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Icarusonline 79
Silver Talon Corporation
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Posted - 2012.10.06 21:53:00 -
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Can someone explain the starmap to me
I know it's noob question but I think I've missed the point
I checked it out with great excitement thinking it would give the exploration fix eve offers its players
I have lots of fixes and additions to suggest but the star map and deep character building is what reels me into dust more than the fps aspect which I love but I feel I have to be missing the point of the starmap
Can it really be just to view models of planets across the eve spectrum that are inaccessible to dust players
Dust allows us to be part of something groundbreaking so it would be a shame f it proved to be decoration rather than a gateway to an extraordinary gaming universe
I sincerely hope I've missed something |
Wako 75
SVER True Blood
Unclaimed.
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Posted - 2012.10.06 21:58:00 -
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i think there is going to be a bigger purpose for it at launch. maybe it will have major battles displayed. maybe for planing out planetary sov. we really wont know tell dust has launched
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tribal wyvern
ZionTCD
Legacy Rising
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Posted - 2012.10.06 22:31:00 -
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It will have pretty much the same function as the eve starmap, they're adding stuff to it all the time but its going to take time to get everything in there, they added the moons for the precursor build which weren't there in previous builds. Once everything is implemented then the starmap will come to life. |
Matobar
Pink Fluffy Bounty Hunterz
RISE of LEGION
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Posted - 2012.10.06 22:35:00 -
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As I understand it, the Starmap will allow us to view ongoing battles across the New Eden, and maybe even allow us to jump into some of the less exclusive ones. |
tribal wyvern
ZionTCD
Legacy Rising
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Posted - 2012.10.07 00:15:00 -
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Matobar wrote:As I understand it, the Starmap will allow us to view ongoing battles across the New Eden, and maybe even allow us to jump into some of the less exclusive ones.
That's right, like I said bro.....pretty much the same function as the eve starmap. |
Abner Kalen
Seituoda Taskforce Command
Caldari State
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Posted - 2012.10.07 02:50:00 -
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The starmap's controls are terrible. Not easy to find where you currently are, and not easy to even explore. Not intuitive. I also hate how Eve's starmap is controlled. I'm "hoping" CCP also sees the glaring usability issues with the map and have a UX expert on it.
They would easily fix it by changing the controls to a more 3D flythrough controls, with some limits on rotation and easing. Selecting regions/systems/planets can be cycled via the L1/R1 bumpers or even the arrow thumbpad. Currently selected regions, systems, celestial can be listed in the upper left, and when cycling through the systems it can expand a little list so you know what system is next. Under that can be expanded search.
Declutter and make more like Google Maps, and the map will be awesome and usable. And if they improve for Dust hopefully they'll get it updated on Eve too! |
KAGEHOSHI Horned Wolf
Seraphim Initiative.
CRONOS.
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Posted - 2012.10.07 02:57:00 -
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I think I heard we will eventually be able to use it to join battles. |
Veigar Mordekaiser
Royal Uhlans
Amarr Empire
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Posted - 2012.10.07 02:59:00 -
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In EVE the starmap can be used to plan routes between planets, check sov, and other functions. My guess, is the functions are missing because they had to rebuild the map for Dust, as it's built in Unreal rather than Carbon. |
Minmatar Slave 74136
Sanmatar Kelkoons
Minmatar Republic
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Posted - 2012.10.07 04:40:00 -
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Veigar Mordekaiser wrote:In EVE the starmap can be used to plan routes between planets, check sov, and other functions. My guess, is the functions are missing because they had to rebuild the map for Dust, as it's built in Unreal rather than Carbon.
EVE starmap is great when I want to get from point A to Point B without having a clone go swimming in vacuum during the trip.
My first excursion as a new capsuleer pilot was to fly to the EVE gate to check it out. Took a shuttle and made sure my clone was updated, I figured since I was too poor to afford nice stuff and implants that it was good a time as any to make a trip. |
Shiro Mokuzan
GunFall Mobilization
Covert Intervention
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Posted - 2012.10.07 07:19:00 -
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Icarusonline 79 wrote:I sincerely hope I've missed something
Punctuation. You missed punctuation. |
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Icarusonline 79
Silver Talon Corporation
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Posted - 2012.11.19 12:46:00 -
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[quote=Matobar]As I understand it, the Starmap will allow us to view ongoing battles across the New Eden, and maybe even allow us to jump into some of the less exclusive ones. [/quote
great. really looking forward to that |
Death On Contact
Doomheim
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Posted - 2012.11.19 15:16:00 -
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Dotlan
The in-game star map for Eve sucks too, has for years. Use Dotlan, its an awesome tool & resource for navigating the Eve/Dust universe. |
Vallud Eadesso
Subdreddit
Test Alliance Please Ignore
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Posted - 2012.11.19 15:30:00 -
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Icarusonline 79 wrote:Can someone explain the starmap to me
I know it's noob question but I think I've missed the point
I checked it out with great excitement thinking it would give the exploration fix eve offers its players
I have lots of fixes and additions to suggest but the star map and deep character building is what reels me into dust more than the fps aspect which I love but I feel I have to be missing the point of the starmap
Can it really be just to view models of planets across the eve spectrum that are inaccessible to dust players
Dust allows us to be part of something groundbreaking so it would be a shame f it proved to be decoration rather than a gateway to an extraordinary gaming universe
I sincerely hope I've missed something
It is the same universe map from EVE. When the game is linked with Dust you'll be able to track your current location on the map, see who owns what systems, etc. Suffice to say it don't mean anything at the moment. It's just kinda there at the moment but will play into the meta game. |
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