FDev's Bruce: ship to foot transition will be fade-to-black, and expect physical multicrew drop-ship transitions to be the same

[Speedcuffs]

Damn. I wanted to be blasted vertically out of the Anaconda's escape pod hatches.

Etienne Dorn likes this.

 

[Vandaahl]

So no cut scenes?

 

[Kamiyoda]

So no cut scenes?

I mean thats basically what thargoid combat looks like, with the guy running away shooting back

 

[Cosmo]

Whelp disappointed.

 

[Kantaris]

I am fine with this, it means more ACTION time and less downtime!

 

[TheSisko]

So, the 'Neil Armstrong moment' has been scrapped then?

Elite Dangerous expansion aims to give players their own ‘Neil Armstrong moment’

The details for the Odyssey expansion are still a bit hazy

www.polygon.com

Also undecided is how players will transition from ships or wheeled vehicles to walking on foot. The team wants players to have their own “Neil Armstrong moment” Hughes said, of being the first person to step on a distant world. Trouble is that they’re just not settled on what that moment will actually feel like. Also undecided is how Odyssey — which will not launch with support for virtual reality — will impact players who have long experienced the game exclusively in VR. Hughes said his team is keeping those heavily invested in VR technology in mind as they make their plans for launch.

 

[Rat Catcher]

Damn. I wanted to be blasted vertically out of the Anaconda's escape pod hatches.

In the short time I flew my Anacondas, that was my standard departure routine.... Usually preceeded by a slowly blossoming orange/red cloud where my ship used to be

 

[BDelacroix]

Exactly like Neil Armstrong.... wait there is a video someone has mashed up about that somewhere, right?

 

[Renato Bozoni]

Am I disappointed ? Yes
But I will play a lot anyway lol

 

[Vorxian]

So, the 'Neil Armstrong moment' has been scrapped then?

One small fade transition for man..... one....... diant... anticipation for walking around ships...

 

[BDelacroix]

So, the 'Neil Armstrong moment' has been scrapped then?

Elite Dangerous expansion aims to give players their own ‘Neil Armstrong moment’

The details for the Odyssey expansion are still a bit hazy

www.polygon.com

Well, it does say the team WANTS the player to have that experience not that they will.

 

[Vandaahl]

Exactly like Neil Armstrong....

Sometimes I wonder what would of made him more immortal, his 'giant leap' phrase or a 'yo momma' joke.

 

[TheSisko]

Well, it does say the team WANTS the player to have that experience not that they will.

I know, but I wanted my 'Neil Armstrong' moment. So I find it disappointing that the journey from ship >>> surface will feature a fade-to-black.

 

[Vandaahl]

Imagine, every time a Neil Armstrong moment when you leave your ship. You can't do that to the man...

 

[BDelacroix]

I know, but I wanted my 'Neil Armstrong' moment. So I find it disappointing that the journey from ship >>> surface will feature a fade-to-black.

I'm mostly disappointed that its been 22 minutes and nobody has a fade-to-black armstrong video already.

 

[BirdWisdom]

The question is how the transition will be from ship to foot













Just be patient and wait until it is released.

 

[Andro]

The question is how the transition will be from ship to foot

It will be like the SRV transition

 

[Jack Schitt]

So, the 'Neil Armstrong moment' has been scrapped then?

It'll still be an Armstrong moment. It's just that he'll have to wait for Aldrin to come down behind him and whip off the blindfold.

 

[thistle]

The way the SRV transition works we don't magically appear on the ground, we lower from the hatch and then drop down. I would hope the equivalent will happen here, with the hatch or door opening and we start at the top of the steps or travel down on the ramp.

 

["Red" the Pirate]

I'm glad they cleared the issue up early The unknown part (which I asked about which I think is being looked into) is if certain ships have advantages in atmo. Plus, this also means that ships like the Dropship are no better than flying in with a T-10 troop wise- so no landing craft ramp down Normandy style stuff (at least in theory).

C'mon, this is FD we're talkin' about. I can almost guarantee you that atmos. flight will be identical to airless, just like on-foot deployment is identical to the srv.