News Sneek Peek #5 - Slow zoom from the edge of a misty crater

BigFW

BigFW
Breath,Breath,don't faint,don't faint....."THUD"

Edit: Sorry, just tripped over something (cough).
 
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BEKTOP 3APEMOB

BEKTOP 3APEMOB
David Braben said:
Here's another unedited video taken from Elite Dangerous: Horizons. Again, many things here are unfinished which I won't call out. This shows another slow zoom, but this time showing the effect of volatiles forming as a mist in a deep crater on a cold, rocky, uninhabited world:

https://youtu.be/0jE7UhIyRnA
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After you get above 300 meters above ground - it becomes really beautiful. I like the cloudy white gas lake at the bottom of crater and hints of it covering whole surface and these metallic veins running through the ground. Amazed by variation of terrain colour (not sure if the structure of the ground looks different up close). This shows you almost (didn't see mountain ranges yet) have everything ready to make realistic looking Pluto (as good as the latest photos by NASA).

But do you plan on improving closeup look of terrain (what we'll see inside 300 meter radius around us sitting in our buggies)? It doesn't look good to me. Not enough detail
 
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Pomerlaw

Pomerlaw
BEKTOP 3APEMOB said:
After you get above 300 meters above ground - it becomes really beautiful. I like the cloudy white gas lake at the bottom of crater and hints of it covering whole surface and these metallic veins running through the ground. Amazed by variation of terrain colour (not sure if the structure of the ground looks different up close). This shows you almost (didn't see mountain ranges yet) have everything ready to make realistic looking Pluto (as good as the latest photos by NASA).

But do you plan on improving closeup look of terrain (what we'll see inside 300 meter radius around us sitting in our buggies)? It doesn't look good to me. Not enough detail
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Yeah the closeup textures look a bit dull I agree. But the whole thing is getting better each time. The sense of scale is amazing.
 

Wolvie

Wolvie
Wow, totally blown away by that. I didn't realise there was going to be this amount of variation in planet surfaces in the game so early. That volcanism on the surface was big surprise, plus the release of volatiles is way beyond what I was expecting to see.

I thought I was excited before for the Beta at the end of November but now I have no words to describe it. Off to re-watch that video several hundred times.
 
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Tinman

Tinman
BEKTOP 3APEMOB said:
After you get above 300 meters above ground - it becomes really beautiful. I like the cloudy white gas lake at the bottom of crater and hints of it covering whole surface and these metallic veins running through the ground. Amazed by variation of terrain colour (not sure if the structure of the ground looks different up close). This shows you almost (didn't see mountain ranges yet) have everything ready to make realistic looking Pluto (as good as the latest photos by NASA).

But do you plan on improving closeup look of terrain (what we'll see inside 300 meter radius around us sitting in our buggies)? It doesn't look good to me. Not enough detail
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The long term plan is to have everything from lifeless rocks to "earthlike" worlds with vegetation, wildlife and cities all over the surface...I'm pretty sure they plan to constantly improve the look across the board. ;)

Really looking forward to seeing active volcanism later in Season 2! :)
 

Pomerlaw

Pomerlaw
Why is Frontier expecting me to "play" this game, when I can land near that crater and just stay there in total awe!?

And people still ask why I have so little credits in that game...

:)
 
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Ziljan

Ziljan
Tony Spaniels said:
"showing the effect of volatiles forming as a mist in a deep crater"

Anyone care to explain what 'volatiles forming' means? :)
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Volatiles are gaseous chemicals, commonly reactive hydrocarbons (as in VOCs). As in the kind we might use for fuel ;) Apparently it's off gassing and accumulating inside the crater, thus making it easier to collect (wink wink).
 

Adamaira

A
Ziljan said:
Volatiles are gaseous chemicals, commonly reactive hydrocarbons (as in VOCs). As in the kind we might use for fuel ;) Apparently it's off gassing and accumulating inside the crater, thus making it easier to collect (wink wink).
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Confirmed Gas collection quests for credits. ;)
 
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mossfoot

mossfoot
Pomerlaw said:
Why is Frontier expecting me to "play" this game, when I can land near that crater and just stay there in total awe!?

And people still ask why I have so little credits in that game...

:)
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What, you don't have a Battleconda after grinding RES for two weeks straight? Poser! ;)
 
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