Wait until it's definitely too late to do anything?
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Sadly seems so. Its why I'm waiting for what Odyssey brings outside of its key feature but no longer.
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So how are consoles going to cope. Also the current engine can render at 16K, so if it's about pushing pixels, I don't see a problem.
There's nothing I can do. As pointed out, FD are aware of the issue and of the VR community's opinion. The only people that can fix this is them.
Well here's hoping. Perhaps it could be another unexpected pleasant surprise moment like the orrery map mode?
I’m very disappointed with the VR announcement - I thought I’d had my major disappointment with ED back when Offline was dropped (and I’m sad to see the same sort of responses from unaffected players are once again in evidence) but here we are
I had a small, bitter laugh at the start of last night’s live stream, where the winning entry on the “Life On Board A Carrier” competition was made...using VR
I had a small, bitter laugh at the start of last night’s live stream, where the winning entry on the “Life On Board A Carrier” competition was made...using VR
You think this is going to kill ED? Time for your medication as you clearly have lost touch with reality.
You can, along with others, help to 'motivate' themThere's nothing I can do. As pointed out, FD are aware of the issue and of the VR community's opinion. The only people that can fix this is them.
Maybe it will have no effect, but doing nothing and trusting to Frontier's good graces will most certainly have no effect.
Maybe, but I think from all this I'm gravitating towards FD consolidating ED as a project beyond (if you excuse the pun) KS and its early period of experimentation- what ED solidifies around I don't know, but we don't have long to wait (in ED terms at least- ED years are like ice ages). IMO FD find ED in its current state a resource hog internally and want to pare it down to essentials, the question is how painful will that be to its current players in comparison to its future ones.
VR is a significant part of my day job, so I follow all the major web publications. Not happy to come across a big headline like this.
In general B2B VR is doing great, it just doesn't have the publicity. Some people will keep barking "VR is dead/dying" or "VR is a gimmick" and I'm pretty chill about it, people are just ignorant and it's understandable. It's simply not on their radar so they draw conclusions from what data they have.
But for consumer VR to ever become mainstream (as much as it ever will, which I assume is going to be something similar to HOTAS -- definitely not for every home, but stable and profitable), we need major players joining in, not bailing out. And I have little reason to consider this anything but bailing out.
"we've supported VR for seven years, now we'll remove it for a while from the new content, just so we can put it back in later."
You can, along with others, help to 'motivate' them
Maybe it will have no effect, but doing nothing and trusting to Frontier's good graces will most certainly have no effect.
I haven't done nothing. I've posted in far too many threads over the last couple of days what my opinion on this matter is. I do believe that FD are reading the forums.
Best we get on reddit, then.
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I agree with this. Part of the debacle and absence of information may be due to the fact that the release of this information was unintended (let's not kid ourselves here) and nobody was really ready to go public about this yet. Had VR support been included, even without walking inside ships, I believe this thread would have taken a completely different turn. Instead of veiling the fleet carrier release in a dark shroud, it would have acted as an invigorating push and I would have been happy to offer my sincere support for the work being done and the fact that I would be looking forward immensely for the new update while playing around what comes with the fleet carriers. Instead, here we are, 120 pages into a thread which to a very large fraction is VR-only or mainly VR players that are naturally concerned about the future state of their game as even the base game and Horizons gameplay may be significantly affected by features available only to Odessey commanders (as engineers are only available to Horizons commanders).
No, VR routines are significant pieces of code. They are worried about and working on getting the update out. Once they do that then they can work on adding the VR routines.View attachment 175608
VR is a significant part of my day job, so I follow all the major web publications. Not happy to come across a big headline like this.
In general B2B VR is doing great, it just doesn't have the publicity. Some people will keep barking "VR is dead/dying" or "VR is a gimmick" and I'm pretty chill about it, people are just ignorant and it's understandable. It's simply not on their radar so they draw conclusions from what data they have.
But for consumer VR to ever become mainstream (as much as it ever will, which I assume is going to be something similar to HOTAS -- definitely not for every home, but stable and profitable), we need major players joining in, not bailing out. And I have little reason to consider this anything but bailing out.
"we've supported VR for seven years, now we'll remove it for a while from the new content, just so we can put it back in later."
Of course there is something you can do. You can voice your opinion. While FDev has data on usage etc, they may have misgauged the importance of certain things to parts of their community. It is therefore up to you to voice your opinion (or not, that is your prerogative).There's nothing I can do. As pointed out, FD are aware of the issue and of the VR community's opinion. The only people that can fix this is them.
I'll be honest, I have only played in VR on my PS4 till now. I like NMS (even though it's of very low quality) but I have no problem switching between flat and VR and playing either version.
I haven't tried ED in VR (as I don't have a powerful enough PC) but from some of the posts it looks like a total game changer.
Is it really so?
I will be building a new PC at the end of year and I am considering getting a VR headset and hoping Odyssey will support it eventually (although I understand that getting a seamless space game/FPS with different controls/movement might be very tricky to implement).
If not, I will be fine with flying in VR in Horizons only.
I haven't tried ED in VR (as I don't have a powerful enough PC) but from some of the posts it looks like a total game changer.
Is it really so?
I will be building a new PC at the end of year and I am considering getting a VR headset and hoping Odyssey will support it eventually (although I understand that getting a seamless space game/FPS with different controls/movement might be very tricky to implement).
If not, I will be fine with flying in VR in Horizons only.
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It will kill ED for me and from my perspective that is really my main priority.
The release isn't until 2021. New next gen consoles will have released by then. Its not unfathomable to think that Odyssey is targeted at next gen hardware
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If you mean Adam Bourke-Waite, he's no longer working for FD. And considering VR drop in favor of FPS, there may be a loach behind it all.
O7,
Team 17 apparently. Another problem when you have a long running game, people leaving and replacing them/getting them up to speed them must cause no end of problems.
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