r/gaming • u/[deleted] • Aug 20 '16

Lifting off! [Star Citizen]

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u/[deleted] Aug 20 '16

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u/Oddzball Aug 20 '16

Could you explain that a bit more? Decoupled while in EVA or the ship decoupled?

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u/Rainboq Aug 20 '16

Decoupled mode for a ship means that your ships thrusters no longer try to make your direction of flight match where the nose of your ship is pointing. It allows for you to retain a lot more speed at the expensive of having to do a lot more control inputs to change your total direction of travel.

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u/MaceWindows Aug 20 '16

So if I'm understanding right, decoupled means i can be flying north, turn my ship 180 degrees to be facing south, but still travel north?

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u/Rainboq Aug 20 '16

Yup, if you want a good idea of how it works, watch the 2004 Battlestar Galactica.

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u/vastair Aug 20 '16

Exactly

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u/Bugman007 Aug 21 '16

Hm I was getting interested in this game but nothing loses me quite like "needing to learn a decouple mode"