeit 2D, amazing that it was made by only 2 guys

but it is HAARRDD

its hard even on easy

erocker · Oct 19, 2012

KainXS said:
did anyone try faster than light, its pretty good albeit 2D, amazing that it was made by only 2 guys

but it is HAARRDD

its hard even on easy

Yes! Most of the time I can make it to the end ship, but then get annihilated.

Kreij · Oct 20, 2012

Jetster said:
Eve was soooo much work. I felt like a Chinese sweatshop worker

I don't understand why people think Eve is difficult ... lol

I think it's great. It reminds me of when we used to play a D&D variant and spend all week pouring through books researching skills and weapon stats, choosing upgrade paths and planning our moves for the next time we got together.

Oh well, it's not for everyone I guess.

BumbleBee · Oct 20, 2012

it's not difficult. it's just a grind. it was designed to keep you coming back.

Kreij · Oct 20, 2012

BumbleBee said:
it's not difficult. it's just a grind. it was designed to keep you coming back.

I'm not so sure I would call it a grind as you can do whatever you want every time that you play, but the (real) time it takes to learn skills definitely keeps you playing if you ever want to experience a lot of what Eve has to offer.

Only a little over 47 days to finish off my current weapon training !! :banghead:

Ahhzz · Oct 22, 2012

Kreij said:
I don't understand why people think Eve is difficult ... lol

http://img.techpowerup.org/121020/Capture073173.jpg

I think it's great. It reminds me of when we used to play a D&D variant and spend all week pouring through books researching skills and weapon stats, choosing upgrade paths and planning our moves for the next time we got together.

Oh well, it's not for everyone I guess.

Kreij said:
I'm not so sure I would call it a grind as you can do whatever you want every time that you play, but the (real) time it takes to learn skills definitely keeps you playing if you ever want to experience a lot of what Eve has to offer.

Only a little over 47 days to finish off my current weapon training !!

ROFL
Your first post had me in the urge to try Eve again (play for the first time, repeat "urge"

). then your second post of "47 days to research a weapon made me think "Ya know... I've got other time sinks heheh" :toast:

Kreij · Oct 22, 2012

Ahhzz said:
ROFL
Your first post had me in the urge to try Eve again (play for the first time, repeat "urge" ). then your second post of "47 days to research a weapon made me think "Ya know... I've got other time sinks heheh"

There are a couple of things to consider.
1) It's what I'm doing at the moment. I have the skills to arm my ship with various weapons, it's just going to take me that long to research the skill to be able to outfit the weapons I want to put on it. There are many skills that do not take very long to train.
2) Skills train whether you are in the game or not. You stack them in a queue and when the time is up for the skill at the top of the queue you know it and the next skill starts training automatically. It doesn't matter how much you actually play, if you keep the queue full you will always be training skills.
3) You only need to train the skills for what you want to do. I dabble in everything so it takes me forever to train all kinds of skills. lol

Also please note that I am saving up as I don't have enough money to buy the ship I want either. :roll:

You get a 14 day free trial. It's worth checking out to see if you like it or not.

ShiBDiB · Oct 23, 2012

Kreij said:
I don't understand why people think Eve is difficult ... lol

http://img.techpowerup.org/121020/Capture073173.jpg

I think it's great. It reminds me of when we used to play a D&D variant and spend all week pouring through books researching skills and weapon stats, choosing upgrade paths and planning our moves for the next time we got together.

Oh well, it's not for everyone I guess.

shit ur still a nub by eve standards just going by ur assets and market screen

Ahhzz · Nov 6, 2012

Ho. Lee. Crap.

http://www.kickstarter.com/projects/1461411552/elite-dangerous

I'm in.

jagd · Nov 6, 2012

Star Citizen is in the making http://www.robertsspaceindustries.com/star-citizen/ From chris Roberts (developer of wing commander /freelancer /privateer ) http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chris_Roberts_(game_developer)

http://www.gamerstemple.com/NewsPlus/NPViewArticle.asp?articleid=15521

Ahhzz · Nov 6, 2012

jagd said:
Star Citizen is in the making http://www.robertsspaceindustries.com/star-citizen/ From chris Roberts (developer of wing commander /freelancer /privateer ) http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chris_Roberts_(game_developer)

http://www.gamerstemple.com/NewsPlus/NPViewArticle.asp?articleid=15521

Sorry mate, previously noted

but thanks :toast:

It's also running a parallel KS campaign, for those who prefer that route. Personally, I like the direct to developer, without KS and Amazon's cut involved, but some people prefer KS.

Ahhzz · Nov 6, 2012

Mr McC said:
I wanted to like that so much, it seemed like an updated Elite, but I looked at the graphics and stayed away.

Yo, McFly!!errm *ahem* McC!!

http://www.techpowerup.com/forums/showpost.php?p=2768579&postcount=115

silkstone · Nov 6, 2012

Kreij said:
There are a couple of things to consider.
1) It's what I'm doing at the moment. I have the skills to arm my ship with various weapons, it's just going to take me that long to research the skill to be able to outfit the weapons I want to put on it. There are many skills that do not take very long to train.
2) Skills train whether you are in the game or not. You stack them in a queue and when the time is up for the skill at the top of the queue you know it and the next skill starts training automatically. It doesn't matter how much you actually play, if you keep the queue full you will always be training skills.
3) You only need to train the skills for what you want to do. I dabble in everything so it takes me forever to train all kinds of skills. lol

Also please note that I am saving up as I don't have enough money to buy the ship I want either.

You get a 14 day free trial. It's worth checking out to see if you like it or not.

what ship do you want Kreij? I may have some spare isk floating about to help a fellow TPU'er. I love eve, it's probably the only game i have played constantly for the past 3 years.

Ahhzz · Dec 10, 2012

Ok, to bring this back to the front, There's less than a month to back this re-boot of Elite, named Elite: Dangerous. I know that some of us went whole hog on the Star Citizen backing, but Elite was the Zork of Space Sims, and the group could really use some of our cash. *cheers*

Ahhzz · Dec 17, 2012

*sigh* one of my top three games of all tmies, and it's not going to make it... less than 3 weeks, and almost 500,000 pounds to go...

Frick · Dec 17, 2012

Iceni said:
Freelancer. Frankly rubbish. Limited joystick support, Poor trade mechanics. You play it like an FPS/TPS. It adds very little to the genre. The game is still fun to play.

Old response here but NOOOOOOO!!!1!!!

IMO the best part of these games are (or should be) the feeling of lonely exploration. Which Freelancer did very well, if not damnable close to perfect. It's why I have tried X3 several times but never gotten into it, it felt like it put to much between me and the emptiness. In Freelancer it was you, your stupidly easy to control ship and the open space, flying around looking at things.

BTW Freelancer might have poor joystick support but it works beautifull with mouse+kb.

System Name	Rocinante
Processor	I9 14900KS
Motherboard	EVGA z690 Dark KINGPIN (modded BIOS)
Cooling	EK-AIO Elite 360 D-RGB
Memory	64GB Gskill Trident Z5 DDR5 6000 @6400
Video Card(s)	MSI SUPRIM Liquid X 4090
Storage	1x 500GB 980 Pro \| 1x 1TB 980 Pro \| 1x 8TB Corsair MP400
Display(s)	Odyssey OLED G9 G95SC
Case	Lian Li o11 Evo Dynamic White
Audio Device(s)	Moondrop S8's on Schiit Hel 2e
Power Supply	Bequiet! Power Pro 12 1500w
Mouse	Lamzu Atlantis mini (White)
Keyboard	Monsgeek M3 Lavender, Akko Crystal Blues
VR HMD	Quest 3
Software	Windows 11
Benchmark Scores	I dont have time for that.

System Name	Sovereign // HTPC
Processor	i7 3770k 4.2 // i7 3770k 4.2
Motherboard	Maximus V Gene // Sabertooth Z77
Cooling	Noctua D14 // Intel HSF
Memory	16GB Samsung // 16GB VengeanceLP
Video Card(s)	Deciding // 660 DC2
Storage	OS (X25-M), Data (Seagate 1TB) // Samsung 840 120GB & bunch of drives
Display(s)	Samsung T240HD // LG TV
Case	TJ08e // Grandia GD08
Audio Device(s)	DT880 Pro 250 ohm // TV speakers
Power Supply	Seasonic Plat 1000 // Seasonic Gold 760
Software	Windows 8 Pro x64 // Windows 7 Pro x64

System Name	Ultrabeast GX2
Processor	Intel Core 2 Duo E8500 @ 4.0GHZ 24/7
Motherboard	Gigabit P35-DS3L
Cooling	Rosewill RX24, Dual Slot Vid, Fan control
Memory	2x1gb 1066mhz@850MHZ DDR2
Video Card(s)	9800GX2 @ 690/1040
Storage	750/250/250/200 all WD 7200
Display(s)	24" DCLCD 2ms 1200p
Case	Apevia
Audio Device(s)	7.1 Digital on-board, 5.1 digital hooked up
Power Supply	700W RAIDMAXXX SLI
Software	winXP Pro
Benchmark Scores	17749 3DM06

System Name	Juliette // HTPC
Processor	Intel i7 9700K // AMD Ryzen 5 5600G
Motherboard	ASUS Prime Z390X-A // ASRock B550 ITX-AC
Cooling	Noctua NH-U12 Black // Stock
Memory	Corsair DDR4 3600 32gb //G.SKILL Trident Z Royal Series 16GB (2 x 8GB) 3600
Video Card(s)	ASUS RTX4070 OC// GTX 1650
Storage	Samsung 970 EVO NVMe 1Tb, Intel 665p Series M.2 2280 1TB // Samsung 1Tb SSD
Display(s)	ASUS VP348QGL 34" Quad HD 3440 x 1440 // 55" LG 4K SK8000 Series
Case	Seasonic SYNCRO Q7// Silverstone Granada GD05
Audio Device(s)	Focusrite Scarlett 4i4 // HDMI to Samsung HW-R650 sound bar
Power Supply	Seasonic SYNCRO 750 W // CORSAIR Vengeance 650M
Mouse	Cooler Master MM710 53G
Keyboard	Logitech 920-009300 G512 SE
Software	Windows 10 Pro // Windows 10 Pro

Processor	Intel Core i5-3570K
Motherboard	Asus P8Z77-V Pro
Cooling	Noctua NH-D14
Memory	8GB Mushkin Blackline DDR3-1600
Video Card(s)	Gigabyte GTX 670
Storage	Intel 520 60GB, Seagate Barracuda XT 2TB
Display(s)	BenQ 24" XL2420T
Case	Corsair 550D
Audio Device(s)	Sennheiser HD600, Audeze LCD-3F, Mytek Stereo 192 DSD, La Figaro 339, Burson HA-160, Geek Pulse X
Power Supply	Corsair AX650
Mouse	steelseries Sensei MLG edition
Keyboard	Cooler Master QuickFire Pro
Software	Windows 7 64-bit Home Premium

Best Outer Space flying/mmo game ?

Solaris17

Super Dainty Moderator

douglatins

3870x2

Jetster

BumbleBee

Ahhzz

Moderator

KainXS

erocker

*

Kreij

Senior Monkey Moderator

BumbleBee

Kreij

Senior Monkey Moderator

Ahhzz

Moderator

Kreij

Senior Monkey Moderator

ShiBDiB

Ahhzz

Moderator

jagd

Ahhzz

Moderator

Ahhzz

Moderator

silkstone

Ahhzz

Moderator

Ahhzz

Moderator

Frick

Fishfaced Nincompoop

System Name	OrangeHaze / Silence
Processor	i7-13700KF / i5-10400 /
Motherboard	ROG STRIX Z690-E / MSI Z490 A-Pro Motherboard
Cooling	Corsair H75 / TT ToughAir 510
Memory	64Gb GSkill Trident Z5 / 32GB Team Dark Za 3600
Video Card(s)	Palit GeForce RTX 2070 / Sapphire R9 290 Vapor-X 4Gb
Storage	Hynix Plat P41 2Tb\Samsung MZVL21 1Tb / Samsung 980 Pro 1Tb
Display(s)	22" Dell Wide/24" Asus
Case	Lian Li PC-101 ATX custom mod / Antec Lanboy Air Black & Blue
Audio Device(s)	SB Audigy 7.1
Power Supply	Corsair Enthusiast TX750
Mouse	Logitech G502 Lightspeed Wireless / Logitech G502 Proteus Spectrum
Keyboard	K68 RGB — CHERRY® MX Red
Software	Win10 Pro \ RIP:Win 7 Ult 64 bit

Processor	AMD Ryzen 9 5950x, Ryzen 9 5980HX
Motherboard	MSI X570 Tomahawk
Cooling	Be Quiet Dark Rock Pro 4(With Noctua Fans)
Memory	32Gb Crucial 3600 Ballistix
Video Card(s)	Gigabyte RTX 3080, Asus 6800M
Storage	Adata SX8200 1TB NVME/WD Black 1TB NVME
Display(s)	Dell 27 Inch 165Hz
Case	Phanteks P500A
Audio Device(s)	IFI Zen Dac/JDS Labs Atom+/SMSL Amp+Rivers Audio
Power Supply	Corsair RM850x
Mouse	Logitech G502 SE Hero
Keyboard	Corsair K70 RGB Mk.2
VR HMD	Samsung Odyssey Plus
Software	Windows 10

Processor	AMD Ryzen 7 7800X3D
Motherboard	ASUS TUF x670e
Cooling	EK AIO 360. Phantek T30 fans.
Memory	32GB G.Skill 6000Mhz
Video Card(s)	Asus RTX 4090
Storage	WD m.2
Display(s)	LG C2 Evo OLED 42"
Case	Lian Li PC 011 Dynamic Evo
Audio Device(s)	Topping E70 DAC, SMSL SP200 Headphone Amp.
Power Supply	FSP Hydro Ti PRO 1000W
Mouse	Razer Basilisk V3 Pro
Keyboard	Tester84
Software	Windows 11

System Name	[Daily Driver]
Processor	[Ryzen 7 5800X3D]
Motherboard	[Asus TUF GAMING X570-PLUS]
Cooling	[be quiet! Dark Rock Slim]
Memory	[64GB Corsair Vengeance LPX 3600MHz (16GBx4)]
Video Card(s)	[PNY RTX 3070Ti XLR8]
Storage	[1TB SN850 NVMe, 4TB 990 Pro NVMe, 2TB 870 EVO SSD, 2TB SA510 SSD]
Display(s)	[2x 27" HP X27q at 1440p]
Case	[Fractal Meshify-C]
Audio Device(s)	[Steelseries Arctis Pro]
Power Supply	[CORSAIR RMx 1000]
Mouse	[Logitech G Pro Wireless]
Keyboard	[Logitech G512 Carbon (GX-Brown)]
Software	[Windows 11 64-Bit]

Processor	C2duo e6750@ 2800mhz
Motherboard	GA-P43T-ES3G
Cooling	Xigmatek S1283
Memory	2x2Gb Kingstone HyperX DDR3 1600 (KHX1600C9D3K2/4GX )
Video Card(s)	HIS HD 6870
Storage	samsung HD103SJ
Case	Xigmatek Utgard
Audio Device(s)	X-FI Titanium Pci-e
Power Supply	Xigmatek NRP-PC702 700W
Software	win7 ultimate -64bit

System Name	Gaming System / HTPC-Server
Processor	i7 8700K (@4.8 Ghz All-Core) / R7 5900X
Motherboard	Z370 Aorus Ultra Gaming / MSI B450 Mortar Max
Cooling	CM ML360 / CM ML240L
Memory	16Gb Hynix @3200 MHz / 16Gb Hynix @3000Mhz
Video Card(s)	Zotac 3080 / Colorful 1060
Storage	750G MX300 + 2x500G NVMe / 40Tb Reds + 1Tb WD Blue NVMe
Display(s)	LG 27GN800-B 27'' 2K 144Hz / Sony TV
Case	Xigmatek Aquarius Plus / Corsair Air 240
Audio Device(s)	On Board Realtek
Power Supply	Super Flower Leadex III Gold 750W / Andyson TX-700 Platinum
Mouse	Logitech G502 Hero / K400+
Keyboard	Wooting Two / K400+
Software	Windows 10 x64
Benchmark Scores	Cinebench R15 = 1542 3D Mark Timespy = 9758

System Name	Black MC in Tokyo
Processor	Ryzen 5 5600
Motherboard	Asrock B450M-HDV
Cooling	Be Quiet! Pure Rock 2
Memory	2 x 16GB Kingston Fury 3400mhz
Video Card(s)	XFX 6950XT Speedster MERC 319
Storage	Kingston A400 240GB \| WD Black SN750 2TB \|WD Blue 1TB x 2 \| Toshiba P300 2TB \| Seagate Expansion 8TB
Display(s)	Samsung U32J590U 4K + BenQ GL2450HT 1080p
Case	Fractal Design Define R4
Audio Device(s)	Line6 UX1 + some headphones, Nektar SE61 keyboard
Power Supply	Corsair RM850x v3
Mouse	Logitech G602
Keyboard	Cherry MX Board 1.0 TKL Brown
VR HMD	Acer Mixed Reality Headset
Software	Windows 10 Pro
Benchmark Scores	Rimworld 4K ready!