Yes other games are starting proper cross platform, apparently, and collectively one would have thought it in the common interest, particularly as developers want to push online content. With Xbox being Microsoft you’d think they could join the PC party with just a few keystrokes! Suspect it will come sooner rather than later. Elite likely lends itself particularly well.Yeah, it's weird. You can use somebody's carrier, but you can't actually meet them in person.
It would be great to have a TRUE cross-platform, not just shared galaxy. Maybe one day they're going to do that with at least the XBox. IIRC they were thinking about it at the start, but the main obstacle is XBox's weird update schedule (basically Fdev would have to submit the update ahead of time and all other platforms would have to wait) which is no longer the case, I think, and Sony simply said NO and they are quite opposed to cross-platform for some reason. But (again, IIRC) when comes to the engine and matchmaking servers, I don't think there were any real problems. It's a shame, really.
Yes, anyone from any platform can land on a carrier. So we won't be able to actually see each other, but you can still ride along. I believe we can chat via system chat, too, if we're both online.
How it would work:
1) I'd have to install a Shipyard. I can store only my own ships unless I have a Shipyard, which then allows others to transfer their ships to my carrier, just like a station.
2) I'd have to jump the carrier to someplace near where your ships are, to make the transfer costs as low as possible (I transferred all my ships to the carrier from Jameson while I was 1 jump away in the carrier. It didn't cost much. I didn't even bother to add it up, it was insignificant.
3) Once your ships are onboard, then it's just a matter of me returning to the bubble and parking close to wherever you want to put your ships again.
4) Transfer your ships to their new home, and voila. No huge transfer costs
Installing a Shipyard costs 250,000,000 credits (one time fee). It adds 6,500,000 to the weekly upkeep, and 3000T to the weight (so slightly increased fuel usage). That would be my total outlay, so no big deal. I'd uninstall it once we were done with the trip.
If you want to help defray the costs you can just help me refuel with Tritium back in the bubble. It takes quite a few trips to haul enough Tritium for the ride back! I can set up a buy order for Tritium that's the same price the station is selling at, so you can just buy it at the station and sell at my carrier for no cost.
Schedule-wise, I'm very flexible. I'm only about 500LY from Colonia right now, so I can pop over whenever and park the carrier so you can transfer. I was planning on doing a bit more exploration before returning to the bubble, but I don't mind changing my plans. They aren't set in stone or anything. I'm just following my whims, and helping a friend is one of my better whims So once your stuff is onboard, I'll just fly back to the bubble and then decide what I want to do next.
So yeah, we can definitely get you back to the bubble without much trouble. Just let me know when you'd like to do the ship transfer, and we'll go from there.
Simon,
Actually, I have an alternate suggestion. The area I'm in is pristine. I'm surrounded by undiscovered systems, and it's very peaceful.
Sooo, how about this idea? I come get you in Colonia. Then, before heading back to the bubble, we come back out here and spend a week or two leisurely exploring, getting some exploration credits and first discoveries and first mappings. It'd be fun and there's nobody else out here. No carriers except mine, and it's only in one system. The rest are empty!
Also, I've already discovered a planet with hotspots for void opals, low temp diamonds, and tritium, all in the same ring. If you like, we could goof around mining until we have a few thousand LTDs on board, head back to the bubble after that, sell the stuff and end up richer than we started. Mining out here is quiet, too, with no NPCs or pirates, and no system chat going on.
It just depends on what you want to do. I'm flexible.
Also, I'd like you to give me some RDR2 tips, because I want to like that game but so far it's not grabbed me
Yes. You would dock and then transfer your other ships to it. It works just like a station. It is, in fact, a mobile station. Once transferred, your ships travel with the carrier.maybe I’m just failing to understand carriers. Is it actually a regular shipyard and I can summon ships to it???
Amazing. It does sound rather like a station which functions as a carrier as much as the other way around.Yes. You would dock and then transfer your other ships to it. It works just like a station. It is, in fact, a mobile station. Once transferred, your ships travel with the carrier.
Sounds like fun, really. Just tell me where you'd like to meet up and I'll make my way on over.
The plan is to become a tritium processing master!!Okay, I think we can say Codger wins the internet for today.
Good going, chaps.
Simon, you should probably at least buy him some Tritium once you're back home.
Cant your group now get a Fleet Carrier, with all functions, and park it at the Station planet, and dock on that? You can hand in bounties etc on a FC if you have the module.
no, if you leave it on friends it will be safer, or you might get a lot of 5c groups joining you m8.and randos can still join if they type your group name in social tab.you just need to approve them or let them friend request you.So a CMDR needs to send me a request in-game?
Yes other games are starting proper cross platform, apparently, and collectively one would have thought it in the common interest, particularly as developers want to push online content. With Xbox being Microsoft you’d think they could join the PC party with just a few keystrokes! Suspect it will come sooner rather than later. Elite likely lends itself particularly well.