FD has the actual numbers. You don't. You just don't want to accept the obvious. VR is a niche technology.
ANNOUNCEMENT Elite Dangerous: Odyssey Announcement
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FD has the actual numbers. You don't. You just don't want to accept the obvious. VR is a niche technology.
We do it all the time in our current system. We have a single back end that supports multiple platforms and client versions all sharing a single instance, as long as there have been no breaking changes to the network communication protocol or the back end data model which the old client versions couldn't understand (requiring us to bump the minimum version number and forcing client updates across all platforms).
Wait. Do we know that Horizons users can watch players walking around?
I'm just saying, it's entirely plausible that Odyssey content, from the perspective of a Horizons player, simply might not be there. Just like the Horizons variants of planet 3D models and the entire planet surfaces simply aren't there for the base game client. Players of both each see "a planet" in the same spot, but the base game renders something completely different compared to Horizons. Screenshots of such were shared in this very thread I think.
Everything I've observed as to how the launcher, the base game and Horizons behave, it all sounds to me like the "similar but separate applications" scenario, and that gives me great concern regarding Odyssey. It's potentially great in the "maybe they dumped the spaghetti and wrote a fresh one from scratch" sense, but if they left all the VR stuff in the legacy codebase and are now just doing the usual "nothing to announce at this time, but we are considering it, and it is definitely on the table for future" , then I think it's a major loss for the consumer VR scene.
Likewise. o7, cmdr
Yes and if they were to be influenced by the millions of customers, the poor, they would be burn out before they even started working.
This is a huge reason why I'm more excited for MFS2020 than I am for Odyssey. Microsoft tells and shows us new info every week. Frontier used to do the same, and I hope they return to old form real soon, but my gut tells me we'll hear a blurb once every month or two from Frontier.
If you don't like the game - don't play it - each to their own - go sprinkle your salt on another game or better yet, give it to the farm animals, they need a good lick ...
I can think of plenty of activities. So far nothing that adds enough marginal benefit to justify the cost (as opposed to enhancing other parts of the game). Resources are limited. Every developer working on inside-the-ship gameplay is not working on better planet tech, walking on planets, etc.
People who haven't tried VR simply don't know what they are talking about. Stating that "it's not that big of a deal, you can always go back to playing on your monitor" is just cringe.
No we can't. It's like saying "go back to playing on your Atari".
Hang on, you don't have the numbers, FD do so if it's niche why didn't they say no VR ever? Saying at launch suggests it isn't niche and may be brought in later, they just haven't figured it out yet. FD would really clear all this up if they gave us some more details on numbers and likelihood of it actually being brought back in.
I want to believe it. Not everyone can spend money on VR.
This still remains a secondary purchase, and for this reason, it remains a luxury.
Thanks, sorry I came out of the gate guns blazing lol - I played the original Elite way back in the day in the 80's as a teenager on my C64 and loved Elite then. I stumbled across Elite Dangerous while searching for an emulator for the original for PC about a year or so ago. I've been playing Elite Dangerous ever since and never got around to getting that emulator LOL. My gaming PC died a few months ago and instead of going that route again, I made the switch to XB1 and love it. Tried a lot of different careers: not so good in combat, melting asteroids melts my brain, and exploration is just too lonely even with a hottie SLF pilot to keep me company. For some really strange reason, Trading and my trusty T-9 Heavy "Charlize" is the most fun I have ever had in a game. Love it! Thanks again and see you in the black o7Congrats on your first post and welcome to the forums!
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Allegedly the main reason ED self published was precisely so FD could support a niche and not play it safe like a big publisher would.this was why I really doubled down when FD were cap in hand wanting cash to make the game. They asked us to take a leap of faith with them and buy sight unseen. I was happy to do so but it seems that faith was misplaced.
There are 5 of us in the wing, all on VR. Lorry driver, teaching assistant, car sales assistant, IT admin. None of us are rich,I want to believe it. Not everyone can spend money on VR.
This still remains a secondary purchase, and for this reason, it remains a luxury.
Correct. You're eyes are focusing on a "distant" point. Indeed if you buy prescription lenses for your HMD (which I highly recommend - glasses suck in the HMD) it will be your long distance script.
A excellent idea here.
Would mitigate the disappointment of players who were hoping for Odyssey in VR from the start.
None of you are mathematicians either it seems (I am pulling your leg btw)
After reading your first two posts I thought you were a teenager.
I'd change optician. They use similar lenses during some of their tests, so they should know how they work...
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