New news update:
http://robertsspaceindust...ena-Commander-Launched
 
Pilot's Guide:
http://robertsspaceindust...-Pilots-Guide-V0-8.pdf
 

Corrected links please
 
 
 

soooo..   how is it?  

Goping to download when I get home, hopefully I will get a chance to try it out tonight.
I know EVGATech_JaesonW will also be trying it.  There are a few of us who are really looking forward to trying it.  
 
FYI, as of now, there is no SLI/Xfire support, but they are aware there is issues and they stated they are working on it.

keyboard+mouse not very fun. HOTAS is really fun though.

Downloading it right now. Been looking forward to this for a good while!

Was still downloading when I went to bed  :(  DL'd great for a while, then dropped to 200k  :(  Other things sucked too, so i think my internet just was having issues last night.  Should be good to go today though.

There is a thread in the hardware sub-forums on the SC forums that works through custom controller mapping xml. Not sure if that'll help, but there is a lot of detail in it.

Alright, I picked up the T.Flight tonight and gave it a spin. Actually having full control of my ship helped a bit, but having the yaw on the x-axis still threw me. I'm too used to Wing Commander/Privateer/etc., instead of in-atmosphere flight. I Looked up the xml files on the RSI forums, and found one to swap roll to the z-axis and yaw to x-axis. Here's the directions if anyone else wants them, just scroll down to Controls for the file and how to load it from the console: https://forums.robertsspaceindustries.com/discussion/137191/arena-commander-reported-issue-workarounds-faq#latest . Once that was in place, I was flying much better! Rather than floundering around barely able to hit a Vanduul for 10 minutes, I finished the first wave in just under 5, and I was blasting around asteroids with ease like I was Han Solo. 
 
I can confirm that SLI is a no-go, my 760s artifact horribly. Thankfully even on Very High @ 1440 it runs well on a single 760. I haven't checked my framerate yet, but I haven't felt the need to either so I consider that a win. 

On a side note, if you need a good, cheap HOTAS, I rather like the T. Flight. It's got a bit of a dead zone it seems, but I'm adjusting to that. Other than that, it's quite responsive. Overall I'm happy with it for only $30, and heartily recommend it if you don't have a HOTAS yet and don't know if you want to shell out north of $100 for a quality HOTAS. I'm eyeballing an x55 for either my birthday or christmas, but until then this will do.

knightsilver
Im not even half awake yet! Is this online only or can you do offline?

You have to login to patch but currently most players are doing the single player free flight and Vanduul Swarm dogfight modes. They're slowly adding people to multi-player option but it's not available for most yet.

Im just fine with single player as long as its offline? " Offline, Vanduul Swarm dogfight modes?"
 
Is the 360(USB) controller supported in this build?

I will be upgrading to the Freelancer MIS !

I upgraded to MIS on my Freelancer. And also upgraded my Aurora LX to LN. Then picked up the new UEE Environment Coat. Enough spending my beer money on non-beer products this weekend. 

i decided on the environmental suit as well and went with the exploring ship since having a merchantman and  not sure how well the connie will be for exploring 

sorbert
i decided on the environmental suit as well and went with the exploring ship since having a merchantman and  not sure how well the connie will be for exploring 

Great thing about the Connie is that it can be outfitted for almost any trade.