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there is only one thing I have to ask about and that is how far the limit was raised with TiDi?
as in, what's the theoredical limit to a battle running with TiDi at full strength?


don't get me wrong, this is a very good feature and I totally agree with it, but I can't shake that nagging feeling that this will only buy time. I hope that you guys don't forget to further improve server code and structure.

True enough it is an improvement to be sure.

I'm vauge about how nodes work exactly (as in which systems go to which node) without knowing the architechture which I do not believe CCP has published, it is hard to tell is it not, which systems are on which nodes?

I'm aware it is often adjacent systems, but you can get where I'm going now. Used to be you needed to basically bog down the system in question to be sure of sucessfully picking the correct node...

Now with a little dialator icon on screen it becomes much easier to tell, which systems you need to dilate with a bit of reverse mapping...

But yeah I can see what you are saying now at least you can refuel, but at the same time it becomes easier to locate and isolate which systems need stressing to make that harder.

So if say the system is dilated, will things still move at 30fps if my system could handle it?

I'd think so, but the fact the camera moves slower is making me worried.

I did not check numbers, but in the test I normally am looking at a slide show during the big fight. But with TiDi I was not. It may actually help FPS as your computer is getting less information from the server.

Also although the camera is slowed, its not slowed by the full TiDi amount. It actually was surprisingly natural.

This may be something already out there, but...

How does Time Dilation deal with command "stacking"... for example, you're FC'ing a drake blob. So the damage isn't going to be instantaneous; you say "Primary that Wyvern" (or whatever) and watch as the missiles launch and the system gracefully slows down to squeeze all the cinematic glory out of that hellstorm of missiles. As FC, you now have time to casually browse the overview and notice someone just decloaked a covops coming up behind you. You pull your camera around, and notice that unmistakable new cyno effect in its infancy blossoming.

You (as FC) start spewing orders out as your fleet is going to be hotdropped just as soon as the appropriate clock ticks happen. As a fleet member, now, those commands start getting done (align to x, warp to planet, no cancel warp, lock covops, fire, no warp out, no ARRRRMOR HAACSSSSSS!!!)

I'm sure FCs will require some adjusting to their methodology - time dilation suddenly opens up a lot more time to second guess yourself or to get better situational awareness (and there's nothing that can be done about it; we can't dilate players... yet) but in the meantime, I am assuming that command queuing itself isn't going to be dilated... Is it possible for the player to break the time dilation's command queues? Is it a simple FIFO stack popping off commands as they are added into the system?

While typing, I realize this is going to make for some really benny hill moments - until FCs adjust - when two FCs make decisions that get to play out in slow motion but were still being screamed out at their fleets when response time mattered - when seconds mattered more because they were directly tied to real seconds. (Response time will still matter, of course - but I think FCs should be trending towards slightly more calm than we are used to hearing.)

They really, REALLY, need to rewrite it in a good language. It's not like time dilation will be without bugs anyway. The first time it activates on Tranquility, the node will probably explode and take out the whole game (and remove your boot.ini at the same time). I'm just basing this on CCP's history.

This time dilation mechanic is an excellent way to address overloading. Now they need to rewrite the code base so it doesn't get overloaded with more than ten ships on the grid.

Wait... no lag?

Does it mean we can finally put hundreds of drones on gate to uncloak cloakers without breaking EULA ??

Welcome to EVE, the latest RTSG title to hit the market.

Next up: the pause, macro-mode and "I Win" button additions (exclusively in cyrillic!)

Just taking the opportunity to note:

Stated in Dev Blog on 4.22.11:

"It's a fairly big project though, so I'm comfortable saying you won't see it shipping this summer. Fall's a good possibility if things go well."

Update DevBlog showing progress and explaining developement on 10.3.11.

More of this, and lots of people will be lots happier in Internet Spaceship land. Nice work setting and meeting time lines, CCP Veritas.

And by lots, I mean alot.

Based on what was described, fps will be unaffected by time dilation. Your system will render scenes as fast as it can.

The way that I understand how the camera will be affected by time dilation is that you will simply need to move the mouse further to change your perspective. The intended purpose is to give you an interactive way of feeling how much time is dilated.

To me, slowing camera response sounds like a bad way of providing this interaction. I change my camera position to look at something different, not to feel how time is flowing. Changing the speed at which the targeting icon moves is a nice touch, but I expect that impacting how the camera moves would just be an inconvience. I expect that for most players, simply slowing the module cycle indicators will give them a clear enough impression of how time is moving. If you feel that something more is needed, then add some sort of pulsing or rotating motion to the dilation indicator.