ANNOUNCEMENT April Update - Coming 23 April 2019

[Gaarp Kobayashi]

The way I'm reading it, they become permit-locked after you get at least one Elite rank.

No. The way I’m reading it, those systems will become locked forever for a Commander after he’s getting 1st promotion to any of three ranks (combat/trade/explore).

Great idea and newbies gonna love it imho!!!

 

[EUS]

...Creche...

Yeah, I had to Google this.
The North American definition doesn't make sense in this context.
Still trying to figure out how the British definition makes sense in this context.

 

[Old Duck]

Ah well, my bad I must have missed 'all those people' asking it for years.

I'm one of those people! And I remember a few folks, some who are no longer around, who claimed a supercruise autopilot would "ruin the game". Well I guess we will see!

To quote the original Kirk with a smirk, "I'm laughing at the superior intellect CMDRs."

 

[Ian Skippy]

This sounds very good.
I do have a question. Are you still looking into the possibility of introducing VR for PS4? Or is this already written off?

As far as I know Sony wont allow it as the PS4 and PS4Pro version must have feature parity, and VR wouldnt work with the regular PS4.

 

[Non Grata]

But please consider making the new modules standard ship functionality that we can enable / disable in the right hand panel.

I like it how it is - this way I can have an extra slot or two instead.

 

[Old Duck]

As far as I know Sony wont allow it as the PS4 and PS4Pro version must have feature parity, and VR wouldnt work with the regular PS4.

ED 2D doesn't work on regular PS4

 

[Scotty113]

Sounds great -- i like when we get new things to play with

 

[GreenDemon]

These updates sound great, really looking forward to them. Cheers FD

 

[keelerad]

How about adding a recent destinations tab to the navigation panel, when doing runs for Operation IDA we are often going back to the same system which is probably outside of the range of the local ones. If you kept track of the last 10 systems say that you had plotted a route to, it would avoid having to set bookmarks in the galaxy map. You just select the system name from recent destinations and it would plot a route to it (just like your car satnav does, also how about being able to set a home system and have that be selectable in there as well)

o7

 

[Ian Skippy]

I like it how it is - this way I can have an extra slot or two instead.

This. It means everyone can have them, but you are rewarded for docking/departing SC'ing manually. Two c1s will do wonders for my Viper Mk3, I can finally start having that truly multi-role Viper I want.

 

[Lestat]

Advanced Docking Computer?
Supercruise Assistant?
Late April joke?
Doom?

Stay tuned for more information

Bad thing is. It caters to Bots and Macros and the new technology they have for this type of scripting is crazy.

 

[Lightspeed]

The BIG QUESTION that hasn't been answered is : "What music will the Supercruise Auto Pilot play?"

 

[Timpraetor]

Will the auto-undock play the Animals' "We Gotta Get Out of This Place"?

We Gotta Get Out Of This Place

 

[Gaarp Kobayashi]

No

Question to you - should all the companies/politicians/artists/scientists/websites/individuals tell us they will make an announcement in the next few weeks then go silent for 5 weeks?

LOL! Bro, please read your post again. Aren’t „5 weeks” a „few weeks”?

 

[Ian Skippy]

So if I want to play with my friend that is just starting out, does this mean I can't come with my ship in his starter system to help him and show him some basics?

Yes, but he can jump out to an adjacent system and jump back in when you're gone.

 

[Kissamies]

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The idea of having "software slots" instead sounds interesting. But what would be the incentive for people to remove the training wheels for other things? I mean, what software could there be? I can only come up with those auto-pilot thingies and limpet controllers. Considering how limited use limpets see outside of mining and the fuel rats, i don't think that limpets would really replace the autopiloting software on many ships.

That being said, i also think that not adding new slots, but instead having 3 slots for software, which can be autopiloting software of limpet software, would still be an improvement. It would avoid the obvious power creep of the given upgrade, even if the incentive to replace the autopilot software would be very limited.

Well, I'm the kind of player that might carry some limpets around "just in case" but so far I've been hampered by the big and very specialised controllers I would then have to take with me. I do carry collectors in my materials farming ship, but that's it. If I had some software slots with no other use, I'd certainly have various limpet programs in them, and few limpets in my cargo rack "just in case".

 

[Ian Skippy]

ED 2D doesn't work on regular PS4

This is about elephants, isn't it...

 

[muroko]

What is the size of the third Optional Internal slot on medium/large ships? it has been asked several times in this thread

 

[Guest193293]

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[K1eaner]

Since you're being so generous to new commanders. You should give an Anaconda to every new commander who makes it to Hutton Orbital without their first rank, ofcourse.