My question is, will we be able to go around in a complete circle like how we have been able to? And will we be able to still visit the upper promenade deck? And what about the outer ring where all the docking is? Will we be able to go there?
My question is: what will the lag be like? Looks gorgeous though! Kudos to the artists!
I hope there is a npc where I can get training manuals for bridge officers sci/eng/ tac. If there is one already I’ve never found them. Ds9 is where all my toons live. Hate having to warp back to sol for a specific training manual either that or buy it from the exchange for a ridiculous price
Yes, the art team does appear to be on point with this, which is good. Sort of related, a collection of 'postcards' showing off key locations in the game would not be unwelcome as wallapaper.
What about a housing system in DS9 ? In the show there are different flats in different parts of the station.
SWTOR and FF14, I understand, are praised for their implementations of such a system. It would take a lot of work for this team to do it right - a good first step would be making ships' ready rooms more customizable (as well as giving them to all ships which should have them). Such developments would present opportunities for more accolades to have tangible rewards - example, a Tarantula replica awarded for the relevant 'headhunter' achievement (doesn't actually exist, but would be the 'sum' of Tholian Malfeasance and Tholian Capital Punishment) - and other items could populate the sadly-underused GPL store.
TacoFangs said there is, "... a DS9 Reference folder with over 2600 screenshots of the show..." You guys should pick a few for comparison. You know, for the stuff you are most proud of how it turned out and how close you got it to the real sets.
That wasn't the revamp I had in mind, I was thinking Frontier class starbase from the books and that's not a revamp more of a facelift. And don't get me started on "Midnight"
It's nice that DS9 is getting a revamp, but please remember to test the new map without Lighting 2.0. In addition to testing with and without Lighting 2.0, you should also test with and without shadows, and with and without reflections. So that's already eight cases right there.
I'm glad Taco has the opportunity to develop this. Since the original design is being kept and made more a canon interior presentation, is it safe to assume the Cardassians contributed another Nor-class space station (Empok Nor, maybe?) to replace the wrecked Terok Nor?
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I'm glad Taco has the opportunity to develop this. Since the original design is being kept and made more a canon interior presentation, is it safe to assume the Cardassians contributed another Nor-class space station (Empok Nor, maybe?) to replace the wrecked Terok Nor?
possible or it's also possible that damage wasn't as bad as it seemed and Terok Nor (aka DS9) was repaired/partly rebuilt with the aid of the Cardassian Union, after all the Cardassian Union itself is in good terms with the alliance at very least they might even be a member, it's only the True Way who seek conflict with the alliance.
Looks awesome!
...and a revised parking arrangement outside the station (placing small and medium ships AROUND the outside of the Docking Ring, with large ships between the upper and lower pylons).
This, oh god please!
Really looking forward to a revamped DS9, the current has always felt a little off - It is missing some details and has an odd sense of scale.
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I'm glad Taco has the opportunity to develop this. Since the original design is being kept and made more a canon interior presentation, is it safe to assume the Cardassians contributed another Nor-class space station (Empok Nor, maybe?) to replace the wrecked Terok Nor?
possible or it's also possible that damage wasn't as bad as it seemed and Terok Nor (aka DS9) was repaired/partly rebuilt with the aid of the Cardassian Union, after all the Cardassian Union itself is in good terms with the alliance at very least they might even be a member, it's only the True Way who seek conflict with the alliance.
Terok Nor was a mining station above bajor when it was given over to the Bajorans and Starfleet administration, Empok nor may have been another such mining station, but it became a research station and abandoned a few years before the end of the Dominion war.
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(Other than that, I'd love an exterior rescale to more reasonable levels, but well, not gonna happen.)
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BOOYAH And when will cryptic start to fix the thousands of bugs they caused with all the add ons and face liftings?? With the last you´ve destroyed dyson ground for example. Boffs don´t follow anymore.. Half of NECs getting stuck...
Sry guys but I really give a... on a facelift from ds9 if they would fix just the worst bugs.
I may end up using Quark's as my base, air guitaring on the bar and playing dabo.
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That ignores the fact people chose to park there because they can, not simply because that is where they get beamed out.
I mean... no. Because whenever Im in DS9 space its just 20 people sittign there in the same spot theyve been beamed out to, and then getting jumbled around when a new person gets beamed out.
There is not excuse for leaving DS9 so comically large. It looks awful, especially compared to the properly sized ESD.
I would contend it's NOT greatly oversized. In the TV show, it's size varied considerably, cryptic went with the largest version because it was convenient.
that is pretty close to the size it is in game.
What about a housing system in DS9 ? In the show there are different flats in different parts of the station.
That would make the station....really really big. We're talking kilometers of corridors if we're making the habitat ring. If we can have apartments, I'd rather just be able to customize my Captain's quarters or ship interior.
For the launch of Victory is Life, we've done a total overhaul of Deep Space Nine, making it the most show-accurate version yet. Here's Senior Environment Artist, Nick Duguid, on the changes and the process:
That wasn't the revamp I had in mind, I was thinking Frontier class starbase from the books and that's not a revamp more of a facelift. And don't get me started on "Midnight"
While I did wonder if they would go that route after they did so much damage to DS9, I don't think that's a decision they would've ever went with. While incorporating novel elements like the Vesta are cool, actually replacing a well known canon element like the titular space station likely wouldn't be as well received or understood by most players.
Looks good, though I wouldn't be surprised if Starfleet switched the consoles over to their own LCARS over the decades.
I think there were issues with getting Cardassian hardware to operate with Federation Software, so they left the Cardassian OS in place.
I don't see any mention on whether Second Wave and Boldly They Rode will be updated to match or not.
Well... They didn't update the map for ESD for Surface Tension. It's still a destroyed partial version of the orignal ESD map. However... that can be handwaved as being a different deck and a lot lower on the station than the current social hub map, which looks to be in the top areas as it has a clear view of ships inside. Boldly They Rode and Second Wave would be harder to hadwave because they are on the Promenade.
I'm not sure there's a choice for them with this, they don't actually leave the old maps in place due to space concerns.
The old Spacedock set is specifically set at the lower bell section of the station, while current Spacedock is up in the mushroom cap. They specified this in the update blog for ESD back when it happened. A lot of people actually wanted them to keep both so people could travel from the new section to the old section but...space concerns.
That said, for the 2800 a lot of that occurred within the normal station sets, so by default they'll be updated with the new sets. If it was something like the Spectres arc then it would be more noticeable. Originally in Spectres, the Ferengi Bar you walked into when you first got to Drozana was identical in layout to the Federation Bar on Drozana in the past, just as the section you went investigating for the Devidian portal is the exact same place that you pop out of the portal in the past in the next mission, just played backwards. So when they updated present Drozana with an entirely new layout and an entirely new section of the station, you no longer have that temporal symmetry.
The words that got me were "Garak's tailor shop".
Will our one true saviour actually greet us as we access the menu there?
Andrew Robinson is already confirmed for this update so..."Yes".
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Revamp looks like it will be cool but I hope they fix the biggest reason not to go there. Please put a bank and mail console by the ship guy like you guys did with ESD revamp. I dont know about anyone else, but thats why prior to ESD revamp I always hung out at k7 or Sierra, why my Klingons live on Gendala instead of Q'onos and why I only went to DS9 when I had to.
Pretty is nice, but usually gives way to the practical at some point. Thanks.
This all sounds awesome, and the writeup is really cool. Looking forward to FINALLY having a brig cell to use when I want to cobble together an image... (NO NOT LIKE THAT GEEZE GET YOUR MIND OUT OF THE ORION GUTTERS)
]I would contend it's NOT greatly oversized. In the TV show, it's size varied considerably, cryptic went with the largest version because it was convenient.
that is pretty close to the size it is in game.
In what universe is the screenshot you posted anywhere close to the actual scale of DS9 in the game.
Heres a Galaxy-class sitting next to one of the upper pylons, in a position similar tot he one the Enterprise is in there:
Now, I could break out my Defiant (a ship which we saw consistently docked at one of the mid-pylon docking ports) and try and replicate that, and the size differential would be even more blatently obvious.
DS9 is comically overzised in game. To the point where every player ship (barring the already massive ships) look like toys next to it.
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My question is: what will the lag be like? Looks gorgeous though! Kudos to the artists!
SWTOR and FF14, I understand, are praised for their implementations of such a system. It would take a lot of work for this team to do it right - a good first step would be making ships' ready rooms more customizable (as well as giving them to all ships which should have them). Such developments would present opportunities for more accolades to have tangible rewards - example, a Tarantula replica awarded for the relevant 'headhunter' achievement (doesn't actually exist, but would be the 'sum' of Tholian Malfeasance and Tholian Capital Punishment) - and other items could populate the sadly-underused GPL store.
Anyway, just an idea.
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What's wrong with a DS9 facelift?
This, oh god please!
Really looking forward to a revamped DS9, the current has always felt a little off - It is missing some details and has an odd sense of scale.
Terok Nor was a mining station above bajor when it was given over to the Bajorans and Starfleet administration, Empok nor may have been another such mining station, but it became a research station and abandoned a few years before the end of the Dominion war.
Been around since Dec 2010 on STO and bought LTS in Apr 2013 for STO.
(Other than that, I'd love an exterior rescale to more reasonable levels, but well, not gonna happen.)
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!
Will our one true saviour actually greet us as we access the menu there?
Sry guys but I really give a... on a facelift from ds9 if they would fix just the worst bugs.
-Lord Commander Solar Macharius
that is pretty close to the size it is in game.
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That would make the station....really really big. We're talking kilometers of corridors if we're making the habitat ring. If we can have apartments, I'd rather just be able to customize my Captain's quarters or ship interior.
While I did wonder if they would go that route after they did so much damage to DS9, I don't think that's a decision they would've ever went with. While incorporating novel elements like the Vesta are cool, actually replacing a well known canon element like the titular space station likely wouldn't be as well received or understood by most players.
I think there were issues with getting Cardassian hardware to operate with Federation Software, so they left the Cardassian OS in place.
I'm not sure there's a choice for them with this, they don't actually leave the old maps in place due to space concerns.
The old Spacedock set is specifically set at the lower bell section of the station, while current Spacedock is up in the mushroom cap. They specified this in the update blog for ESD back when it happened. A lot of people actually wanted them to keep both so people could travel from the new section to the old section but...space concerns.
That said, for the 2800 a lot of that occurred within the normal station sets, so by default they'll be updated with the new sets. If it was something like the Spectres arc then it would be more noticeable. Originally in Spectres, the Ferengi Bar you walked into when you first got to Drozana was identical in layout to the Federation Bar on Drozana in the past, just as the section you went investigating for the Devidian portal is the exact same place that you pop out of the portal in the past in the next mission, just played backwards. So when they updated present Drozana with an entirely new layout and an entirely new section of the station, you no longer have that temporal symmetry.
Bad, but only the first week or so when everyone is coming through at the same time.
Andrew Robinson is already confirmed for this update so..."Yes".
Pretty is nice, but usually gives way to the practical at some point. Thanks.
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In what universe is the screenshot you posted anywhere close to the actual scale of DS9 in the game.
Heres a Galaxy-class sitting next to one of the upper pylons, in a position similar tot he one the Enterprise is in there:
Now, I could break out my Defiant (a ship which we saw consistently docked at one of the mid-pylon docking ports) and try and replicate that, and the size differential would be even more blatently obvious.
DS9 is comically overzised in game. To the point where every player ship (barring the already massive ships) look like toys next to it.