Peripherals Part 2: The hard stuff!

Aired 9 May 2017
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Crew Members
Head of health and safety : Ben Moss-Woodward – Cmdr Eid LeWeise
Head of Entertainment : Chris Jarvis – Cmdr Thane
Chief Archivist : Colin Ford – Cmdr phoenix_dfire
Chief Bar Steward : Grant Woolcott – Cmdr Psykokow

Show Notes

• Development News
  • Sandro Sheds some light on a potential Karma system
• In game events
  • Salome’s Memorial Service (Held on a private server ) https://gaming.youtube.com/c/cmdrjoshhawkinselite/live
  • Cannon’s Community Goal for a Megaship
• Newsletter 173
• Main Discussion
  • Apps/Peripherals
    • Control Options
      • Joystick with Throttle/HOTAS
      • Joystick incorporating Pedals
      • Apparently pedals are great for SRV driving
      • Joypad
        • XBox users’ standard
      • Steering wheel (?)
        • Reported as great for SRV driving
      • Keyboard/Mouse (?)
        • Mention Orbweaver and other dedicated keypads
        • Gaming mice
      • Thrustmaster MFD – http://www.thrustmaster.com/products/mfd-cougar-pack
      • Found this: https://www.mcdee.net/elite/
        • Print out a reference sheet for your key bindings
      • Roccat Powergrid
        • Shout out to Adam Grebinsky for the ED grid on the Roccat site
        • Handy to do away with keyboard or if playing in dark. Immersive!
        • Great for building flight seat
        • Icons handily explain the difference between expanding scanner and shortening scanner
        • You can make your own. Simply provides keyboard shortcuts.
    • • Saitek SST software for flight macros
        • Program a single button to issue a chain of commands.
      • Head tracking
        • EdTracker
          • £45 GBP pre-assembled
        • TrackIR
          • $150 USD
        • FaceTrackNoIR?
        • I use this peripheral setup sometimes. It’s a free Android app combined with FacetrackNoIR. It works surprisingly well, though I don’t like the idea of wearing a cell phone.Here’s the app: https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.frozenbacon.headtracker
      • Tobii Eye tracker (Special Effect?)(Grant, have used but due to FAT EYES not great)
• Community Corner
  • Elite Dangerous Community Magazine Issue 1
    https://www.reddit.com/r/EliteDangerous/comments/6a02f4/elite_dangerous_community_magazine_issue_1/
• Shoutouts
  • Cmdr Plater is running a 24 hour stream will on june 3rd at 12:00pm running for 24 hours. It’s called “Combat for Cancer” and all proceeds will be going to the British Thyroid Foundation. I will be joined by various different Youtubers and Streamers with; ObsidianAnt, VindicatorJones, Ghost Giraffe , Josh Hawkins, Mini, Shabooka, Down to Earth Astronomy, Paroxsym and DJTruthsayer all confirmed. Ed Lewis from Frontier will also be putting an appearance. I will also be doing some give aways for viewers..  https://www.justgiving.com/fundraising/CMDRPLATER
  • www.twitch.tv/holdmykidney 9pm BST Wednesday
  • Shout out to Cmdr Tannik Seldon who managed to destroy his ship during the Buckyball’s Aquarian Job Race by accepting their 1% hull challenge and then trusting the ship’s computer to land the ship! BUT he is still in the race, he just needs to travel ½ way round a planet to the base and get a ship back!!!
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