Hi, sorry if this has been asked earlier but will Odyssey have a 3rd person option? My friend doesn't mind first person when flying but he doesn't play FPS games and asked me to ask.
ANNOUNCEMENT Elite Dangerous: Odyssey Announcement
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Possibly. But 9g is likely to kill youIn sci-fi, including Elite novels, you often have high-G mining planets where the destitute or enslaved work. For a particularly odd take on it read Stephen Baxter's Raft.
No one knows. Odd that someone would be so picky if they like a game but not the mode
I'd really like an answer to this too FD.
Elite does the cockpit VR experience so well and honestly I only have a VR headset because of Elite.
When you've already got that working please don't deny atmospherics to VR, surely there's a way of barring VR from FPS without denying atmospherics (and terrain improvements) ?
Team 17? Now there's a name to conjure with for former Amiga users
Good Yorkshire based games company! Friend of mine used to work for them before moving the the States, swapping Wormz for Halo in the process. Only a bit different....
Will this mean we can go around in our owned ships on foot?
All currently available and flyable ship interiors are ready for this or will be by launch?
Will these ship interiors be functional, or just cosmetics?
Will we be able to accommodate other players on our ships without telepresence?
Will we be able to enter/exit our SRVs while on the surface of a planet?
Will there be more types of SRVs?
Or will this be a completely separate experience from the already existing ones?
Meaning I won't be able to stand up from my ship's pilot seat and move around in my ship, srv, etc.?
All currently available and flyable ship interiors are ready for this or will be by launch?
Will these ship interiors be functional, or just cosmetics?
Will we be able to accommodate other players on our ships without telepresence?
Will we be able to enter/exit our SRVs while on the surface of a planet?
Will there be more types of SRVs?
Or will this be a completely separate experience from the already existing ones?
Meaning I won't be able to stand up from my ship's pilot seat and move around in my ship, srv, etc.?
Completely agree, this will be just another fps/tps competing with the big players that have been doing this for decades. I bought the game because of VR, stayed with it for years because of VR and will now drop it because of the lack of VR. But I guess there are not enough VR players to bother them.
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Most of these questions have been asked and answered multiple times on here. Some of you should actually read the thread smh
Better to wait for the official version from Frontier. They have only put out a teaser at the moment.
Yeah, that was like a golden nail to this particular coffin.
All 126 pages? Maybe someone should make a pinned FAQ.
Well, most wouldn't read that either
(Having said that - having important updates on page 66 & 67 isn't a great communication strategy - they should really update the OP)
Hi Tim, so can VR players perhaps expect the other enhancements such as the atmospheric landings, Ice Worlds, upgraded graphics, new SRVs etc. I mean to the onboard gameplay.
I invested a lot of money recently for the headset and new PC just to be able to play Elite in VR. I'm feeling kind of sidelined to be honest.
Thanks, have a good day.
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X: Rebirth VR sends its regards. It might not be as scale-ambitious as Elite, but it's a good VR title which has these things working. Also seamless switching from VR mode to 2d mode and controls when you take your headset off.
Well no support for VR in Odyssey is a huge disappointment. I have two VR setups for Elite and enjoyed many hours with my kid in VR, spent 100s in the Frontier Store. I suppose they are willing to just lose a part of their loyal fan base over this. It's a real shame. Looking at it now, it is probably going to feel like two separate games to me, and I have loads of cracking first person shooters that I can turn too on flat screens if that is the type of game I'm looking for. There is so much competition in that space already, will be interesting to see how it works out for Frontier. Elite containing VR mechanics like Half Life Alyx or Lone Echo was too difficult to do I suppose.
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Uhmmm ... Read again, this was my point.
The only thing you need to pin is that we really don't know anything as yet, other than Odessy will not have VR upon release.
Would be great it Odyssey works in the manner you suggest. I could live with that for that start and woudl hope that in a second release the switch is no longer from VR to flat but from seated to standing and have teleportation and locomotion like in any good VR game.
I 100% agree to all you said.
Yes, I understand you and that highlighted fragment. I will try to better explain my way of thinking:
Ship and SRV are just machines. I'm expecting different 'feeling' of my person walking around and doing stuff. Not only putting a camera inside my helmet or rifle scope and changing 3D model from SRV to commander. I'm expecting some new animations and interactions like: fatigue, deep breathing, maybe steam settling on the helmet's glass, the need to rest, wiping the helmet's glass, etc.
One of the best feeling of that kind of things, in my opinion, was in Metro: Last Light. When your mask filter was running out, your character breathed heavier and then suffering suffocating. The filter change was combined with a timer on your watch and had its animation. The mask glass could break. Also water could splash on it and you had to wipe it with your hand, which also looked great.
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I should say that what Frontier has done for Odyssey looks impressive, or at least the trailer does.
The devil will be in the detail.
The devil will be in the detail.
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