When is volcanism coming to Horizons?

[Iskariot]

I can't help but to wonder what we could actually do on a volcanic planet. Seismic research perhaps?

That is a very important point of course.

Sure, I love to see the introduction of geologic activity just for it's own sake.
I think it is a big thing to see certain planets come 'alive' so to speak.
It will be an important new step in the simulation of the galaxy.

But...
It will be even better if this also brought with it new stuff for us players.
Some ideas:

- New types of research stations or manufacturing plants.
- New types of goods those stations need or produce.
- A new type of SRV that can handle the heat better.
- Perhaps modules for SRV to help it deal with the new circumstances. I would love SRV to be modular like the ships anyway.
- Perhaps new modules for ships too?

 

[Ian Phillips]

There are different types of volcanism. Ice and Lava being the ones that immediately spring to mind.

So it's not just a question of adding a volcano to a planet. The type of planet, tectonic plate movements to generate the volcanoes. Strength of eruption based on various factors, age of old eruptions. Fallout distribtion patterns... there would be no wind, so that doesn't have to be acounted for as yet.

In short, lots of things to be worked out an applied.

 

[Insomnia]

That is a very important point of course.

Sure, I love to see the introduction of geologic activity just for it's own sake.
I think it is a big thing to see certain planets come 'alive' so to speak.
It will be an important new step in the simulation of the galaxy.

But...
It will be even better if this also brought with it new stuff for us players.
Some ideas:

- New types of research stations or manufacturing plants.
- New types of goods those stations need or produce.
- A new type of SRV that can handle the heat better.
- Perhaps modules for SRV to help it deal with the new circumstances. I would love SRV to be modular like the ships anyway.
- Perhaps new modules for ships too?

All valid points of course. And a new SRV that handles the immense heat sounds cool... But still, what could we do? If we have an SRV that is specialized for driving on volcanic worlds, what purpose would the new SRV actually fill besides just...driving around?
Maybe collecting rocks for your mentioned research stations? Scanning geological activity and then sell the data? The possibilities are huge!
And with a volcanic atmosphere, imagine how it will look down there!

 

[xondk]

Was thinking the same thing... If volcanism forms atomosphere, we shouldn't be getting volcanic planets in season 2.

Volcanism doesn't often form atmosphere's if the planet doesn't have the gravity for it amongst other factors.

This FAQ: is pretty solid in providing what goes on and why.

 

[Insomnia]

Volcanism doesn't often form atmosphere's if the planet doesn't have the gravity for it amongst other factors.

This FAQ: is pretty solid in providing what goes on and why.

Thanks for the link!

 

[dannysquid]

I'd guess that the tricky bit would be getting things like lava to form rivers in a way that seems right. It's the sort of thing that on-the-fly procedural generation might struggle with -- you don't really have time to do fancy calculations. It's all look at point x,y and see what's there, rather than thinking about slopes and where lakes might form etc...

But if they're going to have rivers etc on atmospheric worlds then I guess they'll have to tackle this sort of thing eventually.

 

[lysan]

I can't help but to wonder what we could actually do on a volcanic planet. Seismic research perhaps?

It will add to the overall immersion of the game, will it add anything to the gameplay? well not at first, maybe down the line.
but to me its important as I don't play the linear missions and just do my own thing.

 

[CMDR Walshies]

Ive seen lava planets with no atmosphere, so it is possible.

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also i would probably just drive my srv into lava, you know, for science!

 

[thorn-]

I'd guess that the tricky bit would be getting things like lava to form rivers in a way that seems right. It's the sort of thing that on-the-fly procedural generation might struggle with -- you don't really have time to do fancy calculations. It's all look at point x,y and see what's there, rather than thinking about slopes and where lakes might form etc...

Perhaps that's another thing The Engineers do... if you can find one, and convince them to do it, anyway. And collected enough magic rocks in the SRV to use for the volcano crafting.

 

[glynie]

Some vulcanism would definitely improve this game immeasurably...

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