News David Braben Live Chat Thread (5th June)
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Will there be updates to the Premium Beta...?
Thank you for your answer it was sufficient enough. So here is the next question:
How do you plan to open the galaxy? Is this depends on the content not being ready yet or is it rather because you need to "handcraft" some specific systems?
Final question: Can we expect any bigger space for us opened before Standard Beta?
How do you plan to open the galaxy? Is this depends on the content not being ready yet or is it rather because you need to "handcraft" some specific systems?
Final question: Can we expect any bigger space for us opened before Standard Beta?
OMG, I thought god knew everything?
padlock view = target a ship, planet etc. and your view is locked on it... like automatic head look.. eyes fixed to the target as the ship moves. X-Wing Alliance had it and it so adds to the immersion of flight. s chuck Yeager said, loose sight - loose the flight!
...but you knew that anyway.
Thanks for the reply, means a lot.
Padlock view sounds awful imo.
Michael Brookes
Game Director
If people won't follow the rules I can see this thread locked very soon. Only few will have their questions answered and trolls will win again
It's fine, no need to stress. David will answer as many questions as he has time for. Hopefully there'll be future sessions as well.
Michael
Makes me think of having a planet named Schrödinger that may, or may not be there
Bigger, Badder, Braben!
Hi David! You're awesome!
There, I actually spoke with David Braben. Well sort of... Something to tell the grandchildren.
I'll never clean this keyboard again...
A huge thank you to the whole team for creating this game!
Fly safe Commanders!
Hi David! You're awesome!
There, I actually spoke with David Braben. Well sort of... Something to tell the grandchildren.
I'll never clean this keyboard again...
A huge thank you to the whole team for creating this game!
Fly safe Commanders!
I've given up blocking questions in this thread
Michael
But you are going through the other thread first, aren't you?
That's how I understood it would work, and there are some people not present today who could just post in the other one, and I held back from posting in this one so far as it was clear it would be spammed.
That's interesting. I would have thought naming stellar objects would have been one of the micro-transaction revenue streams FD could have tapped into. I would assume FD will vet these names before they're accepted?
PB Pilot training
Enjoying the PB build, but wondering if the next drop could help those of us who may be suffering from CTD because of networking issues, by making the combat missions work the same way as in the Alpha single-player build (which never crashed for me) just so we can get our flying hours in, in a more stable build, before jumping back into multi-player?
Also, would it help to have PB testers run something like a "traffic simulator" app to help perform some distributed load/stress testing at some point before gamma?
Enjoying the PB build, but wondering if the next drop could help those of us who may be suffering from CTD because of networking issues, by making the combat missions work the same way as in the Alpha single-player build (which never crashed for me) just so we can get our flying hours in, in a more stable build, before jumping back into multi-player?
Also, would it help to have PB testers run something like a "traffic simulator" app to help perform some distributed load/stress testing at some point before gamma?
Head trackin wouldn't be needed if this was implemented, am I correct?
Agreed there are questions on there from page 1 onwards from people who are in work and unable to attend this session.
Philip Coutts
Volunteer Moderator
This thread is like feeding time at the zoo!
Maybe this is why David never posts on the forum.....
Maybe this is why David never posts on the forum.....
Thanks DB for all the input so far! Lovely to hear from you.
My most pressing question is STILL about those frogs. The blue, slimy ones.
To put it into a different kind of question - are we getting that kind of "data on system" that might just, one day, give me a hint where I can find them? (Or as I said in the other thread, are they extinct?). With the number of planets/systems potentially out there, is the content generated "on the fly" as things are discovered, or pre-prepped/created from a seed well in advance?
I appreciate it probably won't be as tongue in cheek as the original, but how are you addressing populating the sheer scope of the galaxy with varied content? (And frogs).
Cheers for including "tea" in the tradeable items btw. If only I had a supply of chocolate digestives to go with them.....
My most pressing question is STILL about those frogs. The blue, slimy ones.
To put it into a different kind of question - are we getting that kind of "data on system" that might just, one day, give me a hint where I can find them? (Or as I said in the other thread, are they extinct?). With the number of planets/systems potentially out there, is the content generated "on the fly" as things are discovered, or pre-prepped/created from a seed well in advance?
I appreciate it probably won't be as tongue in cheek as the original, but how are you addressing populating the sheer scope of the galaxy with varied content? (And frogs).
Cheers for including "tea" in the tradeable items btw. If only I had a supply of chocolate digestives to go with them.....
Michael Brookes
Game Director
We're going through both threads, but they're not done in order. It's up to David what he answers.
Michael
It would seem to break head tracking quite profoundly, I'd say.
No totally unrelated.... Padlock view is (at best) a hack due to the lack of headtracking / VR
Brodie - "Hello David, Walking around your ship and stations is something many of us are eager to see, but what practical in game function will the ability to move around your ship add to the game (beyond, of course, the awesome sense of immersion it will add).
I understand that Station & Ship exploration is planned for an expansion, is this expansion a certainty or is it dependant upon the profitability of the initial Elite Dangerous release?
You recently tweeted a picture of yourself playing Elite: Dangerous whilst wearing the Oculus DK2, can you please describe this experience, especially in comparison to playing Elite: Dangerous using the Oculus DK1. "
Moving around your ship feels a little pointless on its own, but when it comes to getting out of your ship, boarding other ships, having other players on board your ship, it becomes a lot more interesting - and this feeds in to Station and Ship exploration.
E on Oculus DK2 is great. The resolution is a big step to help with the immersion, as is the extra frame rate. The head-tracking also gives that little extra - you can lean forwards and down to see around the hull of your Lakon Type 9 for example, or lean beyond your chair to look back into the giant bridge deck.
I understand that Station & Ship exploration is planned for an expansion, is this expansion a certainty or is it dependant upon the profitability of the initial Elite Dangerous release?
You recently tweeted a picture of yourself playing Elite: Dangerous whilst wearing the Oculus DK2, can you please describe this experience, especially in comparison to playing Elite: Dangerous using the Oculus DK1. "
Moving around your ship feels a little pointless on its own, but when it comes to getting out of your ship, boarding other ships, having other players on board your ship, it becomes a lot more interesting - and this feeds in to Station and Ship exploration.
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on Oculus DK2 is great. The resolution is a big step to help with the immersion, as is the extra frame rate. The head-tracking also gives that little extra - you can lean forwards and down to see around the hull of your Lakon Type 9 for example, or lean beyond your chair to look back into the giant bridge deck.- Status