Moving in groups

[richyhx1]

Is there a way to travel in a gang so that we enter and leave cruise at the same times and locations ect. and is there a way to distinguish friends on your scanner?

thanks in advance!

 

[Diamond Dog]

Is there a way to travel in a gang so that we enter and leave cruise at the same times and locations ect. and is there a way to distinguish friends on your scanner?

thanks in advance!

Not at the moment. The only thing you can do right now is make a group and join the private group server in online. But you'll be all alone with your friends. No one can hear you scream.

But I'm sure they'll have a decent solution in the next beta

 

[Hellhawk666]

Is there a way to travel in a gang so that we enter and leave cruise at the same times and locations ect. and is there a way to distinguish friends on your scanner?

thanks in advance!

Slaved drives was part of the DDA proposal and I believe it is still promised. At the moment we only have a portion of the grouping system working, and none of the alliance system. Slaved drives will be an alliance thing:

From the DDA:

In addition to the groups presented above a player can be a part of an Alliance with other players. This is a separate entity that operates within the boundaries of whatever group the players are in:
A player can only ever be in a single alliance at a time
Alliances allow players to indicate trust between themselves so they:
Can freely jettison and pick up cargo between themselves
Can fire upon each other without criminal implications
Gain the same criminal fine/bounty if one or more other members commits a crime
This only occurs if the player is in the same vicinity as the player committing the crime
Have the ability to slave hyperdrive systems together to make travel easier

...

Not sure about distinguishing friends on the scanner. There was a lot of talk about not being able to distinguish players from NPCs at one time (which I think has been shelved for the moment), but no specific mention of friends, group members or allies being distinguished in a special manner.

 

[Aewarin Jameson]

If you form an alliance (to be implemented) most likely they will be in green.

 

[forger]

Is there a way to travel in a gang so that we enter and leave cruise at the same times and locations ect. and is there a way to distinguish friends on your scanner?

thanks in advance!

one would expect that friends will show green but they are not, why not? don't know, i think they must make friends green on your scanner so you can always see them. if they don't change that in SB2 maybe we all need to ticket it as a bug

as for flying in groups you will be given a way to slave your ship drives so will travel at slowest ships speed in SC or jump in HP, so that all is already being implemented