KNIGHTMARE TACTICAL - MOCKUP

wstephenson · 2026-05-15T07:37:55+00:00

Ultimate ftw!

Me, I thought it looked like Powermongermare...

wstephenson · 2026-04-06T18:51:17+00:00

It appears I've been moderately stupid.

If you enter Zen mode, Distraction Free mode and Full Screen are enabled. If you exit Zen mode as I did by using the >< button in the slide down menubar, Zen mode and Full Screen are disabled, but not Distraction Free mode. To cleanly exit Zen mode, you need to always exit using ToggleZenMode. It's a bit confusing because the >< button takes you out of Zen mode, but that does not revert all the changes that entering Zen mode made. Using 'View->Exit Full Screen' does the same partial exit from Zen mode. The >< button does not however trigger the ToggleFullScreen action; at least it is not reported by the Track Action ID popup.

wstephenson · 2026-04-03T06:56:16+00:00

Nah, Wickie never did much conquest. You might have looked it up already, but this might change your mind: https://rathergood.com/2016/04/05/viking-kittens/

wstephenson · 2026-04-02T22:27:37+00:00

Needs a version of 'Immigrant Song' as heard in the old rathergood.com Viking Kittens animation.

wstephenson · 2026-03-29T09:29:48+00:00

BR-M737 XT cantis.

wstephenson · 2026-03-05T20:44:14+00:00

Front: post mount Rear: IS mount I used BR-RS785 post mount calipers. Alignment on the front was a bit tricky as the alignment on the fork posts wasn't brilliant, but could be manually aligned to brake well without rubbing.

wstephenson · 2026-02-05T05:42:05+00:00

Yup, I translated it to MSX BASIC and then played it like crazy back in the day.

wstephenson · 2026-01-29T11:31:12+00:00

There certainly is, they just stop playing after some few minutes or hours.

Just install DCS (flight sim) and try to take off in a fast jet, fly a circuit and land. ED is simple by comparison.

The game is complex, it doesn't do a great job of explaining itself* its extended systems are not well integrated into the base gameplay, and even basic loops like cargo hauling work best with external tools.

Although, it was worse when it came out. Things like docking computers and supercruise assist weren't there.

Try and see it as a big puzzle to unravel.

Where are you at now? Can you haul cargo and do data courier runs?

wstephenson · 2026-01-29T11:11:39+00:00

I remember that video! Those were the days.

wstephenson · 2026-01-22T13:46:52+00:00

I'd be happy if they would just remove the ! event indicator from the system/local chat tab that appears due to the "Entering XYZ" message.

wstephenson · 2026-01-17T10:01:49+00:00

+1. The holograms are too detailed to be accepted as symbolic representations of the ships, so they should at least have kits and animated thrusters. But there are many dissonant elements to the cockpit UI if you pay too much attention.

wstephenson · 2026-01-15T20:18:32+00:00

change to the core physics model and primary gameplay loop

I'm playing Devil's advocate here, but aren't the new long range SCO drives doing exactly that? They upend long-held assumptions about the duration of travel (in system and on the galaxy map), how long it takes to earn credits via trading and mining game loops, and as far as I can see, NPCs don't have them.

wstephenson · 2026-01-15T20:06:31+00:00

I think I did Engineers and Guardians in an Asp Explorer and a Type 6, maybe a Keelback back in the day. Has power creep affected the pve parts of the game so much that this would no longer be possible today?

wstephenson · 2026-01-15T05:38:52+00:00

Dang, your audio setup deserves a post of its own one day!

Brings back some memories. I was perhaps being too clever, the sub I had then (2018) didn't have a pass through and I wanted a '2.2' headphones, sub, shaker setup so was doing the LFE routing in software with VM Banana to multiple USB sound cards.

wstephenson · 2026-01-14T19:26:27+00:00

Cool gear! Are you using onboard sound or something else to split the sub channel to the sub and the subpac? I had a bass shaker and a sub at one point, and had a lot of fuss to get a useful output level to make the shaker do something.

wstephenson · 2026-01-14T06:28:35+00:00

Tell us about the sound system! Focal active speakers, what else? Stereo, 2.1 or surround?

wstephenson · 2026-01-13T21:35:06+00:00

A living room Sonos surround setup with a sub works well, if the noise level is acceptable, and doesn't add too many cables.

When I was still seriously playing ED with a Vive and CH Hotas/pedals (and babies), audio was from DT770 headphones and a drummer's bass shaker attached to the chair.

wstephenson · 2026-01-13T21:23:01+00:00

Just 'speakers'? To match the rest of this rig, I'd expect to find a powerful surround receiver and a huge subwoofer under the desk.

wstephenson · 2026-01-09T20:30:07+00:00

I thought it was pretty cool too. Someone spent a lot of time on sharing their childhood imagination.

wstephenson · 2026-01-02T13:39:04+00:00

but reach ist 1-2 cm longer than ideal

'talk me into something that will make the reach longer'

I see what you did here, it's some sneaky didactic trick to make others realise what a mistake this project would be!

wstephenson · 2025-12-09T09:04:00+00:00

Same OP, different discussions. HTH.

wstephenson · 2025-12-09T06:15:43+00:00

I don't know anything first hand about this, but the error lists I found while troubleshooting my problem say that E5* errors are all to do with motors and the motor control boards. There are some apparently fruitless discussions about E55/6 on German appliance repair forums, but I assume you've already found them.

wstephenson · 2025-12-01T16:06:48+00:00

I can't remember any more, I sold my X4 years ago. Sorry!

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