The Planetary landing and planetside missions discussion Thread

CMDR Sheehy

CMDR Sheehy
Cymek said:
In regards to planetary landings should they be easy with most of the details handled automatically and we the pilot just steering towards a target or should they be difficult with a real chance of crashing, or random and dependant on planetary atmospheric conditions.
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From the videos, when you get to a certain height your radar will show a height map. As you approach the surface the ship icon in the middle will turn either red or green. Red, you are likely to crash, green you are safe and able to land at that point.

Of course, that all might change before release.
 

The Law

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What planets will exactly be part of planetary landing?

So far all we saw were, forgive the lack of better term, slightly boring rock planets. But what about other planets like water worlds or earth-like, etc? Will it be part of Horizons day 1 or is it planned further down the road for Horizon owners? I know there is also the FPS module in Horizons coming down the road. Yet I am still on the fence whether to buy Horizons or not, and I feel like the features you are buying are still not clarified enough.
 

Jon flint

Jon flint
Season one is just airless worlds, so rocky, icy and high metal content worlds. With some volcanism coming later in season 1 for those planets.

They estimated that this covers around 60% of the planets in the galaxy.

No fps module has been confirmed for Horizons, although multicrew is coming, that is supposed to be part of the base game and not specific to horizons.

Earth like and waterworlds are probably at least 2 years away in my estimation.
 
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777Driver

777Driver
The Law said:
So far all we saw were, forgive the lack of better term, slightly boring rock planets. But what about other planets like water worlds or earth-like, etc? Will it be part of Horizons day 1 or is it planned further down the road for Horizon owners? I know there is also the FPS module in Horizons coming down the road. Yet I am still on the fence whether to buy Horizons or not, and I feel like the features you are buying are still not clarified enough.
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Simply look at the map, if the planet has no atmosphere in the description, we can land.
 

amigacooke

amigacooke
I'm wondering if you might be able to make your own 'Cresta Run'. Pop your Corvette on a decent slope, let gravity do its thing and get ready to lift off when it gets too dicey.

Chocks away chaps!
 

lysan

lysan
J'Zargo said:
Or even simpler: according to frontier the planets will have a 'landable' tag in the system map.
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Yes because we need all the help we can get.

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Herik

Herik
The Law said:
So far all we saw were, forgive the lack of better term, slightly boring rock planets. But what about other planets like water worlds or earth-like, etc? Will it be part of Horizons day 1 or is it planned further down the road for Horizon owners? I know there is also the FPS module in Horizons coming down the road. Yet I am still on the fence whether to buy Horizons or not, and I feel like the features you are buying are still not clarified enough.
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Apparently you don't follow the the videos or the Q+A's...been mentioned many times.
 

Bruce Warren

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I think that's backwards -

If you drop out of cruise with the too close warning then it's not landable.

If you smack into the surface, it's landable all right, just not by the guy currently sitting amongst a pile of wreckage that was once a ship :p

They've also reserved one or two airless moon for plot purposes, so they will be out of bounds too, but the map would indicate that a permit is required in that circumstance.
 
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Cynaqq

Cynaqq
FPS module, planets with atmospheres, volcanic activity, gas giants, water worlds are NOT part of Horizons.

Airless worlds, multi-crew, ship launched fighters, looting and crafting, different types of generated missions are.
 

Matt168

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Bruce Warren said:
I think that's backwards -

If you drop out of cruise with the too close warning then it's not landable.

If you smack into the surface, it's landable all right, just not by the guy currently sitting amongst a pile of wreckage that was once a ship :p

They've also reserved one or two airless moon for plot purposes, so they will be out of bounds too, but the map would indicate that a permit is required in that circumstance.
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You can generally see atmospheres on planets if they are present. I don't know about planets with the thinnest atmospheres, but generally there is a glow from the light doing whatever happens to light when it hits an atmosphere. To some extent at least you ought to be able to tell if you're going to be able to visit a body's surface by looking at it from a reasonable distance.

As long as it isn't one of the places that needs a permit anyway.
 

OnePercent

OnePercent
OP, there is no "FPS module" in horizons, As for planetary landings only airless and worlds with no significant atmospheres in Ice, Rock, metallic, rock and ice format will be landable on horizons release. Volcanism will be added later down the line.

As for all other planet types; Gas giants, Waterworlds, Earthlikes, Any world with a significant atmosphere is not included in season 2, but will be included in another season, If you don't have lifetime pass, alpha, premium beta you will have to buy subsequent seasons that WILL include this content.
 

Iskariot

Iskariot
The Law said:
So far all we saw were, forgive the lack of better term, slightly boring rock planets. But what about other planets like water worlds or earth-like, etc? Will it be part of Horizons day 1 or is it planned further down the road for Horizon owners? I know there is also the FPS module in Horizons coming down the road. Yet I am still on the fence whether to buy Horizons or not, and I feel like the features you are buying are still not clarified enough.
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Planets with atmospheres are in a totally different ballpark. It is impossible for the dev to include them in Horizons.
Just imagine what it would entail: flora and fauna, weather effects, cities, villages, rivers, seas etc, etc.
It gives me a headache just thinking about all the work involved in that stuff.
 

Jigsaw

Jigsaw
Iskariot said:
Planets with atmospheres are in a totally different ballpark. It is impossible for the dev to include them in Horizons.
Just imagine what it would entail: flora and fauna, weather effects, cities, villages, rivers, seas etc, etc.
It gives me a headache just thinking about all the work involved in that stuff.
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Not true. Most planets with atmosphere don't require any flora, fauna, cities, villages, rivers or oceans. For the most part they are as barren as airless worlds. Think Venus and (unterraformed) Mars for example. Or the moon Titan. You are right about the weather simulation, but even that should be much simpler on planets without any significant water supplies. So I'd say that planets with an atmosphere that aren't earthlike would be very well within the same ballpark.
 

lysan

lysan
Iskariot said:
Planets with atmospheres are in a totally different ballpark. It is impossible for the dev to include them in Horizons.
Just imagine what it would entail: flora and fauna, weather effects, cities, villages, rivers, seas etc, etc.
It gives me a headache just thinking about all the work involved in that stuff.
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It all depends on the level of details, however if they want to do it right it will take time even with PG.



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