Solo play and online

[peteuplink]

Just a quick question.

While I'm finding my feet with trading and so on I'm playing the Solo game, but I can't get in at the moment as the "online" menu option is red again. Now obviously there's some stuff that's coming from the servers, even when playing solo, but are there any plans in a later update to set solo mode up so that you don't have to be connected to the server all the time, just occasionally to get bulletin board updates, prices or whatever else it needs?

Seems a bit silly that you need to be "online" when you're not actually playing with anyone else.

I have a server number in the top left of the screen, so I'm connected somehow, I just can't get into the game.

 

[1500]

Just a quick question.

While I'm finding my feet with trading and so on I'm playing the Solo game, but I can't get in at the moment as the "online" menu option is red again. Now obviously there's some stuff that's coming from the servers, even when playing solo, but are there any plans in a later update to set solo mode up so that you don't have to be connected to the server all the time, just occasionally to get bulletin board updates, prices or whatever else it needs?

Seems a bit silly that you need to be "online" when you're not actually playing with anyone else.

I have a server number in the top left of the screen, so I'm connected somehow, I just can't get into the game.

But you are, you are playing in the same universe as all other players. You can also at any time join with the Open Play (interact with other players). Solo online just means you will not see other players, the game world you are playing in is effected by and populated by other players.

Offline has not been implemented yet.

 

[HaB1971]

There are two Solo modes in the final release of the game.
The current Solo in Beta 1 is Online Solo where influences from the Multiplayer game are taking into the Solo game such as Market prices, missions etc
Offline Solo will not have that.. will be just you versus the AI universe...

 

[[VR] Mad Mike]

Just a quick question.

While I'm finding my feet with trading and so on I'm playing the Solo game, but I can't get in at the moment as the "online" menu option is red again. Now obviously there's some stuff that's coming from the servers, even when playing solo, but are there any plans in a later update to set solo mode up so that you don't have to be connected to the server all the time, just occasionally to get bulletin board updates, prices or whatever else it needs?

Seems a bit silly that you need to be "online" when you're not actually playing with anyone else.

I have a server number in the top left of the screen, so I'm connected somehow, I just can't get into the game.

There will be single player offline, but a pilot in there will be blocked from ever going online.

 

[Vikinger]

Iam not sure if they plan to do an offline solo part but iam quite sure if there was an offline mode you would not be able to login to online mode and gather data.

However. You should try the Open play. its quite fun to be in same space as other players. Now when we have police forces, we can send distress beacons and we can communicate.

A good thing whit the online solo part is that you can when ever you feel for it jump into Open play whit same char and keep your credits etc.

But I understand your initial concern that you want to play the game whiteout have to relay on how the servers respond. if you are gona be able to play or not.

its the first day of the Beta and iam sure they will sort out the connection problems many are suffering from. just be little patience

 

[Volkira]

Man I was playing Online Solo and for a minute I thought someone had dropped in to attack me or I had accidently gone multi as the Attacker was called Black Farkar and I thought good god that can't be an Official AI name.
But there was no commander at the front of the name so I knew then I was in fact in Solo play.

 

[peteuplink]

I think people are getting confused by what I'm suggesting.

I don't have a problem with online play I'm just using the "solo" mode for practise... I was just wondering if they were ever going to make it so the solo mode could be played when the online option is unavailable. At the moment you need to be connected to the servers everytime you want to play a game, even solo mode. I can understand the need for this in free play, as you're playing with or against others, but it seems more logical to me that the solo mode should really only connect to the servers whenever it needs to interact with it to download/upload data and not be locked out when the online option is red.

That way, when the online mode is unavailable (as it currently is for me... again) people can still play the game.

 

[Vikinger]

Man I was playing Online Solo and for a minute I thought someone had dropped in to attack me or I had accidently gone multi as the Attacker was called Black Farkar and I thought good god that can't be an Official AI name.
But there was no commander at the front of the name so I knew then I was in fact in Solo play.

Haha many of the NPC pirates have weird names

Just go to a resource extraction site and check their names.

 

[Vikinger]

I think people are getting confused by what I'm suggesting.

I don't have a problem with online play I'm just using the "solo" mode for practise... I was just wondering if they were ever going to make it so the solo mode could be played when the online option is unavailable. At the moment you need to be connected to the servers everytime you want to play a game, even solo mode. I can understand the need for this in free play, as you're playing with or against others, but it seems more logical to me that the solo mode should really only connect to the servers whenever it needs to interact with it to download/upload data and not be locked out when the online option is red.

That way, when the online mode is unavailable (as it currently is for me... again) people can still play the game.

Well some others already answer your question Offline mode will be viable in a later stage of beta. But you can never go from offline to online and vice versa.

 

[1500]

I think people are getting confused by what I'm suggesting.

I don't have a problem with online play I'm just using the "solo" mode for practise... I was just wondering if they were ever going to make it so the solo mode could be played when the online option is unavailable. At the moment you need to be connected to the servers everytime you want to play a game, even solo mode. I can understand the need for this in free play, as you're playing with or against others, but it seems more logical to me that the solo mode should really only connect to the servers whenever it needs to interact with it to download/upload data and not be locked out when the online option is red.

That way, when the online mode is unavailable (as it currently is for me... again) people can still play the game.

Yes you can play the game, but it will not be the same save. It would be a completely different save, with its own progresses. You can not play online then play the same save (character) off line.