nguyentj wrote:

Source of the post Any Idea when the next beta will be out?

First rule regarding a release date: Never ask for a release date!

Something I use in SE now is I use it to not just calculate ship journey times but I also use it for missile to ship calculations. I am not a pro at the ship builder but what I can do is build a ship which looks like a missile and have it target a ship and accelerate towards it. The problem I am having is the flip-and-burn with the missile (ship) since it would be a nonstop acceleration towards target. Is this flip and burn feature created for all ship models or is it addressed when the ship is implemented into SE? I could find nothing representing missiles.  I hope this is in the right thread. Does anyone have any missile or ship models or advice to help with my mock-up ship to ship combat?

JackDole wrote:

Source of the post nguyentj wrote: Any Idea when the next beta will be out?
First rule regarding a release date: Never ask for a release date!

I Think he means a ROUGH estimate for when it MIGHT be out.

Propulsion Disk wrote:

Source of the post I Think he means a ROUGH estimate for when it MIGHT be out.

How ROUGH estimated do you want it?
Maybe it will appear in 2018. Maybe only in 2019.
Or it will appear still later.

JackDole wrote:

Source of the post How ROUGH estimated do you want it?Maybe it will appear in 2018. Maybe only in 2019.Or it will appear still later.

See? all you had to do is get a rough estimate like that I mean, I'm satisfied!

Have you considered creating a Frontier: Elite 2 (or Pioneer space sim)-like base game and then building onto it?I think it's a very simple concept that would be amazing within the graphics engine.

I think that it's better for them to keep doing what they're already doing than to just throw all of their brainstorming sessions, projects and concepts away to go in a radically different direction. I know that it's hard when you don't know when the definite game's coming out, but it's better to wait than to get a rushed game, and the time developers take might be beneficial.

It's like the game STALKER : Shadow of Chernobyl. It remained in development for more than half a decade, but that overextended development resulted in a great game that still has a very dedicated community that keeps playing and modding the game 12 years after said game was released, and 9 years after the release of the last part of the trilogy.

Cont'd from here:

Sion wrote:

I do have one wish for the final release: make the game constructive instead of destructive. Make it a game of colonization, not one of destruction. Have planets become developed, not destroyed. I love the planetarium and exploration aspect of space engine. My personal biggest fear is if space engine becomes a game of survival and conquest, all the absolutely hard effort gone into the game would go to waste, as people would be too busy defending their own turf (or surf, or air) to explore.

This is my only wish.

colonization = destruction

I just registered to say that this concept sounds realy great and give me some hope to play some day the space game i ever dreamed of.

Are the concept still worked on? Or is the Engine development top priority right now?

I would like to hear a lot more of it!`

Thanks!
Karacho