Lheim Posted December 29, 2011 Share Posted December 29, 2011 (edited) Wow! I never expected this thread to get so popular - thanks for all the tips, folks, and keep them coming. I've updated my original post here with some of the juicier little tidbits you've all put together, but with lack of space I haven't been able to get them all in. Good job so far! Questing Escaping from a conversation before it's done allows you to redo pesky moral choices.Galactic Republic and Sith Empire characters can communicate, but only in local (/say).There's an 'Exit Area' button above your minimap when you're in a flashpoint - you don't have to run all the way back to the exit, or quick-travel.There are commendation vendors for each planet (aside of Quesh) in your fleet supplies area; they sell the same gear as on the planets.Closing a quest reward window causes a little "Pending Rewards" pop-up on the upper right of the screen. UI Turn on 'area loot', and 'auto-loot' in your preferences menu to make looting much easier.Hitting Ctrl+U twice in a row can solve mose UI issues.You can click on stairwells/entranceways on the map to browse through them.When you enter the chat you can use up and down arrows to scroll trough and reuse what you already have written.Alt+f to set a focus target then Ctrl+f to target focus target's target.Your focus target will seemingly clear after any conversation, but if you hit your focus swap button twice real quick with nothing targetted, it should reassign your focus to your previous focus target.Going into 'Preferences' and then 'Controls' you can change the max camera distance.You can split stacks by shift-left-clicking and dragging a stack to a new, empty bag spot.You can also buy many copies of an item from a vendor the same way.Ctrl+shift+F = Show your frame rate, in small numbering on the lower left side of your screen.There's a button at the top-level of the mailbox window to loot all items and credits from mail. Companions Each companion has a codex entry that discusses their personality and stats.You can use the N key to get your companion window open on your ship. If you want a different companion you can use the arrows next to their name to scroll through them. This way you can outfit your companions without summoning them. When your companion wants to talk 'somewhere private', you can talk to them in a cantina (and likely any designated Rest Area). You only need to go to your ship when it says 'on your ship'.You can revive a companion more quickly by simply dismissing and resummoning him. You can heal one quickly by mounting your vehicle and dismounting.In the preferences, you can enable the tooltip comparison for equipment/gear for your active companion so you can compare an item to your active companion's gear in addition to yours.You can expand a companion's ability bar (default key `) - to see what abilities they're using. Disable any area-effect abilities like grenades by right-clicking their green check boxes away if you don't want them to break crowd-control abilities you're using. Space Combat Press space to do a barrel roll.To fire proton torpedos, hold your targetting reticule on a target for several seconds till it gets a special icon.You can fly around using BOTH keyboard and mouse. Helps navigating while shooting.Make sure to check the spaceship upgrades vendors on the fleet. In particular, don't forget to buy the power converter unit for 30 fleet commendations as early as possible! It lets you switch between greater shield regeneration and much more powerful blasters.In space combat, hold the right mouse button down to "paint" multiple targets, release and firemultiple missiles at multiple targets simultaneously. While firing lasers, your shields do not recharge. Take a break using missiles for a while to helpyour shields recharge faster. Crafting You can craft by using materials in your cargo, i.e. no need to have it take up space in inventory. You can queue up to 5 crafted items per companion. Reverse-engineering a crafted item gives you a chance of learning an improved version of the schematic.Cancelling a crafting mission will get your mats back, or your money. It's actually an awesome way to 'withdraw' items from the bank, because the crafting materials can come from your bank, but are returned to your inventory. Transportation You can use the Emergency Fleet Pass to instantly teleport to the Republic/Imperial Fleet from anywhere. It's in your skill box in general tab. If you have a security key, there's a security key vendor on the Fleet that will sell you fleet passes with one hour cooldowns for 1000 credits.Higher levels of speeders can take more hits before you get dismounted by attacks.The /stuck command seems to work by teleporting you back a few steps, so it's actually usefulfor more than just being stuck (especially when Datacron collecting). Using a shielding ability such as Static Barrier helps absorb 'hits' from monsters while you're on your speeder. Miscellaneous The GTN terminals on the fleets are faction specific, but the one on Nar Shadaa can be browsed by any character.Searching the /who window by 'LFG' will let you show everyone in the game using the system.There are 3 datacrons on the starter worlds, and five on each beyond that. Datacrons are hidden objects which give stat boosts.If you have a piece of orange-quality gear you like the look of, you can continually upgrade it's mods to keep being able to wear it into high levels. You can even strip mods from other items, and put them in your favorite orange gear. Ctrl+rightclick on an orange-quality item to bring up the modification interface.Dueling can be useful! You can leap or be pulled by friends to locations, say, for getting unstuck or finding datacrons.Female characters have a bit of a bonus, because there's four dress pieces of modifiable gear available on Coruscant - light armor - that male characters can't wear. Awesome especially as it's a long time before you can find another hat! Cheers. I'll keep updatin'! Edited February 18, 2012 by Lheim Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
acheros Posted December 29, 2011 Share Posted December 29, 2011 Press space to do a barrel roll. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Inune Posted December 29, 2011 Share Posted December 29, 2011 (edited) For some reason, or maybe it's just me, but (6) doesn't seem to work if the map transition icon is presently highlighted for a quest. edit: or perhaps it doesn't show instanced quest areas. I'm not entirely sure. Edited December 29, 2011 by Inune Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Shammus Posted December 29, 2011 Share Posted December 29, 2011 For some reason, or maybe it's just me, but (6) doesn't seem to work if the map transition icon is presently highlighted for a quest. works for me on everything except elevators. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Inune Posted December 29, 2011 Share Posted December 29, 2011 works for me on everything except elevators. Yeah I'm not entirely sure what the actual limitation is, but it always happens to me trying to browse the next area of a quest I'm presently on. Not sure if it's elevators specifically, instanced quest areas, or quest tags in general. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Varghjerta Posted December 29, 2011 Share Posted December 29, 2011 when you enter the chat you can use up and down arrows to scroll trough and reuse what you already have written. Basicly really good when you are LFG/LFm Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
crazyhorsek Posted December 29, 2011 Share Posted December 29, 2011 Very promising thread if ppl keep it civil and rich... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hockaday Posted December 29, 2011 Share Posted December 29, 2011 You can jiggle the camera in convos with the WASD keys. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Inune Posted December 29, 2011 Share Posted December 29, 2011 Also to contribute: your focus target will seemingly clear after any conversation, but if you hit your focus swap button twice real quick with nothing targetted, it should reassign your focus to your previous focus target. Not sure if that's true only for companions or player characters as well, but it's saved me a load of hassle since I stumbled into it. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
acheros Posted December 29, 2011 Share Posted December 29, 2011 You can jiggle the camera in convos with the WASD keys. Mine doesn't work. But the A and D keys do change the lighting. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Fubbik Posted December 29, 2011 Share Posted December 29, 2011 You can craft by using materials in your cargo, i.e. no need to have it take up space in inventory. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Zeodic Posted December 29, 2011 Share Posted December 29, 2011 when you enter the chat you can use up and down arrows to scroll trough and reuse what you already have written. Basicly really good when you are LFG/LFm shift + up key is your friend ... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
VeganHipster Posted December 29, 2011 Share Posted December 29, 2011 Static barrier yourself before hoping onto your speeder. Fly by mobs and you wont get dismounted because you will absorb the attacks. Not sure if this works for other classes who have a similiar defense technique. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Caldric Posted December 29, 2011 Share Posted December 29, 2011 you can read stuff while worlds are loading if you have dual monitors. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Caldric Posted December 29, 2011 Share Posted December 29, 2011 (edited) You can craft by using materials in your cargo, i.e. no need to have it take up space in inventory. Nice! I didn't know that I have so much junk in my trunk! Give the man or woman a million credits Edited December 29, 2011 by Caldric Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Grumzz Posted December 29, 2011 Share Posted December 29, 2011 you can read stuff while worlds are loading if you have dual monitors. I have 3 monitors, and that's how i came to this thread. GG we win. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Caldric Posted December 29, 2011 Share Posted December 29, 2011 I have 3 monitors, and that's how i came to this thread. GG we win. Haha yep! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
antOWNio Posted December 29, 2011 Share Posted December 29, 2011 you can press alt + f4 if your game freezes. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Satpolpp Posted December 29, 2011 Share Posted December 29, 2011 You can use the Emergency Fleet Pass to instantly teleport back to the Republic/Imperial Fleet from anywhere. It's in your skill box in general tab. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bionixx Posted December 29, 2011 Share Posted December 29, 2011 You can use the Emergency Fleet Pass to instantly teleport back to the Republic/Imperial Fleet from anywhere. It's in your skill box in general tab. Is this a joke? If not, I LOVE YOU MAN! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Putok Posted December 29, 2011 Share Posted December 29, 2011 Is this a joke? If not, I LOVE YOU MAN! What's more, you can buy them in unlimited quantities from the security key vendor for 1k a piece. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GawdoOo Posted December 29, 2011 Share Posted December 29, 2011 (edited) You don't need to use a mod station. You can add and remove mods from your moddable items, by ctrl+left clicking them, anywhere. I see so many people asking where a mod station is.. Edited December 29, 2011 by GawdoOo Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rhym Posted December 29, 2011 Share Posted December 29, 2011 Is this a joke? If not, I LOVE YOU MAN! It has an 18hr cooldown, but still very nice yes. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
trumpsofdoom Posted December 29, 2011 Share Posted December 29, 2011 Your companions can wear pvp gear so at lvl 20 and 40 it is easy to get a full set of blue gear for them Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Palonto Posted December 29, 2011 Share Posted December 29, 2011 You can use the N key to get your companion window open on your ship. If you want a different companion you can use the arrows next to their name to scroll through them. This way you can Outfit your companions without summoning them. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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