W.V Kerman Posted February 9, 2022 Share Posted February 9, 2022 (edited) What if there were automatic routes set by the player where the rocket could to many things: Refuel Transfer Cargo Mine This is a late game thing when mid tech gets that high Edited February 9, 2022 by The Kerman clarity Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
t_v Posted February 9, 2022 Share Posted February 9, 2022 It has been confirmed that missions can be automated- fly them once and in some capacity they will be repeated on a schedule. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Vl3d Posted February 23, 2022 Share Posted February 23, 2022 Not only automated rocket flights but also automated rover / airplane / helicopter transports. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TheOrbitalMechanic Posted February 23, 2022 Share Posted February 23, 2022 On 2/9/2022 at 4:53 PM, t_v said: It has been confirmed that missions can be automated- fly them once and in some capacity they will be repeated on a schedule. The question (at least for me) is whether this will manifest in the form of automatically delivered resources, or if there will be actual automated ships flying through space. The latter would be cooler, but also more complex, since if the automated ship is only following your own flight plan, then it can only launch when all relevant celestial bodies are in the exact same position as the original mission. You might need to launch multiple missions at different times of day/year (depending on where your destination is) to ensure a steady supply of resources. Having a bunch of automated ships flying around also seems like it could seriously increase lag, but I don't know a lot about coding, so it's possible this isn't the case (or that the devs have a solution in mind). Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Vl3d Posted February 23, 2022 Share Posted February 23, 2022 (edited) 100% I would prefer seeing ships and space traffic. And of course they should have the same flight plan that you had when you first did the mission - if you want something faster or better you do the flight again improving the ship and course (and now you would probably have 2 ships doing transports). But I think it's important to automate transports not just for rockets, but any type of vehicle we design. I would not worry about lag except if you crash into that automated transport. Other than that it could be on rails with only the external image rendered. Other games solve the issue by making objects non-interactive (you fly through them). Same kind of issue should be solved for multiplayer. Edited February 23, 2022 by Vl3d Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Catto Posted February 23, 2022 Share Posted February 23, 2022 automated transport is a good idea. I love elevators. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bej Kerman Posted February 25, 2022 Share Posted February 25, 2022 On 2/23/2022 at 6:32 PM, Vl3d said: I would not worry about lag except if you crash into that automated transport. Other than that it could be on rails with only the external image rendered. Other games solve the issue by making objects non-interactive (you fly through them). Same kind of issue should be solved for multiplayer. Bad idea. Just simulate the rocket as a single part, then actually punish the player for destroying the rocket by ruining colony happiness, and of course not letting the player take the resources from the shipment. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Vl3d Posted February 26, 2022 Share Posted February 26, 2022 You do realize multiplayer is going to become a war-game right? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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