Elite: Odyssey

Sakashiro
25 May 2021, 12:21am
Almost all the planets in Odyssey have this weird contrast between rough and super smooth terrain.



You can see that the rough terrain is actually a prefab texture stamped into the surface over and over at random angles so as to make it not too obvious.





In fact every little surface detail is such a prefab texture stamp, so you see repetition all over the place.









Horizons used prefabs to cover the ground with pebbles etc., but in Odyssey they've taken that approach to an extreme, as both the smallest and the largest planet features are now prefabs. Once you notice that, you can't ignore it any more, it's in your face all the time.

I guess that also explains why the Odyssey install is more than twice the size of Horizons. All those textures need to be stored somewhere. And when you approach a planet, they get streamed to memory progressively, which is why everything is pixelated in the beginning.
M. Lehman
25 May 2021, 12:48am
I cranked the planetary texture quality up to ultra and am finally getting decent results. My gripe, however, is that I don't feel like I should have to go that high–or at the very least don't feel like only people whose systems can handle "ultra" settings should be able to enjoy planets that don't look like pixel porridge.









Last edit: 25 May 2021, 1:05am
Kurakil
25 May 2021, 12:57am
It seems like nearly everything in Odyssey has a high gloss to it, especially faces and planet surfaces. They need to rethink quite a few things...
Episparh
25 May 2021, 6:40am
DJ_Mega
25 May 2021, 7:51am
Holy hell just had a mission bug out and 10 scavs on planet became over 50 as ships just kept dumping more scavs onto the planet I saw at least 10 cobras jumping in and dropping people.
Episparh
25 May 2021, 8:00am
DJ_MegaHoly hell just had a mission bug out and 10 scavs on planet became over 50 as ships just kept dumping more scavs onto the planet I saw at least 10 cobras jumping in and dropping people.

We had that with Sakashiro too

That is why I fly Dragon now.

Just had exterminate scavengers. Five of them, charged with dominator and found two of them are Sharpshooters with Manticore Executor Thought I would close and kill them and then deal with the other 3 which were following me. But then I saw two vultures in the sky. Old Mr. Vohr said "Nope!". He went back to the ship, after 5 volleys of dumbfire missile the mission was done.

o7
Amata Lirein
25 May 2021, 8:39am
Episparh
DJ_MegaHoly hell just had a mission bug out and 10 scavs on planet became over 50 as ships just kept dumping more scavs onto the planet I saw at least 10 cobras jumping in and dropping people.


We had that with Sakashiro too

That is why I fly Dragon now.

Just had exterminate scavengers. Five of them, charged with dominator and found two of them are Sharpshooters with Manticore Executor Thought I would close and kill them and then deal with the other 3 which were following me. But then I saw two vultures in the sky. Old Mr. Vohr said "Nope!". He went back to the ship, after 5 volleys of dumbfire missile the mission was done.

o7


Yeah, that's what I meant by "zerging" NPCs earlier... In a shooter like DOOM where you have a full arsenal of ridiculously OP weapons at your disposal at all times: No problem at all. When in doubt: BFG those Motherf***ers. In a more "realistic" approach with a limit on available weapons there needs to be a hard limit on how many hostiles you have to face at any given time, otherwise it is not fun but just frustrating.

Sidenote: They seemed to have fixed the issue of your SRV taking hulldamage when you run over infantry that was present in the alpha. Sooo... pips to shields and engines, ROADKILL AWAY!!!
Episparh
25 May 2021, 8:49am
Amata Lirein
When in doubt: BFG Return to ship and burn those Motherf***ers with missiles.


Fixed that for you.
Episparh
25 May 2021, 9:20am
What actual F! Today I got blue cobra and 4 of my missions vanished 3 hours ago. They just reappeared
Amata Lirein
25 May 2021, 9:24am
Episparh
Amata Lirein
When in doubt: BFG Return to ship and burn those Motherf***ers with missiles.



Fixed that for you.


I was talking DOOM there, not Elite...
Episparh
25 May 2021, 9:26am
I gave you the same option in EDO
Light-Hawk
25 May 2021, 9:27am
EpisparhWhat actual F! Today I got blue cobra and 4 of my missions vanished 3 hours ago. They just reappeared


Had something similar to this. I managed to pick up around 17 massacre missions all for 1 system. When I got to the system, all but 3 had vanished. Shortly after noticing this, my game went to a black screen. No error messages, just blank. Had to pull up task manager and close the game. When I got back in, I had all my missions back at least. Also ever since Odyssey launched, I have been getting these blank screens almost daily now.
Episparh
25 May 2021, 10:00am
I started to like those Manticore Executor and Tormentor a lot.
Executor is perfect weapon for assassinations in open spaces. It will one shot a target if no shield.
And Tormentor is perfect sidearm - only 6 ammo in the magazine but they are damn effective vs shield and armor.
Veronica Vayle
25 May 2021, 10:03am
EpisparhIs the CZ count for Hero Ferrari bugged?


Probably. Everything else seems to be.

I'm not normally negative about the game's development, but Odyssey is a mare.
Gryphnn
25 May 2021, 10:09am
Fixed players receiving missions sending them to Colonia

Finally

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