If you are trying to QT jump to a planet or legrange station and the markers are bunched on top of each other - so QT drive will spool -then switch to another marker then spool but you cant get them to fully spool to initiate a jump.. - Hold F and scroll the mouse wheel.. that will zoom in - and you can adjust the ships nose to pick 1 of those markers out of that bunch.. Keep holding F and once its spooled just hold B to Jump.
@@skoomd4447 Written out - the steps seem long and involved. but its really just F/ Scroll/B .. even faster than going to menu, zooming and selecting a dest, if u need just a fast jump.. or an escape, for example
Some ships have a bug where if you BedLog, when you log back in you are partially glitched into the ship. (Freelancer, 300 series and some other ships). If this happens, dont try to walk - just use mouse to rotate back to face the bed - hold F to interact and then sit or lie down again. This will reconnect you to the physics grid and your back in business.
A good habit when traveling to stations orbiting other planets/moons is to drop out of Quantum Travel 15k-20k before you arrive at the planet so you can easily target all of that planet's Orbital Markers and not have them obscured. Travel to OM1 for that planet's north pole, or OM2 for the south pole to more easily reach planetary or orbital destinations.
You can do that as soon as you get the message "You entered jurisdiction of ..." and if you have set a route to said station or moon etc. simply press F2 and click "Set Route" again and it will now remove all unnecessary waypoints
When in the pilot seat, hold F and press both mouse buttons to enter inner thought and you can set options for doors opening, call ATC, Flight ready etc. Saves fiddling with the keyboard.
You don't have to land to access station inventory. Once you're within the armistice zone you can come out of your seat and pull up the inventory. This applies to single seat fighters as well. Just get ou of the cocpit , just don't remove your helmet. However, for the major stations you can actually access your inventory from 15kms out , which is outside of the armistice zone at 12km. So stopping your ship between 12-15km away will allow you to interact with your local inventory and use weapons, rearrange weapon racks and all the other stuff u can't do in armistice. When I'm transporting a lot of gear etc I usually stop within this area and Move All to station inventory in case I blow up during landing etc.
You can bind a key/button for Reverse camera. Helpful if u want to position ship for ramp loading -- or driving a vehicle up the ramp and onto a ship backwards. Keybinds -> Vehicles - Seats and Operator Modes -> Look Behind
If you land at a space station and the hangar wont let you repair/refuel.. all stations have external 'self land' pads that dont require ATC clearance to land on. Big grey pads with a white RR logo (Rest&Relax) in the middle. Exit hangar and find these pads and you have another shot at a refuel/rearm..and since there are usually 4 of them - if one doesnt work, take off and slide sideways to land on the next one and try again. These pads also have a elevator leading into station.. so if your at a space station and notice the elevator buttons (Pad 1-4) ..these are those pads. Those pads also make the best way to call more than 1 ship into game at a time. I can go to ASOP terminal and retrieve my Corsair, exit hangar and fly out to pad 2. Take elevator down to lobby and go to ASOP again and retrieve my Fury and exit hangar, fly to the pad and load the fury into my corsair. Before Vulture became buyable in-game, i would retrieve 1, fly it out to the pad - then claim it and call another to the hangar. My friend and i would go on a 2 man salvage hunt. Since 'His' ship is on the pad, no need to worry about trying to get the hangar doors open - when you lend a friend or party member a ship.
Idea for a video: An explanation of all the settings in the game. Along with in-game footage showing what the settings actually change. And chapters for each on the seek bar for easy reference. I realize it would be a massive undertaking to create a video like that, but i can't be the only person who doesn't know what half of the settings even mean, and assuming that's true, whoever makes a video like that would be a hero in the Star Citizen community.
you have my upvote. as a new player watching many tips and tricks guides, every once in a while I will see a suggestion to change a setting or assign a hotkey to make things a little easier. going over EVERY setting would be a massive undertaking, but I'd appreciate something like a "top 20 settings and keybinds for beginners"
Huge plus one! Been playing for a week and still don't know how to do 90% of the stuff because I don't understand or don't know where to find that setting
If you retrieve a medium/large ship to hangar and power it on, sometimes it can take a long time for the shields to charge up from zero - to max. hold or spam F7 to send full power to shields and they will charge Much faster. F5 = Power to weapons F6 = Power to engines (the pool for using thruster Boost) F7 = Power to Shields F8 = Reset balance (33% to each).. If you do send full power to one..say full power to thrusters, so you can climb and exit atmosphere faster -remember to F8 after. If you land at a bunker or even a mining outpost. send full power to shields before you exit ship. That way if the ship comes under attack, while your away - that extra power you gave it may allow it to survive long enough to make it back to pilot seat, turn engines on and get out of dodge.
That 2nd one is a must in my eyes. The thing that I want them to fix though is the wind on some planets/moons blowing away your ship when the engines are off.
Everyone should rebind the power triangle “tap set to max” to easily accessible keys or buttons. If you’re doing combat without managing your power, you are fighting with less than 50% of your ship’s combat capabilities.
Pro tip: get yo'self a dashboard turtle for good luck. Can be found at the vendor outside dumper's depot on A18 or in the "hidden break-room" of any cargo center.
Whenever you get error at selling cargo/ore at refynerys or even prison just try to split the inventory and move the pieces couple of times . Always works with all cargo/inventory related errors
Some people are getting crime stats tractor beaming 'abandoned' ships. V for scan mode and hold left mouse to deep scan a ship. If the ship has been abandoned long enough or the player claims that ship - the owners name reverts to 'Game Rules'. Any ship owned by Game Rules is truly abandoned and fair game .. you can tow it, blow it up..anything you want - and wont get a crime stat.
Inventory: Hold down shift and click on any item when you have two inventories open (Personal, Local, Ship, etc) and the item will instantly transfer to the other one if there is room (Generally your backpack for personal inventory). No need to click/drag. Move All applies to the current filter, too. Clear the filter to move absolutely everything, of select a specific thing to move all of just that.
If you ever get stuck on a ladder and cant go up or down, press enter and type an emote like /sit or /salute and press enter again. that will unstick you.
Here's a really helpful pro tip: when you QT to a landing zone(A18, NB, etc), the quantum drive will drop you out either directly above, next to or pointed in the direction of the starport. When you first drop out, hit F4 and take a look around. If you don't see the starport, simply fly in the direction you are facing and you will find it. This works everywhere all the time. I figured this a while ago and pass it along to all who get lost looking for starports - especially A18 and Orison. Good vid and some good info for new players.
@hectorheathcote9495, it doesn't work that way for me. I regularly drop out of quantum over Orison facing the hab/hospital platform (Cloudview Center). Over Area 18, I am pointed down, toward the center of the city. From there, almost directly to the west (270 degrees) is what I call "the spire" (tall, pointy building). Go just to the left of the spire and you should be pointing toward the spaceport.
@@odonovan , When going to A18... drop out of QT 20-50K km out, then go to OM3. If it's not in view, go to OM1 - then to OM3. Now go to A18, this route puts you directly over Riker Memorial - all you have to do is fly straight down until you see the ATC notification.
It just isn't true (unless we consider "next to" relevant, because you're anyway somewhere "next to" a starport because you're also "next to" a city). The ship jumps to a marker and stops some distance away from it in the direction it came from. The marker is not at the starport, and the direction you came from can be any.
If you are hauling anything illegal and want to reduce risk of being scanned or intercepted when arriving at a planet out of QT.. drop out of QT a litte early early so that your cooldown will be massively reduced when you do the final jump. If you are in s bigger ship the QT cooldown can be significant.
Not sure if it's a pro tip, but as soon as you ask for landing and get permission, your spawnpoint will be set at the hotel there. Which means you can ask landing and just relog to quickly teleport yourself to the cities habitation. Saves the time to find hangar, landing and eventual train use. Just be aware that your ship will usually have to be claimed and any cargo be lost.
My pro tip is binding Power On, Engine On, Shields On and Weapons On to “R” so no matter what state your ship is in, you can always just hit R and get going.
@@skyjangai Just press I for engines. When you land you should keep power and shield always on. Plus its useful for turning shields and weapons off to lower EM
When you want to go to a planet's moon but need to jump to the planet first, drop out of quantum as you enter the jurisdiction (currently it shows as an empty message on your personal HUD). From there, you can jump to the planet's moons, completely circumventing any OM points. Does require you to re-set your route. Or cancel it, as the planet and moons will be nicely grouped up in front of you anyway.
In a Cutlass it is possible to glitch from the ramp into the cargobay. This happens if you run up the ramp on laggy servers. If you have physical boxes (from trading for example) in it, you will get yeeted in some kind of "noclip" mode into them and get trapped inside. Always have a multitool with tractorbeam on you for this. You can target the box thats trapping you and move it out of the way to free yourself. With a healing gun or a multitool with healing attachment, you can press B to heal yourself.
Mine would be to turn off the "Flight - Proximity Assist defaults on" in the game settings. If you notice your ship get a bit twitchy and not quite fully doing what you want in hangers. And sometimes just slamming you into a wall for no reason. Yeah that is it assisting you. It can sometimes freak out in hangers with some ships and it tries to avoid all the walls eventually finding one of them in the process that generally sees the wall winning the fight. Also ignore the fact you can open and close your ship from the pilot seat. Always make sure that if the ramp is open your eyes are on it and no one running aboard. Run up the ramp, turn around, hit the button and make sure it closed without guests. Super easy now to sneak on ships with the "so and so has joined the ship channel" warning no longer being a thing. Well was always easy to board with as much of a hurry everyone is in running around not paying attention, but now the game wont tell you about stowaways.
@@VortexStolenName There is trespass. But no longer an alert and they do not show up on ship coms anymore. Easier to sneak aboard. But the ship owner can deal with the trespasser without getting a CS now.
I am not sure if thats the case anymore but not hitting with lasercannons does not come just from the slower velocity. They also have artificial bullet drop. I noticed that extensively when I tried to snipe Hammerheads on max distance with a 600i. You can actually see the "projectiles" dipping below the aim square in a curve when you zoom in. To see this effect you might need head tracking to lean in then zoom in with key and then use the interact key to zoom in even further. Another way to gauge this is to aim at a stationary target on a moon, like a turret and shoot it at max distance from low above the ground. You will always come up short. So always aim a little above the aimbox with cannons, regardless. Hitting with lasercannons also becomes easier when you have multiple cannons and you switch the firemode to staggered. This allows for easier tracing and averaging your dps a little better especially with bigger cannons. Instead of missing an entire volley you only miss a few until you get dialed in. It cuts down on the window of opportunity, lets say if you have 3 laser or ballistic cannons with a 1.5 delay and a window of shooting only 2.5 seconds rather than only getting off 1 volley and miss completely you can trace a bit and actually hit with a few during that time. Another tip useful for outpost exploration and "wreck management" is that thrusters can blow debris around. Or NPC bodies and their guns. Retro thrusters come in handy that way when you approach a pile of stuff and then stop and/or brake right before it. That can also help flip things like ships or ground vehicles without having to physically touch it with your ship. Another fun trick is to use debris like fallen wings to scale buildings or even ships and use them as ramps. Getting to top hatches of ships or even some side ones. That is useful when your ship is just a bit up in the air so you can't get into a ramp or door. So if you are near an outpost don't panic, thats also why you should always carry a handheld tractor beam.
Right. Also Kel-To store in the stratus mall on Orison sells the biggest selection of food/drink in the game and you can buy in bulk. Buy some food in bulk like sandwiches to bring back to your home location. Sandwiches have no negative affects, unlike Hotdogs, for example - that Dehydrate you. Stay away from foods that dehydrate or are hypermetabolic and your hunger/thirst bar will be more manageable - and ^ smoothies / Cruz so you can replenish food/drink at the same time.
You will always see your landing pad markers, if you are really close to ATC. Within a 1000m it even works at New Babbage. Use your comms to see how far away you are.
Idk if it’s a pro tip but I like to keep a stock of weapons/armor/ammo/attachments where I usually homemade (which is a refinery most of the time). This way when your doing bunkers or fps in general and you have a whoopsies you can just grab everything from the get go. Something like 100 tacits for the stealth bunker kills for example
bind ur request landing/docking to f3 nothing bound by deafult and saves so much time rather than alt N by the time the game releases u prob save like 1 month of time swapping ur binds to it
If you do PVE missions in a big ship solo (retaliator, connie, etc) you can remove turret guns off of your ship so that they do not get damaged when attacked and thus save you precious aUEC on repairs.
I REALLY want them to make the ping scan result toggle-able. It would add instant 'night vision' using a capability that is already in game and make the results of pinging actually useful for more than half a second.
I think a tip a lot of you guys miss is "Patience" - This game is in alpha, you will experience weird and game breaking bugs that can be extremely frustrating. Sometimes ones that will mess up your entire game session or cause you to lose all your cargo/current inventory. All you can do is pick yourself up again and keep playing to experience this one of a kind game.
@simonm7590 no not yet. Other games usually also don't do that by themselves but via their launcher (steam etc) but SC does not have this feature yet. He streams a lot so the logged time from twitch is probably pretty accurate or at least a good guess
the tilt key if you press "R_" then TAB it give a list mine puts display already there so just press a number 1 , 2 or 3. 3 give more info 1 the least . 0 to clear screen as in "`R_ tab 0 " drinking / eating from your invent if you can not put it into your hand. right click on the item and click carry. if that dont work click drop then you can " F " it and pick drink from the floor LOL had to ddo this a lot of late
@@odonovan sorry that I may not have got the spelling 100% correct but that sign on a UK keyboard is with the # left of the enter key under the ] . But thank you so much for putting it right it means so much
These are most prominent tips that every new citizen learns in few hours but most beneficial would be ALT+F4 will shut down your game just like any other regular Windows program so just remember not to get caught on that. This.
My personal pro tips would be keybinds. Some are just not even bounds by default in the game. - "Drop Item" to drop whatever you're holding in your hands - The one that opens and close all your ship's access doors. I always hit it WHILE landing to save some time. - Another one I absolutely love is the pilot camera switch between Vjoy mode (default one) and relative mode (regular FPS camera movement) which basically allows you to pilot your ship in third person cause otherwise you're always wondering where your Vjoy reset rotation point is (that thing is only visible in first person). Using this key makes any current rotation stop when you press it, and you can just press it again if you wanna keep piloting in Vjoy mode. You could also just always pilot in relative mode. - The hold R to holster weapon/tool in hand is a good one aswell. - Hold Y to exit pilot seat. - Alt+N to call in and out of hangars instead of using communication tab. Man I should make a video.
@@surject hard to say. I do those spline jumps often but can't say for sure what triggers the sound bug. It feels like you might have to jump at least 50% of the projected distance to avoid that but that's not actual science. Anyway if you get the bug just do another jump either to the same marker and press U again immediately or just jump to any OM and start all over. That should fix it
like hawk said, it will give much more warnings like "proximity warning" etc. if set to high. Breathable atmo can be shown by pressing F1 and then check the O² values
You forgot to mention griefers who try and call people out to do a 1v1 and end up with being a ambush with their distortions....I'm talking about OneNutSupreme and Twidgy..
Just focus on any planet’s security faction. Crusader security, Hurston Security, etc. you’ll go from vlrts (very low risk targets) all the way to erts (extreme risk targets). You unlock these by progressing bounty hunter’s guild rep which is earned from any planet’s security faction. Try to focus on one planet though, I’d recommend Crusader. Once you get to vhrts they’ll have a chance to spawn with really valuable cargo, that’s the best way to make money currently imo. 07
Game looks great, but it better since it's been in alpha for almost 10 years. Don't get me wrong I want to play this game but I want a full game release for sale before I turn 60
Why does it take ten million years to configure my controls? And then when I finally get it set up… Russian Roulette that my joysticks stay in the same order.
Use an USB Hub for your sticks (I have one on my monitor) but make sure it is one that doesnt randomize their ports. Windows HID device management is the problem here. Some USB ports simply get a new ID on reboot and since SC supports all kinds of devices and not just a set few, it allows all of them from anywhere. Anyway you can quickly change the device bindings via console This is a copy from the corresponding CIG support page: Star Citizen includes the following console commands for keybindings - How to import keybindings: pp_RebindKeys - Swap keybindings between Joystick 1 and 2. This command is useful when Windows sets your secondary joystick to your primary and you want to easily reuse your keybindings: pp_resortdevices joystick 1 2 - Change device 4 to 1 and 5 to 2? pp_resortdevices joystick 4 1 pp_resortdevices joystick 5 2 - Export bindings to a file named layout_mybindings_exported.xml: pp_rebindkeys export all mybindings - List the detected devices in order: i_DumpDeviceInformation
you should mark or remember (photo) the usb port your joystick or hotas is connected to. They should always be connected to in the same port. if you swap ports the mapping won't work.
Complete BS dont listen to anything in this video. you all need to learn the hard way like i did i forgot about you tube to help me throe this learning curve trial and Error dame good video i wish ide seen this a few months ago would save me lots of time and money. i did not know abot the FPS using ` key and never notice the number or second's in qt thank you
1:50 and yet i turn it off because my eyes can clearly see the direction i am heading into. so its pro tip to turn off. this is more for beginners to understand. turning it off allows you to see your heading by just looking at your surroundings. u can still pull off the same moves but much more harder to pill off because you're depending on the ship movements rather a marker. thus having it off is a pro tip.
@@pbond21 its easier just so you know. see when flying a plane in any other game or real world. you're mind is reading the instruments on the dash. but u do not get a vector indicator you're eyes and mind are already programed to look at these instruments and your eyes to view the outside is your indicator of your movement. if you switch this to a single icon on screen your mind has to retrain everything you just learned a whole other way because you don't have these instruments guiding you. so CIG toned it down for the players calling everyone more or less not smart... so they give you an easy icon to read. but the problem with this is your mind has to rework and reprogram to understand it. but see naturally your mind and eyes can already see the heading and path. and its harder to see this when focusing on a tiny icon and u end up losing sight of your own surroundings. while this is off your mind will naturally understand where u are heading and as such your hand to eye coordination will improve and not only will it do this. you'll naturally fly better. you'll have a more understanding of how much speed is need to stop or turn. your mind will adjust back to where it should be. and on top of this u get to focus on more instruments like ALT speed. you'll be able to understand this more if you have a flight stick or two. it just allows you to use more of your brain that you naturally do when driving a car. your eyes on the road and its surroundings while your body will naturally press the gas or steer. if u replaced your eyesight to just a tiny icon your mind is now more focused on that and not everything else. thus making you more or less like a child learning the ropes when u already learned it a long time ago, naturally...
Thanks for your valuable comment on that, bro. Btw he did write it correct on screen even though he is dislexic, so maybe don't jump to conclusions so easily next time😉
@@pbond21 Oh, my bad! Sorry I was a such grouch, I'll leave my comment up so others can see your response. Berks speaks so well, like a professional voice actor.
@@JohnCinOz1Isn't it 'such a grouch' not 'a such grouch'? just saying... I don't get what your problem is but if it makes you happy to make a comment on a slightly mispronounced word by adding constructed assumptions, then your life must be pretty dull. Anyway I'm not wasting any more time on this trolling nonsense, bye.
If you are trying to QT jump to a planet or legrange station and the markers are bunched on top of each other - so QT drive will spool -then switch to another marker then spool but you cant get them to fully spool to initiate a jump..
- Hold F and scroll the mouse wheel.. that will zoom in - and you can adjust the ships nose to pick 1 of those markers out of that bunch.. Keep holding F and once its spooled just hold B to Jump.
Or just set a route if your having that much trouble lol
@@skoomd4447 Written out - the steps seem long and involved. but its really just F/ Scroll/B .. even faster than going to menu, zooming and selecting a dest, if u need just a fast jump.. or an escape, for example
@@hawkzulu5671 hmm, ill have to try it out
Thanks, I was running into this issue so often
Hit right shift to lock your ship in on one of those markers, this can also help
Some ships have a bug where if you BedLog, when you log back in you are partially glitched into the ship. (Freelancer, 300 series and some other ships). If this happens, dont try to walk - just use mouse to rotate back to face the bed - hold F to interact and then sit or lie down again. This will reconnect you to the physics grid and your back in business.
A good habit when traveling to stations orbiting other planets/moons is to drop out of Quantum Travel 15k-20k before you arrive at the planet so you can easily target all of that planet's Orbital Markers and not have them obscured. Travel to OM1 for that planet's north pole, or OM2 for the south pole to more easily reach planetary or orbital destinations.
You can do that as soon as you get the message "You entered jurisdiction of ..." and if you have set a route to said station or moon etc. simply press F2 and click "Set Route" again and it will now remove all unnecessary waypoints
When in the pilot seat, hold F and press both mouse buttons to enter inner thought and you can set options for doors opening, call ATC, Flight ready etc. Saves fiddling with the keyboard.
I'm always struggling to find and click the right buttons lmao thank you so much for sharing!!
Welcome.
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@@LiterallyAna Request Dock/Undock is now a key bind. Enjoy.
You don't have to land to access station inventory. Once you're within the armistice zone you can come out of your seat and pull up the inventory. This applies to single seat fighters as well. Just get ou of the cocpit , just don't remove your helmet. However, for the major stations you can actually access your inventory from 15kms out , which is outside of the armistice zone at 12km. So stopping your ship between 12-15km away will allow you to interact with your local inventory and use weapons, rearrange weapon racks and all the other stuff u can't do in armistice. When I'm transporting a lot of gear etc I usually stop within this area and Move All to station inventory in case I blow up during landing etc.
You can bind a key/button for Reverse camera. Helpful if u want to position ship for ramp loading -- or driving a vehicle up the ramp and onto a ship backwards. Keybinds -> Vehicles - Seats and Operator Modes -> Look Behind
Yeah this makes flying the Syulen much easier.
If you land at a space station and the hangar wont let you repair/refuel.. all stations have external 'self land' pads that dont require ATC clearance to land on. Big grey pads with a white RR logo (Rest&Relax) in the middle. Exit hangar and find these pads and you have another shot at a refuel/rearm..and since there are usually 4 of them - if one doesnt work, take off and slide sideways to land on the next one and try again. These pads also have a elevator leading into station.. so if your at a space station and notice the elevator buttons (Pad 1-4) ..these are those pads.
Those pads also make the best way to call more than 1 ship into game at a time. I can go to ASOP terminal and retrieve my Corsair, exit hangar and fly out to pad 2. Take elevator down to lobby and go to ASOP again and retrieve my Fury and exit hangar, fly to the pad and load the fury into my corsair.
Before Vulture became buyable in-game, i would retrieve 1, fly it out to the pad - then claim it and call another to the hangar. My friend and i would go on a 2 man salvage hunt. Since 'His' ship is on the pad, no need to worry about trying to get the hangar doors open - when you lend a friend or party member a ship.
Idea for a video: An explanation of all the settings in the game. Along with in-game footage showing what the settings actually change. And chapters for each on the seek bar for easy reference. I realize it would be a massive undertaking to create a video like that, but i can't be the only person who doesn't know what half of the settings even mean, and assuming that's true, whoever makes a video like that would be a hero in the Star Citizen community.
Yes! It’s a nightmare to take a break on this game and figure out the million different controls
I upvote this request. 😊
yeah, even though the settings are still in the flow of changes and also this will prob. a 2 hour long video :D
you have my upvote. as a new player watching many tips and tricks guides, every once in a while I will see a suggestion to change a setting or assign a hotkey to make things a little easier. going over EVERY setting would be a massive undertaking, but I'd appreciate something like a "top 20 settings and keybinds for beginners"
Huge plus one! Been playing for a week and still don't know how to do 90% of the stuff because I don't understand or don't know where to find that setting
If you retrieve a medium/large ship to hangar and power it on, sometimes it can take a long time for the shields to charge up from zero - to max. hold or spam F7 to send full power to shields and they will charge Much faster.
F5 = Power to weapons
F6 = Power to engines (the pool for using thruster Boost)
F7 = Power to Shields
F8 = Reset balance (33% to each).. If you do send full power to one..say full power to thrusters, so you can climb and exit atmosphere faster -remember to F8 after.
If you land at a bunker or even a mining outpost. send full power to shields before you exit ship. That way if the ship comes under attack, while your away - that extra power you gave it may allow it to survive long enough to make it back to pilot seat, turn engines on and get out of dodge.
That 2nd one is a must in my eyes. The thing that I want them to fix though is the wind on some planets/moons blowing away your ship when the engines are off.
Everyone should rebind the power triangle “tap set to max” to easily accessible keys or buttons. If you’re doing combat without managing your power, you are fighting with less than 50% of your ship’s combat capabilities.
Pro tip: get yo'self a dashboard turtle for good luck. Can be found at the vendor outside dumper's depot on A18 or in the "hidden break-room" of any cargo center.
Where is this hidden break room you are ßtalking about friend?
@masternoiza2897 cargo center. Take a right & follow the wall to a gap in the shipping boxes, look around back there & you'll find it.
Whenever you get error at selling cargo/ore at refynerys or even prison just try to split the inventory and move the pieces couple of times . Always works with all cargo/inventory related errors
Great tips, thanks.
If you need to check you helmet is on in 1st person, press T for torch. If the light come on, it’s safe to go into space!
You can also hold down the "0" on the NumPad to get a selfie view really fast.
Another tip is still needed: how to not forget to check the helmet) Because usually it's too late to realize.
Every time I go in an elevator or airlock, I press 'T' to test!@@amegatron07
Some people are getting crime stats tractor beaming 'abandoned' ships. V for scan mode and hold left mouse to deep scan a ship. If the ship has been abandoned long enough or the player claims that ship - the owners name reverts to 'Game Rules'. Any ship owned by Game Rules is truly abandoned and fair game .. you can tow it, blow it up..anything you want - and wont get a crime stat.
With a tool or gun in your hand, press buttons 1 to 6 on your keypad (if you have a full keyboard) to give combat style hand signals.
Inventory:
Hold down shift and click on any item when you have two inventories open (Personal, Local, Ship, etc) and the item will instantly transfer to the other one if there is room (Generally your backpack for personal inventory). No need to click/drag.
Move All applies to the current filter, too. Clear the filter to move absolutely everything, of select a specific thing to move all of just that.
Some guns have more than 1 firing mode. Press B to switch to the alternate fire modes of pistols/rifles..etc. Single shot/ burst / full auto
If you ever get stuck on a ladder and cant go up or down, press enter and type an emote like /sit or /salute and press enter again. that will unstick you.
Here's a really helpful pro tip: when you QT to a landing zone(A18, NB, etc), the quantum drive will drop you out either directly above, next to or pointed in the direction of the starport. When you first drop out, hit F4 and take a look around. If you don't see the starport, simply fly in the direction you are facing and you will find it. This works everywhere all the time. I figured this a while ago and pass it along to all who get lost looking for starports - especially A18 and Orison. Good vid and some good info for new players.
@hectorheathcote9495, it doesn't work that way for me. I regularly drop out of quantum over Orison facing the hab/hospital platform (Cloudview Center). Over Area 18, I am pointed down, toward the center of the city. From there, almost directly to the west (270 degrees) is what I call "the spire" (tall, pointy building). Go just to the left of the spire and you should be pointing toward the spaceport.
@@odonovan , When going to A18... drop out of QT 20-50K km out, then go to OM3. If it's not in view, go to OM1 - then to OM3. Now go to A18, this route puts you directly over Riker Memorial - all you have to do is fly straight down until you see the ATC notification.
It just isn't true (unless we consider "next to" relevant, because you're anyway somewhere "next to" a starport because you're also "next to" a city). The ship jumps to a marker and stops some distance away from it in the direction it came from. The marker is not at the starport, and the direction you came from can be any.
If you are hauling anything illegal and want to reduce risk of being scanned or intercepted when arriving at a planet out of QT.. drop out of QT a litte early early so that your cooldown will be massively reduced when you do the final jump. If you are in s bigger ship the QT cooldown can be significant.
Not sure if it's a pro tip, but as soon as you ask for landing and get permission, your spawnpoint will be set at the hotel there. Which means you can ask landing and just relog to quickly teleport yourself to the cities habitation. Saves the time to find hangar, landing and eventual train use. Just be aware that your ship will usually have to be claimed and any cargo be lost.
Bro so helpful. Quick. To the point. More of these please!
If you’re flying and all of a sudden can’t move your mouse to move the ship. Press right shift, this does a rotation lock.
As a veteran, You showed tips and tidbits I never knew and I've played this game for more than 7 years. Great tips!
My pro tip is binding Power On, Engine On, Shields On and Weapons On to “R” so no matter what state your ship is in, you can always just hit R and get going.
Pretty sure that's default: "Flight Ready"
@@seg2k22 It is when you first spawn a ship. But if you land and turn engines off, pressing R doesn’t turn them on again for you.
I like this one!
@@skyjangai Just press I for engines. When you land you should keep power and shield always on. Plus its useful for turning shields and weapons off to lower EM
When you want to go to a planet's moon but need to jump to the planet first, drop out of quantum as you enter the jurisdiction (currently it shows as an empty message on your personal HUD). From there, you can jump to the planet's moons, completely circumventing any OM points. Does require you to re-set your route. Or cancel it, as the planet and moons will be nicely grouped up in front of you anyway.
In a Cutlass it is possible to glitch from the ramp into the cargobay. This happens if you run up the ramp on laggy servers.
If you have physical boxes (from trading for example) in it, you will get yeeted in some kind of "noclip" mode into them and get trapped inside.
Always have a multitool with tractorbeam on you for this. You can target the box thats trapping you and move it out of the way to free yourself.
With a healing gun or a multitool with healing attachment, you can press B to heal yourself.
Mine would be to turn off the "Flight - Proximity Assist defaults on" in the game settings. If you notice your ship get a bit twitchy and not quite fully doing what you want in hangers. And sometimes just slamming you into a wall for no reason. Yeah that is it assisting you. It can sometimes freak out in hangers with some ships and it tries to avoid all the walls eventually finding one of them in the process that generally sees the wall winning the fight.
Also ignore the fact you can open and close your ship from the pilot seat. Always make sure that if the ramp is open your eyes are on it and no one running aboard. Run up the ramp, turn around, hit the button and make sure it closed without guests. Super easy now to sneak on ships with the "so and so has joined the ship channel" warning no longer being a thing. Well was always easy to board with as much of a hurry everyone is in running around not paying attention, but now the game wont tell you about stowaways.
theres literally ship trespass, and the pilot is alerted of the boarding party's presence.
@@VortexStolenName There is trespass. But no longer an alert and they do not show up on ship coms anymore. Easier to sneak aboard. But the ship owner can deal with the trespasser without getting a CS now.
If you get blinded by the sun, but you need to fly in that direction, you can roll your ship so that the ships dashboard acts as a sunshade.
I haven't played SC in almost a year. Good to get a refresher.
If you are walking and are unable to change direction, take a drink from your inventory and drink it. It will reset you and allow for normal movement.
I am not sure if thats the case anymore but not hitting with lasercannons does not come just from the slower velocity. They also have artificial bullet drop. I noticed that extensively when I tried to snipe Hammerheads on max distance with a 600i. You can actually see the "projectiles" dipping below the aim square in a curve when you zoom in. To see this effect you might need head tracking to lean in then zoom in with key and then use the interact key to zoom in even further.
Another way to gauge this is to aim at a stationary target on a moon, like a turret and shoot it at max distance from low above the ground. You will always come up short. So always aim a little above the aimbox with cannons, regardless.
Hitting with lasercannons also becomes easier when you have multiple cannons and you switch the firemode to staggered. This allows for easier tracing and averaging your dps a little better especially with bigger cannons. Instead of missing an entire volley you only miss a few until you get dialed in. It cuts down on the window of opportunity, lets say if you have 3 laser or ballistic cannons with a 1.5 delay and a window of shooting only 2.5 seconds rather than only getting off 1 volley and miss completely you can trace a bit and actually hit with a few during that time.
Another tip useful for outpost exploration and "wreck management" is that thrusters can blow debris around. Or NPC bodies and their guns. Retro thrusters come in handy that way when you approach a pile of stuff and then stop and/or brake right before it. That can also help flip things like ships or ground vehicles without having to physically touch it with your ship.
Another fun trick is to use debris like fallen wings to scale buildings or even ships and use them as ramps. Getting to top hatches of ships or even some side ones. That is useful when your ship is just a bit up in the air so you can't get into a ramp or door. So if you are near an outpost don't panic, thats also why you should always carry a handheld tractor beam.
I just don't understand why night vision is not implemented yet
One tip for cutting down time to consume food and drink. Buy smoothies! They replenish both cores. Where? Go find.
Right. Also Kel-To store in the stratus mall on Orison sells the biggest selection of food/drink in the game and you can buy in bulk. Buy some food in bulk like sandwiches to bring back to your home location. Sandwiches have no negative affects, unlike Hotdogs, for example - that Dehydrate you. Stay away from foods that dehydrate or are hypermetabolic and your hunger/thirst bar will be more manageable - and ^ smoothies / Cruz so you can replenish food/drink at the same time.
I know all of them, but that Video can be helpful for new players. Thanks for showing!
You will always see your landing pad markers, if you are really close to ATC. Within a 1000m it even works at New Babbage. Use your comms to see how far away you are.
Some real good tips I did not know here and I have played a decent amount over the past years, nice.
Idk if it’s a pro tip but I like to keep a stock of weapons/armor/ammo/attachments where I usually homemade (which is a refinery most of the time). This way when your doing bunkers or fps in general and you have a whoopsies you can just grab everything from the get go. Something like 100 tacits for the stealth bunker kills for example
Holding alt and pressing the default camera view change key will bring up the improved 3rd person view.
These are all thing I've already learned, from you haha. I also think these are all things every player should at least know! Thumbs up!
Hold [shift] then left click to move items between inventories without having to drag 'n' drop
In inventory screen - you can highlight individual objects on your rig/weapon but you have to mouse over sonething in your inventory list first
bind ur request landing/docking to f3 nothing bound by deafult and saves so much time rather than alt N by the time the game releases u prob save like 1 month of time swapping ur binds to it
I like how he explains what ship verbosity is
Thank you for the tips fella it's appreciated 👍🏻
Just to add to the “hold left click to drink” part: looking up while drinking makes you drink faster.
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If you do PVE missions in a big ship solo (retaliator, connie, etc) you can remove turret guns off of your ship so that they do not get damaged when attacked and thus save you precious aUEC on repairs.
Another way to get info display is
Tilde
Underscore
Shift and then tab will pop up Displayinfo
1,2 or 3 like usual
These are actual pro tips!
Huge trick for you fo mr information display, juste wrote r_ and hit TAB and wrote again a number between 1 and 3 depens what info you need
lol I didn't know about the time to destination on the star map ... I've been playing for like 6 years.
Same here, but 2 years
I REALLY want them to make the ping scan result toggle-able. It would add instant 'night vision' using a capability that is already in game and make the results of pinging actually useful for more than half a second.
I wish they finally just added night vision to the game) It's really not hard.
This really helps.
I think a tip a lot of you guys miss is "Patience" - This game is in alpha, you will experience weird and game breaking bugs that can be extremely frustrating. Sometimes ones that will mess up your entire game session or cause you to lose all your cargo/current inventory. All you can do is pick yourself up again and keep playing to experience this one of a kind game.
you didn't explain what ship verbrosity does. i am still clueless.
just set it to highest and fly and you will pretty much instantly know what it does... proximity warning... :D
0:21 thanks for this list. I‘m curious, how did you tell you have 7k hours in game?
He is an SC twitch streamer, so take a guess how he roughly knows the numbers 😉
@simonm7590 no not yet. Other games usually also don't do that by themselves but via their launcher (steam etc) but SC does not have this feature yet. He streams a lot so the logged time from twitch is probably pretty accurate or at least a good guess
I found out about breathing on moons by accident.
the tilt key if you press "R_" then TAB it give a list mine puts display already there so just press a number 1 , 2 or 3. 3 give more info 1 the least . 0 to clear screen as in "`R_ tab 0 "
drinking / eating from your invent if you can not put it into your hand. right click on the item and click carry. if that dont work click drop then you can " F " it and pick drink from the floor LOL had to ddo this a lot of late
@Tainted-Soul, it's the TILDE key ~ , not the "tilt" key.
@@odonovan sorry that I may not have got the spelling 100% correct but that sign on a UK keyboard is with the # left of the enter key under the ] . But thank you so much for putting it right it means so much
Get “Voice Attack” if only to sell items in bulk while you make a sandwich and/or visit the pledge store
I have controlls to remap - thank you.
These are most prominent tips that every new citizen learns in few hours but most beneficial would be ALT+F4 will shut down your game just like any other regular Windows program so just remember not to get caught on that.
This.
My personal pro tips would be keybinds. Some are just not even bounds by default in the game.
- "Drop Item" to drop whatever you're holding in your hands
- The one that opens and close all your ship's access doors. I always hit it WHILE landing to save some time.
- Another one I absolutely love is the pilot camera switch between Vjoy mode (default one) and relative mode (regular FPS camera movement) which basically allows you to pilot your ship in third person cause otherwise you're always wondering where your Vjoy reset rotation point is (that thing is only visible in first person). Using this key makes any current rotation stop when you press it, and you can just press it again if you wanna keep piloting in Vjoy mode. You could also just always pilot in relative mode.
- The hold R to holster weapon/tool in hand is a good one aswell.
- Hold Y to exit pilot seat.
- Alt+N to call in and out of hangars instead of using communication tab.
Man I should make a video.
I hate the sound bug when cutting QT with U though.... any pro tip to avoid _this_ ?
sorry, AFAIK you need to initiate another jump to stop this, but maybe someone has a better tip
..like jumping to the marker you jumped to and aborted right before? :D @@pbond21
@@surject hard to say. I do those spline jumps often but can't say for sure what triggers the sound bug. It feels like you might have to jump at least 50% of the projected distance to avoid that but that's not actual science. Anyway if you get the bug just do another jump either to the same marker and press U again immediately or just jump to any OM and start all over. That should fix it
Any tips for FPS? I have a mid-range CPU and am planning on getting a new one soon but really want to be able to run the game smoothly.
What is your RAM clock speed and size?
I have 24 GB of ram but idk about the others@@kalaninalak
Pro Tip: Finley the Stormwal is the best copilot.
Just back into the Hurc ladder after the little door is open, you'll skip the climb.
Works well with the Mole, Vulture, Valkyrie too.
What does ship verbosity mean? And how do know if the moon has breathable atmosphere?
I think thats how much your ships computer will 'talk'
@@hawkzulu5671 like: Aegis Combat systems ready!
Right xd@@30K_ACTUAL
like hawk said, it will give much more warnings like "proximity warning" etc. if set to high.
Breathable atmo can be shown by pressing F1 and then check the O² values
You forgot to mention griefers who try and call people out to do a 1v1 and end up with being a ambush with their distortions....I'm talking about OneNutSupreme and Twidgy..
great pro tips!!
Can someone please tell me which bounty faction is the best to do missions with to get more money?
Just focus on any planet’s security faction. Crusader security, Hurston Security, etc. you’ll go from vlrts (very low risk targets) all the way to erts (extreme risk targets). You unlock these by progressing bounty hunter’s guild rep which is earned from any planet’s security faction. Try to focus on one planet though, I’d recommend Crusader. Once you get to vhrts they’ll have a chance to spawn with really valuable cargo, that’s the best way to make money currently imo. 07
Pro tip have fun!
You forgot about the inventory left shift click.
About dropping off from Quantum Drive. For some reason i cant do it while traveling around planet
When slipping around a planet in qt you need to cut power using "U" key
Just remember it cuts shields too so depending on ship might take a while for the shields to be fully back up.
What is ship computer verbosity doing ?
Ships computer talking.
Game looks great, but it better since it's been in alpha for almost 10 years. Don't get me wrong I want to play this game but I want a full game release for sale before I turn 60
Pro tip... don't bother with delivery missions because they are broken
Put a bottle in your hand and then hold F Left + right click. You down the bottle in one go.
Epik tip
Love it
I need noodles
Why does it take ten million years to configure my controls? And then when I finally get it set up… Russian Roulette that my joysticks stay in the same order.
When you have it set to your liking, save the profile. That way you can reload it when an update resets everything.
Use an USB Hub for your sticks (I have one on my monitor) but make sure it is one that doesnt randomize their ports. Windows HID device management is the problem here. Some USB ports simply get a new ID on reboot and since SC supports all kinds of devices and not just a set few, it allows all of them from anywhere.
Anyway you can quickly change the device bindings via console
This is a copy from the corresponding CIG support page:
Star Citizen includes the following console commands for keybindings
- How to import keybindings:
pp_RebindKeys
- Swap keybindings between Joystick 1 and 2. This command is useful when Windows sets your secondary joystick to your primary and you want to easily reuse your keybindings:
pp_resortdevices joystick 1 2
- Change device 4 to 1 and 5 to 2?
pp_resortdevices joystick 4 1
pp_resortdevices joystick 5 2
- Export bindings to a file named layout_mybindings_exported.xml:
pp_rebindkeys export all mybindings
- List the detected devices in order:
i_DumpDeviceInformation
you should mark or remember (photo) the usb port your joystick or hotas is connected to. They should always be connected to in the same port. if you swap ports the mapping won't work.
One more thing: Rebind Suicide ;)
Tip #1- wait two more years to play this game.”
Lol, I get it but it's too fun (although at times frustrating) now and I'm not waiting.
Complete BS dont listen to anything in this video. you all need to learn the hard way like i did i forgot about you tube to help me throe this learning curve trial and Error dame good video i wish ide seen this a few months ago would save me lots of time and money. i did not know abot the FPS using ` key and never notice the number or second's in qt thank you
1:50 and yet i turn it off because my eyes can clearly see the direction i am heading into. so its pro tip to turn off. this is more for beginners to understand. turning it off allows you to see your heading by just looking at your surroundings. u can still pull off the same moves but much more harder to pill off because you're depending on the ship movements rather a marker. thus having it off is a pro tip.
i think you are confusing "pro tip" with "hard mode" here :P
@@pbond21 its easier just so you know. see when flying a plane in any other game or real world. you're mind is reading the instruments on the dash. but u do not get a vector indicator you're eyes and mind are already programed to look at these instruments and your eyes to view the outside is your indicator of your movement. if you switch this to a single icon on screen your mind has to retrain everything you just learned a whole other way because you don't have these instruments guiding you. so CIG toned it down for the players calling everyone more or less not smart... so they give you an easy icon to read. but the problem with this is your mind has to rework and reprogram to understand it. but see naturally your mind and eyes can already see the heading and path. and its harder to see this when focusing on a tiny icon and u end up losing sight of your own surroundings. while this is off your mind will naturally understand where u are heading and as such your hand to eye coordination will improve and not only will it do this. you'll naturally fly better. you'll have a more understanding of how much speed is need to stop or turn. your mind will adjust back to where it should be. and on top of this u get to focus on more instruments like ALT speed. you'll be able to understand this more if you have a flight stick or two. it just allows you to use more of your brain that you naturally do when driving a car. your eyes on the road and its surroundings while your body will naturally press the gas or steer. if u replaced your eyesight to just a tiny icon your mind is now more focused on that and not everything else. thus making you more or less like a child learning the ropes when u already learned it a long time ago, naturally...
Cut a qt wtf are you saying
Manually stopping the QT jump before you reach the target destination is “cutting the qt”.
The word is ‘verbosity, not ‘verbrosity’. As in ‘verbose’. Too much gaming, not enough basic spelling/pronunciation. Otherwise, a useful summary.
Thanks for your valuable comment on that, bro. Btw he did write it correct on screen even though he is dislexic, so maybe don't jump to conclusions so easily next time😉
@@pbond21 Oh, my bad! Sorry I was a such grouch, I'll leave my comment up so others can see your response. Berks speaks so well, like a professional voice actor.
@@JohnCinOz1Isn't it 'such a grouch' not 'a such grouch'? just saying... I don't get what your problem is but if it makes you happy to make a comment on a slightly mispronounced word by adding constructed assumptions, then your life must be pretty dull. Anyway I'm not wasting any more time on this trolling nonsense, bye.
@@pbond21 Thanks, appreciate your heartfelt feedback. I'll endeavor to do better.
this doesnt help at all, you explain barely anything
Deja vu.
This video was posted yesterday, but Berks privated it or took it down.