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New undock animation feedback - it's missing something.
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Sirran The Lunatic
Pandemic Horde High Sec Division
#1 - 2013-06-01 00:52:36 UTC  |  Edited by: Sirran The Lunatic
I apologize if there was a more consolidated post relating to the undock, but I just had one suggestion for the undock.

I think I HEAR my ship's engines firing up, but I don't SEE them firing up. Would it not be 40% cooler to see your engines' exhausts start to fire up when you click undock? Currently it does not appear that they do. Conversely, they could "cool down" if you abort undock. Perhaps the art team has already thought of this and dismissed it, but even if it was just the glowly heat exhaust from the engines, it'd still be that much cooler.

I think this would lend itself to the immersion factor... that's a lot of what Odyssey is about, no?
Alvatore DiMarco
Capricious Endeavours Ltd
#2 - 2013-06-01 00:54:48 UTC  |  Edited by: Alvatore DiMarco
Unless the sound of engines coming online is strangely musical, you don't hear them firing up.

As for modifications to the undock sequence, we were told on the first of those two recent livestreams that there are "significant" changes that will be coming to the undocking sequence - just not right this second. I seem to recall it's their intent to make docking and undocking seamless transitions as well. So with that in mind, you may very well get to see the engines fire up, or at least some navigational thrusters.
Jim Luc
Deep Core Mining Inc.
Caldari State
#3 - 2013-06-01 01:16:42 UTC
Where are the little helper drones that guide us out, or are repairing our ship while it's docked? It would be cool to see the CQ balcony from the ship spinning area as well.
Evostar
Google En Croissant
#4 - 2013-06-01 03:17:28 UTC
Jim Luc wrote:
Where are the little helper drones that guide us out, or are repairing our ship while it's docked? It would be cool to see the CQ balcony from the ship spinning area as well.


You can see the CQ balcony, you just have to look closely

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Draconus Lofwyr
The Scope
Gallente Federation
#5 - 2013-06-01 03:36:18 UTC
there are already a few cool touches in the hangar area, extra lights, alarm lights when you click on undock on some stations. and the minmitar station center pedestal seems to need almost constant maintenance as i occasionally see the sparks from the welding of repairs. cool touches CCP, look forward to more.
Alvatore DiMarco
Capricious Endeavours Ltd
#6 - 2013-06-01 10:05:12 UTC
Draconus Lofwyr wrote:
there are already a few cool touches in the hangar area, extra lights, alarm lights when you click on undock on some stations. and the minmitar station center pedestal seems to need almost constant maintenance as i occasionally see the sparks from the welding of repairs. cool touches CCP, look forward to more.


I'm not convinced those sparks are from welding.
Droidyk
Maniacal Miners INC
The Legends In The Game
#7 - 2013-06-01 11:42:54 UTC  |  Edited by: Droidyk
Alvatore DiMarco wrote:
Draconus Lofwyr wrote:
there are already a few cool touches in the hangar area, extra lights, alarm lights when you click on undock on some stations. and the minmitar station center pedestal seems to need almost constant maintenance as i occasionally see the sparks from the welding of repairs. cool touches CCP, look forward to more.


I'm not convinced those sparks are from welding.


I am, plus they are always in a different places and look different every time. Every environment of the station looks beautiful, now only to add some more things like more traffic under or around the hangar, for example in the caldari hangar theres a lots of little docking areas and passageways, there could be speeders flying in and out of those.
Laendra
Universalis Imperium
Goonswarm Federation
#8 - 2013-06-01 12:47:23 UTC
Actually, I thought it would be awesome to actually, you know, have the ship traverse through the undocking process...
Alvatore DiMarco
Capricious Endeavours Ltd
#9 - 2013-06-01 13:15:56 UTC
Droidyk wrote:
Alvatore DiMarco wrote:
Draconus Lofwyr wrote:
there are already a few cool touches in the hangar area, extra lights, alarm lights when you click on undock on some stations. and the minmitar station center pedestal seems to need almost constant maintenance as i occasionally see the sparks from the welding of repairs. cool touches CCP, look forward to more.


I'm not convinced those sparks are from welding.


I am, plus they are always in a different places and look different every time. Every environment of the station looks beautiful, now only to add some more things like more traffic under or around the hangar, for example in the caldari hangar theres a lots of little docking areas and passageways, there could be speeders flying in and out of those.


Let me say this again in a different way.

You're docked in a Minmatar station and there are sparks. This part is normal and not out of place at all

I am not, however, convinced those sparks are from welding. More like they're from broken conduit or something arcing.

In regards to Laendra's comment, CCP has indicated that they eventually want docking and undocking to be just as seamless as system jumps. So, that traversing you want will be included.
Adrian Dixon
Arbitrary Spaceship Destruction
-affliction-
#10 - 2013-06-01 13:27:00 UTC
I thought it would be nice if the ship in the hanger moved forward when you clicked undock. Might not be so easy ofcourse.
Solutio Letum
The Scope
Gallente Federation
#11 - 2013-06-01 22:57:04 UTC
who cares about sparks engine noises and traffic, where are my exotic dancers?
Alvatore DiMarco
Capricious Endeavours Ltd
#12 - 2013-06-01 23:03:20 UTC
Solutio Letum wrote:
who cares about sparks engine noises and traffic, where are my exotic dancers?


Waiting for someone to open the door so they can come in.
Galphii
Caldari Provisions
Caldari State
#13 - 2013-06-02 01:38:04 UTC
I'd love to see the ship lift up and move towards the exit (after undock can no longer be aborted). Engine sounds would be a nice touch too!

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Jada Maroo
Native Freshfood
Minmatar Republic
#14 - 2013-06-02 06:56:11 UTC
Laendra wrote:
Actually, I thought it would be awesome to actually, you know, have the ship traverse through the undocking process...


Whoa whoa whoa. You' want your ship to... move?

Let's not get crazy now.
Madlof Chev
GoonWaffe
Goonswarm Federation
#15 - 2013-06-04 13:40:20 UTC
Bring back the pleasure hub and we'll talk about ~immersion~
Jen Ann Tonique
Doomheim
#16 - 2013-06-07 01:49:30 UTC  |  Edited by: Jen Ann Tonique
I have been watching for any kind of "new" undock animation, I'm not seeing anything.

Nadda, zip, zilch.

I click undock, nothing happens, then after some amount of time I am just in my ship moving away from the undock area.

edit

I get it now, you have to be in the hanger to see it, interesting.

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Alvatore DiMarco
Capricious Endeavours Ltd
#17 - 2013-06-07 16:06:17 UTC
Jen Ann Tonique wrote:


edit

I get it now, you have to be in the hanger to see it, interesting.


Ha! Proof that people actually do use the CQ.