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"Transwarp drive in 3, 2, 1..."

falcon3000primefalcon3000prime Member Posts: 16 Arc User
edited December 2013 in The Art of Star Trek Online
That bit of VO is a great touch, as is the time it takes to build up the transwarp opening.

So why isn't the animation the same for all transwarp destinations? Sometimes you get the VO and the animation. Sometimes you get just the animation. And sometimes your ship takes a hike without so much as a thank you.

Is there a reason for the lack of consistency? And is it possible for all transwarp departures to get the full-service animation, voiceover included?
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  • westx211westx211 Member Posts: 42,328 Arc User
    edited December 2013
    I wish the transwarp hole would be bigger cause I don't see how my JHDC fits into such a small thing.
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  • starswordcstarswordc Member Posts: 10,963 Arc User
    edited December 2013
    westx211 wrote: »
    I wish the transwarp hole would be bigger cause I don't see how my JHDC fits into such a small thing.

    The spacetime inside the ship gets compressed into a subspace bubble.

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  • warpangelwarpangel Member Posts: 9,427 Arc User
    edited December 2013
    westx211 wrote: »
    I wish the transwarp hole would be bigger cause I don't see how my JHDC fits into such a small thing.
    No ship I've ever transwarped with would fit into the conduit it generates. This is a shame, because the conduit model is obviously scaled to the ship's size, yet manages to be always too small.

    As far as I can tell, the missing animation parts depend on where you got the transwarp from. For example, the the ones you get from the rep system (Tau Dewa and Dyson Sphere) make the ship just go "pop" for Feds and have no animation at all for KDF.
  • falcon3000primefalcon3000prime Member Posts: 16 Arc User
    edited December 2013
    warpangel wrote: »
    As far as I can tell, the missing animation parts depend on where you got the transwarp from. For example, the the ones you get from the rep system (Tau Dewa and Dyson Sphere) make the ship just go "pop" for Feds and have no animation at all for KDF.

    Good observation. Perhaps someone would be good enough to go back and copy-and-paste rep system animations with the full animation and voiceover treatment.

    My thought, as a non-programmer, is that it wouldn't take terribly long to bring all those animations up to the same level. And someone had to have gotten paid for that countdown voiceover, so STO should at least get it's money's worth in both areas.
  • theanothernametheanothername Member Posts: 1,511 Arc User
    edited December 2013
    falcon3000prime wrote: »
    That bit of VO is a great touch, as is the time it takes to build up the transwarp opening.

    So why isn't the animation the same for all transwarp destinations? Sometimes you get the VO and the animation. Sometimes you get just the animation. And sometimes your ship takes a hike without so much as a thank you.

    Is there a reason for the lack of consistency? And is it possible for all transwarp departures to get the full-service animation, voiceover included?

    I think this is restricted to the Excelsior only transwarp destinations.
  • sandormen123sandormen123 Member Posts: 862 Arc User
    edited December 2013
    theanothername wrote: »
    I think this is restricted to the Excelsior only transwarp destinations.

    Not only excelsior.
    I observe the same issue, quite random, with the T'Varo, Obelisk and cellship too.
    I haven't bothered notice if it is depending on where i warp to, but it happens often. Afaik, the voiceover is when travelling to the fleet starbase. The instawarp came sometime after S8, afaik. The good thing about the instawarp is that it happens... ...instantly, no long animation, otoh, it really removes... ...immersion. (I hate using that word, but there you go.)
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  • orangeitisorangeitis Member Posts: 5,222 Arc User
    edited December 2013
    It only happens when I transwarp to a fleet starbase.
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  • captainoblivouscaptainoblivous Member Posts: 2,284 Arc User
    edited December 2013
    I find that the "insta-transwarp" happens with specific destinations, rather than being random. I never have it happening to me when I TW to the older sector blocks and locations (ESD, Sirius block, etc) but it always happens when using TW to get to the newer destinations like Tau dewa block, the fleet holdings etc.

    For me, this happens on every toon regardless of ship being used. To be quite truthful, I find the "insta-transwarp" a godsend in just how it sends you there instantly without the countdown lol
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