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===Combat "happens" in the heads up display.=== | ===Combat "happens" in the heads up display.=== | ||
Your ship is | Your ship is moving through space at a high rate of speed. You can't easily stop and go backwards; you move by turning in an arc. You are fighting ships who are also following their own arcs in space. The data on your screen is what you use to figure out who is where, and when, and how soon you can hit them, and whether they can hit you. | ||
The [[Overview_Guide|Overview Window]] is your main source of information. If you click the "distance" column, it will sort the closest things to the top of the window. If these are enemy ships, they will be red, and you can choose which ones to target and begin to attack. | |||
At the bottom of your screen is a dashboard. To the left are five buttons. Press the top leftmost of these and the "tactical" display will come up. Roll your mouse wheel to zoom in until the ring of numbers is small enough that you can see the "30" ring. Now move your mouse over one of your ship's weapons. The whitish sphere that appears shows the range of that weapon. | At the bottom of your screen is a dashboard. To the left are five buttons. Press the top leftmost of these and the "tactical" display will come up. Roll your mouse wheel to zoom in until the ring of numbers is small enough that you can see the "30" ring. Now move your mouse over one of your ship's weapons. The whitish sphere that appears shows the range of that weapon. | ||
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There is a lot of stuff like this within the various displays, and all of it is explained somewhere in UniWiki. Here, for example, is a detailed explanation of how to use the [[Getting_the_Visual:_Optimal_Range_and_Falloff|Tactical Overlay]]. | There is a lot of stuff like this within the various displays, and all of it is explained somewhere in UniWiki. Here, for example, is a detailed explanation of how to use the [[Getting_the_Visual:_Optimal_Range_and_Falloff|Tactical Overlay]]. | ||
'''BOTTOM LINE:''' Read about the various windows and displays and try them out. Pick the ones that seem most useful to you and keep them up whenever you fly. | '''BOTTOM LINE:''' Read about the various windows and displays and try them out. Pick the ones that seem most useful to you and keep them up whenever you fly. | ||
===Solar Systems are not Zones. === | ===Solar Systems are not Zones. === | ||