No Single Player offline Mode then?
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I know, but some people (not me - I'm not interested in being a software tester for precisely the reasons set out in this tread) paid a lot of money based on the Kickstarter campaign.
Some paid thousands of pounds.
I think this really does morally obligate FD to be a bit more forthcoming about things like this.
I'm still hopeful for gamma but I must say my expectations haven't exactly risen recently.
You are not convincing me you cannot afford internet. STaaaahp with the nonsense.
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Dvd's come with updates?
Many others, myself included, bought the game after the kickstarter with that same assurance that it would have offline play.
Calling for the collapse of a company and/or the resignation of its CEO is hardly what I call a measured response but if you are that irritated by the latest development you should be able to get your money back and be on your way.
I just want to give my 2 cents to this already well-exploded thread. Personally I don't care about offline mode as long as I can play solo and won't get disrupted by p2p network problems.
I kind of saw this coming. The only way they could do it is essentially release their own "galaxy server" that usually runs on their own server on the internet and let it run it locally on your own machine. This would technically be feasible. The game would simply start a program that doesn't show any UI and runs "on your taskbar" to simulate your own personal universe. For those who want a single player offline experience there would be nothing wrong with that. It would require additional resources to deliver this server though and you would make it a bit easier for hackers to analyse the network protocol and create bots or cheats etc. But that is just security through obscurity and not really a good enough reason.
To everybody really angry about this: You can get a refund. It sucks but it's still "fair". Don't get too mad.
They promised something and can't / won't deliver it. *Censorship* happens.
I kind of saw this coming. The only way they could do it is essentially release their own "galaxy server" that usually runs on their own server on the internet and let it run it locally on your own machine. This would technically be feasible. The game would simply start a program that doesn't show any UI and runs "on your taskbar" to simulate your own personal universe. For those who want a single player offline experience there would be nothing wrong with that. It would require additional resources to deliver this server though and you would make it a bit easier for hackers to analyse the network protocol and create bots or cheats etc. But that is just security through obscurity and not really a good enough reason.
To everybody really angry about this: You can get a refund. It sucks but it's still "fair". Don't get too mad.
They promised something and can't / won't deliver it. *Censorship* happens.
Presumably they would be the ones with a box set and not bother with updates / patches
Yer,that makes sense.....
Come on, really? Multiple people have already responded to you that internet is not necessarily about ability to pay. It is about AVAILABILITY. Let me know if you don't know what that word is.
Also, when the servers INEVITABLY go dark, the only way people could play is by community developed workarounds. Frontier could avoid that pie in the face if they just do it themselves first.
Ugh - sounds disgusting - both the drink and the practice!
I was today exploring outside the Pill...in Solo and even there where some lags.... And as I wrote I tolerate MP/SC because I was sure that Offline I can play alone...even WITH SC and an Online Security Check...
Kool-aid is a childhood favorite of mine. I'm seriously lucky I don't have diabetes
It was also a college favorite...apparently enough sugar in kool-aid can mask the taste of cheap engine degreasing vodka
Some of us have internet at work.
You're obviously less than 30 years old so I'll try an explain. Back in the day you bought a game and it worked. Then games became more complicated and you got a little patch on a floppy disk stuck on the front of a magazine. Then David Braben released Frontier First Encounters which was so buggy as to be unplayable (This is when he vowed never to release another unfinished game, alledgedly). Then as bugs got bigger, they invented CD to fit the patches on and then DVDs.
Now those without an internet connection have to wait for a mate to post him a DVD but it's still quicker (and cheaper) than waiting for a monthly magazine to be released and getting on the bus to go buy it at WHS Smith
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If you are not happy with the no offline pay, get you money back and go.
The servers going dark is not a a problem today, but hopefully a long way off, and if it happens there are way's and means around it.
Then you will presumably get the game for free, so it's a win win for you, bye now.
I don't. Should I complain now?
+1 < laughing >
To be fair though, on the second matter, we haven't seen any statement from FD that they will never provide us with an option to keep playing i/when the official servers go down. This might make such a possibility less likely but it doesn't rule it out.
I don't believe this. My problem is that I cannot get a decent connection where I live. I already pay $160 dollars per month (~90 pounds) for internet that drops out frequently and the maxium data plan is too small to justify online gaming. I would pay more if there an alternative service (there is NO other isp that will service my house).
I can't believe I'm being attacked by people on here for saying that I don't have a decent internet connection.
is it really that hard to believe that not everyone has internet that works?
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