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[AdmiralHocking]

Looking good, I hate the borg cube with a passion mind you. It looks like someone painted it!

[Datarock]

Originally Posted by The Crimson Major

whats the control scheme like?

Controls

Spoiler:

Ship Controls

W - Pitch Down
S - Pitch Up
A - Bank Left
D - Bank Right
Arrows - Free Camera
Ctrl - Fire Primary Weapon
Alt - Fire Secondary Weapon
Spacebar - Target nearest Enemy (Hold for list)
T - Subsystem Targeting
Shift - Energy Allocation Panel
R - Repair panel
Q - Engage warp drive
G - Go to (Hold for radial menu)
Tab - Strategic Map
Esc - Pause Menu
C - Chat

Mouse Controls

Left - Fire Primary
Right - Secondary
Right Mouse moment - Free camera
Mouse Wheel - Throttle Speed Up / Down
Middle Mouse Button - Warp
Forward button - Hold for Repair
Back - Go to / Hold for Radial menu

Group Controls

1,2,3,4 keys - Select Ship / Hold to Add/Remove
5 Key - Select all ships
Spacebar + S - Change target to closest of focus ship
Spacebar + A - Target nearest attacker
Spacebar + D - Clear target
Spacebar + W - Fire at will

Speed Controls

-,+ - Increase/Decrease Throttle
Backspace key - All ahead full/All stop

Strategic Map

Left mouse button - Go to command
Right mouse button - Warp to command
Mouse Wheel - Zoom Level

[ChiefBrex]

The controls, as far as the keyboard is concerned, aren't that much different than in A2 or BC. In Bridge Commander, if you chose to fly the ship yourself, you had to use the WSAD keys to control it. The same type of set up is in here.

I think what bothers people the most about the controls, is the weapons lock. Apparently the weapons lock is weaker when a ship is far away from the target, and stronger when you're close to the target. But some have told me that the weapons have roughly the same hit/miss regardless of distance. This sounds like the weapons need to be adjusted some.

I should be getting my copy of Legacy Today or on Monday, so I'll be able to find out for myself just how tricky it is.

[Decka]

Yes, I just started the campaign today

Spoiler:

Screw around with the map editor and you find some interesting things

[ChiefBrex]

Has anyone else noticed how the fonts on the ships is wrong as well? I mean, it's a minor detail, but still...You'd think companies like Bethesda and Mad-Doc would have access to the right fonts.

Oh well, nothing that a little modding won't fix ^_^

[SuperSmeg]

Originally Posted by Decka

Yes, I just started the campaign today

Spoiler:

Screw around with the map editor and you find some interesting things

The Giant 8 Ball Of Doom! LOL. Youve had the game for a day and your already messing around with stuff in it.

The fonts on the ships does need to be changed. Also, in the various web videos released over the year, I noticed the warp flashes sucked. Were they changed for the final version?

[Greenvalv]

Uhm, what is with the odd, star-pattern damage?



As you can tell from the fleet HUD, my scout nearly kicked the bucket...

[Decka]

See? The Oberth class isn't all that weak.. it took out this NX no problem

[Ensign Riles]

Well, it is about a hundred years more advanced than the NX.

[Greenvalv]

Takes a while to master, but once you get the controls down and stop hitting warp accidentally, it gets fun...

My pics... (Joelteon7, I submitted these for PotD's)

Spoiler:

I call this one, "Eye for eye; tooth for tooth; beam for beam".



Blew me up a cube and then raced into it's wreckage...



Ship shrapnel looks nice with the trailing smoke...



ENT era cubes look interesting...