Locating target (for travel)

[raolan]

Just got this and the main problem I'm having (excluding controls) is locating where I want to go after undocking from a station. Every single time I have to just swivel around for a solid minute until I get lucky enough to pan across where I want to go. (note that this is AFTER I've set my destination to this location)

Is there some way to have my target destination appear at the edge of the screen or something? Or at least show up on the minimap?

[THE DAY THAT HONG LU FRIES]

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[OGNocturnal]

target destination,once locked,appears in the circle with a crosshair.At the 10 o'clock position from your main radar display.Its the nav compass in this picture:
http://orcz.com/Elite_Dangerous:_Cockpit_Interface
If its a solid dot your flying towards the target,if its hollow the target is behind you,turn your ship until the solid dot is in the center of the crosshairs and off you go :)

[raolan]

Originally posted by Brother Bedlam:

target destination,once locked,appears in the circle with a crosshair.At the 10 o'clock position from your main radar display.Its the nav compass in this picture:
http://orcz.com/Elite_Dangerous:_Cockpit_Interface
If its a solid dot your flying towards the target,if its hollow the target is behind you

Thanks!

[OGNocturnal]

no problem,
Regards,
BB

[Wolf]

Originally posted by Raolan:

Originally posted by Brother Bedlam:

target destination,once locked,appears in the circle with a crosshair.At the 10 o'clock position from your main radar display.Its the nav compass in this picture:
http://orcz.com/Elite_Dangerous:_Cockpit_Interface
If its a solid dot your flying towards the target,if its hollow the target is behind you

Thanks!

fyi that little circle is generaly referred to as your compass although theres no north or south lol

[Dealman]

I recently got this as well, and the tutorials didn't introduce me to the game in any way, shape or form. The tutorials currently present in this game are absolutely atrocious, they teach you absolutely nothing other than the basic looking around and the keys to warp/shoot stuff.

All the crucial information, such as interface interaction is left to the user to figure out all by himself through trial and error.

The travel mission took me nearly 30 minutes to complete. I undocked, warped to the destination and after that the tutorial didn't tell me what to do. That was it, no information whatsoever.

I managed to figure out I had to access the panel to the left and use the system map to find the location I needed to cruise towards.

A friend informed me about the compass, the little spherical shaped thing to the left of the radar. It helps you locate currently targeted objects - if it's hollow - it means it's behind you. If it's solid, it's somewhere in front of you. Knowing this helped tremendously in locating the targets I needed to warp to.

As for missions, I'm absolutely clueless what to do. I took a mission where I had to destroy 4 scout ships, seemed easy enough. I warped to the system and spent another 30 minutes trying to figure out where to go. There were a lot of unexplored areas and unidentified signals - neither of which I had any idea what they did.

Roughly an hour later of randomly going to random places, I managed to find a spot that had a few ships which had the "Mission Target" under their names - in black text, for whatever reason. So I eventually managed to sort it out.


Under no circumstance are these tutorials acceptable. They taught me absolutely nothing and even after completing all of them, I was left pulling my hair trying to figure out what the hell to do.

[Wolf]

Originally posted by ☩ Dealman:

I recently got this as well, and the tutorials didn't introduce me to the game in any way, shape or form. The tutorials currently present in this game are absolutely atrocious, they teach you absolutely nothing other than the basic looking around and the keys to warp/shoot stuff.

All the crucial information, such as interface interaction is left to the user to figure out all by himself through trial and error.

The travel mission took me nearly 30 minutes to complete. I undocked, warped to the destination and after that the tutorial didn't tell me what to do. That was it, no information whatsoever.

I managed to figure out I had to access the panel to the left and use the system map to find the location I needed to cruise towards.

A friend informed me about the compass, the little spherical shaped thing to the left of the radar. It helps you locate currently targeted objects - if it's hollow - it means it's behind you. If it's solid, it's somewhere in front of you. Knowing this helped tremendously in locating the targets I needed to warp to.

As for missions, I'm absolutely clueless what to do. I took a mission where I had to destroy 4 scout ships, seemed easy enough. I warped to the system and spent another 30 minutes trying to figure out where to go. There were a lot of unexplored areas and unidentified signals - neither of which I had any idea what they did.

Roughly an hour later of randomly going to random places, I managed to find a spot that had a few ships which had the "Mission Target" under their names - in black text, for whatever reason. So I eventually managed to sort it out.


Under no circumstance are these tutorials acceptable. They taught me absolutely nothing and even after completing all of them, I was left pulling my hair trying to figure out what the hell to do.

i agree, the tutorials leave a bit to be desired. but the game really is a game of discovery. I found it quite satisifying when I first figured out how to drop into a station from supercruise lol

also, theres many groups who can share information on some very profitable areas

[Dealman]

Originally posted by wolf:

i agree, the tutorials leave a bit to be desired. but the game really is a game of discovery. I found it quite satisifying when I first figured out how to drop into a station from supercruise lol

also, theres many groups who can share information on some very profitable areas

For sure, if it weren't for my friend I'd probably have uninstalled the game by now :P I get easily frustrated when games don't have decent tutorials.

That said, I'm no stranger to steep learning curves. But crucial stuff such as interface interaction, mission management(finding targets etc) definitely needs tutorials. Far more so than the current ones.

Despite the amount of hair I've lost in 3 hours, I've had some fun. I just wish it was easier/more straightforward in finding mission targets - but given time I'm sure I'll learn.

[Wolf]

Originally posted by ☩ Dealman:

Originally posted by wolf:

i agree, the tutorials leave a bit to be desired. but the game really is a game of discovery. I found it quite satisifying when I first figured out how to drop into a station from supercruise lol

also, theres many groups who can share information on some very profitable areas

For sure, if it weren't for my friend I'd probably have uninstalled the game by now :P I get easily frustrated when games don't have decent tutorials.

That said, I'm no stranger to steep learning curves. But crucial stuff such as interface interaction, mission management(finding targets etc) definitely needs tutorials. Far more so than the current ones.

Despite the amount of hair I've lost in 3 hours, I've had some fun. I just wish it was easier/more straightforward in finding mission targets - but given time I'm sure I'll learn. :happy_creep:

lol when i get frustrated and mad, it makes me want to figure it out even more :) but yes alittle more explaination within the ingame tutorials might be nice :)

[Kaine Madjere]

Alongside those tutorials, there's also the manual. People never read the manual.

[Dealman]

Originally posted by Kaine Madjere:

Alongside those tutorials, there's also the manual. People never read the manual.

Probably because Steam doesn't really make it obvious that some games have manuals. I just found it after you made that reply, it's a little irrelevant link on the store page - easy to miss.

That said, I'll take a look. Even then, this is 2015, they should have crucial information like this readily available directly in the game. It doesn't have to be a fancy tutorial, some simple encyclopedia-like entries would do.

[OGNocturnal]

Originally posted by wolf:

Originally posted by Raolan:

Thanks!

fyi that little circle is generaly referred to as your compass although theres no north or south lol

Oh ive had many things go south in games,elite is no exception :P
http://www.urbandictionary.com/define.php?term=going+south

[Dealman]

The manual can be found here;
Elite: Dangerous Game Manual (PDF)[hosting.zaonce.net]

Page 10 through 13 are exactly what I wanted. A nice picture highlighting the interface components along with in-depth information on what each and everyone does.

I see absolutely no reason why this isn't available in the game.

[Wolf]

Originally posted by ☩ Dealman:

The manual can be found here;
Elite: Dangerous Game Manual (PDF)[hosting.zaonce.net]

Page 10 through 13 are exactly what I wanted. A nice picture highlighting the interface components along with in-depth information on what each and everyone does.

I see absolutely no reason why this isn't available in the game.

well glad you found the information you needed :)

[kurushimee]

Originally posted by TStark:

target destination,once locked,appears in the circle with a crosshair.At the 10 o'clock position from your main radar display.Its the nav compass in this picture:
http://orcz.com/Elite_Dangerous:_Cockpit_Interface
If its a solid dot your flying towards the target,if its hollow the target is behind you,turn your ship until the solid dot is in the center of the crosshairs and off you go :)

Hello from 2021, I've got Elite Dangerous for free off of Epic Games sales, and tutorials still don't do ♥♥♥♥, they just really teach basic mechanics like how to fly up how to shoot, they don't even tell you how to enter free look mode, wtf :(
And ofc ty for this answer really helped a lot m8