Michael Brookes
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News David Braben Live Chat Thread - Today (17th July) at 4pm BST
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Yes, there will. We have already discussed gold rushes - those will be triggered by specific players. Other events too.
Certain notorious players may get named on the news feeds if they have particularly high bounties too!
Hello David.
I have been wondering about the capabilities of procedural generation in the Cobra engine.
Now the creation of a 1:1 galaxy is a huge achievement, but a galaxy is a macroscopic entity that can be approximated by use of relatively simple rules. I'm not saying it's easy, just saying that it's not necessarily complex.
( Feel free to tell me i'm wrong
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The question is, how will procedural generation manage to create a 1:1 Earth, populated by billions of people and animals, with huge urban cities in many different styles, and all this meanwhile being believable, immersive and high quality?
There seem to be an enormous amounts of variables that come into play here that need to be tweaked.
In many ways, i would find such a 1:1 seamless recreation of Earth where we can walk around an even bigger achievement than a 1:1 galaxy.
I have been wondering about the capabilities of procedural generation in the Cobra engine.
Now the creation of a 1:1 galaxy is a huge achievement, but a galaxy is a macroscopic entity that can be approximated by use of relatively simple rules. I'm not saying it's easy, just saying that it's not necessarily complex.
( Feel free to tell me i'm wrong
)The question is, how will procedural generation manage to create a 1:1 Earth, populated by billions of people and animals, with huge urban cities in many different styles, and all this meanwhile being believable, immersive and high quality?
There seem to be an enormous amounts of variables that come into play here that need to be tweaked.
In many ways, i would find such a 1:1 seamless recreation of Earth where we can walk around an even bigger achievement than a 1:1 galaxy.
Are there plans for manual landing into planet cities?
My dream feature in a space games was always to be able to fly from space into a planet and land in the city.
In 'freelancer' the game which I played the hell out of it back in the day had this, but all the landing were sequence, with a cinematic landing.
It would be nice that in some way I could sit in a bar looking out the window and see ships by real people landing and taking off directly and manually into space and from space. would also be nice if we could fly around the city for awesome sight seeing. Cinematic automated sequence when landing on planets could still be an alternative option if someone is in a hurry and don't want to land manually.
Are there plans for manual landing into planet cities?
Thank you
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It should be automatic. If your friends are on your friends list, then you should meet them. This is one of the features coming for Beta 1 on 29th July.
Hi Mr Braben,
Congratulations on your highly deserved OBE, I am a long-time fan of Elite and especially Frontier, and used to hang out on Alt.Fan.Elite chatting with you back in the late 90s
Anyway my question is: do you have a planned schedule for the expansions that you can share? As a Frontier fan, I am most looking forward to the planetary landings.
Congratulations on your highly deserved OBE, I am a long-time fan of Elite and especially Frontier, and used to hang out on Alt.Fan.Elite chatting with you back in the late 90s
Anyway my question is: do you have a planned schedule for the expansions that you can share? As a Frontier fan, I am most looking forward to the planetary landings.
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Hi David
As much as people revere the work you and Ian Bell did on Elite.. I have to say that Frontier: Elite II was absolutely mind blowing and would easily stand next to modern indy games in terms of graphics and well beyond in terms of gameplay (yes I am one of the few that preferred Elite II over I). You should totally release a HD version of it!
My question: What kinds of things can we expect to see in terms of customization.. character? hud? ship interiors? and how extensive will such things be?
As much as people revere the work you and Ian Bell did on Elite.. I have to say that Frontier: Elite II was absolutely mind blowing and would easily stand next to modern indy games in terms of graphics and well beyond in terms of gameplay (yes I am one of the few that preferred Elite II over I). You should totally release a HD version of it!
My question: What kinds of things can we expect to see in terms of customization.. character? hud? ship interiors? and how extensive will such things be?
From a thread I posted today:
In some MMOs you are able to share a quest or mission you have with a friend. That way if you complete them together you both get the rewards. Is this going to be possible in Elite Dangerous? Or how about sharing of profits/rewards if a mission is accepted as a group?
In some MMOs you are able to share a quest or mission you have with a friend. That way if you complete them together you both get the rewards. Is this going to be possible in Elite Dangerous? Or how about sharing of profits/rewards if a mission is accepted as a group?
Are there any plans to implement a way to ask the game what the prices of goods are in a specific system. As a player primarily interested in trading, knowing what the prices are in a specific system (even if they change slightly before I arrive), would certainly make things easier.
Thanks for taking questions. Mine is, will the game at any point have a full 64 bit architecture without 32 bit code to make the game as future proof as possible, or will it just be a 64 bit executable with the 4 gig memory limit?
Thanks for making this game. I like many played the original Elite and loved it.
Calebe
Thanks for making this game. I like many played the original Elite and loved it.
Calebe
Hi there,
Can you share any information about 'bottom of the range' station that is made from a melted-then-inflated asteroid: what services there will be available and how safe those stations will be from outside attacks, will there be any defenses and who can request docking or that will be just free for all to enter anytime?
thanks
Can you share any information about 'bottom of the range' station that is made from a melted-then-inflated asteroid: what services there will be available and how safe those stations will be from outside attacks, will there be any defenses and who can request docking or that will be just free for all to enter anytime?
thanks
...and when is it going to be lol!
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