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Make all cutscenes skipable

bigb3bigb3 Member Posts: 42 Arc User
edited July 2023 in Star Trek Online General Discussion
Hi. Is there a possibility that all cutscenes on the missions can be made skipable in the future since technology has progressed to the point where it's possible to program some of the cutscenes we're seeing in the game code to being skipable?
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  • jonsillsjonsills Member Posts: 10,460 Arc User
    Only if they also made it so that no one could join you; one of the purposes of those cutscenes is to make sure that everyone's client is synched before proceeding.
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  • legendarylycan#5411 legendarylycan
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    And also to hide the loading of assets - or at least that's the excuse they use for why the vast majority of cutscenes in CO can't be skipped.​​
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  • baddmoonrizinbaddmoonrizin Member Posts: 10,901 Community Moderator
    legendarylycan#5411 wrote: »
    And also to hide the loading of assets - or at least that's the excuse they use for why the vast majority of cutscenes in CO can't be skipped.​​

    This has also been stated during livestreams as the reason for unskippable cutscenes in STO as well. So, no, it's not going to happen.
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  • edmarkle1edmarkle1 Member Posts: 4 Arc User
    Eliminate cut scenes during fight COMPLETLY!
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  • sthe91sthe91 Member Posts: 5,971 Arc User
    > @edmarkle1 said:
    > Eliminate cut scenes during fight COMPLETLY!

    I don't support that. I would support not getting damage during a cutscene unless it is scripted.
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  • kirstieinkirstiein Member Posts: 130 Arc User
    I am pretty sure the OP meant in the story missions NOT tfos. I would support all cut scenes be skippable in story missions, cause it is so annoying having to watch the same cut scene over and over when playing through them on all my chars. In tfos I understand the reason they are not skippable, but story missions should allow skipping.
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  • jonsillsjonsills Member Posts: 10,460 Arc User
    kirstiein wrote: »
    I am pretty sure the OP meant in the story missions NOT tfos. I would support all cut scenes be skippable in story missions, cause it is so annoying having to watch the same cut scene over and over when playing through them on all my chars. In tfos I understand the reason they are not skippable, but story missions should allow skipping.
    Same thing, though - you can have people help you on story missions, so there are segments there to cover loading and to cover synching the clients.
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  • nixie50nixie50 Member Posts: 1,343 Arc User
    kirstiein wrote: »
    I am pretty sure the OP meant in the story missions NOT tfos. I would support all cut scenes be skippable in story missions, cause it is so annoying having to watch the same cut scene over and over when playing through them on all my chars. In tfos I understand the reason they are not skippable, but story missions should allow skipping.

    like the dyson sphere arc. Lord I slog through Kaols's speeches, I alt tab to another window, go get a drink or water then come back to fly the missions
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  • paradox#7391 paradox
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    I don't mind cutscenes, they're pretty good for taking pictures on consoles, because you can't remove the other stuff like the aim reticle, mini map, mission objectives from the screen as well as the console version lacking a free camera, you can only take pictures from the front if your character is running, while everything else is from the back.
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