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locking thrusters in at max?

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Post Thu May 05, 2005 10:08 pm

locking thrusters in at max?

ok so I just got this game and it's really fun, but I hate having to hold down thrusters when I'm in combat or free flying... I know about the cruise, but it seemed that there was some way to lock my thrusters in to travel at max (79 atm) and I wouldnt have to hold down the key it would just stay at max unless i held down lower thrusters or reverse thrusters, once I let that key go it would go back up to max... now it always drops instead, how do I get it back to how it was before?

Post Fri May 06, 2005 5:57 am

Due to a small bug in game, you can press & hold the thrust key, then move your mouse over your contact/weapon list and then releare your thrust. This sometimes causes your thruster to continue going until you run out of power or press the key again.

Post Sat May 07, 2005 3:50 am

Although with anything less than a heavy thruster, locking them in isn't such a good idea. Anyone else noticed that you can make course corrections when you're just drifting at cruise speed using the thrusters?

Post Sat May 07, 2005 3:57 am

Try engine kill... and use thrust with that - you will learn its technique quick enough - and you will also not then find (at the critical point) that you are actually out of thruster ability!

You can also hold your thruster, hit enter twice (opens and closes dialog box in MP) and release thruster. It kinda 'locks' it for you... but only until you do something else..

Post Sat May 07, 2005 12:41 pm

really cool glitch, use engine kill and if you wait you will hit tradlane speed

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