ED and Problematic Internet

[combly7]

Hey guys,

I am really looking forward to Elite Dangerous but...

I live in a rural area so my internet could go down at any time. How will Elite Dangerous react if for some reason it looses connection to a server. Will it kick me out or will it just stop attaching me to other players?

I know that ED will have several options such as playing with everyone, private servers, solo server, and offline.

I am just thinking that this could be a problem if you are in a dogfight with some AI and your internet conks out on you. Will you die to that AI or what?

Thanks,

Bly

 

[Phaedra]

There will be some system for disconnects whilst in combat. The possibilities were discussed at length in this thread in the DDA http://forums.frontier.co.uk/showthread.php?t=4671. However, its not entirely clear to me which of the possible options FD will implement in the game.

 

[Adept]

There will be some system for disconnects whilst in combat. The possibilities were discussed at length in this thread in the DDA http://forums.frontier.co.uk/showthread.php?t=4671. However, its not entirely clear to me which of the possible options FD will implement in the game.

I hope an autopilot takes over, possibly one with skill somewhat matched to the player.

 

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I know that ED will have several options such as playing with everyone, private servers, solo server, and offline.

I am just thinking that this could be a problem if you are in a dogfight with some AI and your internet conks out on you. Will you die to that AI or what?

From the FAQ ...

How will single player work? Will I need to connect to a server to play?

The galaxy for Elite: Dangerous is a shared universe maintained by a central server. All of the meta data for the galaxy is shared between players. This includes the galaxy itself as well as transient information like economies. The aim here is that a player's actions will influence the development of the galaxy, without necessarily having to play multiplayer.


The other important aspect for us is that we can seed the galaxy with events, often these events will be triggered by player actions. With a living breathing galaxy players can discover new and interesting things long after they have started playing.


Update! The above is the intended single player experience. However it will be possible to have a single player game without connecting to the galaxy server. You won't get the features of the evolving galaxy (although we will investigate minimising those differences) and you probably won't be able to sync between server and non-server (again we'll investigate).

 

[combly7]

Thanks Guys for all the great info! It looks like they are giving this some attention too. Which is great. So many games deal with it as "Welp your screwed. Say bye-bye to your ship." This will be interesting to see what they do.

 

[KickahasTier]

I'd say you need a combat computer AI to take over from you.

Not a good one, something rudimentary.