Ecliptic Projector, TURN ON!

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Moleculor
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Ecliptic Projector, TURN ON!

Post by Moleculor » Mon, 9. Feb 04, 07:02

*kicks the stupid computer* Hello! Computer! I want my new 1k credit toy to turn on! Gimme the stupid lines on my hud! I want my ecliptic plane, darnitall!

How do I get this thing to turn on? It's installed.
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Post by Snokid » Mon, 9. Feb 04, 07:05

press "u" or "y"

or look on your keyboard layout
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Post by Moleculor » Mon, 9. Feb 04, 07:11

Keyboard layout? This is the second or third time I've heard one of those mentioned... You mean the list of hotkeys on page 10 in the manual, right? It's pretty bleeping hard to find anything on there (and it doesn't list U OR Y... or wait, it lists U being 'computer control' which just means 'autopilot' in complex terminology... No Y listed at all.)

Please tell me my box wasn't missing something vital...
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Post by Apoch » Mon, 9. Feb 04, 07:13

The correct key is G.
M. "Apoch" Lewis
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Post by Moleculor » Mon, 9. Feb 04, 07:16

Ah, yeah, and that's not even listed as Ecliptic Projector in the manual either! Sheesh, it's like they had a team of monkeys working on the manual or something... *growls* Now I see why the controls were listed as this game's weak point. Oh well. Still kinda fun.
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Post by Apoch » Mon, 9. Feb 04, 07:17

Pressing H in-game is generally a lot more reliable than looking at the manual.
M. "Apoch" Lewis
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Post by Snokid » Mon, 9. Feb 04, 07:17

sorry i wrote it

its hard when your hands are spherical tubes with no appendages :D
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Post by Moleculor » Mon, 9. Feb 04, 07:23

I checked out the in-game help file before coming here, but finding stuff in that is harder than the manual. The columns need to be reversed, with the left side being what the keys do, and list that alphabetically (as long as everything matches to in game terms, like 'grid' being changed to 'ecliptic projector' and such).
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