Starport Tour - Q&A Quick Notes

[Shaele]

So watching the VOD, they said "I think walking up the stairs into your ship for the 1000th time would get old" Here , but they dont think running to a mission giver npc would be the same? Bit of corporate disconnect there

Edit fixed link to correct time stamp

 

[CMDR Karrde Sun]

So watching the VOD, they said "I think walking up the stairs into your ship for the 1000th time would get old" Here , but they dont think running to a mission giver npc would be the same? Bit of corporate disconnect there

They said that? Wow.

Well, i think at this point it is what it is, so we have to find what appeals to us as individuals and move on.

Forums seem really quiet the last few days.

 

[Shaele]

They said that? Wow.

Well, i think at this point it is what it is, so we have to find what appeals to us as individuals and move on.

Forums seem really quiet the last few days.

yeah its like "heres the mechanic we did that we want you to like, but the mechanic you wanted we didnt do, so lets on that, even tho they are incredibly similar mechanics"

 

[CMDR Karrde Sun]

yeah its like "heres the mechanic we did that we want you to like, but the mechanic you wanted we didnt do, so lets on that, even tho they are incredibly similar mechanics"

Similar? Its exactly the one feature. Roleplay / immersion. All of it. We can get missions now in game, so its not a new feature.

Before they announced station interiors without blinking i thought they were just going to add a new section to the station services ui (like the srv and passengers) and telepresence you there. Its a nice bonus that they bothered with the window dressing.

 

[Shaele]

And then a little further on they say "to me it seems a normal transition" really??? what could be more epic than running down a gangway or back up into your ship with a squad? instead of [fade to black]

 

[CMDR Karrde Sun]

And then a little further on they say "to me it seems a normal transition" really??? what could be more epic than running down a gangway or back up into your ship with a squad? instead of [fade to black]

"traditional transition".

I almost got a rise of annoyance from that. Everything he said applies to supercruise. Doesn't exist? They need to delete supercruise now then. Its a pretty strong pitch on why ship interiors are bad yet supercruise. Please see existing game.

 

[khalismur]

The video was solid, but I'd have prefered to have waited one or two more months and to get ship interiors. That'd have made it even better.

 

[Andro]

The video was solid, but I'd have prefered to have waited one or two more months and to get ship interiors. That'd have made it even better.

I hope you don't believe ship interiors would take 1-2 months.

 

[khalismur]

I hope you don't mean that believe ship interiors would take 1-2 months.

I hope you don't think a team of 50~100 developers would need much more than that to design it.

 

[Andro]

I hope you don't think a team of 50~100 developers would need much more than that to design it.

I do. But neither of us work for FDev so it's a moot point. Also apologies for my unreadable post. It's been a long day

 

[Ambroza]

I hope you don't think a team of 50~100 developers would need much more than that to design it.

It absolutely would. Creating interactive interiors for enormous, mobile entities in a multiplayer galaxy is no small feat.

 

[Shaele]

Also note they made new menus with new color schemes... but forgot to allow new colors for the ship HUD UI?

 

[khalismur]

It absolutely would. Creating interactive interiors for enormous, mobile entities in a multiplayer galaxy is no small feat.

Not really absolutely; That is a word too strong. It of course depends on how detailed and how interactive ship interiors would be.

 

[Shaele]

Not really absolutely; That is a word too strong. It of course depends on how detailed and how interactive ship interiors would be.

thats the dumb thing - if they had made it like open hatch, walk along a corridor to cockpit and say more is coming later most people upset at this fade to black mechanic would have been happy, but saying "its more traditional" to fade to black is just a

 

[khalismur]

thats the dumb thing - if they had made it like open hatch, walk along a corridor to cockpit and say more is coming later most people upset at this fade to black mechanic would have been happy, but saying "its more traditional" to fade to black is just a

Indeed. Such a simple system certainly doesn't need more than 2 months for 50+ developers to come up with.

 

[[PS4] Filthymick420]

Indeed. Such a simple system certainly doesn't need more than 2 months for 50+ developers to come up with.

Clearly. That's why they've written it out all together I suppose, being such an easy and quick task

 

[khalismur]

Clearly. That's why they've written it out all together I suppose, being such an easy and quick task

Or maybe it's for the same reason they stopped doing bug fixes months (years?) ago

 

[alexzk]

'Load new ship hologram? [Yes / No]'

Seems the most likely to me ¯\(ツ)/¯

I thought it is reference to Elite 1. That is start screen of the first ever Elite :/ Or very close to it.

 

[Iron Golem]

The curved look to the 'on foot' mission menu from the different contacts made me think of how VR looks when viewed on a flat screen. Like when somewhere YTs their VR gameplay and you watch it in nonVR

I noticed that myself. On the whole I was pleasantly suprised though.

 

[[PS4] Filthymick420]

Or maybe it's for the same reason they stopped doing bug fixes months (years?) ago

Too much work/laziness? So we agree then