No xmas card!Just a thought - what if a cmdr boards his friend's ship and then leaves it on some random planet and his friend leaves him there?
New Odyssey Article - more on planet generation
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Am I right in saying this appears to suggest the work is done to support worlds other than just ice and rock? That, maybe not at launch, we can look forward to the metal content worlds being accessible as well?
I'm 99% sure there's been no mention of metal rich or high metal content worlds to this point (and they're definitely not landable now).
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The way it's written says to me that Metal Rich and High Metal Content worlds are now among the landable types in Odyssey.
This is incorrect. There are landable HMCs now, as long as they have no atmosphere. I expect Odyssey to simply extend this to HMCs with light atmosphere, but it sounds like all landable planets will see some changes in terrain generation.
I know, that's how I read it. I just don't want to promote that just yet given it's not been explicitly confirmed (seems like new information to me).
Edit: I think it's just me do ignore what I've said.
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I am sure that's wrong, I thought some airless ones were! Yes they are, Kyloall CL-Y g1518 D 1 is metal rich and landable so that's incorrect, here is the EDSM listing, it's clearly metal rich and clearly landable.
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I am sure HMC's are landable also but I can't be bothered looking for an example.
I've not particularly seen one of these. Just rocky or icy so far. Interesting. But also confusing. Are they classified as rocky?
Definitely not metal rich worlds though?
Or am I wrong there too? None of this is making sense to me. I have always thought it's been (obviously airless) rocky or icy worlds.
Ok fair enough.I am sure that's wrong, I thought some airless ones were! Yes they are, Kyloall CL-Y g1518 D 1 is metal rich and landable so that's incorrect, here is the EDSM listing, it's clearly metal rich and clearly landable.
EDSM - Elite Dangerous Star Map
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Always had it in my head that it's just rocky or icy. Ignore me then.
eddb's body search https://eddb.io/body (just check 'landable') shows HMC and metal rich on the first page when looking around Sol.
I'm not sure of the proportion of HMC/MR compared to icy and rocky landables, it's quite likely the former will have higher gravity and be more likely to have atmospheres, they will also form closer to stars so will often be hell worlds, but I suspect there are quite a few out there among the 400b systems we have to choose from!
I think there was some confusion because the first dev diary did mention rocky and icy planets but not HMC. I think this was just an oversight in the wording, I assumed it would be the same for tenuous atmospheres as airless in terms of the types of worlds, and this article seems to confirm it.
I'm mostly interesting in the way they seem to be re-jigging the planetary generation - at the moment on long SRV journeys <cough> circumnavigations <cough> they can get a bit .. same-y. This sounds like they are going to be more interesting. I really like the image on the cover of the mag - really pops
I'd also suggest that it might just be me thinking "rocky" == rocky and not knowing that HMC and MR worlds are, I'm guessing, essentially rocky.
So, even though what I've said has inaccuracies, the good thing is this quotation, for me at least, has confirmed good news
Very interested in Apex. I really hope there are no timers involved, so it is basically a form of quick travel but without your ships. If the screen fades to black with a timer saying:"four hours till arrival." I will be a bit annoyed...
I'm mostly interesting in the way they seem to be re-jigging the planetary generation - at the moment on long SRV journeys <cough> circumnavigations <cough> they can get a bit .. same-y. This sounds like they are going to be more interesting. I really like the image on the cover of the mag - really pops
Yes, sounds like a move from categorical to dimensional modeling.
Well, that didn't go in a direction I expected!Yes, sounds like a move from categorical to dimensional modeling.
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I'm mostly interesting in the way they seem to be re-jigging the planetary generation - at the moment on long SRV journeys <cough> circumnavigations <cough> they can get a bit .. same-y. This sounds like they are going to be more interesting. I really like the image on the cover of the mag - really pops
Yes this is what really interests me, it's likely we will see more colourful planets, different areas where different features are more likely to occur, volcanics and life, there was one particularly interesting bit where they discussed how terrain will vary depending on gravitational stress and crust thickness and that will determine what sort of minerals can be found what areas, even tectonically active areas, so it should be interesting to see how that works out.