Moving Asteroids

[RebellGhost]

Hey

I've been mining for quite some time now, really enjoying those now prospector and collector drones. They make live easier. While watching the asteroids I noticed that they don't seem to move at all. All they do is turn around thier own axis. In real asteroid belts, asteroids crash into one another at incredible speeds. Obviously you can't implement this, as they wouldn't be accessible anymore. Even though, I think it would be nice too see asteroids move slowly through the asteroid belt. It would also be nice to see them crash into each other with some effects. They could just bounce off each other, or form 2 or 3 new smaller asteroids in a cloud of dust. It would make mining more interesting and engaging.

I hope you'll consider this

 

[Tinman]

Hey

I've been mining for quite some time now, really enjoying those now prospector and collector drones. They make live easier. While watching the asteroids I noticed that they don't seem to move at all. All they do is turn around thier own axis. In real asteroid belts, asteroids crash into one another at incredible speeds. Obviously you can't implement this, as they wouldn't be accessible anymore. Even though, I think it would be nice too see asteroids move slowly through the asteroid belt. It would also be nice to see them crash into each other with some effects. They could just bounce off each other, or form 2 or 3 new smaller asteroids in a cloud of dust. It would make mining more interesting and engaging.

I hope you'll consider this

Has been talked about before by the devs.

Basically it would take up to much processing power and network bandwidth to keep these things in sync between players for it to be worth it in terms of "bang for the buck".

I'm not saying it's a "bad idea" as such and neither did the devs, but if the choice is between this or having more ships in the area, more ships will probably win.

 

[RebellGhost]

Has been talked about before by the devs.

Basically it would take up to much processing power and network bandwidth to keep these things in sync between players for it to be worth it in terms of "bang for the buck".

I'm not saying it's a "bad idea" as such and neither did the devs, but if the choice is between this or having more ships in the area, more ships will probably win.

Ah well... Would've been to good to be true^^ Thanks

 

[JamesG]

Hey

I've been mining for quite some time now, really enjoying those now prospector and collector drones. They make live easier. While watching the asteroids I noticed that they don't seem to move at all. All they do is turn around thier own axis. In real asteroid belts, asteroids crash into one another at incredible speeds. Obviously you can't implement this, as they wouldn't be accessible anymore. Even though, I think it would be nice too see asteroids move slowly through the asteroid belt. It would also be nice to see them crash into each other with some effects. They could just bounce off each other, or form 2 or 3 new smaller asteroids in a cloud of dust. It would make mining more interesting and engaging.

I hope you'll consider this

In movie asteroid belts asteroids crash into one another at incredible speeds. In real life they soon settle into fairly stable orbits with low relative velocities to each other. Elite asteroid belts are more realistic than Empire Strikes Back.

 

[LittleJP]

They are moving. You're just moving at the same speed relative to them.

 

[RebellGhost]

In movie asteroid belts asteroids crash into one another at incredible speeds. In real life they soon settle into fairly stable orbits with low relative velocities to each other. Elite asteroid belts are more realistic than Empire Strikes Back.

Actually this is not true. While they may be relatively slow as compared to their size, they are very fast when compared to subsupercruise speeds. I agree that they settle into stable orbits relative to the planet, but they can't settle into a stable orbit with each other. How should they? With millions of particles ranging in sizes from some micrometres to hundreds of meters the gravitational fluctuation is far to unstable for asteriods (and other particles found in rings) to settle into a stable orbit. (Else they would form moons...)