L1k0ss

I think if you want a nice looking planet, you gotta fill the holes manually. But i gotta say please, please no respawning resources.
If all the resources respawn, even if you fill the holes manually, you lower the value of the resources.
And with all the high goals most of the org seems to aim at. all the huge ships they got in mind are pretty worthless in my opinion if resources regenerate.
Players tend to get careless and imaging a situation like:" Sir, they destroyed our flagship."-"Yeah, no Problem, we found a Planet with huge, regenerating veins, we got ore for 50 Flagships."
With a non regenerating resources system also "golden cities" or "cities made of high end tier material" are avoided.
I know a lot of players, who tend to build like this in late game.
Imaging walking into a CEO's room all made with high tier material, wich situation would you prefer:
a.) Wow, this org really worked well, long and hard to achieve such beauty.
or
b.) Well yeah, the right place and a few hours of work and waiting for the respawn and i could make my kitchen look the same.
I personaly would prefer situation a..
But if the resources won't regenerate, you'll defenetly see our exploitation of the Planets.
If we want to rebuild Civilizations we got to exploid our surroundings, and i really like to see this.
Not every Planet has to be ( and in my Opinion should be ) a nice looking Place.
There are a lot of examples in SciFI-Literature where you got whole mining Planets or just Farming Planets...specialist Planets.
So, i hope this makes sence to you and i hope this was the right place to write this.
In short. Pro no ore regeneration...pro wasted mining Planets

How about not only guarding the resource, but be the resource. I'm thinking about crazy Wildlife, that might perhaps be tameable, not in a pet kinda way but as a resource for food etc. (Correct me if i'm wrong, haven't read all the Devblogs yet, but don't our Characters gotta eat something ?)
So right now i was thinking of a resource, and like a vein of ore that is completly mined, if the species is extingt we run out of this resource of food, the prices are getting higher etc.
And for me this would be a more fun factor than getting 50 plus ppl together to get a GatlingLazer +2

mmmm, stegosaurus steaks = best steaks.

Hey there, community, here's what I got from asking questions at the meeting and playing the pre-alpha build. I will make no paragraph but only points as it is LONG, there's a lot, and even more questions than I had before then.
 
 
 
Creation / Exploration  
 
NPCs : there will be some at the beginning of the game (where everyone spawn) showing you how to use your powers (creation suit), how the economy works, and everything that will be added like for example the 3D map  
Ship creation: we have created our ship (little, single place ship) ourselves. What's needed: - a cubic unit you can make spawn that is the centre of the ship's creation (has to be one of the most expensive item) that allows one construction to be movable. (I don't remember the name of the unit)
- a cockpit
- structure (metal) you can make spawn by voxel (you know, the video)
- reactor(s) :
hover to use the vehicle on earth and hover close to the ground real reactors placed besides a plane object (for those we used), so that the reactors were on each of the ship's sides - a gyroscope unit (1/20th maybe the size of the cube needed imagine a cube like in minecraft but half the size) that points the way the cockpit is
- one rule : all of the component linked with direct or indirect contact with the make-structure-movable unit (cube)
- one other rule (not in the pre alpha) : physically it has to be possible regarding the size and so mass of the thing and also balance and aerodynamic proof of the ship
- Blueprints : you will have the possibility to get blueprints out of the ship you created with the prefabs, to manufacture it. You will have the ability to create (for advanced users it seems) more difficult objects and get a blueprint out of it (like a specific cockpit), though I'm not sure that last thing will ever be possible, it will bring the game to a realm of creation not even expected.
 
Buildings : same as ships without the mythic cube. Though you cannot make a ship out of earth, maybe you can do this with buildings or at least with hobbit-like holes... Massive ships or structures into space: - instead of a cockpit you have a control centre were you can command the ship if it is one, know where enemies or outside units are (radar-like)
- they talked about a drone you could throw out of the ship to make circle around the big structure and know what is outside in the command centre (with non-moving space buildings)
 Conquest : flag-like (as an idea it was said to me like that but well... You know a flag in a future universe is weird) anyway the idea is this one. You conquer, you put your mark, you deploy shields (let's say force shields like a bubble or between a gate), well at least buildings (and guys to protect) and that's all, it's like IRL  
Others: - Jet packs (for creation): there will be (I don't know for the fuel) only to construct things, I heard about using it only for this but not to travel, and with energy supply to recharge maybe...
- Painting ? It will be possible to do it at close range, though the build we tested was not capable of that
- Map : there will be one, a 3D one maybe, probably not in the pre-alpha as you can play without it to help debug the game (alpha is for that, don't expect to get pure pleasure, it's to test the game and help it being debugged)
 
 
 
Servers, players creations' economy  
Cluster servers The server as in game when it will be released as alpha were not used (I believe) when we played pre-alpha. We were basically using a small on-the-go server. So of course it looked like a pre-alpha build, the one they are using to work on as they say. See the videos on you-tube (Dual Universe channel) for more information on how the cluster server works: it's one server for all that charges round your player's location.
 
Scripting and blueprint economy Still a good question. The problem is the server allowance and processing duration. It will be impossible to have all your scripts into the server to sell them, and there is still the problem about the security. We had a big talk about it, like we thought of common scripts within a same group or society that still runs if someone is connected (this will be possible), but to sell a script without the buyer that uses it reads it... it's something else. Also how much scripts are being used at the same time (I mean for robots you make out) is a deal and one of the biggest challenge of all we came into in our discussions.
 
 
 
Environment  
Destroyable environment, the idea to find raw material being used then for ships is to have tools to scan where riches are. Day/Night system (possibilities): - Fake-sun (unreachable, that is a sunlight seen as coming from the sun) projecting realistically the light by moving on an axis : it's the one we saw being moved in god-mode, into a giant planet's ground. It seemed rather satisfying to see.
- fixed sun(s), planets rotating on themselves
 
Water, fluids? No water, it won't be in the alpha nor the beta (as far as I know), and most probably won't be in the final game (Dec. 2018). What is sure is that fluids spawning and fluids manipulating at hand won't be possible to make and won't be at release it's sure. But (I didn't ask), still water why not (I don't talk about lands under water yet or anything under water), you'd be falling and dying probably. Swimming, I don't know as for sea ships.. Still conceivable but it won't be in any beta. The idea is: no liquids, anyway the game will still be OK and hard to handle (I mean you will get busy by playing it) just by exploring, making business, a new society, war...
 
 
Questions in suspend For now the gravitation operated in the universe is still not a question developed within the team, or anyway I have not asked to the team directly (one might confirm me that). So the planet acceleration should be (at first) the same with no mind to their mass.
One point though considering the size of planets and what it results (you know, the smaller the planet is, the thinner and lower the atmosphere is, due to the gravity): to get out of the atmosphere, you can accelerate with your ship with one kind of gas (used within an atmosphere), and you use another type of combustion when into the void (turns automatically). So basically, the atmosphere seems (I haven't checked, sorry, not the time to do two lifts-off, and I would have had to count the seconds for that over all) graphically to be proportional to the size of the planet (anyway I don't consider mass). This is not a big problem here, I just want to expose anything I understood or schemed in my head.
Concerning weapons and combats system, we could access such things in the pre-alpha, but the team said there will be weapons (at least on the ships) and shields to counter (ships and buildings).
I haven't asked for the in-game "hacking a territory base" system as it was exposed in the kick-starter video, but it's still an idea.
 
 
All in all, we could see creation (god mode, for developers) and exploration by spaceship (the cabin already looks good btw).
Thanks for reading.

I know it's a lil off-topic, but since i'm introducing myself i just wanted to chare a lil someting i crafted these days.
 


 
 
It's a Board i did for a customer this week. The Wood is Cherry. Dimensions are 1.800x600x45mm.
Just wanted to share it with you guys. Have a nice Weekend.

Not 100% sure, a dream shop of mine would include almost every tool there is. But that would be extremely expensive, I defiantly want a good amount of wood working tools, a nice big table saw, lathe, wide belt sander, plainer. etc. I love designing and building things. 

And again thank you all for the tipps and kind words.
And @Anonymus Funny thing is i'm not a Möbeltischler because (and thats the big luck i have) the Shop where i work does all sorts of things with wood. From carpentry to Kitchens to Bars...so i got quite i wide playingfield working with wood.
@Xplosive sounds awesome...what shop are you planing ?

Welcome
 
Yes - plenty of time to pick an Organisation.
 
Prospecting is the right word (for exploring and locating minerals).
 
So you are a Möbeltischler? (Actually I bet there is an exact translation for your trade in English - we have all specialisations and certifications (certainly in Australia), same as Germany).

Greetings! - Grüße!
I've always loved working with wood. I can't wait to have my own shop, where I can tinker around with building things. 
Hopefully you find a group that you will get along with. This community is quite diverse.

After stalking this Side for weeks and hoping the crowd founding continous, i just joined the founders today and wanted to say Hello to all of you and leave a short introduction even i'm tired as hell from work.
 
So....Hello Guys and Girls i am looking forward to share this game with you guys.
 
I am a woodworker or carpenter or cabinet maker ( there is no good translation for this job from german to english )...and yeah i like to spend my free time like my time at work...crafting and building.
 
I'm a huge fan of sandbox/crafting games and mostly i play the part of "the dude who organizes the stuff we need" in our little gaming group.
I also like prospecting ( i hope thats the right english word) and farming the right materials.
You can say i'm a team player, if i can help you out i would. If there's a fight i won't run.
I just hope i can find my role in DU and i hope i'm still excited about DU in a year or two as i am now.
 
Thx for reading,
a good evening to all of you.
L1k0s
 

After stalking this Side for weeks and hoping the crowd founding continous, i just joined the founders today and wanted to say Hello to all of you and leave a short introduction even i'm tired as hell from work.
 
So....Hello Guys and Girls i am looking forward to share this game with you guys.
 
I am a woodworker or carpenter or cabinet maker ( there is no good translation for this job from german to english )...and yeah i like to spend my free time like my time at work...crafting and building.
 
I'm a huge fan of sandbox/crafting games and mostly i play the part of "the dude who organizes the stuff we need" in our little gaming group.
I also like prospecting ( i hope thats the right english word) and farming the right materials.
You can say i'm a team player, if i can help you out i would. If there's a fight i won't run.
I just hope i can find my role in DU and i hope i'm still excited about DU in a year or two as i am now.
 
Thx for reading,
a good evening to all of you.
L1k0s