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Howdy all.

Also with the new sisi build, you should get the new jump transitions. Yes I know they look cool and all, but there has been a LOT of under the hood work done, and we need to know if anything "hinky" is going on when you are changing systems. Things not loading properly, bugs in UI etc. Anything unusual that can be attributed to how the client is handling you changing systems :)

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Hey kids,

I'm the guy who does all the stuff you never really notice. But this time around I kind of need you to pay attention to the stuff you never notice!

Thing is, that in order to get the jump transition to be not horrendously choppy (I'm somewhat certain it still is, also keep an eye out for that) and seem seamless we had to refactor the clientside teardown of solar system (and scene) objects.

So if you could pay attention to any weird leftover artefacts, that were otherwise cleaned up, when you jump between systems or warp out of a "grid"; I'd find reason to pour some happy down my pants.

Examples of "leftover artefacts" include, but are not limited to:

• Brackets
• Targets
• HUD Effect Bar
• Inventory windows you no longer have access to staying open
• Effects that are no longer in your system/grid still visible
• Overview leftovers from former scene/grid
• That lasagne I made a few years back that's still in my fridge
• Contextual menus offering options from the former system/grid
• Sytem maps not updating
• Etc...

And just so we're clear this applies to both jumping between systems and warping within the system. So if you're running missions on SISI or doing fleet fights please keep them peepers peeled for any of this.

Thank you for your time!

Good catch: Any sort of system X -> system Y transition as well as warping out of grids.

Prism, will you want the "bonus effects" (a/k/a "leftovers") reported here in this thread, bug reported, both, or other testimony?

MDD

Question number 1: Can I turn this off?

Yes, that is what I was worried about. The demo at fanfest looked a lot more graphically intensive, I'll test it myself as soon as SiSi is up.

Hehe no problem, just get into your bed already. Though of corse you can make promises on behalf of others, makes the whole thing way more interesting

question,
will this new grapic effect cause any lag when 20+ or even 100+ people jump the gate, besides the current loading delay of such numbers.

if you have a ship preview open while jumping the window border disappears but the preview is still rendered.

New gate jump effect is nice and all, but after couple of jumps I feel like animation could be shorter.
I think that post-jump rotation "around ship" will lead to motion sickness (especially on longer travels) and camera should be positioned behind ship immediately after warp.