Improved ice-planets and carriers? When?

[griffrawk]

I hear that CMDR Thrust from Bradford already crash landed his fleet carrier on a beautifully reworked atmospheric ice planet, and got out for a walkabout to fix it...

ftfy ;-)

 

[Henri]

I think they went to do it, weren't happy with how carriers worked, so reworking.

well if i look at the state of multi crew, especially how the gunner position was implemented i'd have to say that's poppycock

 

[Barking_Mad]

I think they went to do it, weren't happy with how carriers worked, so reworking. I think the graphics engine is having a rework, due 5o ice. Guess they got to some tech or performance issues doing it originally.

When it comes the ice will look amazing, but the entire planet landscape is being improved and textures on all planets, hence the delay to get it working right

I might be recalling wrongly, but i seem to recall them saying that the new ice shaders had no effect on performance.

 

[Dagwit]

Ice planets are delayed because apparently the easiest way to create them is to wait for Hell to freeze over....

 

[Barking_Mad]

On March 7th, Will said:

Ice Planets and Fleet Carriers
Both Ice Planets and Fleet Carriers are still planned for the development road-map, and we'll be able to share more information with you in the future.

So is "in the future" sooner than "soon" or does "soon" come next ?

Well you might idly speculate that had they been coming in 2020 then they'd have just said so. Since they didnt, but they confirmed they are coming, they might arrive sooner than that. This is of course speculation and I'm usually wrong.

 

[IndigoWyrd]

Word from Frontier...
Blood from stone...
Teeth from hen.
Truth from politician.

Name four things you’ll never get.

 

[D3rv1sh]

Well seeing as it's already all hands on deck for them to keep this game playable without too much stuttering, FPS drops and what not. I suspect ice planets and visual candy with it are shelved indefinitely. I sincerely hope to be wrong though.