I'm not Dark, but exploring can get you quite a bit of cargo which is worth a lot of money. So, while you have to beware of pirates while you're carrying such cargo, it's worth it, IMO.
Shannon On Jan 30, 2014, at 11:18 AM, "Darren Harris" <[email protected]> wrote: > Hi dark, > > You've obviously done exploring, what's the benefit to it? apart from > finding the odd bit of cargo to sell? > > -----Original Message----- > From: Gamers [mailto:[email protected]] On Behalf Of dark > Sent: 30 January 2014 11:30 > To: Gamers Discussion list > Subject: Re: [Audyssey] star traders rpg now accessible on Ios > > Hi Shane. > > Looting ships works very much the same way that exploring, harvesting, or > indeed trading do. > > When you hit the loot cargo button you will be presented with a list of > cargo types. flicking through them you'll find something like Water-fuel 10 > 0, Lux food 5 0, crystals 0 6 etc. > > Each of the names of the goods such as water-fuel or crystals is a button to > click on, and the two numbers after refer to what is in your ship's hold and > what is available to take. Just so long as you remember the first number > after each button as you flick through is the quantity in your hold and the > second is the amount you can take you should be fine. > > To actually do the looting, it's very similar to buying stuff. You hit the > button and then have a screen with the numbers in hold and available, and a > slider, this is where what I was saying earlier about the sliders comes into > play. set the slider to %100, you grab everything, set it to %0, you drop > everything. So if you have 6 lux food in your ship and there is 4 > available to take the slider will start at %60 since you currently have %60 > of the available amount. bang it up to %100 to grab the other four. > > the only other thing to note is that sometimes, when you have four or less > of a given good available, simply flicking up and down the slider won't do > it. In these situations you need to double tap on the slider and then slide > your finger across the screen. Go all the way right to set to %100, or all > the way left to set to %0. > > Actually I've taken to using the double tap and slide method myself > regularly, since it is a far quicker way to instantly set a slider to one > end or the other and most of the time I want to take everything or sell > everything. > > Btw, the fastest way of looting is to simply have more space in your ship's > cargo hold than the max available lootable cargo, then you can just hit the > "take max" button to grab the lot, though this only shows up when looting > ships and not when exploring or harvesting unfortunately. > > Hth. > > Beware the Grue! > > Dark. > ----- Original Message ----- > From: "Shane Davidson" <[email protected]> > To: "'Gamers Discussion list'" <[email protected]> > Sent: Thursday, January 30, 2014 10:29 AM > Subject: Re: [Audyssey] star traders rpg now accessible on Ios > > >> I'm having issues looting ships. Maybe we need a guide from a VI's >> perspective. >> Shane >> >> -----Original Message----- >> From: Gamers [mailto:[email protected]] On Behalf Of dark >> Sent: Thursday, January 30, 2014 5:08 AM >> To: Gamers Discussion list >> Subject: Re: [Audyssey] star traders rpg now accessible on Ios >> >> Well basically the way the unlocks work is by earning awards at >> difficulties >> of hard or greater, see >> http://www.tresebrothers.com/star-traders-player-guide/ for the full list. >> I must confess since I was having so much trouble with the game I did buy >> the unlock, which is bad and will try to earn more awardsbut while it's >> helped with several things such as a better starting ship, it's not >> solved >> the problem I'm having with faction ranks. >> >> Maybe I should down grade from normal to easy :d. >> >> Beware the grue! >> >> Dark. >> ----- Original Message ----- >> From: "Darren Harris" <[email protected]> >> To: "Gamers Discussion list" <[email protected]> >> Sent: Thursday, January 30, 2014 9:47 AM >> Subject: Re: [Audyssey] star traders rpg now accessible on Ios >> >> >>> i wonder if some of those unlocks will apply as you progress further into >>> the game though? >>> >>> Sent from my iPad >>> >>>> On 30 Jan 2014, at 09:44, "dark" <[email protected]> wrote: >>>> >>>> Hi Shane. >>>> Well as to the paid stuff being in ap, yes and no. >>>> >>>> You can get the free version of star traders from the ap store and then >>>> pay for the upgrade to Star traders Elite, or you can download and pay >>>> for star traders Elite straight from the ap store initially. This is >>>> what I did since the game is hardly expensive and it's certainly my sort >>>> of game. >>>> >>>> You can also make an in ap purchice to unlock the items which normally >>>> only get unlocked by completing the awards at harder difficulties. >>>> >>>> Beware the Grue! >>>> >>>> Dark. >>>> >>>> ----- Original Message ----- From: "Shane Davidson" <[email protected]> >>>> To: "'Gamers Discussion list'" <[email protected]> >>>> Sent: Thursday, January 30, 2014 8:53 AM >>>> Subject: Re: [Audyssey] star traders rpg now accessible on Ios >>>> >>>> >>>>> It looks like the paid stuff is in app. >>>>> >>>>> >>>>> -----Original Message----- >>>>> From: Gamers [mailto:[email protected]] On Behalf Of dark >>>>> Sent: Wednesday, January 29, 2014 10:35 AM >>>>> To: [email protected] >>>>> Subject: [Audyssey] star traders rpg now accessible on Ios >>>>> >>>>> Just for people on this list, as of yesterday Star traders rpg from >>>>> trees >>>>> brothers games is now accessible on Ios and can be found on the ap >>>>> store. >>>>> It's got a nav helper accessed through the menue which gives you a list >>>>> of >>>>> planets to travel to, which works well. >>>>> >>>>> I'm still figuring out the game and how everything works, but I like >>>>> what >>>>> I've seen thus far, certainly worth the three dolars for the elite >>>>> version, >>>>> although there is a free version as well (I bought the elite straight >>>>> off >>> >>> --- >>> Gamers mailing list __ [email protected] >>> If you want to leave the list, send E-mail to >>> [email protected]. >>> You can make changes or update your subscription via the web, at >>> http://audyssey.org/mailman/listinfo/gamers_audyssey.org. >>> All messages are archived and can be searched and read at >>> http://www.mail-archive.com/[email protected]. >>> If you have any questions or concerns regarding the management of the >>> list, >>> please send E-mail to [email protected]. >>> >> >> >> --- >> Gamers mailing list __ [email protected] >> If you want to leave the list, send E-mail to >> [email protected]. >> You can make changes or update your subscription via the web, at >> http://audyssey.org/mailman/listinfo/gamers_audyssey.org. >> All messages are archived and can be searched and read at >> http://www.mail-archive.com/[email protected]. >> If you have any questions or concerns regarding the management of the >> list, >> please send E-mail to [email protected]. >> >> >> --- >> Gamers mailing list __ [email protected] >> If you want to leave the list, send E-mail to >> [email protected]. >> You can make changes or update your subscription via the web, at >> http://audyssey.org/mailman/listinfo/gamers_audyssey.org. >> All messages are archived and can be searched and read at >> http://www.mail-archive.com/[email protected]. >> If you have any questions or concerns regarding the management of the >> list, >> please send E-mail to [email protected]. >> > > > --- > Gamers mailing list __ [email protected] > If you want to leave the list, send E-mail to > [email protected]. > You can make changes or update your subscription via the web, at > http://audyssey.org/mailman/listinfo/gamers_audyssey.org. > All messages are archived and can be searched and read at > http://www.mail-archive.com/[email protected]. > If you have any questions or concerns regarding the management of the list, > please send E-mail to [email protected]. > > > > --- > Gamers mailing list __ [email protected] > If you want to leave the list, send E-mail to [email protected]. > You can make changes or update your subscription via the web, at > http://audyssey.org/mailman/listinfo/gamers_audyssey.org. > All messages are archived and can be searched and read at > http://www.mail-archive.com/[email protected]. > If you have any questions or concerns regarding the management of the list, > please send E-mail to [email protected]. --- Gamers mailing list __ [email protected] If you want to leave the list, send E-mail to [email protected]. 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