The DON'T PANIC discussion about the OPTIONAL restart for Horizons BETA

So FD would like us to restart in Horizons... NOTE THAT THIS SHOULD BE BETA ONLY and NOT AFFECT your 'real' main commander.... (to be confirmed)
It has already been taken, prior to 1.5.

1.5 Beta and 2.0 Beta will be playing in the same worlds - though we want to encourage 2.0 people to restart (don't worry - it won't affect your main game save), as we have a new on-the-surface start position.

(Oops - I think I just made an announcement...! :) )

This has raised a number of questions.
How will restarting NOT affect our current commander?
Are we talking about multiple slots?
Will we lose all our progress and have to start all over?
What is the advantage of a restart?

Those are mine to start, would like FD to get involved if possible.

Thanks...
Thoughts?
Nutter
 
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In the Beta; Clear your save; select the new start
No effect on Live commander
Benefit: Testing new start
 
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So FD would like us to restart in Horizons...


This has raised a number of questions.
How will restarting NOT affect our current commander?
Are we talking about multiple slots?
Will we lose all our progress and have to start all over?
What is the advantage of a restart?

Those are mine to start, would like FD to get involved if possible.

Thanks...
Thoughts?
Nutter


I think they are just referring to the beta test, and I think specifically they are asking that some of the beta testers play as if they are new players, by resetting their commander.
 
its early here at mo and im trying to understand what is happening lol....

if I have to start a new game at some point its bye bye ED....I don't mind it strip ing my ships ect as long as I get to keep all my credits and what credits the stored ships were worth,and I get to keep my permits ect....


edit-ok now realise its a beta thing.......lol

like giving a guy a heart attack first thing in the morning eh?
 
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This is only within BETA and will have no effect outside of it. If however you desire the opportunity, then feel free to clear your commander when Horizons exits BETA and becomes 'live' to experience the 'starting on a planet' option. Of course, then you lose everything, apart from a Sidewinder and 1000 credits.

Everything that happens in BETA, is just like Vegas.

Do you think there are enough "Everything that happens in BETA" answers now, to put this thread to bed!
 
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First we have to make sure everyone understands that this is happening in bEEta; anyone who tries this in bAEta will be doomed :p
 
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This is only within BETA and will have no effect outside of it. If however you desire the opportunity, then feel free to clear your commander when Horizons exits BETA and becomes 'live' to experience the 'starting on a planet' option. Of course, then you lose everything, apart from a Sidewinder and 1000 credits.

Everything that happens in BETA, is just like Vegas.

Do you think there are enough "Everything that happens in BETA" answers now, to put this thread to bed!

These threads are long past their bed time. All they do is give the impression that ED players are a bit dense.
 
*maybe* it's not that easy.

*maybe* mention to clear the BETA-save not directly after 2.0 beta hits.

Tests need to be done how the bigger ships behave in gravity and deploy their SRV. sure the prices are at 10% but the time to quick-grinding 20mil in beta can be better invested in testing time.


so i propose: test all you can and think of, and test the new surface starting point last.
 
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So I'm assuming if you start on the surface as a new player (or cleared save). You will get all the needed planetary landing suites and an SRV for free?

If you don't restart, or as a new player choose to start the game in space, you will need to purchase landing suite and SRV?


As for the beta, I may do a restart just to see what it's like, but I do want to attempt a landing in an anaconda before I jump back to a sidewinder and 1000cr in the bank.
 
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What happens in Beta stays in Beta. So wiping in Beta has no impact on live. (Just make sure you are in Beta) Looks like the starting point for a new player in Horizons is on a Planet. Makes perfect sense to me. So David asked if we could wipe and test as a newbie. Nothing stopping you testing for a few days with all your ships/CR's then wipe Beta and test as a newbie. Because as seasoned veterans starting as a newbie we may spot something wrong that a newbie would miss.
 
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*maybe* it's not that easy.

*maybe* mention to clear the BETA-save not directly after 2.0 beta hits.

Tests need to be done how the bigger ships behave in gravity and deploy their SRV. sure the prices are at 10% but the time to quick-grinding 20mil in beta can be better invested in testing time.


so i propose: test all you can and think of, and test the new surface starting point last.
It's always good to do tests from a basic perspective. However, to Wenkman's point, we could start with a Sidey and a larger amount of credits such as 2-5mil. That would allow some to do purely on-planet testing and others to go big and then come back.
 
I think that this is a misunderstanding :)
DB was talking about a restart in Horizons Beta!

Ahhh... OK if we can get clarification that would be awesome.

Thank you for changing my title Ian.

If this is the case and this quote refers to [Beta] only, then one would expect a mixed economy of testing to ensure that 'backward' compatibility also has no issues.

Can we get confirmation that David was referring to beta only? As I would like to edit my first post if this is the case.

Thanks
 
*maybe* it's not that easy.

*maybe* mention to clear the BETA-save not directly after 2.0 beta hits.

Tests need to be done how the bigger ships behave in gravity and deploy their SRV. sure the prices are at 10% but the time to quick-grinding 20mil in beta can be better invested in testing time.


so i propose: test all you can and think of, and test the new surface starting point last.
It doesn't look any 'harder' than landing on a pad. The difficult part will be finding a spot for larger ships can land on.

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Ahhh... OK if we can get clarification that would be awesome.

Thank you for changing my title Ian.

If this is the case and this quote refers to [Beta] only, then one would expect a mixed economy of testing to ensure that 'backward' compatibility also has no issues.

Can we get confirmation that David was referring to beta only? As I would like to edit my first post if this is the case.

Thanks
Um it goes with out saying that he doesn't want every one restart, they have something special set up for the Horizons beta. That is all this is.
 
It's always good to do tests from a basic perspective. However, to Wenkman's point, we could start with a Sidey and a larger amount of credits such as 2-5mil. That would allow some to do purely on-planet testing and others to go big and then come back.
Could just start with current CR's and test then scratch and test as a newbie with 1,000 CR. Of course we have no idea what a newbie starts with in Horizon. May not even be a sidewinder, may not be 1,000CR. Only one way to find out.:D
 
Could just start with current CR's and test then scratch and test as a newbie with 1,000 CR. Of course we have no idea what a newbie starts with in Horizon. May not even be a sidewinder, may not be 1,000CR. Only one way to find out.:D

"Here's the Keys to an SRV, you want that Sidewinder, you have to earn it"
Would be interesting
 
Ahhh... OK if we can get clarification that would be awesome.

Thank you for changing my title Ian.

If this is the case and this quote refers to [Beta] only, then one would expect a mixed economy of testing to ensure that 'backward' compatibility also has no issues.

Can we get confirmation that David was referring to beta only? As I would like to edit my first post if this is the case.

Thanks

David clearly meant could we try a wipe in Beta as the start position in Beta is on a Planet. He wants us to test as a new person picking up ED for the first time. (On a planet)
 
It doesn't look any 'harder' than landing on a pad. The difficult part will be finding a spot for larger ships can land on.

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Um it goes with out saying that he doesn't want every one restart, they have something special set up for the Horizons beta. That is all this is.

it was mentioned (long time ago from FD, i cannot remember times and persons), that especially the big ships are diffcult to control in planetary approach. the small agile crafts are superior while the big ship strain to counter the gravity.

i'll go search and come back with a link...
 
How can i make tests if i have no money ? I m not interresting about how a sidey will land on planets :) I m interrested about how my Conda/ Corvet/ Cutter will land on planet, buy and test big SRV's (if we have many models) and all hight end content, cause it's the stuff i'll play with the 2.0 final....
 
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