BOOST PACK - how to use this correctly ?

[dprijadi]

i watched some youtube tips and they said to put Left-Alt as secondary jump for the boost key (SPACE)

is this really help ? i tried and see no difference ..

do you boost better if you sprint then boost ?

do you need to press jump and then press again just once or continuously press the jump key to get longer boost period (until out of fuel)

[eMYNOCK]

you basically use it to jump again while you are still airborne... like a good old arcade double jump.

is it better when you run?
sure, you don't loose the momentum you had and under the right gravitational circumstances you can leap from one POI to another without ever touching the ground again.

there are also 4 variants a backpack can have, basic, skip, power and balanced.. all with their own drawbacks and benefits.

as for "hovering" (holding the jump key and deplete fuel) that is a perk you can obtain via spending points into assault boost pack.. or something like that.

[dprijadi]

Originally posted by eMYNOCK:

you basically use it to jump again while you are still airborne... like a good old arcade double jump.

is it better when you run?
sure, you don't loose the momentum you had and under the right gravitational circumstances you can leap from one POI to another without ever touching the ground again.

there are also 4 variants a backpack can have, basic, skip, power and balanced.. all with their own drawbacks and benefits.

as for "hovering" (holding the jump key and deplete fuel) that is a perk you can obtain via spending points into assault boost pack.. or something like that.

thanks for the clarification , seem like i need to get 4 boost skill asap.. loving the skill so much

[Eating Animals]

What I found is if you boost with the space bar you tend to go more upwards then forwards. If you also use the a bound alt-left I found it moved me in more of an 'arc' forward and less upwards. So when exploring I use space then alt-left to move horizontally faster.

[Ǥɾᴧᴤʆᴧᵯᴧ]

and there are console commands for boostpack behavior

[dprijadi]

Originally posted by Ǥɾᴧᴤʆᴧᵯᴧ:

and there are console commands for boostpack behavior :diwrench:

i accidentaly press the console button and got a warning about someting causing accomplishment fail..

so far im avoiding any mods/console..

want to play 'clean' 1st time

[Kosevich]

Originally posted by dprijadi:

i accidentaly press the console button and got a warning about someting causing accomplishment fail..

so far im avoiding any mods/console..

want to play 'clean' 1st time

If you use mods / creation without mark "lore friendly" or most console commands (there is some light exceptions) you will mark your further saves as "cheated" which disable achievements.
You can clearly see it if you make new save and try to load it.
If you pick "load game" - Starfield create separate character folder and new cheated saves will be marked with letter "C" before the name of a save.
If your savegame don't have those "C" letter - you are safe.

Opening console just warn you about this behaviour.

[kdodds]

Once you are in the air, each "jump" keypress fires the booster pack once and uses some of the fuel. You will naturally fall towards the ground unless you boost again. It's not press and hold. Running/sprinting will increase your forward speed so that you will increase your distance travelled, per jump. On low grav planets, you can essentially fly doing this, especially with the skill maxed. HTH.

[dprijadi]

Originally posted by kdodds:

Once you are in the air, each "jump" keypress fires the booster pack once and uses some of the fuel. You will naturally fall towards the ground unless you boost again. It's not press and hold. Running/sprinting will increase your forward speed so that you will increase your distance travelled, per jump. On low grav planets, you can essentially fly doing this, especially with the skill maxed. HTH.

thank you , i wonder if encumberance / weight affect boost jump height / fueld requirement..

so much to experiment

[kdodds]

Originally posted by dprijadi:

Originally posted by kdodds:

Once you are in the air, each "jump" keypress fires the booster pack once and uses some of the fuel. You will naturally fall towards the ground unless you boost again. It's not press and hold. Running/sprinting will increase your forward speed so that you will increase your distance travelled, per jump. On low grav planets, you can essentially fly doing this, especially with the skill maxed. HTH.

thank you , i wonder if encumberance / weight affect boost jump height / fueld requirement..

so much to experiment

Not that I have experienced, no.

[eMYNOCK]

Originally posted by dprijadi:

Originally posted by Ǥɾᴧᴤʆᴧᵯᴧ:

and there are console commands for boostpack behavior :diwrench:

i accidentaly press the console button and got a warning about someting causing accomplishment fail..

so far im avoiding any mods/console..

want to play 'clean' 1st time

thats precisely the way how it should be done... i can see, you're a rare one.

after your first or 2nd jurney to and through Unity you should start modding however... it just adds tons of more replayablility... and don't pay them nay sayers here on the forum any kind of attention... your and only your own opinion is what matters, only you can decide if the game is worth sticking around.. inculding all quirks and shortcomings.

also.. yes... if you are heavy loaded you won't jump as high... just grab a metric ton of iron (easily obtainable via automated mining at an outpost, for example on Kreet) and try to jump.

compare that to the height when you don't have that crap load of iron in your pockets and you'll see the difference.

its even worse on bodies with "normal" gravity... you can barely "jump" a step of a staircase on akila with that much junk in your pockets.

[Varanus]

Originally posted by eMYNOCK:

there are also 4 variants a backpack can have, basic, skip, power and balanced.. all with their own drawbacks and benefits.

I recall someone doing a video, and determined that aside from if you're going for pure height, balanced is objectively better, than any of the others, in every other circumstance.

[kdodds]

Originally posted by Varanus:

Originally posted by eMYNOCK:

there are also 4 variants a backpack can have, basic, skip, power and balanced.. all with their own drawbacks and benefits.

I recall someone doing a video, and determined that aside from if you're going for pure height, balanced is objectively better, than any of the others, in every other circumstance.

I believe Skips are a bit faster in 0G and also if using them to get somewhere in lowG, but agreed, Balanced is absolutely way more versatile/desirable.

[Ellorien]

I use Space + WASD to cross the wide gaps easily. My boost pack skill is maxed out of course. One of the most important skills in the game, on par with Security and Piloting.

[jonnin]

its a lot easier to use with some points in the skill or the advanced types (the POWER pack is my favorite). The weaker types barely do anything on higher gravity worlds, so you may want to practice on a low-g moon somewhere.

but basically... you jump and then fire it again before you land so you land softly.
you can also land up far higher than you started, to go up a mountain or the like, without boosting to land.

its a critical skill to learn because the car ALSO has a boost pack and the same skills will be needed to fly/drive the car around esp on low grav planets you can just fly around in it, but higher grav planets you need it to get past obstacles sometimes.

The number 1 place I use it is if I have a ladder in my ship, you can boost up rather than climb and fall down rather than climb, anything to avoid that clunky animation.

Learning to use it to fly or for rapid ground traversal is a neat skill but IMHO you should just use the car for that, its faster than even the best 'falling with style' buzz lightyear crap. Trying to boostpack faster is an outdated skill, maybe worth doing some and learning, but NOT a priority.