I actually like the idea of a jump computer but I also see what could potentially be the downside to it. Perhaps the computer would work too well. For instance your destination is 20 jumps away but you only have fuel for 15 jumps. You set route, push the "can't be bothered" button to let the computer do the work, then find yourself in the middle of a dead system with no fuel, and orbiting a star that cannot be scooped.
Horizons For the love of God please give us a jump computer. Jump, align,jump, align,jump,align,jump,align,jump.align,shoot myself
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Jump computer = very bad idea.
Anyway I actually don't mind the jump, align, jump, scoop, align, jump ..... of long trips. I like being in control at all times.
Actually I would very much like a jump computer IF there was anything else to do in the ship (or INSIDE the ship for that matter). Perhaps a trading station or comms or just going to the cabin to relax when there is a tremor, the lights turn red, alarm bells sound and computer voice says "red alert! commander please report to the bridge immediately, we're being interdicted!".
I also enjoy docking computer not because I can't dock, but it is a nice QoL feature. I can roleplay getting off the pilot seat and getting ready to disembark while I'm actually making tea IRL ;-)
Now if the outside camera controls worked with docking computer I would snap some pretty nice selfies to my collection, too.
FDev: a better outside cam, with presets and controls! Please! ^_^
PS: Frontier: Elite 2 had an autopilot AND time speedup feature. And it was great. While the time speedup is not possible in a multiplayer game, it was a really nice Quality of Life feature...
I also enjoy docking computer not because I can't dock, but it is a nice QoL feature. I can roleplay getting off the pilot seat and getting ready to disembark while I'm actually making tea IRL ;-)
Now if the outside camera controls worked with docking computer I would snap some pretty nice selfies to my collection, too.
FDev: a better outside cam, with presets and controls! Please! ^_^
PS: Frontier: Elite 2 had an autopilot AND time speedup feature. And it was great. While the time speedup is not possible in a multiplayer game, it was a really nice Quality of Life feature...
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Just please don't be one of the people who do that and then come back all teary-eyed complaining how their ship was destroyed due to a "bug" while they totally don't know what happened.
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Yeah, because FE2 was so mind-bogglingly boring most of the time that you'd just hit maximum time acceleration to instantly teleport your Puma right through a gas giant and into an orbital station that it otherwise wouldn't even have fit into.
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If so called jump computer module would be optional - why the hell not? Rep to you OP for having a courage to speak about this feature 
Another fine example of only looking at one side of an idea!
So for those CMDR's "relaxing" in their cabins when you get Interdicted, Interdiction time would need increasing so you can get yourself back to the bridge. Then everyone else starts complaining interdiction takes too long! Please, I insist, think about ideas before claiming they will be a QoL improvement.
So for those CMDR's "relaxing" in their cabins when you get Interdicted, Interdiction time would need increasing so you can get yourself back to the bridge. Then everyone else starts complaining interdiction takes too long! Please, I insist, think about ideas before claiming they will be a QoL improvement.
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Jumping computer might become sentient and decide you are worthless. We want no Skynet!!!!
Your solution is to pay another human to play the game while you care your RL routine.
I offer myself for €49.9/hour.
Your solution is to pay another human to play the game while you care your RL routine.
I offer myself for €49.9/hour.
Dont talk about jump computer or autopilot here, is Taboo! you can say that the hired NPC can take your ship from point A to B and everybody will be happy!
Why would it "need increasing"? You get your hands off the wheel, you get to deal with the consequences. Correct behaviour for such an autopilot would be to submit to interdictions to avoid damage to ship and crew, what happens after is up to the lazybutt who decided to let machines to their work.
Is not the computer, is the NPC you hired! he can begin fighting the enemy (like when you are in the fighter) while an alarm sound to make you run to the bridge and take the helm! (RED ALERT .... RED ALERT!)
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So when the interdiction starts, the NPC submits, spaces you in a fighter, and has fun with your ship? Sounds like a great idea, do it, Frontier
I'm with you on this issue. I just said that it would need increasing because people not getting back to the bridge quick enough would start complaining and demand other "solutions".
So when the interdiction starts, the NPC submits, spaces you in a fighter, and has fun with your ship? Sounds like a great idea, do it, Frontier
No, he doesnt put you in a fighter, he just begin fighting with your ship (with a loud RED ALERT sound!) until you send him out of the controls (via 3 menu), or send him to the fighter, or you take the fighter
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Even if there was a "play this game for me" game mode that just put the game on auto-everything, people would be complaining that it took too long and was too difficult. It's just the usual "I don't want to play the game but still be able to be everywhere I want when I wake up" thread.
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Alternatively they could just dump as much cargo as the interdicting pirate demands, would speed things right up.
In this case a ROE selection option can be programmed for the NPC (like other games with good NPC AI, ARMA for example):
In interdiction: SUMMIT AND FIRE AT WILL, SUMMIT HOLD WEAPONS and RUN, SUMMIT CARGO, SUMMIT AND JUMP ASAP to next system, etc
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everything is OPTIONAL (like to buy the fighter hangar and hire a NPC), then if someone is so masochistic and wants to jump 600+ times to destination, please be my guest! is a free world!
Not bad, but you will have to take a transport to get the destination, or you travel with the ship? dont think that FD will like that option! lol
But it's a semi-serious point. Would a jump computer need to take into account whether a set of jumps is actually possible to complete on current fuel load and include scoops if necessary?