Morning/afternoon/evening/happy Hanukkah, all.
So it is/should be common knowledge that high res screenshots cannot be taken in Open. My very limited technical understanding of this limitation boils down to conflicting interests in Open needing to maintain a consistent connection, and high res screenshots needing to interrupt connectivity as it renders the image in higher quality.
So the question itself: would there be scope for high res screenshots to be possible in Open, provided there is no-one else in your system/instance?
To answer questions around why this is relevant, it is because any explorer that enjoys the art of F10 is effectively forced to make a decision between nice screenshots and the chance of running into anyone else. That's probably fine for most of them but myself among others live for random encounters. It would be nice to think that explorers can still head towards Beagle Point/whatever popular destination, still be able to put their arty side to good use, and still have the possibility of running into another CMDR deep in the void for the best possible "well what are the chances" moments.
I'm just coming back past Sag A*/Colonia from my rare exploration runs and it feels utterly inelegant to play in Open for the chances of encountering someone, but swap to PG every time I want dat screeny.
Cheers.
So it is/should be common knowledge that high res screenshots cannot be taken in Open. My very limited technical understanding of this limitation boils down to conflicting interests in Open needing to maintain a consistent connection, and high res screenshots needing to interrupt connectivity as it renders the image in higher quality.
So the question itself: would there be scope for high res screenshots to be possible in Open, provided there is no-one else in your system/instance?
To answer questions around why this is relevant, it is because any explorer that enjoys the art of F10 is effectively forced to make a decision between nice screenshots and the chance of running into anyone else. That's probably fine for most of them but myself among others live for random encounters. It would be nice to think that explorers can still head towards Beagle Point/whatever popular destination, still be able to put their arty side to good use, and still have the possibility of running into another CMDR deep in the void for the best possible "well what are the chances" moments.
I'm just coming back past Sag A*/Colonia from my rare exploration runs and it feels utterly inelegant to play in Open for the chances of encountering someone, but swap to PG every time I want dat screeny.
Cheers.
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