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ABOUT

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Most of this guide consists of text and screenshots.  That's purely because that's what I look for first when I'm looking for a how-to.  That way I can read it while I'm at work - and it's easy to consume a bit at a time, rather than needing to sit down and watch for a 10 to 15 minute block. Also this format makes it easier to come back to and use as a reference at a later date, using text, or just scrolling through the page.

(you can see the whole website on one page HERE    )

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If this guide is actually useful to anyone, I'll put in the time to find YouTube tutorials made by others to insert in relevant parts of this tutorial.

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Also I aim for maximum simplicity in my instructions, because I rarely have issues with other tutorials being too detailed, but often have issues with the tutorial author assuming I have knowledge that I don't have.

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As well as being aimed at absolute beginners, this guide may also be useful for people (also like me) who jump between games a lot.  I often come back to a game after 6 months, and have forgotten a lot of the key bindings and basic concepts.​

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WHO I AM
  

I was born in 1972 (51 yo at time of writing).  I started gaming at about the age of 12; and I've always been crap (Apart from a couple of years at the start I've always gamed on a PC/Windows).  I've given up on so many games that I thought looked great (at first glance) usually because I'm not a good problem solver, and I give up too easily. Maybe about 10 years ago I first tried blatantly cheating at games.  The first one I remember was Half Life 2.  I used a trainer app to give myself unlimited health, unlimited ammo.  I still had a couple of frustrating moments - but I finished the game, and mostly I had a blast.  Since then, most games I play I use a combination of save games and trainers to cheat my way through. There's a few games where I haven't had to do that, or wasn't able to do that , Red Dead Redemption 2, Biomutant, Knights of the Old Republic 1 & 2, Jade Empire, World of Warcraft, some of the Civilization series, and now, Elite Dangerous.

 
Nearly everyone will consider this guide far beneath them.  Maybe everybody will.  This guide is written for people like me who don’t or can’t pay enough attention in tutorials, who forget stuff quickly and frequently. But I think that Elite Dangerous is such a cool game, even these people deserve the chance to experience its awesomeness.

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