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A pro would advise against just doing it and instead look at what impact it would have to existing functionality and how to eliminate or reduce risk to put it in.

(old-geezer-voice)Back in my day even the worst market on Alioth had 3-5 players moving about. I remember the constant roar of the engines like it was yesterday.(/old-geezer-voice)

There is a setting to change which version is your default. Under General settings look for "Preferred trajectory display mode."

One would hope that all hands are on deck, swabbing and polishing. I've noticed little things here and there after recent patches but it's going to come down to the wire. With the server being down close to a week between end of Beta and launch we probably won't even be aware of the last 20% of the stuff being bludgeoned into "good enough" shape to at least put the champagne bottle on the rope for the grand ceremony.

Has there been any MMO launch that didn't have server nightmares? The devs can estimate demand and plan server count still to be blown out of the aether by being more popular than anticipated.

I may have mixed my terms slightly as I meant ray cast (trace is following the particle after initial collision/ricochet). It is a common technique in FPS shooting games for bullet pathing, not just as a way of getting reflections and lighting effects. TBH it probably isn't well thought out either. I meant it as a per construct method of compensating for scan time/distance where a ship 'would' be in the cone by the time it reached their intersecting path but is not currently. Edit: Now that I've had more time to mull it over a different term that may be more appropriate for what I am trying to describe would be inertia probability matrix.

It is very technically possible, but the question is would it be scalable? A search mechanic like that would essentially be a ray trace, reporting collisions (including any vessel's velocity potential) within a cone. The volume of the search area would be the same in every case. It would be a matter of variations between a short distance sawed-off shotgun blast and ultra-precision scoped long barrel. As for a vessel's velocity potential; that is the entire spectrum of possible change in movement from the trajectory, mass, and max possible maneuvering from those factors. I envision it as a mushroom shape where the stem length is determined by that vessel's current min stop distance with max effort (i.e. turn and burn with full brake).

Or stick out your thumb.

That was in context of the conversation - If one can prove that a player is taking action to prevent others from being able to play that is. It was also to illustrate that there is an appropriate mechanic in place for the abandoned constructs.

...will become free for anyone to salvage if left for 7 days. If they players are coming back and resetting that timer with no effort to repair or move away then it should be a ban worthy offense.

Imagine adding a real time sound element like sonar/echo location/ping on a submarine. To the trained ear the tone, amplitude, and intensity would be able to tell the player what type of scan just hit faster than they could read a message about it. Talk about immersion! There's the gentle sweep of a wide scan like a handshake between players saying, "Hello to anyone out there, I am in your local space." There's the deep bass thud of a directional ore scan that will lead to community discussion about checking LoS before performing repeat scans. Then we have the trill of the hunter's ping that raises the hair on the back of your neck with the slightest increase in amplitude and the haunting feeling that something hungry is watching you.

I was not aware of that. I still get issues on cores I placed before the updates for overlapping elements. Even after correcting them. I haven't had the slightest issue with new cores but I've been focused entirely on dynamic cores.

There are sections of the forums that are only NQ posts. The conversations generally fall within the 80/20 rule as NQ have less time on their hands than someone like me. You need a subscription to play on the permanent server. There will be a free trial server that gets reset/wiped on a regular basis.

Where does one find or acquire common sense? I've got common cents (a tray with coins), but I couldn't find or make any sense out of anything around here.

I suspect NQ has two different systems checking element placement that don't talk to each other or get triggered in the same way. They have mentioned several times that one team makes a change that impacts other teams, and this is likely one of those instances.

The nested game service within a game service is a horrible idea in general. I bought a "complete" game bundle on a Steam sale not realizing you still had to install and use Origin in order to access content purchased through Steam. I went through the effort to install but once I saw the several steps required to launch the launcher that launches the bundle launcher that then lets you launch each of the games in the bundle... refund!

Cosmetic only features are typically easier to incorporate in a live environment so I have no doubt it will come relatively fast now that we've got solid bones to work with.

Current real world technology can identify mineral content in asteroids and comets from Earth so the only aspect of DSAT as is that could potentially make sense is triangulation. If NQ were to add directional scanners tuned for different purposes it would make sense, add active game play mechanics, and probably be fun for PvE and PvP. The cone width/resolution should be adjustable and provide a range of functionality akin to different handheld scanners/modes for ore. Edit: This could also lend itself to ECM and ECCM game play.

@NQ-Sesch When are we going to get a hint or POS to watch for the in-game event(s)? More time to plan can only help.

The case for straight-up swapping Carbon and Aluminum in one word: diamond

Greetings huschhusch, As an Emerald founder you should receive the physical products promised in the Kickstarter, all 5 tiers of in-game pet (when/if we get them), 80 DACs, 2 STUs, lifetime subscription, and multiple cosmetic items. The boost from the Pioneer pack is available to everyone with subscription time prior to launch and granted (gratis) to the early adopters. Since the Pioneer pack contains benefits that can impact gameplay it is in everyone's best interest that it is easy to access and not be more potent than already announced.

Any recommended tags to look for? I know there are at least a handful of orgs that help with new players but I couldn't begin to name them at this point.

This sounds like something that would be considerably easier to help with while in game. Did you try the Help chat channel? Most times of day there should be someone on that can assist.

Are the challenge ships using default only or a custom HUD?

That setup rocks. I know what I want at launch.