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Rat Catcher

Rat Catcher
TrollhunterX said:
It could take as much as ten seconds, but as little as five.
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That is a very long time, indeed!
I'll be curious to see how EDO behaves (network related as I already know my laptop's performance is poor in EDO) when I take a short break next month and will rely on my mobile phone for internet access.
 

TrollhunterX

TrollhunterX
Old Duck said:
The one negative to my praise is that it's a whole lot easier to add this effect (planets & stations in motion) to [that other space game that can't be named] than it is to add persistent NPCs and realistic economy and supply chain to Elite Dangerous. Heck, it might even be something I can mod in myself. But still, the fact that there are things about my other favorite space games that I wish were more like Elite is a testimony to Elite.
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Feels like you might have got rapped on the knuckles about 'that other space game'? Is that a new development? Can I even ask about that?

(I feel like I'm turning into Louis Theroux, here...)
 

[VR] Mad Mike

[VR] Mad Mike
TrollhunterX said:
When I get the angle of descent and speed of entry right on a landing, it feels like I'm arriving at the rebel base in Star Wars. I'm almost looking for the guy in the watchtower. The only thing that spoils it is the ten second or so judder of transfer from space to planet mechanics, when controls (and everything else) 'freeze up'.
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I too quite like the transition to airless planets, as ever the sound is spot on and its just a good system. I do not have anywhere near the pause you do.

atmospheric planets however they dissapointed a bit, hopefully if we ever get dense ones they will spice it up... i would love there to be some chance of peril when doing an entry. iirc in Frontier and 1st enc if you got it wrong you could either burn up or bounce off and miss the planet. (but i am going back a bit so could be wrong).

1 thing which is a bit pants however is they do not do a good enough job of obfuscating when for instance searching for a poi on a planet when you have a mission to find something on planet surface (where you get that random target bouncing around)........ that is cheesy as hell, esp as regularly i am looking at a place and it is empty, only for the target to move over it and then "poof" it appears.

i dont understand why it is not populated on 1st entering the instance, if you happen to eyeball it before the target gets to it then so be it.
 

[VR] Mad Mike

[VR] Mad Mike
TrollhunterX said:
Feels like you might have got rapped on the knuckles about 'that other space game'? Is that a new development? Can I even ask about that?

(I feel like I'm turning into Louis Theroux, here...)
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generally when talking about other games we get asked to move it to general gaming / OT discussion where there will be an existing thread.

It can be difficult because surely we should be able to point out where FD get things right in ED, but also contrast where things are lacking and point to " X game (not literally X) does this feature better and i would like to see FD borrow a little" . This used to be allowed but back in the day lead to a lot of squabbles.

(PS NMS does on the ground VR really, exceptionally well and mixes VR with non VR players )

( ;) )
 

TrollhunterX

TrollhunterX
I'd like to see that board. I thought I did once, but that may have been during a brief visit to Egosoft's boards. I can't see a 'general gaming/ OT discussion forum anywhere here, even on the *main' main board, and I delayed answering to look several more times.

I'll take the deserved mockery, in return for a link...
 

[VR] Mad Mike

[VR] Mad Mike
TrollhunterX said:
I'd like to see that board. I thought I did once, but that may have been during a brief visit to Egosoft's boards. I can't see a 'general gaming/ OT discussion forum anywhere here, even on the *main' main board, and I delayed answering to look several more times.

I'll take the deserved mockery, in return for a link...
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Game Discussions - Star Citizen Discussion Thread v12

Hello all, Our previous SC thread reached the 10,000 post limit. As such, it's time for a new thread for Star Citizen discussions. If you want to discuss Star Citizen, this is the place to do so! As always, the following rules are in effect for this thread (in addition to the per-forum rules...
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Game Discussions - The No Man's Sky Thread

It's going to be a good few years for space sims... No Man's Sky is a Sci-Fi game currently in development by Hello Games. http://kotaku.com/wow-no-mans-sky-just-stole-the-show-at-the-vgx-1478802599 http://www.polygon.com/2013/12/7/5186774/exploration-sim-no-mans-sky-coming-from-hello-games...
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Game Discussions - X4 this looks Very good

https://www.youtube.com/user/Xuniversechannel This game has so much to offer, It will use Vulcan rendering so big plus for AMD users.. really excited for this:D VR Looks promising too https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nM3TYjWfjgw Nice voice over review...
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;)
 

Old Duck

Old Duck
[VR] Mad Mike said:

Game Discussions - Star Citizen Discussion Thread v12

Hello all, Our previous SC thread reached the 10,000 post limit. As such, it's time for a new thread for Star Citizen discussions. If you want to discuss Star Citizen, this is the place to do so! As always, the following rules are in effect for this thread (in addition to the per-forum rules...
forums.frontier.co.uk

Game Discussions - The No Man's Sky Thread

It's going to be a good few years for space sims... No Man's Sky is a Sci-Fi game currently in development by Hello Games. http://kotaku.com/wow-no-mans-sky-just-stole-the-show-at-the-vgx-1478802599 http://www.polygon.com/2013/12/7/5186774/exploration-sim-no-mans-sky-coming-from-hello-games...
forums.frontier.co.uk

Game Discussions - X4 this looks Very good

https://www.youtube.com/user/Xuniversechannel This game has so much to offer, It will use Vulcan rendering so big plus for AMD users.. really excited for this:D VR Looks promising too https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nM3TYjWfjgw Nice voice over review...
forums.frontier.co.uk


;)
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You forgot one!

Space Engineers - "Open" Changes Everything

My love for Space Engineers is well known, but I eventually hit the "What's the point of it all?" wall in my Solo game. The worlds are beautiful, but empty. NPCs are literally empty ships on autopilot just going through waypoints, and the various assets are also empty and cookie-cutter. NMS or...
forums.frontier.co.uk
 

TrollhunterX

TrollhunterX
[VR] Mad Mike said:

Game Discussions - Star Citizen Discussion Thread v12

Hello all, Our previous SC thread reached the 10,000 post limit. As such, it's time for a new thread for Star Citizen discussions. If you want to discuss Star Citizen, this is the place to do so! As always, the following rules are in effect for this thread (in addition to the per-forum rules...
forums.frontier.co.uk

Game Discussions - The No Man's Sky Thread

It's going to be a good few years for space sims... No Man's Sky is a Sci-Fi game currently in development by Hello Games. http://kotaku.com/wow-no-mans-sky-just-stole-the-show-at-the-vgx-1478802599 http://www.polygon.com/2013/12/7/5186774/exploration-sim-no-mans-sky-coming-from-hello-games...
forums.frontier.co.uk

Game Discussions - X4 this looks Very good

https://www.youtube.com/user/Xuniversechannel This game has so much to offer, It will use Vulcan rendering so big plus for AMD users.. really excited for this:D VR Looks promising too https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nM3TYjWfjgw Nice voice over review...
forums.frontier.co.uk


;)
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Thanks, that explains everything, the main main forum is a lot longer than I remembered...
 
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