It's the equivalent of nuclear fusion - the only difference is that it's always 5 years away instead of 50.However it's worth choosing something else for the 5-10 years until it actually releases
Any Chance to get an Atmosphere
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Hehe... I knew that someone would say ... Space is dark. Of course it is but Earth is full of light and blue sky. Go watch the 2 videos I posted. They clearly demonstrate what I mean.
I was asking when it will be implemented and if at all. What's so confusing about that? I don't play SC at all, never installed it. But atmosphere is great and it makes the game's visuals extremely great and beautiful. I remembered that it's on the roadmap and so I want to know if it still is and when it will arrive. That would push Elite's visuals a lot and I might start to play it again, after 1 or 2 years of absense.
It wasn't really a direct question tbh hence the confusion in many replies.
Technically some planets have atmospheres already, you just can't land on them. That's coming and we're all waiting in anticipation as to what it will be like
Sorry OP, 2019 is not the year for atmospheric landings, it turns out.
Nor the year for multiple light sources.
But, there's still 2020.
Nor the year for multiple light sources.
But, there's still 2020.
I get what the OP is asking, don't even need videos to illustrate really.
Here's a good Elite Dangerous landscape ..
And here's one from that other game ..
It's pretty obvious that a bright sky (caused by atmospheric scattering and refraction of light) can make a HUGE difference and yes, personally I really really wish this was what FD were working on for 2020 (but alas I suspect they're currently busy gazing at their feet rather than into the sky).
Here's a good Elite Dangerous landscape ..
And here's one from that other game ..
It's pretty obvious that a bright sky (caused by atmospheric scattering and refraction of light) can make a HUGE difference and yes, personally I really really wish this was what FD were working on for 2020 (but alas I suspect they're currently busy gazing at their feet rather than into the sky).
I believe they will more be looking at their computer screens as neither looking at feet nor the sky are helpful to anyone's desires
I get what the OP is asking, don't even need videos to illustrate really.
Here's a good Elite Dangerous landscape ..
And here's one from that other game ..
It's pretty obvious that a bright sky (caused by atmospheric scattering and refraction of light) can make a HUGE difference and yes, personally I really really wish this was what FD were working on for 2020 (but alas I suspect they're currently busy gazing at their feet rather than into the sky).
They have their hands tied by the console Glass ceiling.
Any updates with increased hardware requirements must fit inside an unchanging box.
And here we go, only three pages before we get onto the baseless blaming of consoles.
I can tell that the OP is the type of person who would have another half baked gripe and would not play even if Frontier supplied the features they wanted.
Even Kerbal Space Program has cracked atmospheres. It's surely not hard to start with dry worlds. There are plenty out there with no clouds, and thus no precipitation.
But I guess FDev don't want to do a phased introduction of dry planets -> weathery planets -> life-bearing planets. That's... ok.
BUT.
Imagine a world like Mars. 0.001 Earth-atmospheric pressures. You can't fly in it, but you certainly get dust clouds and a coloured sky. It can't buffet your ship, and it certainly can't actually support the plot of "The Martian". But it can make amazing sunsets.