Elite: General talk

02 Apr 2021, 10:13am
EpisparhI did got the twitch drops by AFKing while doing stuff with the lady under threat of slapping

Who threatened to slap whom?


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02 Apr 2021, 10:30am
SakashiroWho threatened to slap whom?

By the way, I'm really, really sorry for that interruption, buuuut...
You'll probably need to threaten one man with slapping, maybe punching too.

You look fine here, but this fellow on the background (ah, these unintended photo backgrounds!) is surely looking at where he didn't supposed to...



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02 Apr 2021, 10:45am
Meowers
SakashiroWho threatened to slap whom?


By the way, I'm really, really sorry for that interruption, buuuut...
You'll probably need to threaten one man with slapping, maybe punching too.

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More like he is very depressed and looking straight into the abyss


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02 Apr 2021, 10:49am
Tengri UmaiMore like he is very depressed and looking straight into the abyss


A thousand yard stare of doomed NPC in an alpha product... That makes sense.


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02 Apr 2021, 11:08am
Not 100% sure, but it maybe not NPC, but depressed player.

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02 Apr 2021, 11:24am
James Hussar
Sakashiro
James HussarClearly the means for cave and lava tube exploration are there.



Planets in ED are just subdivided cubes with procedurally generated displacement maps and textures applied to them. In Odyssey they get a facelift, but the underlying tech won't change. That's why they indeed can't have caves. Thargoid caves are really just hand-modeled assets above the planet surface, like settlement buildings.



So, what I hear you say is we could have caves, but it would take work. Settlements are similar but made up of reused modules to give them a good bit of variety. It seems like a reasonably finite amount of effort to make caves. As much effort as settlements.


The way FDev set up planet generation caves would have to be special objects similar to Thargoid Structures. They could theoretically create a pit in the cubemap with the cave system generated to seemlessly fill in the hole.

As for ship interiors. Ships already have their internal layouts planned out, just not implemented in the game (yet). If you are going to add cockpit, airlock, and pathway interiors you might as well add the rest because you've already done 90% of the work by this point. I think they'd be worth it. Almost everyone that says it wouldn't would still pay for the DLC if FDev publishes it.
02 Apr 2021, 11:34am
Meowers
SakashiroWho threatened to slap whom?


By the way, I'm really, really sorry for that interruption, buuuut...
You'll probably need to threaten one man with slapping, maybe punching too.

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You look fine here, but this fellow on the background (ah, these unintended photo backgrounds!) is surely looking at where he didn't supposed to...

[img=810x1080]https://inara.cz/data/gallery/145/145364x1294.jpg[/img]


I swear, that guy's behavior was so creepy, so player-like, I had to double-check I was still in solo mode! I was taking pics in front of the Frontline Solutions desk when he suddenly showed up and started pushing my camera around. He then passed by again and again, sometimes even lingering and trying to strike up a conversation. (His mouth was moving, but apparently FDev forgot to give him audio. Not sure I want to file that bug report, lol.)

I have versions of that photo without him, but his staring at my butt gives this one a funny twist, so I uploaded it. I was curious if anyone would notice that detail.


Post edited/moved by: Artie, 02 Apr 2021, 3:47pm
02 Apr 2021, 11:40am
Sakashiro(His mouth was moving, but apparently FDev forgot to give him audio. Not sure I want to file that bug report, lol.)

Maybe he was silently moving his mouth as if he was speaking out all the slimy pervo wacky sh*t that was on his mind at this moment. So it's not a bug, it's a part of natural behavior done mighty well.


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02 Apr 2021, 11:53am
Sakashiro

Who threatened to slap whom?


It is very interesting question. And the fact that you had to ask it is even more interesting.


Post edited/moved by: Artie, 02 Apr 2021, 3:47pm
02 Apr 2021, 12:16pm
EpisparhIt is very interesting question. And the fact that you had to ask it is even more interesting.

Melee combat is a thing in ED now, so I'd better be prepared...


Post edited/moved by: Artie, 02 Apr 2021, 3:47pm
02 Apr 2021, 12:32pm
MeowersMaybe he was silently moving his mouth as if he was speaking out all the slimy pervo wacky sh*t that was on his mind at this moment. So it's not a bug, it's a part of natural behavior done mighty well.

Considering how different his behavior is from other NPCs in the station, I'm convinced it's intentional. Someone at FDev has scripted this guy to do that. It's a developer prank.

Now the interesting question is: Would he gaze this way at male avatars, too?

Any volunteers? For science of course.


Post edited/moved by: Artie, 02 Apr 2021, 3:47pm
02 Apr 2021, 12:36pm
SakashiroNow the interesting question is: Would he gaze this way at male avatars, too?

If not, then we'll have to make a petition to invent gay pervo butt-gazer NPC just to make things even.


Post edited/moved by: Artie, 02 Apr 2021, 3:47pm
02 Apr 2021, 12:40pm
It would be hilarious if a female NPC would show up instead and play the part.

Post edited/moved by: Artie, 02 Apr 2021, 3:47pm
02 Apr 2021, 12:44pm
Okay, I got it. EDO needs all the variations of wacko butt-staring NPCs of all preferences.

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02 Apr 2021, 2:31pm
MeowersOkay, I got it. EDO needs all the variations of wacko butt-staring NPCs of all preferences.







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