Repeating patterns?! In a video game?!Just sayin...
Oh the humanity...
Development Update 2 - July
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Oh the humanity...
Just sayin...
The repetition is really even worse than your picture implies, it's that whole big shape that's being repeated. To me it looks like a big fat lobster claw or something, and I see it everywhere. I see it 5 times on that planet on the right, and there are probably more claws on the other side!
Looking forward to it.
Sure, but on the scale of a continent... but that's ok, instead of investing time / effort into reducing the large scale tiling, we'll add some pretty colours... unless that was already mostly done and they just ran out of time for the rush that was Odyssey's release.
They do look nice though, I can't deny and the tiling is not always obvious / in your face. But its just comical that out of a handful of planets they are using to show off new stuff, that there is tiling on a massive scale present
I didn't say anything about them regenerating it, in fact, I didn't really say anything at all, you just read into that.
I was just showing a tiling issue with their new showcase of colours/themed planets.
Sounds great. As long as the surface missions get fixed. Real tired of taking missions and wondering if they will actually be do-able. From missing crash sites to settlement kill missions which have everyone already dead when you get there... the list goes on. Having said that, it's still 90% enjoyable and the ground combat zones are awesome. Onward and upward!
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This looks really nice! Any updates on when we get ship interiors or VR support? It's okay if it's in the future, I'd just like to know that it's being worked on!
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There is nothing comical about showing off what you can expect to see... I think those planets are pretty much technical marvels but thats meSure, but on the scale of a continent... but that's ok, instead of investing time / effort into reducing the large scale tiling, we'll add some pretty colours... unless that was already mostly done and they just ran out of time for the rush that was Odyssey's release.
They do look nice though, I can't deny and the tiling is not always obvious / in your face. But its just comical that out of a handful of planets they are using to show off new stuff, that there is tiling on a massive scale present
Because I wanted to and I could.
hopefully they get the crash on exit issue fixed.
having to manually kill a bunch of dangling wine processes every time you exit the game is about as fun as mining is
having to manually kill a bunch of dangling wine processes every time you exit the game is about as fun as mining is
Elite is set what 1200 odd years in the future.
Look at what humanity was like during the period after Rome's collapse. That's the difference. After all both the British and Americans were using radio controlled battleships as target ships before WW2. So if we could control battleships via radio control before microprocessors existed I'm pretty sure in 1500 years time we can fully automate space ships.
A modern A380 can be flown by a single pilot. The only reason they have two pilots is because of rules and regulations. In the 1950's airliners had up to 7 depending on aircraft specifics. Likewise cargo ships. as few as 5 where before containserisation it could be in a hundred or so.
Thank you FDev for sharing the efforts you are making toward making this game a polished and more satisfying experience for this community of players. I don't speak out often but your outreach today encouraged me to express some thoughts. I mean to be mainly positive and constructive.
At the outset of the (rhymes with "schmandemic"), I invested in some VR equipement, built a PC out of assorted used parts I could scrounge, and started back playing some PC video games. I always enjoyed the space genre and my younger brother recommended I try ED.
I played this game A LOT this past year. I learned many things in the game "the hard way" and progress was slow. I unlocked most of the ship engineers at this point (outside of Colonia). I don't have enough key materials for some of the upgrades so I tend to swap modules between similarly-sized ships a lot. I like mining, but many of the various rocks, metals and resources are ignored because they fetch a poor price or simply play no advantage in the game. I enjoyed a recent CG that required a specific material to be mined in order to count ie. if the material - I think it was tritium was purchased at a market, it could not be sold for CG credit. That was a very clever way for the animators of the game to encourage mining. It would be great, and probably easy, for the developers to make use of the many potentially different mined resources more relevant in the game to make it interesting. The taxicab service Apex was a stroke of absolute genious. It made use of existing code for multicrew, ship re-call, and re-working it for this purpose. I hope I am not giving away secrets as this is all purely speculative observation, but that ingenuity added a clever immersive element to the game. Maybe after the pandemic is over, commanders will be able to share a ride in one of the bigger ships
- Call it Apex XL or something.... There are many, many ways to expand activity and content in this game I am sure. The list you already have is probably endless. I like exploring as a pastime, and I very much welcome the efforts toward planetary changes that are in the works.
As far as the on-foot game in settlements, I am quite frustrated. As I have grown older, I just haven't been into shoot 'em up games. I'm sure it sounds pathetic, but as soon as guns are drawn in this game, I am dead in less than a minute. I enjoy attempting the sneaky missions but if alarms are sounded I am dead if I can't run away. If I can fight from inside my SRV, I often stand a chance, but it sounds like this is going to be harder soon with rocket launchers given to the enemy. I DO like the ship combat, but frankly it is because I've engineered my MKII Krait to the hilt and the NPC's don't stand a chance.
The guardian story line is interesting. However.... I did the trip once to obtain a blueprint fragment. It was fun, but once was enough. The idea that one should have to repeat the process umpteen times in order to unlock each module is TEDIOUS and BORING. I started the Ramtah missions, but a couple hours into it, I realized that this too would be very tedious to get through. If you are intelligent enough to enjoy this game, then you can't possibly be interested in repeating the same task over, and over, and over, and over, and over., and over, and over, and over, and over, and over, and over, and over, and over, and over, and over, and over, and over, and over, and over, and over, and over, and over... well you get the idea.
I've heard a lot of positive things said about SC, and the depth of content such as ship interiors and intricate stations and POIs to name a few. Having said that, the universe they have thus far is small by comparison, and still buggy. Perhaps some of their ideas can be borrowed and integrated into ED for a more rounded experience as time goes on. When you are building a galaxy, there is always more to do for some reason.
Bottom line though, after saying all this, is that I've gotten plenty of enjoyment out of the game. Worth the money spent many times over. The developer efforts are appreciated!!!
Then why not use a ship thats not a space superiority fighter? Like a Keelback, T-6, Adder? Its still crazy you have ground attack in a game that excludes its dedicated ground attack ship. Its almost as if FD forgot its own work, again.
Nice post and I agree and sympathize with it in it's entirety, so sorry for picking out just one bit.
But you are not alone. This is exactly my experience with combat. In my fully engineered Corvette I enjoy bounty hunting or CZ. Otherwise I am toast if I can't get to the "4...3...2...1...engage" part before blowing up.
Just got pre-engineered T3 stuff from the bubble and still have to try if that's enough to act as godmode in settlements
Great news! Its really good to see some major issues getting more and more fixes. Game already perfectly playable, I am getting 60 FPS in my old 1050TI after Patch 5 with AMD upscaling tech, so see more optimization being implemented is great.
Mission Feature Extensions
We will be expanding mission features for Odyssey with the aim to increase mission diversity and also create stronger links between the in-cockpit and on foot game.
I know I probably missinterpret that, however to have new mission type, where I would have to do something in space, like in orbit, and then land my ship and do stuff on the ground would be amazing. Or otherwise, kill some bad guys on the ground, and then main bad guy jumps in a ship and flies away, so I would have to get in my ship and catch up with him, this would be such great additions. Tho this missions would have to pay much more, of course :3 I have Courier, Krait MK II and Cutter fully ready for this type of multilayer missions
Also, can we have inquisitor weapon skin added to other plasma weapons? I absolutely love it on my Intimidator.
Mission Feature Extensions
We will be expanding mission features for Odyssey with the aim to increase mission diversity and also create stronger links between the in-cockpit and on foot game.
I know I probably missinterpret that, however to have new mission type, where I would have to do something in space, like in orbit, and then land my ship and do stuff on the ground would be amazing. Or otherwise, kill some bad guys on the ground, and then main bad guy jumps in a ship and flies away, so I would have to get in my ship and catch up with him, this would be such great additions. Tho this missions would have to pay much more, of course :3 I have Courier, Krait MK II and Cutter fully ready for this type of multilayer missions
Also, can we have inquisitor weapon skin added to other plasma weapons? I absolutely love it on my Intimidator.
I guess they could have picked planets with no tiling on for screenshot and then people would have moaned when tiling was still present.Sure, but on the scale of a continent... but that's ok, instead of investing time / effort into reducing the large scale tiling, we'll add some pretty colours... unless that was already mostly done and they just ran out of time for the rush that was Odyssey's release.
They do look nice though, I can't deny and the tiling is not always obvious / in your face. But its just comical that out of a handful of planets they are using to show off new stuff, that there is tiling on a massive scale present
Its all progress. They said the tiling is a bigger issue so hopefully it will be fixed further down the road.