Round Up of 3.3 Impressions - FDev Community Visit

She's not referring to USSes there, but locating planets/moons and interesting clusters of worlds.


All of the previewed gameplay/features were in-game, using their latest Hot Build. Dev & QA accounts were visibly connecting in and out during the day.

Nice one, ta :)
 
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I would say yes, they're system wide lighting changes so they'll almost certainly have effects that can be seen everywhere (although I don't recall them being shown explicitly on a planet surface). I would also say that there's something quite specific to do with lighting and visibility on planet surfaces that's coming in Q4 but I can't talk about that. :x
Did Fdev mention anything about the implementation of HDR with the new lighting system? I played a few games that support HDR and I think ED would benefit a lot from it if well implemented. Thanks Alec for answering all those questions.
 
Sorry if this has been asked already but I see no mention of new ships. Is there any info/speculation?
 
How is the new ADS system for the hearing impaired? Lotta talk about how you can get an ear for signals to speed up the search, but not so much about visual feedback.
 
So if I read it correctly Alec, it's not just icey planets that didn't make it, but neither the scattered rocks improvements and planetary visuals? 😞
Anyway, I'm really excited by this update, looking forward to it. Keep up the good work!! 😊 o7
 
How is the new ADS system for the hearing impaired? Lotta talk about how you can get an ear for signals to speed up the search, but not so much about visual feedback.

This was talked about as well as colorblindness was brought up.

Everything that we saw has both the auditory and visual elements, so even if a user was to mute the game, you can still do things just fine.
 

Viajero

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Thanks for the insights to all participants, quick one from me:

Is the new thing that can’t be talked about about NPCs as part of a player wing or as escorts etc? :p wink once if yes, twice if not.
 
bla bla bla.. it is fantastic *get money in right pocket* bla bla bla so incredible and people are going to be amazed *get money in left pocket*.

We know the trick.
 
So if I read it correctly Alec, it's not just icey planets that didn't make it, but neither the scattered rocks improvements and planetary visuals? 
Anyway, I'm really excited by this update, looking forward to it. Keep up the good work!!  o7

I didn't see any evidence of improved planetary visuals outside of the system wide lighting changes. That doesn't mean to say there aren't any improvements, they had a heck of a lot to show us so it's possible there's stuff that didn't make the agenda, guess we'll have to wait and see.

Sorry if this has been asked already but I see no mention of new ships. Is there any info/speculation?

No comment.
 
bla bla bla.. it is fantastic *get money in right pocket* bla bla bla so incredible and people are going to be amazed *get money in left pocket*.

We know the trick.

Let me just get this straight... you are expressly accusing all of the people who were invited to FD's offices of corruption and FD of bribery? I wouldn't want to misunderstand.
 
Did Fdev mention anything about the implementation of HDR with the new lighting system? I played a few games that support HDR and I think ED would benefit a lot from it if well implemented. Thanks Alec for answering all those questions.
Just reposting my question, as this would really interest me and it wasn't answered yet :)
 
I'm vary encouraged to learn that Frontier has been actually putting constant work into Elite Dangerous and not just treating it purely as a fallback/training project for junior staff!

Thanks FD for sticking with it! Maybe this game could actually be everything Cmdr Braben envisioned by the end of the ten year plan! There's still a long way to go, but you can do it!

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As a side point, I'm pleased for other space games when Elite Dangerous looks more healthy because, to some extent, the space game scene will prosper or decline as a group. I'm also rooting for other games like X4 Foundations, Rebel Galaxy Outlaw, NMS, Dual Universe, Infinity Battlescape ... and yes even Star Citizen.
 
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Did Fdev mention anything about the implementation of HDR with the new lighting system? I played a few games that support HDR and I think ED would benefit a lot from it if well implemented. Thanks Alec for answering all those questions.
HDR didn't come up, no - sorry.
 

Sir.Tj

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I'm vary encouraged to learn that Frontier has been actually putting constant work into Elite Dangerous and not just treating it purely as a fallback/training project for junior staff!

Thanks FD for sticking with it! Maybe this game could actually be everything Cmdr Braben envisioned by the end of the ten year plan! There's still a long way to go, but you can do it!

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As a side point, I'm pleased for other space games when Elite Dangerous looks more healthy because, to some extent, the space game scene will prosper or decline as a group. I'm also rooting for other games like X4 Foundations, Rebel Galaxy Outlaw, NMS, Dual Universe, Infinity Battlescape ... and yes even Star Citizen.

Yep, there's been a large amount of work done for the next update.

Every member of the Dev team I speak to all have the same high levels of passion for the game even after all these years.
 
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