Yes, it is of superior quality. This is seen from the first look. This is the cream of what we have seen so far
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Yes, it is of superior quality. This is seen from the first look. This is the cream of what we have seen so far
Using the hi-vis jacket as an easy target marker?
Michael Brookes
Game Director
The footage is all in game with some colour grading and the little people were comped in. We do like them though so they might make the game some day.
Michael
"Might". It's almost as if there was a possibility that actual people will be depicted in a future version of ED... you got to love diplomatic statements.
So you are already preparing your succesors for ED-development when you retire? How foresighted you are
The most notable change to me was the Eagle cockpit, it's entirely revamped, and looking better than ever:
so ... new cockpit indeed... could it be an eagle markIII
edit now: never mind, the little picture above the hull % suggests me that is the eagle mkII that we know.
Very nice new cockpit.
Philip Coutts
Volunteer Moderator
Build people play on FD computers have wheel space station, and other updated goodies.
Robert Maynard
Volunteer Moderator
"Might" equals the new "Soon"
"Soon™" implies that something *will* happen at some indeterminate point in the future. "Might" would seem to imply that something will "maybe" happen at tome indeterminate point in the future, so "Soon™ (maybe)".
"Soon™" implies that something *will* happen at some indeterminate point in the future. "Might" would seem to imply that something will "maybe" happen at tome indeterminate point in the future, so "Soon™ (maybe)".
Well, as FD really keeps their lips shut about their "maybes", fact they show this in trailer, and as Michael says, they "like" them indicates in my opinion that they might want to do them for first release or soon after that. However, they can't tell for sure, as first things first, so they are still low on priority list and there's still huge list of things to implement. Same as Sandro said about BBS faces...they would love to, but they would love to also stick with already delayed schedule. Hoping for the best
Have to say those were very convincingly moving avatars.
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I think the people should certainly be in... also given everything else was genuine in game I worry this may have been an error putting them in as it just gives naysayers summat to moan about.
BTW that eagle cockpit looks much better. I was kind of hoping the current one was placeholder as it just didnt seem to have had as much love spent on it imo.
that seems to now be addressed
BTW that eagle cockpit looks much better. I was kind of hoping the current one was placeholder as it just didnt seem to have had as much love spent on it imo.
that seems to now be addressed
Yes, the little people in it are fantastic. Now we just need to see them tossing around 1 tonne cargo cannisters in low grav.
The music is lovely as well. I usually dislike choires in game music, but I didn't really notice here until the 2nd time I watched it.
Have I just missed it before, or is that the first time we have seen people were going to be in the game on release? I remember years ago the (sadly canned) Outsider was meant to be a tester for ED, so presumably the software was already there.
Now, we just need planetary landings.....
(I know you want all the planets to look beautiful DB, but I'll be happy with them blocky, starports floating off the ground (nostalgia), or a cludge that says "these planets are great, but unfortunately your visors make them look all fuzzy and blocky"
Philip Coutts
Volunteer Moderator
The whole thing looks to have had an extra bit of graphical sparkle added and I really like the people, it gives a proper sense of scale. I've posted it on the Limit Theory forum and put the caveat on it that the people aren't in the game.....yet
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Hey so when the Eagle is landing, there's no shadow cast from the strong flood light directly behind it, away from the camera. Later on, once the Eagle is on the ground we see some very nice shadowing from the same light source.
Is this another example of what got modified during the post-production process? The shadowing really make those ships become real, so It'd be good to know if that'll make it into the game at some point as a real-time effect.
B
One of the devs said quite some time ago that this was on "the list"...it's probably a pretty long list though.
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