EVE General Discussion

We appreciate your work. The animation is nice.
We'll appreciate your further work for making it optional.

CCP please say something that we at least know you're on the issue.
Because it is indeed an issue. The animation just hurts the eyes.

This may sound silly, but my 7yo nephew used to watch me play Eve, he'd just sit next to me and stare at the screen as though hypnotized by the cool environment... And now, you can probably guess what I'm about to say, its simply a sad truth, this aggressive animation sequence does not sit well with him, he can't take it more than a couple of jumps... Heck he's probably better off doing more useful things anyway hehe, but I'm trying to make you understand that making this animation mandatory is not helping the game in any way.

you realy know nothing so i would sujest not posting at all it shows your ignorance

You dont need to kill the feature just lot us set the cam were we like Far away or up close! just like we currently go in warps!

dont care what ccp want if they dont want to **** off there customers they will let us that dont want the option to turn it off

You got that feedback when it was on Sisi. It has been quoted on this thread with links ad nauseum. It has also been reiterated by dozens of players who didn't see it until it went live on Tranquility.

Edit: Here's a good summary. Again.

Mata Hotaki summarized much of what has been said in his post (#587). Here's a quote:

Mata Hotaki wrote:

1. Camera control is taken over by the client.
2. The camera view executes a nausea-inducing arc-and-abrupt-stop movement (main culprit in motion sickness feeling)
3. The "tunnel" animation and the abrupt stop afterwards add to the nauseous feeling
4. These awful effects make both the CPU and GPU run measurably hotter (4-5 degrees, compared to similar activity in Retribution).
5. ...EVE was one of the games that did not give me motion sickness until this last patch.
6. If you like the new animation, good for you. Nobody's trying to take it away from you. Just try to convince me how can choice in this matter be a bad thing.

I would like to add my voice to the legions of people who would like this crap turned off. In a game where lag is still the primary issue (yes i know you have renamed it tidi) you would think the developers would have a clue. Obviously you still do not. Stop putting in things that cause lag issues. Can you imagine what its like going thru gates right now with large fleets?

Please devs, this and the constant scanner animations should be options. Just bumping to say I'm still here and I'm still annoyed and will be as long as these two features are forced on me.

Here we go again.

We ARE looking at this.
We are in the process of tweaking camera and FOV changes occurring in jump tunnel, the pre and post tunnel camera work as well.

no eta yet, as this is a slow process - especially with summer upon us and various people going on holidays.

Thanks for the info update. I've decided I need an off option since I do not want to see an animation here without it is a still image with perhaps a "Jumping" on, or something like pre patch.

But great ccp makes a sound again here! Hopefully there will be an off option one day, just as we got on the cam shake. If this comes I will come terrible back to bother ccp again .

My main here expires on 2/7 so I do not expect a miracle before then ... so from here shall sound a; Have fun and fly safe boys and girls! o/

Hey guys,

First off, thanks for all the comments that have been coming in regarding the new jump transition that we introduced with Odyssey. We've been keeping a keen eye on both the positive and negative feedback, and are currently looking at ways to resolve some of the issues that people are experiencing with the transition.

While we can appreciate the concerns that some people have regarding server performance, these can be cleared up very easily. The animation for the transition has absolutely zero effect on the server, or the time it takes for you to travel from system to system. In fact, the time it takes for the client to unload/load data about systems has been reduced drastically (~50%).

The only reason that this transition wasn't added in the past was due to technical limitations, and we decided to do it now due to the fact that part of the vision for EVE is to have a fully immersive experience that isn't interrupted by black screens with loading bars.

The process when jumping is as follows:

• Player gives the command to jump while in range of a stargate.
• Client sends notification to the server.
• Server starts moving you, and relays this back to client.
• Client starts animation.
• Client unloads information about previous system.
• Server finishes moving you to new system.
• Your ship appears cloaked in new system
• Server informs client of arrival in new system, and what is on grid.
• Client loads information about new system into overview/local and begins transition end.
• You are ready to move.

The transition effectively serves as a visual filler while all of this is going on behind the scenes, and is generated client side with no impact on the performance of the server at all. The time taken only depends on the server starting and ending the move between systems, which doesn't care about the client at all.

Simply adding the ability to "turn it off" is a cop-out, and leaves us in the position where we have a sub-optimal animation in game that some people are unhappy with and choose not to use. The jump transition, much like the warp tunnel, is here to stay as a replacement for loading bars, and therefore it has to be good for everyone, and has to function as intended.

We will stress though, that we hear your concerns and we're in the process of exploring various avenues for resolving them that include work on the camera and work on the animation itself to smooth it out and alter how it flashes and scrolls, however this is something that will take time and won't happen overnight.

Again, thanks for all the feedback, both positive and negative. It's being taken on board, and we're looking to make changes based on the things that you guys are concerned with the most, without removing the transition completely.