News David Braben Live Chat Thread - Today (17th July) at 4pm BST
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What the chance of having a limited number of ship types with different flight models?
IE: Yaw and Roll with limited Pitch or equal but more limited Yaw, Roll and Pitch.
Only thinking of one or two ship of this type in the total game and only a limited number of them to be bought.
IE: Yaw and Roll with limited Pitch or equal but more limited Yaw, Roll and Pitch.
Only thinking of one or two ship of this type in the total game and only a limited number of them to be bought.
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Thx David for taken the time to answer me..
The video even if it was a prototype was
As we say in Scotland Class in a Glass
& different Huds will be better put in sooner rather than later
So people can get used to them I think,
But over all I love the alpha testing.. Haven't had a chance to try the Beta yet.. Just a lot on at the moment.. But am loving it
Thx for making this game alive again..
The only game I ever liked was elite & frontier.. Etc cheers
Gimballed Weapons
Hi David - great vision that's really coming together now
There's been a lot of discussion regarding the effectiveness of gimballed weapons on the forum, with some players wanting them less effective, and others saying they preferred the way they worked in the first beta 2.00
What's your own view on this, and do you use them ?
Hi David - great vision that's really coming together now
There's been a lot of discussion regarding the effectiveness of gimballed weapons on the forum, with some players wanting them less effective, and others saying they preferred the way they worked in the first beta 2.00
What's your own view on this, and do you use them ?
Thanks for the great looking ED.
Question: Guild functionality above and beyond what's planned for Alliances has been quite a hot topic on the forums recently. What is your view of guilds and even basic guild functionality? I also have a concern with Alliances being open for anyone to recruit in to them. It could be exploitable by gankers and griefers.
Thanks again.
Question: Guild functionality above and beyond what's planned for Alliances has been quite a hot topic on the forums recently. What is your view of guilds and even basic guild functionality? I also have a concern with Alliances being open for anyone to recruit in to them. It could be exploitable by gankers and griefers.
Thanks again.
They are all working together. The blockades will be largely AIs, and that will still exist.
Michael Brookes
Game Director
David - Has Michael worn the Helmet he got at Lavecon around the office?
or
Michael - have you worn your helmet in the office?
Yes and it lives on my desk.
Michael
^^^ + any news on SLi / Crossfire support?
So presumably the friends list will allow us to have a lot of friends i.e >100 people?
Hi David - great vision that's really coming together now
There's been a lot of discussion regarding the effectiveness of gimballed weapons on the forum, with some players wanting them less effective, and others saying they preferred the way they worked in the first beta 2.00
What's your own view on this, and do you use them ?
Gimballed weapons are great I think - but mustn't unbalance the game. I think their powers were too high, but the principle is sound - trading some power for those who don't have quite the same pin-sharp aiming ability.
For those of us without real life (or forum) friends, will there be a way in the game for us to meet like-minded individuals for fun and good times? Is it likely to be a case of a random encounter and a little bit of small talk, or do you plan to have hubs or missions that generate those encounters?
I imagine the transition will be made smoother at some point, but how much of the station are you expecting to see at ~30km/s ?
Thx pal
Hi David, I refer to landing on a planet, without flying through an atmosphere - maybe I am mistaken.. I thought I had seen/heard that you could get within range of a planet, then you could choose a city to 'dock' at - at some point in V1.
Maybe this is all a figment of my imagination..
Thanks anyway, I am very much enjoying Elite Dangerous, and it has already exceeded my expectations, so I eagerly await future releases.
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It is on the lists of the things we need to improve. I'm afraid I don't have a date for you.
Is the plan to allow us to land anywhere on planets once we get this expansion, or only on selected hotspots?
I hope to land in a bay and just relax on the beach at some point.
I hope to land in a bay and just relax on the beach at some point.
Two questions
Dear Mr.Braben
Complete newbie here. Just purchased premium beta yesterday. Used to play Elite Plus back in the late 80s early 90's (more then 100000+ credits, rating elite - but doesn't count a penny now ). Just a few questions:
1) Is or will it be possible to play in a kind of free mode (like in planetarium mode) just to look around without being killed by AI pirates, bounty hunters, etc., something like invisible mode. This would be extremely useful until we newbies master our piloting skills (or retired Jameson's brush up our old Elite I skills..)
2) I know it has been asked before many times but are/will you consider taking a closer look into this one guy's brilliant work:en.spaceengine.org, especially the fact that Space Engine has multiple galaxies (numbers are in the billions), and its procedural planetary surface and lighting techniques. Obviously intergalactic travel must be possible at a much later stage of the game (e.g. after planetary landings). One idea I have is by going to the galactic core and using the imense energy/gravity of the supermassive central black hole to catapult the ship into intergalactic space. Although it is probably scientifically inaccurate..
Anyway keep-up the great work and thank you for such a great legendary piece of software
Dear Mr.Braben
Complete newbie here. Just purchased premium beta yesterday. Used to play Elite Plus back in the late 80s early 90's (more then 100000+ credits, rating elite - but doesn't count a penny now
). Just a few questions:1) Is or will it be possible to play in a kind of free mode (like in planetarium mode) just to look around without being killed by AI pirates, bounty hunters, etc., something like invisible mode. This would be extremely useful until we newbies master our piloting skills (or retired Jameson's brush up our old Elite I skills..)
2) I know it has been asked before many times but are/will you consider taking a closer look into this one guy's brilliant work:en.spaceengine.org, especially the fact that Space Engine has multiple galaxies (numbers are in the billions), and its procedural planetary surface and lighting techniques. Obviously intergalactic travel must be possible at a much later stage of the game (e.g. after planetary landings). One idea I have is by going to the galactic core and using the imense energy/gravity of the supermassive central black hole to catapult the ship into intergalactic space. Although it is probably scientifically inaccurate..
Anyway keep-up the great work and thank you for such a great legendary piece of software
Thank you for the reply.
Inevitable question has to be then: what about turret control? Gunner control was done really well in Rowan's Battle of Britain game...
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