The planetary and star generation is compressible by algorithm, but not the background sim - I think that'd be the main hurdle to take before making anything offline. Static galaxy would be a solution, maybe, but, well, it'd be just like a snapshot forever.
Offline mode
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problem is simple... no mans sky 18 quntillion planets is stored on your hard disk
elite dangerous is stored on server hard disks.
you want play ED on localhost? you need atleast 10-30 hard disk with 5-10tb capacity each each. have fun
elite dangerous is stored on server hard disks.
you want play ED on localhost? you need atleast 10-30 hard disk with 5-10tb capacity each each. have fun
Please restore my faith in humanity by telling me that you don't really believe this. Please.
What does it matter? It's wrong and not worth discussing.
As long as the game is still online and solo mode exists I don't see the attraction to an offline mode. Other than:
I don't see how someone playing a cmdr offline would be able to rejoin the online game without a cmdr reset. IMO that kinda wrecks any desire to play offline.
- Being able to play it in areas with no internet access.
- Adding gameplay mods and cheats.
I don't see how someone playing a cmdr offline would be able to rejoin the online game without a cmdr reset. IMO that kinda wrecks any desire to play offline.
Poor broadband connectivty is my main reason, mods would be nice. Mainly no dependancy on the internet would be amazing
Those are two big things for me (minus the cheats, as I usually add mods to make a game more challenging). I'm also starting to appreciate the ability to quickly save and exit my games, due to a busy and somewhat unpredictable season of life I'm in right now. Lately my gaming is revolving more around offline games specifically for this reason, despite my continued love of MMOs like ESO.
Oh, and pause too! I've been hitting that pause button an awful lot in recent days.
I agree with you about the mods, I only use or create them to make games harder! I do not allow myself to pause simulations!
nah, the entire ED galaxy is stored on your hdd (20GB for ED3.8 or 50GB for ED4.0)
the server side deals with the dynamic interactions between the various components and makes for the living galaxy - mainly the bgs and everything that derives from it, but also administrative tasks like exploration tags.
So surely there is quite an amount of data stored on the FDev servers, but it's not related to galaxy generation but to the effect players had/have on the galaxy
Not everyone has the luxury of setting aside hours of real life to play games uninterrupted. I used to for a season, but not lately.I do not allow myself to pause simulations!
And technically you do pause a simulation (assuming we're talking offline games) every time you save and exit. Unless, of course, you just leave the simulation running 24x7; which I would actually be tempted to do in a game like X4 someday if I could dedicate a computer to it.
I see, can't be that much then!
Why the hell did they drop the offline version in the first place! I just meant Flight Simulator really..! When doing a flight, long or short but without pausing
Autopilot FTW!
Straight from Frontier it would be pretty sucky gameplay as an offline single player game. Cool sim but very shallow game. Hooray you can get first discoveries across the galaxy. Perhaps some mods could attach some interesting single player missions or stories to engage with.
That would be good enough for me!
As-is, yes, I can see this. But my dream would be that "offline" would actually mean "personal server" like I can do with Minecraft, and if this server was moddable or otherwise programmable, then I think people could make Elite a true sandbox where we define our own systems, create our own BGS with bots filling in for players, etc. In other words, one could, in theory, make Elite into X4 with a Stellar Forge
But yes, if offline is just empty solo, then that would probably get boring relatively quickly for me personally. Heck, this is one of the reasons I quit 3.8, because all the cool online features like Galnet and CGs have been removed, and players are so rare anymore it's basically offline with a forced internet connection..
There is also the assumption that ED is even suitable for 3rd party mods. I don't mean cosmetics, unlimited health, and invisibility. I mean adding actual features & content. Based on the incredibly slow output of stuff from Frontier it makes me think probably not.
Apart from a vague promise to think about considering releasing something after they're done with Elite? Not that I know of.
They're still not done.
Send a registered letter to the chief super boss at Frontier.
Include a large amount of money.