Top Shift 73 – Oculas Thrift – Trinus

Colin continues his series on Cheap VR solutions for Elite: Dangerous. There has been a recent update to Trinus VR, so Colin connects up the Nexus 6 Phone and slips on the colorcross headset to give it a new test.

Cost of Trinus VR – £8
Cost of the Colorcross – £15

Total Cost – £23

(OK Nexus 6 phone is about £450 but we’re not counting that!)

Writers Interview 21 – Drew Wagar – Elite Dangerous, Premonition

  Recorded 30th November 2016 Download the episode directly from here     It’s been a long 3 years since Drew graced the Orange Sidewinder with his Imperial presence. In that time 2nd Tech still hasn’t managed to fix that annoying squeak in the guest chair! Senator Drew and Fozza talk…

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Lave Radio Episode 135

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I put on my vac suit and Remlok

Aired 6 December 2016
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Crew Members
Station Commander : Allen Stroud
Head of health and safety : Ben Moss-Woodward – Cmdr Eid LeWeise
Chief Archivist : Colin Ford – Cmdr phoenix_dfire
Chief Bar Steward : Grant Woolcott – Cmdr Psykokow
Special Guests : John Lunn, Oliver Hulme

Show Notes

  • Development News
    • Q&A Hot Topics Stream
      • 2.2.03 Q&A Livestream notes – Dec 6
      • New Beta 7th Dec for 2.2.03
      • Release in the New Year.
      • Changes to Weapons, Blueprints and a Little updates to Powerplay.
      • Dropping Engineering Cargo after 2.2.3
      • Karma system, pilot federation bounties being considered for Crime and Punishment
      • Combat logging are going to be monitored, you combat log too much that is detected and flag as suspicious behaviour which will hook into the karma system.
      • Problem with the above two items, they need development time, not a quick change.
      • Ed is obsessed with 50ps!
      • Gimbal in main game is about, in CQC it’s 8 degrees for a fixed but only 0.5 of a degree in the main game. Gimbaled ranges from 30 degrees to 22.5 depending on your chosen weapon.
    • Keelback Paint Jobs
      • Military
      • Tactical
      • Vibrant
    • Formidine Rift, the Confluence and Hawkins Gap. Commanders have been working hard to find ‘things’ in these areas.  Things have been found, however nobody knows what’s there because of a bug in the game.  Zac Antonaci has confirmed there are issues and the have a fix ready to go but it needs a client update.  So those cmdrs over 8000 ly from the bubble, don’t approach (spoiler spoiler spoiler)  until the next update. – Formidine Rift – Fix in 2.2.03
  • Newsletter 153
  • Main Discussion
  • Community Corner

Lave Radio Episode 134

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Round and Round the Station the Combat Logger Ran

Aired 29 November 2016
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Crew Members
Head of Health and safety : Ben Moss-Woodward : Cmdr Eid LeWeise
Head of Entertainment : Chris Jarvis : Cmdr Thane
Warrant Officer : Andre Marshall : Cmdr M.A.R.S.H.A.L.L.

Show Notes

Lave Radio Episode 133

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Aired 22 November 2016

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Crew Members
Head of Health and safety : Ben Moss-Woodward : Cmdr Eid LeWeise
Head of Entertainment : Chris Jarvis : Cmdr Thane
Head of Station Archives : Colin Ford : Cmdr PheonixDFire
Test Pilot : Andre Marshall : Cmdr M.A.R.S.H.A.L.L. (Paladin Consortium)

Show Notes

Lave Radio Episode 132

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Christmas Coloured Passengers!

Aired 15 November 2016
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Crew Members
Station Commander : Allen Stroud
Head of Health and safety : Ben Moss-Woodward : Cmdr Eid LeWeise
Head of Station Archives : Colin Ford : Cmdr PheonixDFire
Chief Bar Steward : Grant Woolcott : Cmdr Psykokow

Show Notes

Lave Radio Episode 131

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Don’t look back in anger (but we did)

Aired 8 November 2016
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Crew Members
Head of Health and safety : Ben Moss-Woodward : Cmdr Eid LeWeise
Head of Entertainment : Chris Jarvis : Cmdr Thane
Head of Station Archives : Colin Ford : Cmdr PheonixDFire
Chief Bar Steward : Grant Woolcott : Cmdr Psykokow

Show Notes

Lave Radio Episode 130

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If you’re not getting on, GET OFF!! And NO I’m not stopping for beer…..

Aired 1st November 2016
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Crew Members

Host & 2nd Technician : Chris Forrester : Cmdr Fozza
Head of Station Archives : Colin Ford : Cmdr PheonixDFire
Chief Bar Steward : Grant Woolcott : Cmdr Psykokow

Lave Radio Episode 129

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Taxi for any passengers?  Oh Come on 2.2 is here…  my trip advisor link?? erm…

Aired 25th October 2016
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Crew Members

Host & 2nd Technician : Chris Forrester : Cmdr Fozza
Head of Station Archives : Colin Ford : Cmdr PheonixDFire
Chief Bar Steward : Grant Woolcott : Cmdr Psykokow
Head of Entertainments : Chris Jarvis : Cmdr Elias Thane