ANNOUNCEMENT April Update - Coming 23 April 2019

Athum

Athum
I don't understand what does it mean to enter the orbit with this supercruise assistant - I guess it will be some safe orbit, but will it be a kind of synchronous orbit, or a short-period - what would be the actual orbital parameters for the actual celestial bodies? I like to fly low over the terrestrial planets, but not over the Neutron star, of course.
 

KellyR

KellyR
Marc_Hicks said:
It is sad to see how many people take the "glass half empty" view of the world. I confess, I still use FA-on when I fly, & will probably avail myself of Supercruise assist if I have a 250kls-500kls journey ahead of me-so I can safely take toilet/coffee breaks. Does that make me a "lazy newb" too? :p
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What's wrong with using FA ON during normal flight? I use it and I'm not ashamed to say so. I don't eschew technology when helps me There is a time and place for full manual, lining up for docking, passing through the mail slot, turning in combat. But for other situations, going full manual just makes extra work for you. You think the Astronauts use full manual control all the time? Please. They let the computer dock with the space station (of course they are supervising the computer and ready to take over at an instance notice if something goes wrong), but they still let the computer do it. And they are professionals.
 

Marc_Hicks

Marc_Hicks
KellyR said:
What's wrong with using FA ON during normal flight? I use it and I'm not ashamed to say so. I don't eschew technology when helps me There is a time and place for full manual, lining up for docking, passing through the mail slot, turning in combat. But for other situations, going full manual just makes extra work for you. You think the Astronauts use full manual control all the time? Please. They let the computer dock with the space station (of course they are supervising the computer and ready to take over at an instance notice if something goes wrong), but they still let the computer do it. And they are professionals.
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Never said there was a problem, but people have an issue with Super-cruise assist in the upcoming update, so I just assumed they have an issue with people like you & me using Flight Assist, for the same reason.
 

thistle

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Athum said:
I don't understand what does it mean to enter the orbit with this supercruise assistant - I guess it will be some safe orbit, but will it be a kind of synchronous orbit, or a short-period - what would be the actual orbital parameters for the actual celestial bodies? I like to fly low over the terrestrial planets, but not over the Neutron star, of course.
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I had wondered, but in the livestream it does appear to take you into an orbit that will continue indefinitely, hands off. I really like it. Whether it meets particular scientific definitions I've no idea, but it's cool.

edit - it's reminiscent of a TNG orbit, which is all I ever wanted
 

Six6VI

Six6VI
thistle said:
I had wondered, but in the livestream it does appear to take you into an orbit that will continue indefinitely, hands off. I really like it. Whether it meets particular scientific definitions I've no idea, but it's cool.

edit - it's reminiscent of a TNG orbit, which is all I ever wanted
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Seemed a bit close to be in ideal probe range, and a bit deep in the gravity well to make flying on to a station or surface base convenient (quick) if they happen to be any great distance around the planet.

FDev! Can we have a dial to pre-configure our own orbital distance, please? <3 :D
 

Teall

Teall
It seems that the automation of flight falls into the top of this thread. But we were also promised many of life improvements in the future, so just imagine what to expect in upcoming updates :) For those who complain about flight computers, be prepared for the worst ;)
 

[DAX]

[DAX]
Teall said:
It seems that the automation of flight falls into the top of this thread. But we were also promised many of life improvements in the future, so just imagine what to expect in upcoming updates :) For those who complain about flight computers, be prepared for the worst ;)
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I am more concerned about the promised bugfixes. What will be fixed and what will be broken this time. :unsure:
 

Agony_Aunt

Agony_Aunt
andrak said:
Give us the danger zone! There is a glimmer of hope left for some consequence and challenge for veteran players in this game.
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Well, if you insist.


Seriously though, if you want danger, and you can't find it already via PvP or through NPC interactions, get out of your FdL/Corvette/Anaconda and fly something with less power and defenses. Then you will get your desired danger. I used to do CZ in a Cobra, good fun, and plenty danger.
 

Daddio

Daddio
What about VR users? Will our hangar / launch bay be changed around to meet the newer desk top users version with current ship being shown???
 

maboleth

maboleth
I loved it all from the stream, well done guys! Everything seems more polished, less clunky. I have high hopes for Adam Woods. I think the guy just knows how to make things right, is dedicated with his hands-on approach.

I'm little concerned over that big "Training" button though. AFAIK it's wasting so much space once you are off your training(s)?
 

Maxxermax

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With that autodocking / -undocking, it seems there is a queue at high traffic stations, where the order I can only notice when I let my ship autodock.
So docking manually I am completely blind for that queue.
 

JetLaGGed

JetLaGGed
I don't understand why the answer to "have any high profile bugs been fixed" was such a hard question to say yes or no to on the stream yesterday...probably because the answer is no and they didn't want a riot in their chat. At this point I'm expecting the bug fixes to be more typo corrections in menus that are infrequently visited that honestly doesn't cripple the gameplay in any way. Also there are one-man indie devs putting more content out in the same time frame and it actually works without getting stopped by some critical bug every five F-ing minutes, if this mythical 2020 update doesn't add practically half the content the game already has it'll be pretty disappointing (especially if tradition is upheld and it doesn't work properly anyways).

BTW I still have to launch the game from the file path since the steam launcher is still broken.
 
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