I'd like ship kits to be visible in the holographic display.

[VR] DDM_Reaper20

[VR] DDM_Reaper20
I've bought an FDL ship kit. It's very nice, IMO. Unfortunately, I cannot see it unless I use the outside camera, the holographic display does not show it at all.

I'd dearly like this to be changed. It'd be cooler if I could see the new kit when I'm in the cockpit, by just looking at the holographic display.
 

pzykozomatik

pzykozomatik
That's a nice idea, but I doubt they'll implement it. I'd hazard a guess the holographic display doesn't share assets with the actual craft and is just a static 3D render of the vanilla ship model, so they'd either have to completely redo the way it's implemented or generate a separate model for any possible combination of kit parts. Mind you I could be totally wrong.
 

Aakkonen

Aakkonen
Im with pzyko. iirc holo uses same models that are in loading screen so it might be hardcoded {and would require change in the old POS code} Oh wait that was CCP explaining why we cant have nice things in EVE...

Aakkonen
 
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Kaocraft

Kaocraft
I've said it before and I'll say it again now: if Frontier integrated the ship kits fully into the game; meaning they show up in every place where a representation of your ship appears; I will buy every ship kit currently on offer.

But until they do this, I will NEVER buy a ship kit because in their current shoddy implementation they are an insult.
 

Stealthie

Stealthie
I'd like it too - definitely on the loading screen and in the shipyard. Not so fussed about seeing it in the HUD.

FDev should probably consider that ship-kits are something that we pay real money for so it'd be nice if they'd maximise our return on that expenditure..
 

Kaocraft

Kaocraft
pzykozomatik said:
That's a nice idea, but I doubt they'll implement it. I'd hazard a guess the holographic display doesn't share assets with the actual craft and is just a static 3D render of the vanilla ship model, so they'd either have to completely redo the way it's implemented or generate a separate model for any possible combination of kit parts. Mind you I could be totally wrong.
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Lol. Yeah. Game Engine Can't Handle It.

It's just not technically feasible to do a good job on anything! And it would be a huge waste of development resources to make their in-game cosmetic premium-surcharge add-ons look good. It's not like they depend on cosmetic DLC as a source of revenue or anything.
 

JohnRoberts

JohnRoberts
I've bought a bunch of paint jobs, and, yeah, many (most?) are disappointingly un-detailed or low-res. Surprisingly so.

That said, I now only fly ships that have a Raider ship kit, and I use one of the included paint jobs, then grind it down to 0%. I use both my Corvette and Krait for multi-crew, and very frequently get compliments. (Apparently my Corvette is "dope", which I took to be a compliment. When I was a kid, dope was something we used in the making of model aircraft. Shortly after, the Wright brothers used it to make a real one).
 

GG7

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I asked about this a Loooong time ago when the first ship kits arrived. The first thing I noticed on my ship that was fitted with the new kit was that the shadow cast by the ship on a planet's surface and elsewhere did not show the extra parts! Seems that they are invisible to the game engine in more areas than just the Holo representation of the ship on your dashboard.

And since this is a recent post, it looks like this remains unaddressed even now in the latest Beta.
 

Borko

Borko
Well, the ship kits are represented in ship shadows currently; i love seeing the ‘bat wing’ spoiler’s shadow from my cutter on approach.

Bully for that, though. I want it on the hud. Been irritated many times that it isn’t; it just makes the ship kits feel...unfinished. Another vote for the OP here.
 

GG7

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Borko said:
Well, the ship kits are represented in ship shadows currently; i love seeing the ‘bat wing’ spoiler’s shadow from my cutter on approach.

Bully for that, though. I want it on the hud. Been irritated many times that it isn’t; it just makes the ship kits feel...unfinished. Another vote for the OP here.
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I'm pleased to learn that the shadow issue has been addressed. At least that shows that FDEV have made some efforts into fully fleshing out the ship kit visibility thing. The HUD issue would obviously be the next one to deal with. Maybe by the time the update goes public? Ya never know.
 
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