Star Citizen 3.23 HOW TO - Cruise Control - SCM/Nav Modes - Precision Aiming

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3.23 brings in a new cruise control, navigation modes, and precision aiming! What are these modes, whats my thoughts on them?
And HOW do you use them... all answered here :)
Remember, these are just my opinions on certain aspects of the new patch.
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0:00 Cruise Control, how to
4:37 SCM/NAV modes
14:57 Precision Targeting

[@mr.u3078]

scanning should not be connected to any mode, it should work regardless

[@timborghinitube5457]

Try telling the woke idiots at CIG

[@jamesaburn5433]

Thanks for this 🙂Well explained...appreciated

[@teambattleground9076]

Very well explained much appreciated

[@Starrshade]

I didn't know about NAV FTL! That is what I was looking for! Also thank you for explaining and showing how swapping and losing shields really isn't an issue. If you are already in NAV and they are coming at you looking for a fight. You can simply run. They have to wait the few seconds to swap. In that time you could have easily gotten away.

[@Nemoticon]

Doing delivery missions, just flying from point-to-point, dipping in and out of atmo and QTing all over the place... I LOVE the new MM in Nav mode. It's just so fast and easy, it feels like the game just picked up pace, I'm so impressed. It actually makes non-combat flying fun and efficient, which I did not expect at all!

[@eavdmeer]

You mean *exactly* like all of that is in 3.22? Everything you name, you can do in Live, except for pressing extra buttons for no reason

[@Nemoticon]

@@eavdmeer No, not even close. The flow is so much better with MM and easier to navigate... especially in conjunction with the new star map and all the markers that can be toggled on/off and even a listing of all pick up and delivery locations on screen. Sure ther are a few areas that can be tuned and cleaned up, but it's a vast improvement having done a lot of deliveries in 3.22 while waiting for 3.23 to drop.

[@SpaceDad42]

Lol, the only difference is now you have no shields or weapons or countermeasures.

[@Nemoticon]

@@SpaceDad42 No it isn't actually. You've dismissed a lot of very specific details about it. It actually works very well and with further development and tuning it will continue to be much better than what we had before.

[@eavdmeer]

@@Nemoticon the difference in "flow ' you describe don't exist. Yes, the star map is new, but everything else is exactly the same. You just use one button in Live, instead of three

[@bruzzer11]

Great explanation!

[@retrowrath9374]

Good and proper explanation there, one of the few that play the game thinking and adapting instead of moaning. The whole modes are so much better, cleans up the UI, wouldn't want to go back to 3.22's awful UI where everything is on the screen and 3.23 feels like it lets you fly without overwhelming you with UI clutter.

[@rio20d]

you are spot on about " pressing middle mouse button" and instead of going back to your guns from missile, you end up in scan mode, that stuff really is messing my gameplay when playing in arena commander lol, they shoud have just created its own keybinding for teh scane and not part of teh SCM mode

[@ScientistMan96]

IIRC there is a dedicated keybind option for each of the submodes specifically, so you can just jump right to that one instead of toggling through them. It's just not bound by default.

[@ACodingCat]

Thanks for vid well done. Were the lead/lag pips removed in 3.23? Also have you done sub-targeting?

[@EvenLease44]

Lead/lag pips are not removed, just not needed in precision targeting. When not in that mode they are still present.

[@ACodingCat]

@@EvenLease44 ok thanks for the info

[@mrvei-vg7et]

in Precision mode, dont lead, any gun on a gimbal will auto correct the aim, just keep the pip on the item your aiming for.

[@user-ou8uq5yh7q]

you need to change middle mouse button off of Next operater mode and bind it to missle toggle scan can be still brought up with the v keybind as normal

[@DaKineGuy]

Just tried the eptu today and it was awesome. I can't wait for the live version of this patch. I had a great time soaring through the clouds above area 18 getting used to the new flight mechanics.

[@Weevil-Knievel1134]

Using that precision mode aiming with 4 size 5 M7A laser cannon’s on my Conny I’m able to play AC with one hand in now . I’m just a big deadly turret thanks master modes. :) lol Thanks for pointing out that aiming mode lol. 😅

[@BadWolfOne]

Agreed. definitely meant for larger targets. The F8 should have dominated that Cutter. 😢

[@clemdog76]

Actually, if you scan the target you’ll get a list of sub targets that you can choose and your targeting system will lock on that component.

[@raigaLCC]

22:14 found your bounty, he's on the ceiling lol

[@EvenLease44]

I didn’t even think to look up 😂

[@SmallYoda3]

I hope that you do another review for the f7c hornet MK II because I'm curious how it performs with master modes. maybe you could wait until the f7a MK II becomes available and do a double review and show the combat capabilities and best loadouts for both ships. I wonder if its really as simple as "oh the F7A is better because its the military version" or if maybe each ship might be better at certain types of engagements and worse in others.

[@EvenLease44]

Absolutely! 👍🏻 will be one of the first ones

[@davewills148]

Master Modes are Insane, bring a whole level of realism and immersion to the concept, flight has needed a higher level of granularity, especially for the flight simmers. Ive just spent 5 weeks getting to grips with the Viggen in DCS, and MasterModes is kindergarten level flight. It elevates sc from a console game, nice.

[@raven9ine]

Realism. Yeah right. 😂😅 I bet you believe there atmosphere in space?

[@maukku1572]

@@raven9ine realism probably not but realism would also suck from a gameplay standpoint

[@davewills148]

@@raven9ine''I bet you believe there atmosphere in space?''. Yeah! actually there is atmosphere in space........the Earths Atmoshere, it stretches to the moon, hence ''atmosphere in space''.

[@flacwby]

The pilot of the ship you shot was floating above you just before entering the cockpit.

[@MWTGoldenGun]

My problem with Master Modes isn't losing shields in NAV, it's not having access to countermeasures. Sure, you can outrun someone shooting at you with guns, but you can't outrun a missile, so you're forced into combat SCM mode to deal with missile spams and then they can catch up to you and finish you off with guns.

[@EvenLease44]

After a few engagements where I actually jumped or was jumped in NAV mode I found it easy to just point at a location and jump away, even with missiles tracking.

[@cptrobby5700]

Any other functionality differences between NAV FLT and NAV QTM?

[@stevelow9225]

Hi, I noticed that on your HUD there is no altitude showing on the right hand side of the HUD. I have the same problem.... do you have any idea of how to resolve this?

[@mobius6772]

I like the foundation of master modes. My biggest complaint is the scm speeds....1200 in live was too fast but 200 in EPTU way way too slow. I was flying around with sticky throttle at 400-500 scm and that felt like the sweet spot. Furthermore, I hope they allow countermeasures in NAV mode, maybe even give us 15-20% shields so we don't get one shot by missiles. Overall they are on the right course I think just needs tweaking. Also precision mode should be for turrets only.

[@logicblock8783]

Question: Why does the cruise control have both a "max speed" setting AND a "desired speed" setting? What's the use-case where it would matter that there's some max set if you're also setting it to the speed you want to go?

[@EvenLease44]

Basically allowing you to set a hard line of how fast you want to go. So if you want to do nothing over 400 as maybe you’re flying low enough to scan for rocks to crack you can set the max at 400 and then throttle up or down as needed to adjust speed within that 0-400 without ever having to worry about going over it.

[@starbuck5728]

Can you not subtarget components in Precision Targeting mode?

[@spacetime4158]

What ship is this your showcasing?

[@BlackRabbitDigitalP]

What happened to the little circle reticule when you are shooting a ship which estimates where you should shoot while in movement?

[@EvenLease44]

The pip doesn’t show up in precision targeting, it kinda auto does it for you if you aim directly at the target - but you lose fire rate and it’s not that accurate. Outside of precision targeting the pips are still there, just smaller.

[@BlackRabbitDigitalP]

@@EvenLease44 Ah, great stuff, never used precision mode, need to try it. Cheers!

[@Tvillright]

I like the new SCM Modes (except for scan in weapons mode as you mentioned) but i don't like the new cruise control system. Seems like the old one with extra pointless steps

[@SGT_Fitz]

Where can I find the key bind to change the cruise control

[@Yakob135]

So we can’t go the ships max speed with shields on? Strange, I mean I see how it can give someone who is mining for instance a little bit of time to get away from a pirate who would be in the combat scm mode but idk it feels weird to me atm. I just don’t feel like I’m getting the full use of my ship, I should be allowed to have shields on and fly full speed but maybe at the risk of say maybe the engines burning up or losing power momentarily. Idk I guess I just need time to adapt to it. Edit: Nonetheless thank you for providing an explanation to this I was so confused and trying to figure it out for like an hour lmao.

[@sarcasme-_-6549]

What is your ship called?

[@kaipirinha089]

well explained, but tbh very non-intuitive compared to the old system. so much so that I don't even want to play this patch.

[@jeremy6384]

you'll keep playing anyway

[@Rum_Runner]

Wait for 3.23.2 with the servers not being great right now but it’s totally fine.

[@jeremy6384]

@@Rum_Runner the servers keep killing me

[@mrvei-vg7et]

one thing of note, CMs only work in SCM mode

[@throdwobblermangrove6200]

with master modes there will be a need for all ships beeing reviewed again. I hope, you will take a look at ships which are not as popular anymore. For example the reliant series or banu defender. They are maybe very good with 3.23...or absolut trash. :D

[@imriestaffson9592]

well explained, that said, I am going to be solidly in the it sucks camp...

[@dericclark6553]

Curious what specifically you don’t like about it?

[@Empty12345]

Feels great to me

[@LisaSimpsonLiberal]

Pog

[@Redrabbit_studios]

I have mixed feelings about master modes. I'm sure, given enough time with it, it will get better.

[@speedogomer]

2 things would lastly improve the experience. 1. Like you said, take away scan mode from the middle mouse. You can already hit V to engage the scanner. There's no reason to have to toggle past scan mode every time I use missles or my QT drive. 2. In NAV QT, keep the QT points on the screen like before. Having them populate as you look around is terrible. You have to blindly sweep around trying to find something.

[@ezuwua]

Great guide, but wow. Theres nothing fun about this cruise control system. Keeping an open mind for master modes, but cruise control is nothing but a disjointed, frustrating mess that feels like the pilot is never in control. Especially if you frequently fly between coupled and decoupled

[@zacharylansing]

Yeah why change cruise control?

[@junior.hamilton]

22:14 surely evaporated rofl

[@EvenLease44]

LMAO D:

[@zeyhus2890]

So you can’t shoot big ass missiles while flying at 1km/s with the eclipse ? :/

[@robertprice965]

Do turrets work in nav mode?

[@EvenLease44]

No they do not.

[@MysteicVoltronus]

More Star Trek then. Gotcha.

[@mikenomics1014]

😂basically

[@eavdmeer]

If you don't like the mode switching in SCM Gun mode in a fighter, then you're going to love it in a mining ship. It will be guns, missiles (if present), mining, scanning and then back to guns. I do believe I read on spectrum that there should be direct keybinds for each modes, but of course that's yet more keys to find that are not already used two or three times 😂

[@yous2244]

Cruise Control doesn't work for me, when I stop pressing W it just slows down to a stop.

[@NeroRosa773]

why does my screen shake sooooo much in this master modes flight i tried looking at settings but nothing lowers it, its sickening how much it shakes

[@EvenLease44]

Go into games options, towards the bottom of game options you can turn off screen shake. There is also four sliders that you can move to zero that turns off all screen shaking.

[@casstle178]

Lots of rambling, but helpful, nonetheless. Thank you, have a like.

[@0xc1d34]

Man come mbat is a pain in ass now little ships getting wrecked big ships can stay on target with ships alot smaller

[@NeroRosa773]

why does my game shake so much in this new flight mode its really bad

[@EvenLease44]

Go to your game options, from there scroll to the bottom and disable head shaking and there are 4 sliders you need to slide to 0 that will always take away all that. Near the bottom of game options.

[@YouCountSheep]

Thats not what precision Aiming is. Its a weaker autoaim where the gimbals practically shoot at the pips when your crosshair is directly over the target. Subsystems are targetted with R, it has nothing to do with shooting specific subsystems. It may target subsystems on its own while in that mode, but that is not even reliable because you don't even see the name of the system you are shooting at.

[@Blue-Mystic]

A Cutter should NOT be a rival for an F8C, neither a Mustang for the matter and yet you had to shoot them A LOT to take them out.... There is something really WRONG with MMs and i know exactly what it is.

[@stormw777]

Takes me 30 minutes to kill a prospector in this new patch. lol

[@David-82]

Haha it sure if a hand gun should be able to know off a engine

[@reinach77]

i m not sure i understand whats' new with cruise control. They merged speed limiter and cruise control? I don't see how it's better.

[@unbannablebob395]

After 5 years they finally found a way for me to rage quit the game.

[@Archista]

In my opinion they should remove Master modes (which is nothing but simple player limitation) / add the old F key options as an alt option / revert the incomprehensible cruise-control / improve this 'playmobile-like' UI to something more professional / revert the sh.tshow that gimbles are now. The rest is good progress!

[@timborghinitube5457]

Agreed. The cig simp trolls would disagree

[@Koine-Plays]

The new patch Royal Fucked the Flying mechanic.

[@raven9ine]

Who would have guessed that Star Citizen will be inspired by Starfield for ship combat. 😂

[@EvenLease44]

That’s kind of funny. But Starfield is limited to a very small box where you can fight lol

[@raven9ine]

There's more, also the artfical slow down after boosting, which is like Starfield and new in SC with MM, also Starfield has a "precision mode" too.

[@EvenLease44]

@@raven9ine true! I don’t see it being a problem as it makes it more accessible for more people to join and play, very exciting future for star citizen!

[@raven9ine]

@@EvenLease44 and many go, becasue ships don't fly like in space anymore, plus my buddy I play with daily just tested the EPTU and he just told me he will stop playing, MM is too complicated for him and hates he loses shields. So I am not convinced it makes it more accessible.

[@Starrshade]

We have had MM in the past before in 2.5 - 2.6.3. It's not new

[@mcaddc]

How the mighty have fallen. That F8c took how much longer to dispatch those 2 light ships even with all that firepower….

[@Nemoticon]

Bad take... the Time To Kill needed to be increased, otherwise it just plays like a single player game on easy mode. Also, you wouldn't fight small fighters the way he did in this video, he was just show-casing the sub-system targeting system which is meant for larger ships.

[@Tribalwerewolf]

CIG always releases a OP ship then nerfs it. It’ll happen the the F7A and the F7 C mk II eventually too.

[@Nemoticon]

@@Tribalwerewolf Well, they have to see how it performs in the hands of players before attempting to balance. It has to be expected.

[@EvenLease44]

I’ll make a video on the F8C, as out of precision targeting it still hits hard.

[@davewills148]

Who in gods name buys FIGHTERS, what a wst of money, especially the cheest F8, which i melted for a Polaris

[@Garman_Humble]

New MM is just....shit!💩