For those of you experiencing Graphics-related crashes, I MAY have a solution. No promises, try for yourself. I'm running Windows 7 64-bit with an Intel integrated card, so I shouldn't have crashed anyway.
When I initially attempted to load Tribble, it crashed my graphics driver and took the client with it. The Fatal Error reported had D3D11 on it, so I assumed it was a DX11 issue. I attempted to edit gameprefs.pref to disable DX11. Failed. Finally, loaded Holodeck, swapped from DX11 to DX9ex, and COPIED gameprefs.pref from my Live localdata folder to Playtest localdata, replacing the Tribble settings in doing so. Tribble loaded successfully. Unknown if this affects DX10 or anything else, will test.
HOWEVER, this is not without its caveats. Weapon visuals are duller (Voth AP beams don't have their unique texture), some weapon visuals (Borg Plasma, the Neutronic Torpedo) are invisible, and almost every ability with an effect in space (Voth immunity shields, gravity wells, tykens rifts, tachyon beams, the like) are invisible if you're more than half a KM out. Will test further to see if I can get these issues mitigated.
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I found the Transwarp Conduit in the Risa Sector which transwarped me to the Gamma Orionis Sector Block but couldn't find the matching transwarp conduit back to the Risa Sector. Had to warp back normally (not sure if this has been designed this way or not)
i like everything about this update. But i have a suggestion with the scaling of things, The suns are perfect but the planets are stilll seemingly too small. I know it might be hard to scale the planets too but have you thought about downsizing the size of ships in sector space abit, for example when i came to earth my ship was 10x the size of it then in the system it was 10x the size of me. scaling the ships down in size might mean you don't have to scale everything so bigger that the ships to compensate.
Diplomatic Immunity is no longer required for KDF space and vice versa for KDF going to Federation space, is this a temporary bug? or has that feature been removed now and all of space is accessible by any faction?
-Sol system only has eight planetary orbits. Pluto is sad.
Currently what the IAU called the "8 or 32" problem is the "8 or 359 and counting" problem. At the present rate of discovery it will be the "8 or 15000" problem by 2400, though at some point the rate of discovery is likely to slow. Pluto's status is as secure now as it should have been in 1970.
Edit: Oops, 273 was just Brown's 5th category, not the entire catalog
I would prefer if it would be possible to zoom out a bit more from the ship.
If you near a system the sun basically fill 2/3 of your screen at the current furthest zoom level.
Doubling or even tripling that range wouldn't hurt.
The ability to hunt for resources in sector space (unknown comet etc.) is also a neat addition.
as you devs spending alot of time on this thread i got another question its relating to sector space, i had an idea about the personal comms code thing where you can call a freighter in, why not combine the usage of this and the bridge? As the bridges are only really for RP instead of having a code you call from outside your ship why not give the option to go to your bridge and call from there instead it would give great use to bridges just like account bank and you can only call it the same amount of time?
i like everything about this update. But i have a suggestion with the scaling of things, The suns are perfect but the planets are stilll seemingly too small. I know it might be hard to scale the planets too but have you thought about downsizing the size of ships in sector space abit, for example when i came to earth my ship was 10x the size of it then in the system it was 10x the size of me. scaling the ships down in size might mean you don't have to scale everything so bigger that the ships to compensate.
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Pssst. . . We're already scaling your ship down, a lot. It's actually about the smallest we can make it without breaking more stuff.
Pssst. . . We're already scaling your ship down, a lot. It's actually about the smallest we can make it without breaking more stuff.
I understand where you guys are coming from but the ships do feel very big. Especially large ones like the recluse or the scimitar. My ship was taking up about 3/5 of my screen in sector space.
I understand where you guys are coming from but the ships do feel very big. Especially large ones like the recluse or the scimitar. My ship was taking up about 3/5 of my screen in sector space.
Worth noting that I don't think all ships are properly scaled yet. Some of us noted that the Wells class for instance was gigantic compared to the new command cruisers (which on Holodeck are larger than the Wells). Also, several ships including the Wells can't scroll out the camera which I'm guessing means those are the ships which haven't been scaled down properly yet.
Join date is wrong, I've actually been around since STO Beta.
True alters don't have a "main". Account wide unlocks for all unique event rewards!!
I don't really like how the stars suddenly lose their glows and turn into these ugly balls when you enter the system. Is there some way to keep them bright?
"Critics who say that the optimistic utopia Star Trek depicted is now outmoded forget the cultural context that gave birth to it: Star Trek was not a manifestation of optimism when optimism was easy. Star Trek declared a hope for a future that nobody stuck in the present could believe in. For all our struggles today, we haven’t outgrown the need for stories like Star Trek. We need tales of optimism, of heroes, of courage and goodness now as much as we’ve ever needed them." -Thomas Marrone
TOIVA, Toi Vaxx, Toia Vix, Toveg, T'vritha, To Vrax: Bring in the Allegiance class. Toi'Va, Ti'vath, Toivia, Ty'Vris, Tia Vex, Toi'Virth: Add Tier 6 KDF Carrier and Raider. Tae'Va, T'Vaya, To'Var, Tevra, T'Vira, To'Vrak: Give us Asylums for Romulans.
Pssst. . . We're already scaling your ship down, a lot. It's actually about the smallest we can make it without breaking more stuff.
I take it eventually the ships are going to be roughly in scale with each other, so some would be increasing in size relative to smaller vessels? Though it was pretty funny seeing a Nova-class the same size as my Galaxy-class starship earlier.
I don't really like how the stars suddenly lose their glows and turn into these ugly balls when you enter the system. Is there some way to keep them bright?
Turn bloom on. They look great, though completely blinding when bloom is on.
Join date is wrong, I've actually been around since STO Beta.
True alters don't have a "main". Account wide unlocks for all unique event rewards!!
i like everything about this update. But i have a suggestion with the scaling of things, The suns are perfect but the planets are stilll seemingly too small. I know it might be hard to scale the planets too but have you thought about downsizing the size of ships in sector space abit, for example when i came to earth my ship was 10x the size of it then in the system it was 10x the size of me. scaling the ships down in size might mean you don't have to scale everything so bigger that the ships to compensate.
Interesting. My Assault cruiser was roughly the same size as Earth. The planet was large enough to do somewhat a respectable orbit.
Diplomatic Immunity is no longer required for KDF space and vice versa for KDF going to Federation space, is this a temporary bug? or has that feature been removed now and all of space is accessible by any faction?
I was wondering that too. Crossed into KDF space without so much as a whisper from Listening Post Morska.
Will that be consistent or is it for characters that reached the actual end of the war arc?
Pssst. . . We're already scaling your ship down, a lot. It's actually about the smallest we can make it without breaking more stuff.
Pssst, boss so that's directly related to not be able to zoom out further right?
I'll try turning the bloom on to see what's what.
Another bug. The new sectors especially revamped Eta Eridani and the Klingon space south of it there was no way to go to the Alpha Quadrant. I ended up using Transwarp.
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Reposting this here because it might be more pertenant in this chat than where i put it initially
Also Wells class and Nova Class. The engine particle effects (from things like Borg transwarp engines or Breen engines) and the deflector effects look hilarious on ships which have already been scaled down because they haven't scaled the effects down yet lol.
Join date is wrong, I've actually been around since STO Beta.
True alters don't have a "main". Account wide unlocks for all unique event rewards!!
I don't really like how the stars suddenly lose their glows and turn into these ugly balls when you enter the system. Is there some way to keep them bright?
Don't turn off bloom.
We are still missing some FX and there will be more work done on the Star materials, so they may improve a bit, but I keep hearing people saying they turn off bloom, but then wonder why the stars are just big spheres. . .
This said, my bloom is at 20%. Nebulae on Holodeck show nicely this way, and they also do so on Tribble. The new suns are glowing too bright and when entering the system they are just balls without glow. See screenshots.
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Found the comet. Thanks for the heads up. This is going to be a bit to get used to.
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When I initially attempted to load Tribble, it crashed my graphics driver and took the client with it. The Fatal Error reported had D3D11 on it, so I assumed it was a DX11 issue. I attempted to edit gameprefs.pref to disable DX11. Failed. Finally, loaded Holodeck, swapped from DX11 to DX9ex, and COPIED gameprefs.pref from my Live localdata folder to Playtest localdata, replacing the Tribble settings in doing so. Tribble loaded successfully. Unknown if this affects DX10 or anything else, will test.
HOWEVER, this is not without its caveats. Weapon visuals are duller (Voth AP beams don't have their unique texture), some weapon visuals (Borg Plasma, the Neutronic Torpedo) are invisible, and almost every ability with an effect in space (Voth immunity shields, gravity wells, tykens rifts, tachyon beams, the like) are invisible if you're more than half a KM out. Will test further to see if I can get these issues mitigated.
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-Thomas Marrone
I have also noticed:
Currently what the IAU called the "8 or 32" problem is the "8 or 359 and counting" problem. At the present rate of discovery it will be the "8 or 15000" problem by 2400, though at some point the rate of discovery is likely to slow. Pluto's status is as secure now as it should have been in 1970.
Edit: Oops, 273 was just Brown's 5th category, not the entire catalog
It is part of Season 10.
I would prefer if it would be possible to zoom out a bit more from the ship.
If you near a system the sun basically fill 2/3 of your screen at the current furthest zoom level.
Doubling or even tripling that range wouldn't hurt.
The ability to hunt for resources in sector space (unknown comet etc.) is also a neat addition.
>_>
<_<
Pssst. . . We're already scaling your ship down, a lot. It's actually about the smallest we can make it without breaking more stuff.
I understand where you guys are coming from but the ships do feel very big. Especially large ones like the recluse or the scimitar. My ship was taking up about 3/5 of my screen in sector space.
Worth noting that I don't think all ships are properly scaled yet. Some of us noted that the Wells class for instance was gigantic compared to the new command cruisers (which on Holodeck are larger than the Wells). Also, several ships including the Wells can't scroll out the camera which I'm guessing means those are the ships which haven't been scaled down properly yet.
haha :P but my ship is bigger than earth break more stuff i want earth to be bigger
"Critics who say that the optimistic utopia Star Trek depicted is now outmoded forget the cultural context that gave birth to it: Star Trek was not a manifestation of optimism when optimism was easy. Star Trek declared a hope for a future that nobody stuck in the present could believe in. For all our struggles today, we haven’t outgrown the need for stories like Star Trek. We need tales of optimism, of heroes, of courage and goodness now as much as we’ve ever needed them."
-Thomas Marrone
So that's why glows from specific gear are so huge:
http://postimg.org/image/nhjhwyz77/
http://postimg.org/image/jhucpf3ff/
The Assimilated deflector and engine are scaled down accordingly, but the glowing parts from them aren't.
Oh, and granting someone Diplomatic immunity or Raiding party also has a HUGE visual that plays next to the targeted ship.
That really needs to be looked at.
EDIT: Oh my, and this too (I didn't notice with my Doffing window ope all over the screen):
http://postimg.org/image/lw2t1ezj3/
Toi'Va, Ti'vath, Toivia, Ty'Vris, Tia Vex, Toi'Virth: Add Tier 6 KDF Carrier and Raider.
Tae'Va, T'Vaya, To'Var, Tevra, T'Vira, To'Vrak: Give us Asylums for Romulans.
Don't make ARC mandatory! Keep it optional only!
And please let us zoom out like before or still in orbit. I´d like so see the new systems and would like to have a better over few.
I take it eventually the ships are going to be roughly in scale with each other, so some would be increasing in size relative to smaller vessels? Though it was pretty funny seeing a Nova-class the same size as my Galaxy-class starship earlier.
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Turn bloom on. They look great, though completely blinding when bloom is on.
Will that be consistent or is it for characters that reached the actual end of the war arc?
Pssst, boss so that's directly related to not be able to zoom out further right?
I'll try turning the bloom on to see what's what.
Another bug. The new sectors especially revamped Eta Eridani and the Klingon space south of it there was no way to go to the Alpha Quadrant. I ended up using Transwarp.
Reposting this here because it might be more pertenant in this chat than where i put it initially
Also Wells class and Nova Class. The engine particle effects (from things like Borg transwarp engines or Breen engines) and the deflector effects look hilarious on ships which have already been scaled down because they haven't scaled the effects down yet lol.
Don't turn off bloom.
We are still missing some FX and there will be more work done on the Star materials, so they may improve a bit, but I keep hearing people saying they turn off bloom, but then wonder why the stars are just big spheres. . .
http://imgur.com/a/7RtiU#0
This said, my bloom is at 20%. Nebulae on Holodeck show nicely this way, and they also do so on Tribble. The new suns are glowing too bright and when entering the system they are just balls without glow. See screenshots.