Will we see off-line mode by the end of E: D life cycle?

Turd Ferguson

Turd Ferguson
No.

I think the plan is to get everyone sick of Elite and chase off all the players before they shut it down so by then nobody will want it.
 

[VR] M4st0d0n

[VR] M4st0d0n
What a nice army of obedient consumers now perfectly acclimated with Saas anything.

We'll talk about it near a restaurant at the end of the universe when the servers die. Then maybe by the time after you'll have been milked dry so many times you'll think they at least owe you that code.
 

[VR] M4st0d0n

[VR] M4st0d0n
And frankly, this just get me deeply . PR people push the devs to let community leave a trace in a work of art, just as we can see it when actual players get memorials in online games. Then marketing will remind everyone it's just a videogame, and even if it's not worth anything anymore, it will just not be given.

This is big data era. Century old scrolls have been found. Your FB profile will be maintained just a few years for people to stop mourning once you leave.

Game over man.
 
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Koen

Koen
Here is David Braben's opinion on the matter:

David Braben said:
We have no intention of taking the servers down, but I understand what you are getting at. We plan to archive the game from time to time (ie matching client and servers and game world state), and would release such an archive if the servers were to come down. That would also address the issue of how you preserve an online game for the future, from the whole 'retro' perspective.
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Space Dandy

Space Dandy
Offline mode is why I initially backed this game and would love to have an off line mode right now...and if I recal right FD did say they would release the code if they go "offline" at some point.

What FD say says though....
 

CMDR Pugwash

CMDR Pugwash
TheLawful said:
The answer is no, simple and plain. ED is based on a huge and complicated server stack, running on Amazon AWS. You can't simply port all those various servers to local installations.

Some background on the ED architecture (a bit outdated, but still valid) where Dav Stott explains the various components:



O7,
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Well, actually you can. You can do just do that. If you can afford the hardware. (And software)
 
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