News Another sneak peek at Horizons progress (Base Raid)

Rinceuk · Oct 23, 2015

WOW i am impressed that looks and feels immense .

any info on what ranks would be required for the new ships ?

CMDR_UKmouse · Oct 23, 2015

Fantastic! I bet it looks so amazing in the Rift.
I cannot wait for Horizons, bring on the Beta release.
I am around 20kly away from the bubble, so heading back during Gamma will be painfully slow.

Alex Merion-Turner · Oct 23, 2015

I'm gonna keep watching it over and over again until I bloody well crap my pants with excitement.

Iain M Norman · Oct 23, 2015

CMDR_UKmouse said:
I am around 20kly away from the bubble, so heading back during Gamma will be painfully slow.

If beta has cheap ships again then you could just reset?

[VR] Bac Ho · Oct 23, 2015

Mr. Jaw let me introduce you to Mr. Floor

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Utterly amazing, thank you.

xyphic · Oct 23, 2015

Amazing. Have to say that I'm loving this new approach to sharing work-in-progress video, it's clear you are immensely proud of what you're doing and rightly so!

Munial · Oct 23, 2015

Morgan Grimes said:
Love it!!!

I kinda hope that one of the tweaks is the sound levels, I know it's still a vacuum and the ship/srv is creating the sound for feedback but the Corvette going overhead needs to be silly (duck as low as you can get, impact imminent, rude word me(we've all seen that spitfire video right?)) loud in my opinion

agreed - it looks fantaaastic but I would expect the thunder to feel like the sky is falling with that bad boy going overhead

Bortas · Oct 23, 2015

Iain M Norman said:
If beta has cheap ships again then you could just reset?

Self destruct should be suffcient to get back

zimms · Oct 23, 2015

Exactly! You can respawn in LHS 3447 to get access to all the ships but still have all your moneys.

Rubbernuke · Oct 23, 2015

It is a Corvette........still reeling!

Xzanron · Oct 23, 2015

David Braben said:
Here is this week’s quick-and-dirty unedited video capture from the Planetary Landings update for Horizons (using the same dev machines as before) as we begin a raid on a surface base, using two SRVs and a ship. Still quite a few elements need work which I won’t list here, but you can see there's been good progress since last week:

https://youtu.be/AaV3FP5HJ48

I really appreciate the way FD have taken to heart the need to keep the community engaged with this type of content and views of progress. Kudos. It's so much better than just a year ago, and I really want to thank FD and DBO for listening and making the change.

Also.. video is cool. Can you flip SRVs? What happens if you're SRV is lying on it's back, are you stuck forever?

Nagual · Oct 23, 2015

meh. I was hoping for 23 seconds of video. 22 is rubbish... booo. frontier this is shocking.

Iain M Norman · Oct 23, 2015

Bortas said:
Self destruct should be suffcient to get back

Well duh! Yes! Of course.

/me slaps himself

My god I'm stupid today.

Ever since I squeed in public I've been useless.

I even accidently edited your post instead of replying.

David Braben's made a mess of me.

Viajero · Oct 23, 2015

"... Admiral Piet, prepare your troops for terrestrial invasion..."

No seriously, terrestrial pr combined arms combat has so much potential even if it is just a couple wings of players.

In terms of future vehicles beyond the SRV teh fact terrain is modelled 1:1 realistically can offer lots of opportunities for realistic ground / combined arms engagements including all kinds of modern warfare principles and positioning tactics, higher ground, armor´s hull down, flanking etc all adapted to the Elite´s lore and constraints but hey, dreaming is free!

sensai25 · Oct 23, 2015

Mr Braben, FD team :

Amazing job ! I cannot wait.

Sterlino · Oct 23, 2015

that ship.... the federal corvette.... it's.. it's... HUGE !! o_o

Mephane · Oct 23, 2015

David Braben said:
Here is this week’s quick-and-dirty unedited video capture from the Planetary Landings update for Horizons (using the same dev machines as before) as we begin a raid on a surface base, using two SRVs and a ship. Still quite a few elements need work which I won’t list here, but you can see there's been good progress since last week:

https://youtu.be/AaV3FP5HJ48

The stage is empty. Brightly illuminated it sits bare, before a simple, unadorned grey wall and a few blue lights where it meets the ceiling.

Enter a red-haired man in his mid twenties, clean-shaven, clad in sneakers, trousers and a vibrantly red jacket worn openly on top of a simple white t-shirt. His face contorted into an expression of eager and angry excitation, masking his inexplicable glee, he grabs into his left trouser pocket. Thus he produces a loose bundle of hundred dollar bills and silently waves them face-high towards another person off-stage, unseen. He then lets his arms droop, turns to face the audience, and with a serene, almost zen-like expression on his face, performs a deep, humbling bow as the audience bursts into applause and the curtain falls before the man, still unmoving in his bowing pose.

DWorth · Oct 23, 2015

I love how you see the rounds zooming in from the distance and pinging off the ground all around the vehicle. Makes you want to duck.

Federal Corvette - me want... well until the Imperial Cutter gets revealed anyway

VR Morgan Grimes · Oct 23, 2015

Xzanron said:
I really appreciate the way FD have taken to heart the need to keep the community engaged with this type of content and views of progress. Kudos. It's so much better than just a year ago, and I really want to thank FD and DBO for listening and making the change.

Also.. video is cool. Can you flip SRVs? What happens if you're SRV is lying on it's back, are you stuck forever?

Go watch the live stream from Wednesday, it'll answer that (yes and no in direct response to your questions however) and more

Rubbernuke · Oct 23, 2015

Next time, have bhuggez, bases, and an Anacona fighting a Cutter and/or Corvette overhead? Please?Pretty please with C3 lasers on top?