My only hope is that the game stays active on the console (Xbox) and PS4, so eventually we also can enjoy space legs. Iirc there was a Mac variant in the past.
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Odyssey Going Forwards
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Thank you very much @David Braben . One thing I would ask if you could please at some point try to pen down for the community your thoughts and hopes on where you would like to see Elite Dangerous progress over the next few years. There has been little communication from you on this and all there is to rely on is what you had said during the Kickstarter. Recently some of your CM's have gone on record saying certain things were not on the roadmap or even being considered at this time and that leaves a bad feeling with some considering the idea you presented before. Again, thank you for this update and hope to hear more from you in the near future.
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To A: when they decide to implement it. Remember that "the other game", the one in perpetual alpha, has ten times the budget, and all it has to show for it is ship interiors. It is a huge undertaking.
As for Armstrong moments, I have a suggestion:
Use your srv and you can get really photogenic Armstrong moments.
Simple concept really is that if the foundations (base game) is unstable then anything built on that will also be unstable. That will include porting it to other platforms.
Thanks David for communicating this to the Community. Many unfortunately will still have unrealistic expectations but I thing the majority are appreciative of the work being done in Frontier.
Thanks David for communicating this to the Community. Many unfortunately will still have unrealistic expectations but I thing the majority are appreciative of the work being done in Frontier.
The post suggests that they are more worried about the rate that PC players are leaving the game than the rate of console players leaving the game.
Thank you for the update, @David Braben
I abandoned Odyssey last week and was facing the serious possibility of an end to my Elite journey, one that began almost four decades ago with your original game. Something I really don't want to happen, I might add.
Your comments are encouraging and it sounds like a solid approach to take. I now have some hope that I might be able to keep flying.
Good luck to the development team for the improvements.
I abandoned Odyssey last week and was facing the serious possibility of an end to my Elite journey, one that began almost four decades ago with your original game. Something I really don't want to happen, I might add.
Your comments are encouraging and it sounds like a solid approach to take. I now have some hope that I might be able to keep flying.
Good luck to the development team for the improvements.
When Odyssey was first announced for an early summer launch, I thought that was pretty bad timing. I and many I know tend to take a break during summer and even Fall (Frontier is in the northern hemisphere), saving long gaming sessions for the cold, dark winter months. Winter is especially a good time of year to play space games! But now I'm thinking it's quite fortunate that Odyssey launched when it did, because hopefully by the time winter rolls around again, it will be fixed enough that I and others will be interested in it once again.
Disclaimer - I haven't purchased Odyssey yet, so it's easier for me to be forgiving and patient. I'm also not tied to just one game.
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Performance, smooth, "good" planetary tech (how terrain is drawn in as a pilot flies over it), and lighting are the three most "make or break" issues for me personally. It seems these are the issues likely to take the most time to be fixed.
Disclaimer - I haven't purchased Odyssey yet, so it's easier for me to be forgiving and patient. I'm also not tied to just one game.
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Performance, smooth, "good" planetary tech (how terrain is drawn in as a pilot flies over it), and lighting are the three most "make or break" issues for me personally. It seems these are the issues likely to take the most time to be fixed.
I would ask for more specifics. So far, little has changed in terms of optimization. On my hardware (I7 6700HQ, GTX 1080, 32 GB, SSD) Odyssey is virtually unplayable on foot. In space I have 40-60 FPS (all details LOW, supersampling 0.65). On foot from 2 - 25 fps. Nothing is stable. It's not that I don't like Odyssey (although there is a lot to improve), but that it is unplayable for me. And I was playing Cyberpunk 2077 on the same computer. I am not interested in the road map now. I'd love to hear when you start improving your code optimization.
I just hope that Frontier have learnt to stop releasing buggy crap at full price. Maybe if David had put his foot down, rather than allowing this abysmal update to be released so his company could post a nice financial quarter report we wouldn't be in this mess?
Thank you for taking the time to update us DB!
As a proud 84'er, I appreciate the effort that you and your team have put into this.
I KNOW that for you, ED is more than just another release for your company, it is something that you have a personal connection with - even longer than I have been playing!!
Keep the faith Boss.. the majority are still behind you!
As a proud 84'er, I appreciate the effort that you and your team have put into this.
I KNOW that for you, ED is more than just another release for your company, it is something that you have a personal connection with - even longer than I have been playing!!
Keep the faith Boss.. the majority are still behind you!
My question is why is an alarm sounding in an agri settlement without an alarm panel?Now can someone tell me why a settlements alarm panel would be placed in an Agricultural building?? Still trying to wrap my head around that.
Glad to see David reaching out. Time will tell, but hopefully this is positive and we certainly need positive now.
I'm very happy to read this. It's just words right now, but if FD follow through on it then it is a much needed course correction away from a nasty software release policy that has infected Frontier since at least the early days of (released) Elite Dangerous. Do it, make it real, make it lasting corporate policy, and everything else will fall into place.
Engaging Cautious Optimism Drive.
Thanks David, I'm on Xbox but really glad to hear you're committed to sorting the PC side out first and that's totally understandable.. a lot of CMDRs will breathe a sigh of relief! Right, that fleet carrier isn't going to buy itself.. o7 CMDRs!
Credit cost balance pass, especially between pre-Odyssey and Odyssey costs
Oh, and REDUCE THE GRIND. Pre-Odyssey and Odyssey.
I'm sick of the grind in Horizons and I don't want the worse grind there is in Odyssey. There are better ways to make games than just grind, grind, grind.
I thought you ended up buying it or having it bought for you? Or was I drunk?
Well, that was certainly everything I wanted to hear. Hope the console folks aren’t too annoyed - it’s ultimately going to be better for them, too, as a result of this. All of this being based of course on the assumption that everything in the OP is representative of a genuine intent and not just words.
Although a lot of us console plebs saw this coming, it still seems like a massive slap in the face. I don’t know why your team were telling us as early as last week that everything was still on track. Just be transparent. As soon as you know something, tell us. We keep taking you at your word and you keep throwing it back in our faces. The whole roadmap, the release dates, the planned content with no extra details, it’s all just a little disingenuous.
I’ve been playing since 2017, I’ve loved this game and had some great experiences. However, as a customer, I don’t feel like your company can be trusted and your integrity is questionable. Be open, be transparent, be honest. If you can’t do it, say that.
I’ve been playing since 2017, I’ve loved this game and had some great experiences. However, as a customer, I don’t feel like your company can be trusted and your integrity is questionable. Be open, be transparent, be honest. If you can’t do it, say that.
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