It was a design goal, which got considerable risks attached to it. Yes, they thought for long time they could do it. Now they can't.
No Single Player offline Mode then?
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It was a design goal, which got considerable risks attached to it. Yes, they thought for long time they could do it. Now they can't.
Funny cause that was exactly what I did. Read "but you need basic internet" as "but you wont need basic internet", which typically happened before lol.@Skeleton
I misread a post earlier sorry......I thought someone assumed Solo mode was offline mode
Regarding kickstarter funding...
None of the backer rewards actually mentions offline.
I can't imagine that they'd have to deliver anything other than what was offered for the various reward tiers.
Also i seem to remember something saying the kickstarter is to guage interest in E: D...I dunno where I'm going with that, I had it in my head but i forgot
None of the backer rewards actually mentions offline.
I can't imagine that they'd have to deliver anything other than what was offered for the various reward tiers.
Also i seem to remember something saying the kickstarter is to guage interest in E: D...I dunno where I'm going with that, I had it in my head but i forgot
Well said, but they haven't stated there's an intention to do such. And so many backers are gonna find out about this in not only the coming weeks but when they give it the first boot up. Right before seeing Error 37, or 3013, or 9999.
Yea, well maybe they should have got one of those two clever guys who did it all on a floppy disk 20 years ago. I bet one of those could have figured it out. I wonder what happened to them?
Okay, Pecisk, why weren't Frontier, you and others defending this decision informing the wider community of these risks earlier?, why weren't these apparently obvious 'risks' communicated to the community at the earliest opportunity, (and I am struggling to believe that the earliest opportunity was Friday at 15:42 UK Time).
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It was very different time and game then.
Arh i see it,i should have gone to spec savers
.Where a Game incorporates dynamic advertising technology, the technology which serves the provision of dynamic in-game advertising is integrated within the Game. This means that if you do not want to receive dynamic advertising, you should only play the game when you are not connected to the Internet.
No, it was a design requirement.. A voluntarily self imposed design requirement in response to queries during the funding campaign. Subsequent design choices and resource allocation should of been made to ensure the delivery of that design requirement. It was as fundamental as trading or fun combat or any of the other design requirements.
FAQ KS page: How will single player work
The other important aspect for us is that we can seed the galaxy with events, often these events will be triggered by player actions. With a living breathing galaxy players can discover new and interesting things long after they have started playing.
Update! The above is the intended single player experience. However it will be possible to have a single player game without connecting to the galaxy server. You won't get the features of the evolving galaxy (although we will investigate minimising those differences) and you probably won't be able to sync between server and non-server (again we'll investigate).
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The other important aspect for us is that we can seed the galaxy with events, often these events will be triggered by player actions. With a living breathing galaxy players can discover new and interesting things long after they have started playing.
Update! The above is the intended single player experience. However it will be possible to have a single player game without connecting to the galaxy server. You won't get the features of the evolving galaxy (although we will investigate minimising those differences) and you probably won't be able to sync between server and non-server (again we'll investigate).
Last updated: Tue, Dec 11 2012 9:56 AM +00:00
People have pointed to links, have quoted, have explained it at length. You're either trolling or are purposefully ignoring these things. Here's a picture to "show" you one example of it being made clear, in no uncertain words, that being able to play without connecting to the servers would be possible. There is also a FAQ about DRM, which clearly states that no always-online connection, nor every-play will be required.
Regarding kickstarter funding...
None of the backer rewards actually mentions offline.
I can't imagine that they'd have to deliver anything other than what was offered for the various reward tiers.
Also i seem to remember something saying the kickstarter is to guage interest in E: D...I dunno where I'm going with that, I had it in my head but i forgot
One of the tiers is a DRM-free copy of the game (which by it's very nature has to be installable, standalone, and able to function in a closed, local environment). Mandating a permanent connection and centralised authentication is the very definition of "Always on DRM". Well done, you've neatly solved your own argument.
Logic. I has it, do you?
depends if your definition of DRM is flawed or accurate.
Ian Bell would have got it working for them in no time.
(runs away and hides)
LOL! I've given you some rep for that!
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