Distortion appears in supercruise - Thargoids maybe?

CMDRTaco

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Hello!

I haven't seen anyone mentioning these distortions so I'll just post this video here.

There's something on my right that seems to be an opening in the space, like hyperspace. Just when I notice it and try to steer my ship towards it, it disappears.


Distortion at Deciat

/Taco
 

RevLogos

RevLogos
I saw this distortion too, in the bubble in the Procyon system. It looked like the heat-wave effect, as if I was looking through angry jello. It lasted about 10 seconds and disappeared. I was in supercruise descending toward a moon, but in orbital cruise well before the glide.

Could be a bug I suppose but I am thinking this is intentional. Have no idea what it means. If intentional my guess would be some sort of Thargoid cloaking device that distorts space if you happen to get close.
 

Codger

Codger
I've seen quite a few posts about this. So it's not just you. I don't think anyone knows if it's just a bug, or not :)
 

Bonzodog

Bonzodog
This is the distortion field effect from a nearby interdiction. When you look to the right there, you can see the core of the interdiction bubble with the blue lines. Other pilots and NPC's now interdicting each other nearby will have a visible effect on the space around them.
 

kastia

K
I recorded mine, there were no ships nearby and no blue icon either. If there's enough interest I'll edit out the relevant bit and post it but I suspect it's not anything interesting :)
 

Zed

Zed
It looks like the after effects you get for a few seconds after dropping out of witch space. I suspect it's just a bug.
 

Gorr

Gorr
I like to think about it as a feature and not a bug, maybe like some strange sinkholes appearing to prepare us for the future content where something new will happen if we enter them.

If it is a bug I would be really dissapointed.
 

Diostar50

Diostar50
I hope its not a bug. Its quite unnerving so could be a prelude to how alien interdiction begin!
 
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Mohenjo

Mohenjo
Saw this in Maia tonight. No one nearby that I could see, so I don't think it was a nearby interdiction.
I've been in the area investigating Thargoid reports, so this rather caught my attention. Quite unnerving.
 

Kingston@#

Kingston@#
I read some were its crossover from other instances. I have seen this in multiple systems. though none in a system were there were no other cmdrs.
 

CMDRTaco

C
Funny, I've been out of the forums for weeks and today I come back only to see this thread on the first forum page. What a coincidence!
I kind of doubt that it's a crossover. Instance is an instance. Why would something leak between two separate instances like this? How would it be possible to produce this kind of bug in code? We don't see anything else leaking from other instances.. ?
I still think that it's the thargoids. I haven't seen anyone solving this or give a solid proof that it's a bug (or thargoids for that matter, yes). I think it just maybe something added to the game to give a bit of a spooky feeling to a player but nothing more. A bit failed feature because everyone is so convinced it's a bug :D And I'm not saying I'm 100% sure it's the thargoids. But I choose to believe its them.

I've seen some other things in Maia too but I haven't posted them here because people find it so trendy to call all the videos clickbaits these days. I was heading to Obsidian Orbital few weeks back and I was searching for Unknown signals, looking at the stars. I saw a glowing dot moving around the Dwarf star near the orbital and changing a course like another ship and dissapearing. There were no players or other ships in the area. Just the glowing dot coming, turning and going away. And this all happened in supercruise. Crossover bug? Maybe, I'm not a coder. But I think they are made to spook people out.
 
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