Master Modes - Quick Start Guide 3.23

3.23 brings with it core changes to flight mechanics in Star Citizen so I thought it was worth stripping it back and going over the basics for folks looking to get stuck into the new patch! After a little while with this new model I'm increasingly sold on it, but the first hurdles might have you finding your space legs again so hopefully this helps you out!
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[@007mindbender]

Middle mouse button in Nav Mode clears quantum HUD

[@LoudGuns]

Thank you oh so very much! Was driving me nuts 😂

[@007mindbender]

@@LoudGuns happy to help

[@journeyingjen7554]

Middle mouse will cycles through the SCM/NAV sub modes. For example, in your prospector: SCM Guns, Missile, Scan and Mining. You have Quantum, Flight and Scan in NAV mode.

[@matwilcoxson2849]

@@journeyingjen7554 There are sub modes?! Still learning, everyday.

[@IrisCorven]

You are a lifesaver. If there's one thing I hate about QT, it's not being able to have a waypoint FOV, where it just creates a circular FOV of points directly ahead of you, instead of all of them at once. This at least mitigates that, if I know which direction the point I'm looking for is.

[@churchtrill]

Landing gear speed limit can be disabled by binding "automatic precision mode" under Flight-Movement

[@dimitrirouge5568]

if it s work it's a great news

[@Rasc0117]

I was thinking about master modes last night and thought about how I barely know anything about it before going to sleep. Lo and behold, when I woke up, the top video I see on the youtube recommendation page is your video. Nice!

[@talon2000uk]

Quick tip. Switching to SCM is a very quick way to slow down your ship when in Nav mode. Its slows you about 3 times faster than just using your retro thrusters. It's a great way to stop yourself hitting the ground when you come in too quick. :D

[@TUROCK320]

Totally logical

[@AlanoxDrekan]

Yeah when coming in for engagements in my Talon I'd come in real fast, then hit SCM and suddenly be good to go.

[@heru_ur6017]

Lowering landing gear is even faster

[@IrisCorven]

Pretty sure it ignores the g-force effects, too. Wondering how they're gonna handle that, later.

[@red_leader11]

This doesn't sound exploitable, at all 😅

[@AthrunX23s]

7:40 Pressing middle mouse in nav mode changes between Nav Flight and Nav QT.

[@IHiggs]

It sucks cause my middle mouse is broken cause corsair mouse design lol i gotta rebind it to something convenient

[@Adunkadoo42]

Thank you for the no-fluff walkthrough, exactly what I was looking for.

[@sleepfishl]

idk... so far I haven't seen a single thing I like about Master Modes. It makes pretty much everything worse unless you're a dedicated combat pilot. ... The only somewhat positive thing is the speed limit when then landing gear is deployed ... This prevents new players from ramming their ship into the next wall right at the beginning. XD

[@uliseto]

Feels like extra steps for the most basic and main thing this game is about

[@jamess405]

Figuring out my stick bindings is gunna be a giggle

[@SpaceMike3]

I joined the ptu and didn't have an issue. I added the keybind to switch mode and that's it. Everything else was saved from the Live folder

[@RespiteofChampions]

9:54 is also the BEST explanation for the purpose of Master Modes. It's paving the way for an easier time in multi-crew ships.

[@Fallub]

Great video. Thank you. Very helpful.

[@alitmas1390]

Running a dual stick setup took me a while to figure out a better key binding setup for master modes. I ended up using down hat long hold to switch between Nav & Combat then during Nav up hat is flight, left hat is Quantum, right hat is scan. During combat up hat is guns, left hat is missiles, & right hat is scan. Hope that helps anyone struggling to find a better keybind for joysticks.

[@brianmunyao]

Thanks for this overview. It has really helped me!

[@sham6ba3]

Massive thank you. Very helpful in understanding the new flying modes. You literally guided me to find the issue in my hotas button mapping. O7

[@RatPipeMike]

I can always count on you for quick tips and tutorials. Love your work my dude

[@AtlasGaming4k]

I didn't go into PTU so this is all very good info thanks!

[@SuperDave1426]

The 30m/s speed limit when gear is out that can be disabled under general settings, flight movement at the bottom - it's called Automatic Precision mode.

[@vagabondprime1691]

Thank you, I needed this!

[@EPiQ_cR]

Wanted to check my impressions against someone else and was happy to see I'd figured much of it out, but still learned a few things I hadn't considered. Great vid!

[@zecumbe]

Great video, thank you!

[@coldfire30]

Very helpful, many thanks.

[@michaelshawe]

Great guide my friend!

[@BesteWare]

my hero - thank you for the video man

[@daveroles3783]

Nice vid bud, thanks for making it for us.

[@lathomere512]

You can boost through the gear down "limiter" (of 30 m/s), and can bind a toggle to turn it off, in Keybindings: Flight - Movement - third from the bottom "Automatic Precision Mode - Toggle".

[@JarenDarkwolf]

Thanks for the primer, Loud. c:

[@faolsean1744]

Thanks for this!

[@diminios]

I really need to get this new cruise control to click for me. Thank you for the explanation on how it works, it should help. I guess if I can't get it to click, I can always just use the "set to full throttle" option.

[@tekaid23]

When I saw this in my feed I though 'ah I'll just work it out in game' yet here I am crawling back for some help 😂 Great vid.

[@sloh888]

that's what i feared , mining arm should be deployable in nav mode , it's not a weapon

[@iamjeramy]

I think the cycle will be to approach in nav, shift to scm to slow down the approach, switch to mining to scan, switch back to nav to move on. shouldn't too much hassle, as switching to scm is like hitting the spacebrake!

[@julieninchausti6330]

It took me like an hour to figure out how to deploy the claw and salvage arms in my reclaimer, I thought it was a bug… then realized I was in nav mode all the time and had to switch to scm from pilot seat to deploy them 😭

[@mlx1363]

Nice video ! AFAIK, one of the downsides of MM is that it's not possible to use countermeasures in NAV mode. When a missile comes and you don't want to fight, you have to activate the SCM and waste precious seconds or risk getting hit while escaping.

[@IrisCorven]

In my opinion, this is the BIGGEST change needed for NAV mode. If they expect us to use it to escape, there's no reason countermeasures would be a system directly linked to guns. I really hope they look into Decoy/Noise and make it universal.

[@chrictonj9503]

I'll certainly be interested if you find any info on the ping angle. I used it all the time in previous builds.

[@r4microds]

My first experience with MM on eptu was that it should make the flight model slightly more idiot proof for new players using mouse and keyboard. Esp the speed limits for landing and fact it auto brakes to lower brackets when transitioning. Its orherwise just extra steps and hand holding for something that was more enjoyable before. Smaller ships are now easier to grief with shields down. You lock a missle, they cant counter measure in nav, and you strike before they know whats up.

[@matwilcoxson2849]

Thanks, that was a great intro. Maybe one with sub modes now!

[@astral5606]

Oh ty for the quantum

[@MylesJacobSwie]

I'd love if you would do a video covering all the new weapon changes to 3.23! You do a great job in your video of covering details in a digestible manner, and I would definitely prefer a scripted and edited video covering this information, rather than live recording videos some other content creators are doing.

[@redbarchetta8782]

Long, long ago, they used to have a slow lock landing gear speed. Back with all we had was Crusader and its moons.

[@RespiteofChampions]

7:37 When you're in Nav QTM mode hit the middle mouse button to switch to Nav FLT mode which is just Flight. No Quantum stuff on your HUD.

[@JohnVanderbeck]

A lot of people just outright hate master mode and all the changes it brings. Me I'm not going to make snap judgements, but instead give it time to learn. That said thanks for this video because it is a lot of changes and I was really confused.

[@spawnandbatman6975]

Now I gotta remap my joysticks for this mode. I’m already overwhelmed with all the controls the game has. That’s why I got joysticks so it’s 1 better and 2 easier to remember where everything is

[@Ogata123]

Despite you being relatively positive about it, what i saw for the mining loop wasn’t something ill be positive about Seems like a good move combat wise, as would be expected for something developed for S42, but clearly didnt have much thought put in with industrial play in mind. Hoping to see changes with this in mind soon

[@Redclaw340]

Hope you don't mind I grabbed a cup of bone broth instead. Good video! Very informative.

[@CitizenScott]

I think the most important lesson I've learned from this implementation of Master Modes is buy more ships.

[@DevilbyMoonlight]

Thankyou... I haven't played for a few patches and had a bit of a nightmare last night with the changes, as am a left hander and as there is no default layout for people like myself, I have to remap almost all the keys, which every patch since 3.17 leads to strange and weird issues forcing me to reassign some of the same keys after launching the game, like swapping the aim and look down sights would always cause an issue, now I have run out of reachable keys lol, to top it all off all my credits disappeared, not sure if its a bug as my ships and loot were still present, anyway thanks again and hope to bump into you in the verse..

[@mobius6772]

I like Master Modes, I hope they tweak the scm speeds to 350-400, and we get the ability to launch countermeasures in NAV mode. This is a step in the right direction for the flight model.

[@IrisCorven]

Important tip: You can disable the landing gear speed reduction with a keybind. I forget the precise name of it, but it's a "Precision Mode". I have mine bound to Numpad *, because fast landings are an absolute must in some cases.

[@Tribalwerewolf]

I will say having a duel stick setup has made MM much easier than on MKB, but that’s my own feelings on the matter. Great video though.

[@CitizenEsva]

Change the keybind for chaging MM from Long Press B to Short Press B, less of an annoying headache

[@Necondus]

Set it to both. Otherwise, if you hold it too long it won't switch

[@redbarchetta8782]

7:45 Use V and narrow widen the radar signature using the middle mouse. I do think you have to exit QT mode though.

[@aaronpaul5990]

It is easy to have decoupled on during cruise control and it just not sticking ... so ^^ if you are in cruise control and it is just not keeping the speed press c

[@VincePhoenix]

I think I like the new cruise mode

[@PvtDamion]

I'm actually looking forward to the new decoupled mode where your ship's trajectory is on the vector and not being pulled down by gravity. Also the speed limiter which engages with the deployed landing gear is optional. Lastly I haven't played vs the new turrets, but a change was needed to make a turret gunner feel useful, I'm hoping this can be balanced to where they're not overpowered

[@Tainted-Soul]

thanks Loud Guns I take it that the trigger on a stick is the same as left mouse ?

[@ThierrySchweitzer-fr]

interesting video, would be GREAT to have the Key written with a large font somewhere on the screen as text while you are explaining them ?

[@chrictonj9503]

What happened to the mining laser gimbal target? At one time I could press 'G' when in mining mode and then move the mining head around without moving the whole ship. Now I don't see this setting in KeyBinds. Is there another way to achieve the same result?

[@mr.friedman3437]

I got to say switching in and out of the travel nav mode seems cumbersome and an extra step that doesn't need to exist. however with some mechanics not really being utilized in the game I can see why cig wants to make it a little bit more strategic on travel. this actually may give you a reason to you eject, but the lowering Shields to quantum away seems like griefers are going to have a field day.

[@USArmy31]

How old was the video when you edited it? I heard they changed the new cruise control system back to the old one we’ve been using?

[@slymako]

10:45 my door's always open for some sessions in Vanduul Swarm once .23 goes live

[@adilazimdegilx]

It's just too slow and feels artificially limited. I hate to see they are falling to same blunder as ED. Taking away the pilots' capability and maneuverability shouldn't be the way to move forward im this game. But I'm still hopeful since this just the first iteration. Just changing the SCM speeds can save MM in that aspect.

[@Schooterl]

I agree, I want fewer restrictions on my ships capabilities, not more...

[@0Metatron]

You can turn off the qt markers by going into flight mode

[@gunsmoke9030]

Wooo wait that lynx in the intro has a sealed cab?

[@smcallister3138]

Does the game work for lefthanded mouse users now? Been waiting for that fix

[@phaaroyt]

Frontier Consolidated unite!

[@user-rr5ce1wb2j]

"I'm already dreading heading out with my friend Silo" what did he say right after this? Was it intelligible or do I need a hearing check?

[@mrvei-vg7et]

In game settings, turn OFF proximity assistance

[@Finch334]

Francis Bourgeois is that you?

[@DreNizzo]

Love your content mate! Intro a bit long tho tbh.

[@GrunfWorks]

07:42 i was thinking the same thing. Why not keep quantum markers smaller in NAV FLT mode. Also if some1 found how please let me know

[@LoudGuns]

Middle mouse when in nav mode 👍

[@bladeroxlee2564]

Nice video but sadly this extreme of a change away from sim flight killed flying completely for me, which was what I most enjoyed gameplay wise before. Feels so awful to move any ship now. Maybe once the org play, crafting and other non flight including systems are in it gets interesting again.

[@Kiwi_Dave]

Nice thank you, welcome change from the rants of self-claimed PVP lords.

[@dimitrirouge5568]

Doesn' t happens like that with my joystick ... like they mess it. I m forced to press B key to engage QT

[@spawnandbatman6975]

Should have just let shit alone. Master mode common CIG!!!!!

[@DeltaGhost88]

Can we still QT without a target? Can't for the life of me figure it out.

[@Sephiroth1550]

This is a very complex change added on top of an already complex system

[@LawnD4rt]

NAV FLT mode will remove the QT markers

[@danford6678]

Boost, adjust aim, press trigger down congrats you now have mastered master modes the mode for space derps console players and bobs.

[@daedalus-N7]

Okay so Master modes basically makes it fucking impossible to disengage from a fight. Amazing. You can't boost up to your ship's Max speed to try to get away and gain some time/let your Shields recharge. Because the second you swap over to nav mode to boost away, You lose your Shields and die. How the hell did anybody at cig think that was even remotely a good idea?

[@LoudGuns]

I think the changes are less about the dynamics of 1v1 and will make more sense in n vs n fights. Your wing person is responsible for covering you out of those fights. It’s also meant to reduce the jousty type scenarios where people zoom past you and take pot shots then disappear and come back with full shields for the next pass until one of you dies.

[@lilpandacub]

🐼

[@arethunessamsonsen6245]

I'm fairly certain I won't like most of the changes. Power of habit, sure, but I think a fair bit of this will take away much of my fun rather than add to it. I guess I hope CiG will tweak this quite a bit.

[@LoudGuns]

I think a lot of it will make more sense when bigger ships come. My big concern right now is that nav mode is too slow, and switching is too quick but essentially these are just numbers in a database

[@restwellcloud-ix8ee]

Stupid that you can sit in your ship with all that on your back 😅

[@jrddoubleu514]

Apparently multi-crew suck A** now with mastermodes.

[@nekomancer4641]

No a lone fighter should not be able take on multiple opponents super easy. But yes the lone fighter should absolutely be able to take on multiple opponents if they hardly know anything about combat. But no, it should not be mediated by taking awau existing expression of skill with barely though over exploitable limitations. It should be done by making the fight basics easier to get into.

[@brentwillems726]

Why did they have to give a special name to changes for flight. Can you disable the master mode? Star Citizen seems to like to give stupid names to everything to just generally confuse people. Here, be overwhelmed with pointless names for things that don't really need names.

[@Furstaide]

Good tutorial vid, although I’ve been playing this since wave 1, for those experiencing it at live launch it’ll clear things up nicely.

[@theg0z0n]

Not sure it matters, but no one should be listening to Avenger Ones opinion on MM. He's literally made a career around using the unbalanced light fighter meta. He literally makes money streaming it. Anything he says will be so biased that it's not worth considering.

[@LoudGuns]

I think everyone’s opinions are worth considering (my personal favourite, well reasoned and most balanced from the PvP community is Vergil), but it doesn’t mean we all have to agree. For my 2c’s I think as per Yogi’s post it’s important to realise this isn’t a final version, and also I think it provides more room for the game to grow into bigger fleet battles with larger ships having more impact.

[@skmo7072]

Master modes: hit alt-f4, play something else

[@placeholderchannelname9111]

it feels kinda lame it ruins immersion a little bit

[@ufeelinselfrighteous8470]

what?! You arent gonna tell us how stupid MM is because single seat fighters STILL are the best... like AV1? Dang, its like they are testing new mechanics....

[@TheMasterwitcher]

The maps on the hud are just as horrible as in elite dangerous

[@mattb8754]

Master modes looks like complete garbage.

[@ArythemB]

Horrible flight changes, hope you can turn master junk off

[@the_babbleboom]

ok i cannot say enough just how much i hate these markers everywhere with big full text description. is this some kind of medical stroke patient recovery program? do we really need every stupid crap spelled out? are we not capable of reading a symbols meaning? is the design just so bad that they don't trust the players to figure it out otherwise? this is such incredibly condescending and on top of it lazy design. what kind of brain comes up with that? how can people look at this and be ok with it? what is wrong with the whole bunch of you?

[@the_babbleboom]

next up we will get NPCs following us around (haha good one, too much for what CIG is actually capable of) that will tell us how to enter the tramline. like some kind of nurse that makes sure the patient doesn't get lost on their totally independend day out of the retirement home.

[@SaraH-ph4qm]

Master modes is garbage

[@crabjockey]

Why is anything capped in space. Absolute trash physics.

[@LoudGuns]

I agree to an extent that I don’t get why my ship can’t do the old speeds in nav mode in space. Capping things for fights I’d kinda the whole point.

[@crabjockey]

@@LoudGuns Well we can certainly agree to be reasonable because it's a game and games use rules to identify the structure of the game. Just don't call it a space game. Star Citizen is no more a space game than monopoly is a construction game. Doesn't mean they can't be fun just don't bullshit me. Or at least have the respect for me to come up with some inverted anti gravity cyclonic mass engine which creates drag in the ethosphere based on it's fingerprint in the space time continuum OR SOMETHING so I know it's not based IN our perceived reality it's based ON it.

[@LoudGuns]

@@crabjockey I think it’s a space game rather than a space sim? Tbf I think an actual space sim wouldn’t be overly popular (yeeting stuff at ships you can’t actually see because it’s 10’s of thousands of km away).

[@liberomerini]

Master mode ruined the game

[@lazysnipe]

so basically now u can easily kill other players in 1 or 2 sec if they are in a fighter or smaller ship^^ so ppl can grief newbies even easier ^^ this hole master modes is super dumb turning off shields and stuff no real reason meaning u can get insta killed.. and how does it with with turrets ? do they work all the time as they should or do they also unable to shoot for magical unlogical reasons?