*JackS* You can turn SPEC on/off manually without engaging the autopilot.
'A' turns SPEC on/off maually (vs. 'a' for the autopilot)
*()Alf* Try the normal SPEC key to shut it off (shift+a), but carefull, can sometime be confusing working with auto-spec and normal spec, although both specs-mods are useful, at least to me
Many thanks, both of you.
It is good to know that someone in this world is generous enough to contribute their time and skills to something that does not include making big money.
Now that you have told me how,
I can fly wherever I want with SPEC and not worry about the autopilot.
It is true, however, that Autopilot mode is useful and I will probably be using a lot of it.
Nice Feature, now that I know I can turn it off!!
The manual SPEC mode is more fun, though,
and in the past, it has allowed me to escape from a pretty ugly battle,
(though, of course, I had to fly smart and not activate SPEC until I was far enough away that it could take effect and I would not just end up losing shields
) something that would be nearly impossible with the autopilot, since it is programmed to find the most effecient route, but not how to best escape enemies.
(At least... I do not think it is...
)
*()Alf* The question is, did the autopilot steered you into something or the "something" steered into you and autopilot wasn't fast enough avoiding it
The autopilot seems pretty realiable in most cases,
so it is more likely that it is the "something" that caused the problem, not the autopilot.
*()Alf* And if you'd have surfed the forum, you'd have saved alot of typing
All the typing is alright with me.
I actually enjoy typing most of the time, I am writing a book, actualy, but that is another story.
I have viewed the forums to some degree, and they have helped me do what I
have managed to do,
but I did not understand a lot of what they were saying;
I am quite a "Noobie" as some would call me,
and I do not understand the tech-talk language. Sorry.
Hopefully, you will have the excessive patients required to endure my ignorance.