Elite Dangerous VR: There and back again - A bumbler's tale [Jaques Station CG]
88My Elite: Dangerous VR exploration journey to Jaques Station and back to the bubble in an Imperial Cutter.
Jaques Station is a space station that accidentally jumped 22,000 light years out into deep space. I brought my Imperial Cutter with over 600 tons of Tantalum ore to the station as part of the community goal to repair Jaques Station. I also participated in the community goal to mine ore for Jaques Station to help establish a planetary base in the area. This marks the beginning of a "new bubble," a civilized area out in deep space.
I have been playing Elite: Dangerous for a few months now but never tried out exploration until now, so this was my first journey out into the black. The Imperial Cutter is not an ideal exploration vessel, but it can hold the most cargo of any ship in the game, so I brought it out into the black to deliver lots of cargo for the community goal. I ended up falling asleep and crashing into a star and taking so much heat damage that my cargo hatch got destroyed and I jettisoned 42 tons of cargo out into space.
I was introduced to Elite: Dangerous through virtual reality and spend all my time in the game in VR with the HTC Vive VR HMD. It's my favorite VR game at the moment. I'm using the Saitek x52 HOTAS flight stick setup.
If you want to improve your graphics in E:D on the Vive, check out this tutorial:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4zw_EjC6Iis
For a tutorial on how to mount HOTAS onto an office chair easy and cheap, check out this video:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=G5xeDbYrp74
For information on using the VR overlay to watch videos in VR while playing Elite: Dangerous (only on HTC Vive):
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jjnyjf7RuMU
Official game description of Elite: Dangerous on Steam:
"Elite Dangerous is the definitive massively multiplayer space epic, bringing gaming’s original open world adventure to the modern generation with a connected galaxy, evolving narrative and the entirety of the Milky Way re-created at its full galactic proportions.
Starting with only a small starship and a few credits, players do whatever it takes to earn the skill, knowledge, wealth and power to survive in a futuristic cutthroat galaxy and to stand among the ranks of the iconic Elite. In an age of galactic superpowers and interstellar war, every player’s story influences the unique connected gaming experience and handcrafted evolving narrative. Governments fall, battles are lost and won, and humanity’s frontier is reshaped, all by players’ actions.
400 Billion Star Systems. Infinite Freedom. Blaze Your Own Trail.
A Galaxy Of Wonders
The 400 billion star systems of the Milky Way are the stage for Elite Dangerous' open-ended gameplay. The real stars, planets, moons, asteroid fields and black holes of our own galaxy are built to their true epic proportions in the largest designed playspace in videogame history.
A Unique Connected Game Experience
Governments fall, battles are lost and won, and humanity’s frontier is reshaped, all by players’ actions. In an age of galactic superpowers and interstellar war, every player’s personal story influences the connected galaxy and handcrafted evolving narrative.
Blaze Your Own Trail
Upgrade your ship and customize every component as you hunt, explore, fight, mine, smuggle, trade and survive in the cutthroat galaxy of the year 3301. Do whatever it takes to earn the skill, knowledge, wealth and power to stand among the ranks of the Elite.
Massively Multiplayer
Experience unpredictable encounters with players from around the world in Elite Dangerous’ vast massively multiplayer space. Experience the connected galaxy alone in Solo mode or with players across the world in Open Play, where every pilot you face could become a trusted ally or your deadliest enemy. You will need to register a free Elite Dangerous account with Frontier to play the game.
A Living Game
Elite Dangerous grows and expands with new features and content. Major updates react to the way players want to play and create new gameplay opportunities for the hundreds of thousands of players cooperating, competing and exploring together in the connected galaxy."
If you like watching VR gameplay footage, check out my channel. I put out virtual reality gameplay videos for both the HTC Vive and the Oculus Rift CV1 VR HMDs.
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Computer Specs:
OS: Windows 10 64bit
Video Card: GeForce GTX 1080
Memory: 32 gigs
Processor: 4.0 GHz Intel Core i7-5820K
Motherboard: MSI X99S GAMING 9 ACK EATX LGA2011-3
VR Hard Drive: Samsung 840 EVO 1TB 2.5" SSD
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