Update 13, Narrative and Access to 4.0

Jack Winter

Jack Winter
Northpin said:
Which means it does not make much sense to discontinue 3.8 on PC, although it would require a redesign of the Launcher to allow launching Horizons 3.8 and Horizons 4.0
(which might be more or less trivial)
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AFAIK, some have already played horizons mode on the 4.0 client.
 

Zulu Romeo

Zulu Romeo
Thanks for opening up discussion about the next stages.

Reconciling the rough edges between Horizons and Odyssey is something foremost on my mind. These include but are not limited to:

  • The loading screen and main menu. On Odyssey we still see flickers of the Horizons loading menus and pages, especially after a network error where the gorgeous SRV/station purple shot persists* but surely a future folding-up of Horizons into Odyssey will remove all the extraneous compatibility things and make things more robust and simple?
  • Interface redundancies and incompatibilities - seeing the same notice pop up on the front HUD display and the Odyssey "toaster" for example. Also, quite a few now dated-looking interface elements in the ships now superceded by developments since the original launch to reduce clutter. The work done so far however is promising.
  • Reconciling wearing an Odyssey suit, complete with its own life support system, and the ship's Life Support unit and interactions with the canopy. When life support fails, shouldn't the Odyssey suit take over? On a related note, I still want to be able to shoot a pilot through the blasted hole of a broken canopy and kill the pilot hence neutralising the ship potentially for capture.
  • Similar to the above, something more versatile when it comes to Holo-Me and suit customisation. Bringing in more of the Horizons Holo-Me cosmetics in alignment with Odyssey suit customisation would be amazing. I would love to wear my Horizons shades with my Odyssey stetson again.
There are probably others, but these are some thoughts just now.



* Is this place RAXXLA? You can tell me, I'll keep it a secret. 😜
 

HappyMoonMonkey

HappyMoonMonkey
yianniv said:
I'll miss the crystalline shard sites. Could we please have POIs back for bio sites in Odyssey, some sort of compromise between the new and old system?
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Layering the Horizons POI sites on top of the Odyssey planets would solve a number of problems. Lore-wise the scanner would just be showing intense concentrations of those geological and biological features.

Material farmers would be happy and there wouldn't be instances of tourist beacons pointing out fields of nothing anymore.
 

Niamhy

Niamhy
seeing a lot of "yay, update 13". if you actually read the news piece it says:

"This is expected to come in the weeks following Update 13". Will probably happen around the same time console migrations happen I recon?
 

Best

B
"... To allow as many players as possible to experience the new narrative and gameplay elements, we intend to give all PC players access to version 4.0, at no additional cost, while keeping the upgrade to Odyssey optional. (!?!?)"

How this? Where will I select this?

The update not is automatic from Steam? (Of course I can deselect automatic updates).

Thanks.

/Cmdr Best04
 

DrinkyBird

DrinkyBird
Best said:
"... To allow as many players as possible to experience the new narrative and gameplay elements, we intend to give all PC players access to version 4.0, at no additional cost, while keeping the upgrade to Odyssey optional. (!?!?)"

How this? Where will I select this?

The update not is automatic from Steam? (Of course I can deselect automatic updates).

Thanks.

/Cmdr Best04
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4.0 != Odyssey

4.0 is the client version you'll be updated to
Odyssey is the optional paid DLC adding on-foot content and atmospheric planets
 

Niamhy

Niamhy
the language is interesting. Odyssey is an optional extra that won't affect the narrative storyline at all? So you're saying it's ok for people to skip Odyssey entirely? That kind of optional? is it being written off? scratches head/strokes chin/confuseddotcom
 

DrinkyBird

DrinkyBird
Niamhy said:
the language is interesting. Odyssey is an optional extra that won't affect the narrative storyline at all? So you're saying it's ok for people to skip Odyssey entirely? That kind of optional? is it being written off? scratches head/strokes chin/confuseddotcom
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Therefore, Horizons players will be able to witness the final event in the Azimuth Saga and access related gameplay scenarios. Moving forwards, all PC players will have access to content in the next narrative phase given they are using version 4.0, except in cases where on-foot gameplay (and by extension, Odyssey) is required.
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Yes in the current storyline (Azimuth saga) but not for whatever comes after.
But technically you could also just watch the storyline from Galnet posts and skip the game entirely.
 
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