Just don't land your ship inside one right?
Cave systems and FPS mining
- Thread starter Black Sunder
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that's going to give grey goo a whole new meaning.
I remember them saying how much work has went into caves cos it's really hard to implement it and the math is ludicrous yada yada... yeah, I can appreciate that. I do think it will be a fine feature one day. But did we really need this now??
Does CiG have so many great programmers that they can waste a few on such a meaningless feature? Cos for the moment, it seems to be more of a proof of concept that is just the basis for more promises, that may or may not get done in the future.
As for the fps mining, I like the idea somewhat, maybe it will be worth it, or good in case of emergency (fuel). I don't care much for it really.
I think it's one of these kinds "features" :
-hey boss, we got this personal inventory working somewhat, I can make a half assed fps-mining implementation in like 2 days, can I do it?
-Yeah, why not, we can always sell a "special edition multitool" to celebrate the new feature. Now leave me alone... *jumps into pool of 100dollar bills*
Does CiG have so many great programmers that they can waste a few on such a meaningless feature? Cos for the moment, it seems to be more of a proof of concept that is just the basis for more promises, that may or may not get done in the future.
As for the fps mining, I like the idea somewhat, maybe it will be worth it, or good in case of emergency (fuel). I don't care much for it really.
I think it's one of these kinds "features" :
-hey boss, we got this personal inventory working somewhat, I can make a half assed fps-mining implementation in like 2 days, can I do it?
-Yeah, why not, we can always sell a "special edition multitool" to celebrate the new feature. Now leave me alone... *jumps into pool of 100dollar bills*
JonSpencer
Grand Admiral
If I wanted to explore caves...I would play Minecraft!
It is a good question as it does at times seem they jump off on some feature creep without working on the primary core first. It could also be that the team used to implement caves had no tasks to accomplish while waiting on the team to finish server-side code so that they can get back to implementing features like refueling, mining and bounty hunting. The mission code seems to be mostly in place and is simply missing designers who are currently working on SQ42. In fact, I would bet that most of the artists and designers are grinding out the content needed for SQ42 which is leaving the developers with more free time to work on side projects like caves, ship to ship docking, ship to station docking and morph physics grids. We know they have been working on OCS for almost a year now as well as server mesh but need designers and QA to test to make sure the features are not broken before implementation but that means borrowing away from SQ42.
I know personally, there is often downtime between major projects where I can sneak in pet features or fix minor bugs and while it can seem like a waste of time its mostly due to scheduling issues between multiple teams.
Finally a cool reason to go exploring on planets! But I don't see how they are going to make hand mining/salvage worthwile
bedoinitusa
Space Marshal
Just like Star Wars where the Falcon lands for repairs and has to leave fast to get out of the worm. Always wondered if it was a worm from a tequila bottle that grew up.
If I see something like that i am so unloading my shotgun in its face with out even asking why and who.
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You got that @NaffNaffBobFace?
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Trust me, I've seen Baby 'BobFace pull that particular face at about 2am just after waking Mrs 'BobFace by screaming for a feed.
Well it's not a JMC Bazookoid mining laser, but it's a start :)
Is that a glowstick in your pants or are you just happy to see me?
I think I can speak on behalf of all TESTies when I say we're just happy to see you.
I'm actually happy about the glowsticks but would like them to come in different colors and give off more light. or better yet let us set up portable standing lights.