Elite: Dangerous

[Vibe]

Cool shit.

[Leshma]

Kafein is right. It actually is the Milky Way. They used some NASA/ESA/whatnot database and generated the galaxy with those exact values.

They borrowed from SpaceEngine database, which is based on Celestia database, 3D planetarium "game" manufactured by NASA.

[Banok]

When will this game be less than £40?

Despite the fact that I piss at least that much on drinks in a single night out, I don't think I will ever spend that much on a computer game - even one I will play for hundreds of hours.

Serious question.

[Molly]

That's rather unlikely that it will in the near future. They're having way too much success right now.

[Leshma]

It is coming out for Xbox One. There is a concern that planetary exploration expansion could be dropped or reduced in scope because of console version.

[Molly]

Yea? Who's concerned?

[Leshma]

Part of Elite Dangerous fanbase.

[Molly]

[Clockworkkiller]

it has been

released

[Banok]

It is coming out for Xbox One. There is a concern that planetary exploration expansion could be dropped or reduced in scope because of console version.

I'm usually the only person not carrying a pitchfork screaming "dumbed down", but once I think the tinfoil hats may be right. Surely a game of the scope of E:D will be limited if the game has to be able to run on consoles.

anyway I'm not dropping £40, gona wait until first DLC comes out to see how they handle pricing then, and also so more content.

[Molly]

ANNOUNCING ELITE DANGEROUS: HORIZONS
Community Announcements - frontier_moderator
Hello, Commanders

This morning we’re announcing Elite Dangerous: Horizons – another full season of major gameplay expansions for Elite Dangerous, beginning later this year with ‘Planetary Landings’.

I’ve been fascinated by the exploration of space since I was young, and especially with the almost unimaginable scales involved. Going down to the surfaces of planets was a key part of my dreams of exploration, and soon we'll realise that dream in Elite Dangerous.

We're beginning with airless, rocky worlds – places where a great deal of new gameplay can take place. These are planet-sized sandbox environments, with all sorts of things to discover hidden on them. You'll find surface starports, crashed ships, mineral deposits, hidden bases and more.

These worlds are gigantic, and - like the open galaxy - you'll be able to go anywhere. You'll be able to fly over the surface in low orbit and choose your spot to land, you'll be able to venture out in your Surface Recon Vehicle and hurtle across the surface at high speed. You'll be able to sneak around or go in all guns blazing. The nimble SRV is tiny compared to your ship, and is virtually invisible on a long range scanner – ship-based weapons will find it very hard to hold a lock on them, but airborne and ground-based players can explore the same worlds together, so watch the skies!

As I’ve said already, I’ve wanted to do surface landings in Elite Dangerous for quite a while now – and we have been planning how best to do it since the Kickstarter. Elite Dangerous: Horizons is the first stage and a huge step. The quality people expect is, as always, very high, and the team have done a great job hitting that benchmark. These worlds will feel real and meaningfully unique.

You’ll read about some of the exciting things you’ll find on surfaces this week in the press and on our Community blog, but Planetary Landings is just the start. Elite Dangerous: Horizons is a full season of content extending into 2016, introducing new features and gameplay in each major expansion. As with Season One, this season of expansions is not just about planet surfaces, but other major features are coming too.

Of course support will continue for Elite Dangerous even outside of Elite Dangerous: Horizons, and we’re keeping the community together. All Elite Dangerous and Elite Dangerous: Horizons players will share the same galaxy together and you’ll retain all your progress whenever you choose to join our new season of expansions.

Elite Dangerous: Horizons will be available to pre-order on our store today, and I’m very happy to announce all existing Elite Dangerous players will receive a 25 percent loyalty discount off the Horizons retail price. Existing players will also unlock the exclusive Cobra Mk IV ship in Elite Dangerous: Horizons. The Cobra Mk IV will be available in the game only to players who joined us in the first year – forever. It’s our ‘thank you’ for your faith in the game, and you’ll see more of the Cobra Mk IV in Friday’s Peek Of The Week.

Due to popular demand, we’ve also decided to bring back for a limited time the lifetime expansion pass. It should appear in our store later today.

We’re committed to seeing Elite Dangerous grow the right way, and we hope you’ll join us planetside as we embark upon the exploration of our galaxy’s undiscovered worlds together. We have a great team, and I believe Elite Dangerous: Horizons will bring players closer than ever to the dream of touching other worlds.

There will be lots of questions, I know! Elite Dangerous’ Lead Designer Sandro Sammarco and I will be taking your questions in this afternoon’s livestream at 16:00 CEST, so please visit twitch.tv/elitedangerous for that.

The Community team will do their best to answer your questions about the ongoing evolution of Elite Dangerous on our forums, and tune in to our Twitch stream throughout the week for more on Elite Dangerous for Xbox One, Elite Dangerous 1.4: CQC for PC and Mac, and Elite Dangerous: Horizons.

Thank you for playing, and Right On, Commander!

David Braben

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SOURCE: https://community.elitedangerous.com/node/247

[Kafein]

Elite: Dangerous will have working FPS elements before Star Citizen releases. I'm calling it.

In other news, I finally decided to upgrade to the 0.6 Oculus runtime, to realize that the galaxy map still doesn't work properly :/ no trading for me.

Still, the fact that turning my head towards them opens the side screens makes playing this an awesome experience.

[Eugen]

Ah. Elite. What a Game. Right into it. Arkadi Kreven if you care /pledged for Hudson. The /s reddit is on the way to make powerplay a nice experience. However.

What I wanted to say.

Kafein? No trading? Why? and whats wrong with the galaxy map? Only Oculus issue, or?

Do you use third party tools? I do. Else it would be really really hard.

[Leshma]

Completely forgot about this thread. Checking subreddit mostly. Official forums are just like Star Citizen forums and this abomination of bulletin board, full of trolls and obnoxious people, one of those is enough in my life.

For those who aren't playing yet and aren't active on forums/reddit here's a little sneak peak of upcoming expansion (Elite Dangerous Season One: Horizons):

Looks gorgeous and a bit intimidating. Wish they develop different UI for buggies tho. Of course Kafein doesn't care about any of this, being FPS and non flight related stuff :P

[Vibe]

potato planet although is that even a planet considering there's kinda this rule that they need to be a sphere or a spheroid