Re: Elite: Dangerous - and the return

[JazHaz]

Watched your vid. It seems that crashing into a ship is not so dangerous as it is in Oolite?
I like the sounds.

I turned off the music though. Earlier I tried a death plunge into one of those big 'roids, only to bounce off!

[Griff]

is the battle in your vid against an AI opponent JazHaz or some sort of online 'deathmatch' against another alpha player?

[Gimi]

is the battle in your vid against an AI opponent JazHaz or some sort of online 'deathmatch' against another alpha player?

Current Alpha is single player only, so it's an AI.

Some more videos courtesy of Lave Radio here

[Griff]

ah great! I'm going to be an offline singleplayer E:D'er so i'm glad there's an NPC AI in there that can bob and weave about, thanks for the links to the alpha footage, i'm at my PC drooling!

[JazHaz]

ah great! I'm going to be an offline singleplayer E:D'er so i'm glad there's an NPC AI in there that can bob and weave about, thanks for the links to the alpha footage, i'm at my PC drooling!

There's a fair few alpha videos up on YouTube (search for "Elite Dangerous Alpha") and more up on Twitch.tv (recorded streams).

Some links are collected here on the Frontier Forum.

Oh and I can testify that the AI of the NPC opponents is quite difficult. Much better than the AI for Oolite for example.

[another_commander]

Oh and I can testify that the AI of the NPC opponents is quite difficult. Much better than the AI for Oolite for example.

Even for NPC accuracy 10?

[drew]

Interesting. My impression, on the first few missions, is that the AI is rather tame. I'm struggling with the Anaconda on account of it having a turret mounted beam laser.

Cheers,

Drew.

[Zireael]

I love their HUD but the download size of 1.1 GB put me off for ever.

[JazHaz]

Oh and I can testify that the AI of the NPC opponents is quite difficult. Much better than the AI for Oolite for example.

Even for NPC accuracy 10?

I mean from the AI's flying ability (jinking etc), to their tactics. A sufficient challenge. Oolite's NPC opponents' flying are very predictable.

If you look at a few videos, especially of the later missions on YouTube, there is a high percentage of failures compared to successes.

[another_commander]

I mean from the AI's flying ability (jinking etc), to their tactics. A sufficient challenge. Oolite's NPC opponents' flying are very predictable.

I still think you should try a few accuracy-10 opponents in Oolite. I've watched your video and I can tell you that their flying style is not that different to that of the ship you were facing.

[Tricky]

Seems that flying backwards foxes the AI of the NPCs, they fly towards you in a straight line but don't shoot at you.

[Disembodied]

JazHaz, have you tried Cim's [wiki]Skilled NPCs OXP[/wiki]? I meet quite a lot of jinky little swine in Sidewinders (Swinewinders?) with that installed ...

[JazHaz]

JazHaz, have you tried Cim's [wiki]Skilled NPCs OXP[/wiki]? I meet quite a lot of jinky little swine in Sidewinders (Swinewinders?) with that installed ...

No, because I find the increase in difficulty with the release of 1.77 more than enough for me...

I love their HUD but the download size of 1.1 GB put me off for ever.

I'm sure that the release version will be a lot more than that.

[Cody]

JazHaz, have you tried Cim's [wiki]Skilled NPCs OXP[/wiki]? I meet quite a lot of jinky little swine in Sidewinders (Swinewinders?) with that installed ...

No, because I find the increase in difficulty with the release of 1.77 more than enough for me...

<raises eyebows> Do you use any OXPs that provide extra shields/energy for NPCs?

[drew]

I have to say the combat is 'FUN'. Biggest relief of the whole thing. You can go newtonian if you want by switching off 'flight assist' and you've got lateral and vertical thrusters for a bit of fun, but it's planes in space if you want it - with great 'shake rattle and roll' when you crash, hit or bump.

A tricky balancing act well executed.

Very optimistic about the future of the game based on what I've seen so far.

Cheers,

Drew.