wizardoftrash Posted September 23, 2016 Share Posted September 23, 2016 Could we get an open-topped cockpit for planetary travel? Yeah, I'm talking hover-bike style cockpit, not unlike a speeder or motorcycle. Here are the potential benefits: -It would look totally sick! -Less resources and lighter weight means easier to build and easier to propel ~faster -The exposed nature would allow players to shoot you dead, despite being in a construct. Since Construct vs Construct combat won't be there at launch, this would allow lower-level play to include some sort-of vehicular combat. -Can't go into space with it -This would allow players to have a low-tier transportation system for traveling across a planet surface that is easy to steal/lose but easy to replace -Organize SWEET hover-races Plus who doesn't love speeders? Alsan Teamaro, Anonymous, Semproser and 1 other 4 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hotwingz Posted September 23, 2016 Share Posted September 23, 2016 ... Plus who doesn't love speeders? People who hate Star Wars? *shrug* I would really like to see something like this. I also have some elements I'd like to see so I can totally relate. wizardoftrash 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Atmosph3rik Posted September 23, 2016 Share Posted September 23, 2016 In one of the videos it looked like he actually placed one of these hover type engines. So hopefully they are working on some other planetary vehicle type elements too. wizardoftrash 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ZeroCool Posted September 23, 2016 Share Posted September 23, 2016 I too would like this to be an option. Speaking with one of my co-workers we had mentioned that the ability to travel faster than a walk but still not have a great expenditure of resources and/or time would make the "bike" a very attractive option. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
wizardoftrash Posted September 23, 2016 Author Share Posted September 23, 2016 It occured to me in someone else's thread (that I didn't want to hijack with this discussion) but man, a voxel SKATE PARK for hover bikes would be fantastic! Especially since you can't actually crash in this game (so far), it would be hilarious, and hopefully would be buggy as hell. it would make my life complete to do a sweet backflip on my space bike while griefers are trying to kill me and steal my bike. Kuritho 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
wizardoftrash Posted September 23, 2016 Author Share Posted September 23, 2016 I too would like this to be an option. Speaking with one of my co-workers we had mentioned that the ability to travel faster than a walk but still not have a great expenditure of resources and/or time would make the "bike" a very attractive option. Especially since a bike would consume power or fuel, so it makes it a meaningful choice to walk (slower) or bike (faster, higher initial cost, regular upkeep cost) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Leonis Posted September 23, 2016 Share Posted September 23, 2016 In one of the videos it looked like he actually placed one of these hover type engines. So hopefully they are working on some other planetary vehicle type elements too. Yeah that's the hover motor. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Leonis Posted September 23, 2016 Share Posted September 23, 2016 It occured to me in someone else's thread (that I didn't want to hijack with this discussion) but man, a voxel SKATE PARK for hover bikes would be fantastic! Especially since you can't actually crash in this game (so far), it would be hilarious, and hopefully would be buggy as hell. it would make my life complete to do a sweet backflip on my space bike while griefers are trying to kill me and steal my bike. You see the 'bike' as a hover machine without cockpit then? Like the stuff in Star Wars? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
wizardoftrash Posted September 23, 2016 Author Share Posted September 23, 2016 You see the 'bike' as a hover machine without cockpit then? Like the stuff in Star Wars? Precisely. What would enable a hover "bike" to be a thing would be a steering/seat element that is not an enclosed cockpit, but would serve a similar function, much like the speeders in Star Wars or the Sparrow from Destiny. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Leonis Posted September 23, 2016 Share Posted September 23, 2016 Yes I got it. Still these things we can dream about only by now. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Semproser Posted September 23, 2016 Share Posted September 23, 2016 Fricken ALL OF THE YES. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ZeroCool Posted September 23, 2016 Share Posted September 23, 2016 Fricken ALL OF THE YES. That was my initial reaction. I was trying to figure out how to bullet out the quotes so I could put a yes under each one. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ChobitsCrazy Posted September 26, 2016 Share Posted September 26, 2016 Btw since I haven't seen it yet, this picture is in their art gallery so I assume they will make it: Leonis, Pang_Dread and wizardoftrash 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
wizardoftrash Posted September 26, 2016 Author Share Posted September 26, 2016 Btw since I haven't seen it yet, this picture is in their art gallery so I assume they will make it: YESSSSSS, THIS is what I want!!! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hotwingz Posted September 26, 2016 Share Posted September 26, 2016 Hahaha. Yes that would be sweet but its concept art so I wouldnt take it as gospel. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pang_Dread Posted September 26, 2016 Share Posted September 26, 2016 People who hate Star Wars? *shrug* I would really like to see something like this. I also have some elements I'd like to see so I can totally relate. People who hate Star Wars shouldn't be taken seriously anyways. But yeah seems pretty much common sense to me to have various types of land travel we can build. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Shynras Posted September 26, 2016 Share Posted September 26, 2016 Atmosferic thrusters are another way to travel on a planet, I'll maybe put 2 on my hovercraft and see what happens xD Anyway hovercraft float close to the ground, and are meant to replace wheels, that would be harder to add properly (bugs and glitches because collisions with the ground) I'm pretty sure there'll be some "open" cockpits, just because it will be possible to build large ships that ofc needs some sort of chair+control panel, like the enterprise Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Leonis Posted September 26, 2016 Share Posted September 26, 2016 Btw since I haven't seen it yet, this picture is in their art gallery so I assume they will make it: Great. I didn't see that. Btw the accuracy of the small rocks down there... Wish it could be like that for a screen capture xD ChobitsCrazy 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jeronimo Posted September 27, 2016 Share Posted September 27, 2016 great idea, but sadly we will have to remember that voxel tool wont allow us to build human scale bikes, designs will be very simplified compare to details that we could achieve on large scale spaceships this one less sexy, but considering DU will be LEGO like constructions with prefab elements, there is still tons of possibilities Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
wizardoftrash Posted September 27, 2016 Author Share Posted September 27, 2016 I too have a huge bin of legos and the hover bikes don't need to be the size or scale of a bike, but I believe that if a light hover vehicle can be built with three, or even two hover units, I can imagine some pretty slick looking speeder designs even given the voxel scale that has shown up in the previews thus far. I predict that we will be able to make some fine looking mini-shapes using a combination of the "wedge" shape, the bridge tool (connecting two surfaces), and the subtraction tool to "sculpt" shapes smaller than the small square shape. I'm eager to get my hands on the tools! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ChobitsCrazy Posted September 29, 2016 Share Posted September 29, 2016 Great. I didn't see that. Btw the accuracy of the small rocks down there... Wish it could be like that for a screen capture xD That kind of detail in a game like this would be awesome, maybe in 50 years lol. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Leonis Posted September 29, 2016 Share Posted September 29, 2016 That kind of detail in a game like this would be awesome, maybe in 50 years lol. With quantum computers. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hotwingz Posted September 29, 2016 Share Posted September 29, 2016 With quantum computers. I aint waiting 50 years for a damn quantum computer! Good chance I'll be dead by then... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Leonis Posted September 29, 2016 Share Posted September 29, 2016 I aint waiting 50 years for a damn quantum computer! Good chance I'll be dead by then... The first created was NASA's in 2015, the first reprogrammable was by some US University in 2016. So yeah it's in a long time, but it basically uses quantum entanglement, so the potential is quite infinite. Damn it I want to live in the future. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hotwingz Posted September 29, 2016 Share Posted September 29, 2016 The first created was NASA's in 2015, the first reprogrammable was by some US University in 2016. So yeah it's in a long time, but it basically uses quantum entanglement, so the potential is quite infinite. Damn it I want to live in the future. Yea I know how it works. Entanglemant and superposition. And we are living in the future man, I remember a time with no internet...thinking back I cant believe how I survived. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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