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Nner wrote:The only reason I'm posting in this thread is because I can't make a new thread for whatever reason.

I am using a Steelseries 3GC controller. The first time I booted up the game and tried to remap the controls, I was only able to use the left stick, triggers, and buttons 1-4 (ABXY). Downloaded x360ce which emulates an Xbox 360 controller, booted up the game again, same problem. Eventually I got tired of trying and just used the defaults. When I got in game, it's unplayable.

Can't select anything on the radial menu.

Can't interact with objects or people on stations.

Changing the pitch of my ship up or down literally fires my weapon.

Don't tell me to get an Xbox 360 controller because I shouldn't have to buy additional hardware to play a game the way it was designed to be played. I haven't had any problems in any other game with this controller. If I did I just used x360ce and it worked fine after that. The game advertises that it has controller support, but doesn't tell you that if you already have a controller you have to go buy a special controller just to play this game.[/list]
I haven't tried playing with a game controller (I use mouse and keyboard which I find to work very well). You can map everything in the controls though, or you should be able to.

I am sure you have tried playing around with the settings already? I know that for the weapon firing at least, it is confusing because there is a section for "weapons" and "weapons II". The "Weapons" section does not work, you have to map the "weapons II" section for firing a weapon to be mapped correctly. There might be some kind of inconsistency there.
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Post by beach07 »

Anyone on the Albion Rendevouz mission or made it past? I'm stumped.
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After killing the Plutarch ships guarding the jumpgate, they are now all hostile toward me. I can't complete this mission since the objective is to dock at a Plutarch station.
Anyone else having this issue? Or did I do something wrong?
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Post by beach07 »

Nvm, solved. If anyone has the same issue:
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Buy the hacker drone at a friendly station and use it to probe the Plutarch station
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mdwills wrote:I have spent more than 2 hours trying to deliver the capt. I have started at 5 km and slowly approached from all sides until I was 0 meters away. The only thing I have found outside of the green square that surrounds the center of the ship is a triangular icon that is yellow. I click on that and my cursor changes to a round circle with a dot in the center and I double click and everything reverts to the original white and green box. There is never a menu item giving me the opportunity to dock. I even have the Rahanas info in the display to the bottom right of the screen listing the ship status.
Rahanas info screen is irrelevent. Approach the Rahanas from the front, where you can see the inside of the ship. DO NOT SELECT THE RAHANAS! Deselect the Rahanas. Approach the docking bay area and you should eventually see the docking icon. Double click on it to dock. I noticed before that if there are enemy ships nearby, the docking icon MAY NOT appear but I am not 100% sure on that. Or if for example you are hostile to the station owner nearby, it might not appear at first, but this is again uncertain.
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Post by mdwills »

Ok, I read the post that says the dock is at the front of the ship. This is really a key point and the model should be updated to have you go to the front of the ship. I searched every part of the ship except for the front.
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Post by Nner »

BlackRain wrote:
Nner wrote:The only reason I'm posting in this thread is because I can't make a new thread for whatever reason.

I am using a Steelseries 3GC controller. The first time I booted up the game and tried to remap the controls, I was only able to use the left stick, triggers, and buttons 1-4 (ABXY). Downloaded x360ce which emulates an Xbox 360 controller, booted up the game again, same problem. Eventually I got tired of trying and just used the defaults. When I got in game, it's unplayable.

Can't select anything on the radial menu.

Can't interact with objects or people on stations.

Changing the pitch of my ship up or down literally fires my weapon.

Don't tell me to get an Xbox 360 controller because I shouldn't have to buy additional hardware to play a game the way it was designed to be played. I haven't had any problems in any other game with this controller. If I did I just used x360ce and it worked fine after that. The game advertises that it has controller support, but doesn't tell you that if you already have a controller you have to go buy a special controller just to play this game.
I haven't tried playing with a game controller (I use mouse and keyboard which I find to work very well). You can map everything in the controls though, or you should be able to.

I am sure you have tried playing around with the settings already? I know that for the weapon firing at least, it is confusing because there is a section for "weapons" and "weapons II". The "Weapons" section does not work, you have to map the "weapons II" section for firing a weapon to be mapped correctly. There might be some kind of inconsistency there.
Thanks. Despite how much I wanted to use my controller for this I'll try mouse and keyboard.
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Post by vahadar »

Still on capital ships.

I assigned a fighter to the capital ship. Despite not being in my squad the capital ship insist on following me (though not moving because not repaired). But the fighetr assigned to the capitl ship is following me still :)

Previously this fighter was assigned to my squad before i got the cap ship and change its assignment. I smell a bug?
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zone22 wrote:
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zone22 wrote:
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zone22 wrote:can you give step-by-step instructions for this. I've tried accepting my first mission I can view the reward and the details, but nowhere is there to accept anything.
This is what you do: You go right up to the mission icon and select it with your mouse. Double click the icon and then click on the words that pop up. There you will see three options. Tell me more, accept mission or dont accept mission.
Well this is what I get https://dl.dropboxusercontent.com/u/207 ... _00002.jpg
That doesn't look like a mission to me. Looks like you are hacking something.
Hacking? Well here is a vid https://dl.dropboxusercontent.com/u/20743623/1.mp4
Ah, your problem is trivial, heh. Forget about the triangle that the mission guidance has circled for you. See the little briefcase icon next to it? Double click that to do the mission.
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Nner wrote:
BlackRain wrote:
Nner wrote:The only reason I'm posting in this thread is because I can't make a new thread for whatever reason.

I am using a Steelseries 3GC controller. The first time I booted up the game and tried to remap the controls, I was only able to use the left stick, triggers, and buttons 1-4 (ABXY). Downloaded x360ce which emulates an Xbox 360 controller, booted up the game again, same problem. Eventually I got tired of trying and just used the defaults. When I got in game, it's unplayable.

Can't select anything on the radial menu.

Can't interact with objects or people on stations.

Changing the pitch of my ship up or down literally fires my weapon.

Don't tell me to get an Xbox 360 controller because I shouldn't have to buy additional hardware to play a game the way it was designed to be played. I haven't had any problems in any other game with this controller. If I did I just used x360ce and it worked fine after that. The game advertises that it has controller support, but doesn't tell you that if you already have a controller you have to go buy a special controller just to play this game.
I haven't tried playing with a game controller (I use mouse and keyboard which I find to work very well). You can map everything in the controls though, or you should be able to.

I am sure you have tried playing around with the settings already? I know that for the weapon firing at least, it is confusing because there is a section for "weapons" and "weapons II". The "Weapons" section does not work, you have to map the "weapons II" section for firing a weapon to be mapped correctly. There might be some kind of inconsistency there.
Thanks. Despite how much I wanted to use my controller for this I'll try mouse and keyboard.
Mouse and keyboard actually works very well but I understand your frustration. I am sure they will eventually fix this.
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vahadar wrote:Still on capital ships.

I assigned a fighter to the capital ship. Despite not being in my squad the capital ship insist on following me (though not moving because not repaired). But the fighetr assigned to the capitl ship is following me still :)

Previously this fighter was assigned to my squad before i got the cap ship and change its assignment. I smell a bug?
Possibly, there is not too much info known about how capital ships work outside of following you (including assigning fighter ships to capital ships). I will have to explore these features more before I can help with that.
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Post by Deathsticks »

How do you pick up cargo containers in space?
I destroyed an energy transporter for a mission and have my freighter sitting with me near the wreck, there is about 50 energy containers sitting in space how do i tell my freighter to collect them?

I've been trying everything and i cant figure it out!

Also wtf is cargo collect mode? there is only a bare mention of it in the manual XD
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Post by Veluz »

In X3 we can bring up the sector map and go to the "stations" tab to see a list of all stations in a sector we can dock at, is there a way to do something similar in Rebirth? There's so much stuff in space, station modules and such, I'm having a hard time determining which stuff I can actually dock at to recruit new crew members needed for the campaign.

Also when I view the zone map, is there a key to select a station so I can have some kind of pointer to that station on my HUD? (Similar to pressing "T" on a station in the sector map of X3)
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Deathsticks wrote:How do you pick up cargo containers in space?
I destroyed an energy transporter for a mission and have my freighter sitting with me near the wreck, there is about 50 energy containers sitting in space how do i tell my freighter to collect them?

I've been trying everything and i cant figure it out!

Also wtf is cargo collect mode? there is only a bare mention of it in the manual XD
What kind of cargo containers? Do you mean cargo that only a freighter can hold? Cargo collect mode is exactly for what it says, collecting cargo haha. You have to have a ship capable of collecting cargo though. There are drones which collect cargo so you need a ship capable of carrying the particular ware and drones on it that can collect the ware.
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Veluz wrote:In X3 we can bring up the sector map and go to the "stations" tab to see a list of all stations in a sector we can dock at, is there a way to do something similar in Rebirth? There's so much stuff in space, station modules and such, I'm having a hard time determining which stuff I can actually dock at to recruit new crew members needed for the campaign.

Also when I view the zone map, is there a key to select a station so I can have some kind of pointer to that station on my HUD? (Similar to pressing "T" on a station in the sector map of X3)
Heya, Yes for everything you want hah. You have to explore first though. If you bring up the navigation map and check out the area you are in, it will list stations you have discovered there. You can plot courses to these stations and the modules of the station.

Hit enter, universe, navigation, select the option you want there depending on what you want (zone would be where you are now). If it is another area then look for it by selecting sector or whatever. Then you can click on stations, hit the plus signs to look at stuff within that station or whatever. Once you have something you want to get to (station module or whatever) click on DETAILS. In the details screen there is PLOT COURSE, and there you go.
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Post by BlackRain »

I will be on for a couple more hours, keep the questions coming! Seriously, I know quite a bit.
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Post by Veluz »

Awesome. Thanks! I'm still fumbling around with the UI; didn't notice you can plot a course.
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Post by Cascinova »

I can't buy the shields either when I get to that part. I sold both installed shields but can't buy either of the new types. I tried selling one, and still no dice. I have enough money. I noticed when I get to the screen to actually select how many to buy that the prices listed for the new shields says 0 cr. so maybe it is bugged. Dunno but it pisses me off.
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Post by Nner »

BlackRain wrote:I will be on for a couple more hours, keep the questions coming! Seriously, I know quite a bit.
What do you think was going through Egosoft's mind when they decided that this was a good game and ready to be released?
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Deathsticks wrote:How do you pick up cargo containers in space?
I destroyed an energy transporter for a mission and have my freighter sitting with me near the wreck, there is about 50 energy containers sitting in space how do i tell my freighter to collect them?

I've been trying everything and i cant figure it out!

Also wtf is cargo collect mode? there is only a bare mention of it in the manual XD
Cargo collect mode replaces your missiles with targeting tags you tag stuff with for the ships in your squad to pick up.

I dunno if the normal cargo transfer drones suffice to pick up containers from space, though.
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Cascinova wrote:I can't buy the shields either when I get to that part. I sold both installed shields but can't buy either of the new types. I tried selling one, and still no dice. I have enough money. I noticed when I get to the screen to actually select how many to buy that the prices listed for the new shields says 0 cr. so maybe it is bugged. Dunno but it pisses me off.
I really can't say, it worked for me at least to buy one of the shields, try alt tabbing out of the game and going back in, I know that sounds strange but it might work.

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