Star Trek Online thread

[nxadam1701]

Game changed quite a lot since I first bought it and got that ridiculous lifetime membership.
Hopefully for the better.

[Tuskin38]

The USS Odyssey and a Soverign Class orbit the station from the inside
They timed up with 2 ships orbiting the Hologram in Ops.



Pictures of the new stuff

[Joshmaul]

Earth is 2D now, you say - so I'm guessing they're cutting the Sol System space in half, seeing as you could go behind the Earth at one point...

[Tuskin38]

I like it this way makes the earth feel ALOT bigger.

It is part of the skybox so it doesn't get bigger or smaller when moving to or from it

 

[Darkthunder]

I'm liking BC more and more each day. Planets in BC may be low quality but atleast you can still orbit them

[captain_obvious]

I'd both ways on this one.  The orbiting thing is nice and all, but it's pretty difficult to really get the sense of scale right when it isn't part of the skybox.

[Tuskin38]

I'm liking BC more and more each day. Planets in BC may be low quality but atleast you can still orbit them

But the scale is all off. I prefer it this way, the planet actually feels big and accurate.
The first time they did this was a couple years ago with the Klingon mission "Alpha" with a gas giant, warping in it just felt amazing.

I'm sure they'll keep using 3D planets in missions where you fly around a system, but the Big ones are great for static maps like the Sol System.

I'm surprised I have not seen more posts like yours on the STO forums, I don't think I've seen any complaints about it being static now.

[Darkthunder]

Did I say the new 2D version was bad? I did not. What I said was, atleast the 3D model could be orbited. Which obviously, you can't do with a 2D backdrop.

Now on the other hand, Cryptic could've/should've fixed the scaling of the 3D model, and allow both players and objects to orbit around the planet. Making the planet stationary, with zero rotation, makes it look more fake. Even though the scaling is higher, it will still look fake.

[Tuskin38]

Their maps are too small to do that, I think taco explained it somewhere.

Also apparently the new Earth IS 3D, but I guess it is rendered in such a way that it doesn't get bigger or smaller?

http://sto-forum.perfectworld.com/showpost.php?p=15950521&postcount=444

Unfortunately I can't do a full 3D earth model on the interior to match, because lighting it would break the lighting for the rest of the map. I'm stuck with what we have. I will try to update the texture a little, but no promises, we are rapidly running out of time to work on this.

[Darkthunder]

So basically, "their tech is crap, and they haven't got the manpower, or technical know-how, or time allotted to fix it". Gotcha

[AllotoniFan]

So basically, "their tech is crap, and they haven't got the manpower, or technical know-how, or time allotted to fix it". Gotcha

Couldn?t have put it better myself.

[Tuskin38]

I forgot something. New screens, they change randomly to different ships. it is purely random so sometimes the same ship will show twice.



new devblog

http://community.arcgames.com/en/news/star-trek-online/detail/3039113

[Tuskin38]

The revamped Borg/Undine missions are on tribble, and I have to say they are really fun. The stories now tie into the STFs and there are some ties with the Dyson missions.

Today's Friday Screenshot

[Shadowknight1]

I forgot something. New screens, they change randomly to different ships. it is purely random so sometimes the same ship will show twice.



new devblog

http://community.arcgames.com/en/news/star-trek-online/detail/3039113

New ESD?  When did they start work on this?

Also...anyone else having trouble with the game?  I started trying to get back into it yesterday, but I can't do anything on Nimbus III.  The game crashes almost as soon as I try to start up my character.

[AllotoniFan]

Nope. Despite a terrible lag cause my internet is crap, no crashes.

Here?s a question: Why does Tribble gets all the updates first? Does it happen to be the testing shard?

[flarespire]

Yup, Tribble is STO's content testing server.

[Tuskin38]

New ESD?  When did they start work on this?

Well most of the layout was done and released on tribble I think 2-3 weeks ago with major updates almost every patch since.

It is stated for release with Season 9, no release date but Taco has said they're rapidly running out of time to work on ESD, so I'm guessing sometime in April.

[Joshmaul]

As I recall, another "expansion" is in the works? I remember hearing this somewhere...

[BarnesSFC]

As I recall, another "expansion" is in the works? I remember hearing this somewhere...

Yep, most likely the Delta Quadrant or something Voyager related. No new factions for the next expansion, that's what the devs have said.

[Tuskin38]

Delta Quadrant is something they said they're exploring more so I wouldn't be surprised if that was the focus of the expansion.