Nice tips videos, surprising views are so low while the tips are so good. So i'll share a tip of my own so you can share with others: let's say you moving fast in travel mode and for example you take a gate and need to change orientation in order to take the next gate. Well normally most ships would have to get out of travel mode to turn (most notable on L and XL). In order to execute the turn at high speed simply turn off "flight assist" (ctrl + spacbar by default) then turn the ship in the desired direction. Once you are perfectly aligned with you desired direction activate autopilot (shift+A) this will reactivate travel engine while also stopping any lateral movement and the travel mode doesn't need to charge if you do it fast enough. No need to do it super fast or anything but better line it up pretty good or autopilot will try to adjust and fail miserably. For example I can be traveling at 4.5k/s, do a 90° turn down to 3.5k/s and right back up avoiding the 15s charge time for some reason. Very useful when traveling through hostile sectors without stopping. Works great with L, I haven't tested XL though but probably works just harder to turn and if too much speed is lost, travel drive will have to recharge.
Yes, disabling flight assist is VERY useful as you've described! Especially in L ships. When I'm cruising around in a destroyer, I use it enough to warrant changing the input to a single key on the keyboard. Thanks for sharing this!
Didn't know that option was available! How handy!
So. Many. Options!
Thanks, didn't know that existed
I hope it helps.
Nice tips videos, surprising views are so low while the tips are so good. So i'll share a tip of my own so you can share with others: let's say you moving fast in travel mode and for example you take a gate and need to change orientation in order to take the next gate. Well normally most ships would have to get out of travel mode to turn (most notable on L and XL). In order to execute the turn at high speed simply turn off "flight assist" (ctrl + spacbar by default) then turn the ship in the desired direction. Once you are perfectly aligned with you desired direction activate autopilot (shift+A) this will reactivate travel engine while also stopping any lateral movement and the travel mode doesn't need to charge if you do it fast enough. No need to do it super fast or anything but better line it up pretty good or autopilot will try to adjust and fail miserably. For example I can be traveling at 4.5k/s, do a 90° turn down to 3.5k/s and right back up avoiding the 15s charge time for some reason. Very useful when traveling through hostile sectors without stopping. Works great with L, I haven't tested XL though but probably works just harder to turn and if too much speed is lost, travel drive will have to recharge.
Yes, disabling flight assist is VERY useful as you've described! Especially in L ships. When I'm cruising around in a destroyer, I use it enough to warrant changing the input to a single key on the keyboard.
Thanks for sharing this!