The SRV is so primitive... how about a hovercraft?

Daniel Cloudsifter

Daniel Cloudsifter
Robert Maynard said:
There is no artificial gravity (or anti-gravity) in this game and a hovercraft requires an atmosphere to operate....
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Yep. Which is why I'm fine with the SRV the way it is. I enjoy the drive!

It would be nice if we could launch SLFs AND deploy SRVs; maybe someday they can work out the technical hurdles that prevent that.

HOWEVER, back to your point about Hovercraft - What is the explanation for all the skimmers on all these atmosphere-less moons and planets?! How are those giant fans doing anything?
 

Daniel Cloudsifter

Daniel Cloudsifter
Gibbon said:
Set in the year 3300, we can jump dozens of light years, yet there is no artificial gravity. Makes perfect sense... BTW that's over a thousand years from now..... PLEASE
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We haven't reverse-engineered it from the Thargoids... yet. Where do you thing the Supercruise ability came from (a few years before the game starts)? Yell at Bill Turner (Engineer) that he needs to get on that, instead of Metadrive's tech that provides non-traceable wakes. [big grin]
 

Steve

Steve
sleutelbos said:
There is no artificial gravity in this game's world.
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Correct.

sleutelbos said:
Never has been.
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Not in Elite Dangerous, no.

sleutelbos said:
Not in any Elite game.
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Well, as you were confined to the cockpit of your ship it was difficult to tell whether there was artificial gravity or not. The rotating space stations suggested they were providing gravity/weight there.

sleutelbos said:
Not in any Elite novel.
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There are plenty of examples in the official Elite and Frontier fiction of artificial gravity being in use.
 

Hadarmil

Hadarmil
Daniel Cloudsifter said:
Yep. Which is why I'm fine with the SRV the way it is. I enjoy the drive!

It would be nice if we could launch SLFs AND deploy SRVs; maybe someday they can work out the technical hurdles that prevent that.

HOWEVER, back to your point about Hovercraft - What is the explanation for all the skimmers on all these atmosphere-less moons and planets?! How are those giant fans doing anything?
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Thrusters, my guess is ion thrusters. Efficient, low power engines that don't need a lot of mass to maneuver current day satellites. Linked to fusion power plants they could probably hold a comparatively light skimmer floating for a very long time.

Or the 34th century equivalent.
 

Daniel Cloudsifter

Daniel Cloudsifter
Hadarmil said:
Thrusters, my guess is ion thrusters. Efficient, low power engines that don't need a lot of mass to maneuver current day satellites. Linked to fusion power plants they could probably hold a comparatively light skimmer floating for a very long time.

Or the 34th century equivalent.
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That sounds good for the low-g worlds, which is a lot of where we see them. But what about worlds with 1.8 G or higher?
 

sovapid

sovapid
Primative you say?

Just imagine if you had to walk around!?!?! You should be thankful you have the SRV.

I'm pretty sure no one who plays Elite would want to walk around the planets surface. :)
 

BigF

BigF
Coccolino said:
Can a Sidewinder or a skimmer fly on them? Solved.
Thrusters.
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Current 21st centry level Ion propulsion no... But 31st undoubtably yes.

80 years ago a rocket was a cardboard tube tied to a stick filled with gunpowder and iron filings. Think how far we have come since then.
 
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Hadarmil

Hadarmil
BigF said:
Current 21st centry level Ion propulsion no... But 31st undoubtably yes.

80 years ago a rocket was a cardboard tube tied to a stick filled with gunpowder and iron filings. Think how far we have come since then.
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Make it 90+...the A series rockets were liquid oxygen-alcohol fueled and gyroscope stabilized. But if you give current day ion propulsion the fusion reactor treatment I bet they can keep a couple of tons floating about pretty well.

edit: Ok, the first liquid fuel rocket was successfully launched in 1926 and the patents were registered in 1914 by Robert H. Goddard. Wiki me this, wiki me that.
 
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Archimedes Crew

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I would like to endorse the OPs proposal. I really really don't like the SRVs especially on uneven planet surfaces. It makes me feel sea-sick to drive for more than a few minutes in such locations. So much so that I go out of my way to find high G flat planets or very low G planets on which I can "fly" my SRV. I have tried playing with the various graphic/ control options to reduce the judder but it's not really effective. It's not a joke when I have to stop playing because of the nausea.
 

revofire

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Gibbon said:
I'm not complaining, i'm merely suggesting that in a thousand years, i'm sure that will be sorted. As for travelling the distances we do in game, not so sure about that.

One thing i will moan about, and that is where is the life? Plenty of it in the original story, not seen any so far. We, humanity and the Thargoids are only form of life, yeah sure
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Space legs will give us lots of life, that's because atmospheric landings will arrive around a similar time.
 

shadow133

shadow133
+1 endorsing the idea. Current srv could benefit from a traction control. A uav/skimmer would be a cool addition and seems relatively easy to implement via Fdevs favorite activity: reskinning. A larger, more stable and capable srv would be nice too, if it has better sensors (visual) to help gather materials. Of course, all of this could benefit from better planets, as is announced, and with more surface activities.
 
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