Ship Interiors

[d[-_-]b]

Who knows when/if FD will implement space legs + ship interiors, but this analysis of SC ship interior design by an architect raises a lot of really interesting points that could apply equally to ED.

Well worth a watch.

Military:
https://youtu.be/xPDvQZsPp0g

Exploration/Luxury:
https://youtu.be/M4M-7ONCyJU

Note: Please refrain from arguments about SC vs ED. I'm just highlighting aspects/issues with ship interior design that are worth thinking about.

[Edelweiss ✿]

Not sure it fully applies, ED has no artifical gravity, SC does have that luxury. This can greatly affect layout.

[UptightCargo]

Plus, ships in E:D are far larger, so the amount of design work would be an order of magnitude larger to build the interior of the ships of E:D. I'd LOVE to see it, but I don't feel it's very realistic to expect it.

[d[-_-]b]

Originally posted by Edelweiss ✿:

Not sure it fully applies, ED has no artifical gravity, SC does have that luxury. This can greatly affect layout.

We don't know that yet. I'm sure that will change if they ever implemented interiors.

The two videos are also a great contrast in military vs exploration/luxury design.

[d[-_-]b]

Originally posted by UptightCargo:

Plus, ships in E:D are far larger, so the amount of design work would be an order of magnitude larger to build the interior of the ships of E:D. I'd LOVE to see it, but I don't feel it's very realistic to expect it.

I don't know about that. Some of them seem more or less the same. Corvette vs Hammerhead seem about the same. But defintitely a lot of work no matter what the size.

I picked up an ICourier recently though and was surprised how large it actually is though.

[Edelweiss ✿]

Originally posted by UptightCargo:

Plus, ships in E:D are far larger

This is actually no longer the case. Elite's player controlled ships top out at 200m, where as SC's top out at 1km (Bengal carrier, super rare) and 345m (Destroyer)

SC's Kraken carrier is 270m, and to keep to the topic, the interior is large enough to have a monorail/subway for mobility inside.

[Josey Wales]

Originally posted by Crash Test Dummy:

Originally posted by Edelweiss ✿:

Not sure it fully applies, ED has no artifical gravity, SC does have that luxury. This can greatly affect layout.

We don't know that yet. I'm sure that will change if they ever implemented interiors.

The two videos are also a great contrast in military vs exploration/luxury design.

I don't know, I doubt they would change a pretty major part of elite lore like no artificial gravity just so people can walk around their ships.

Magnetic boots maybe, but magical artificial gravity would basically crap all over the need for all the existing stations and megaships that use rotational gravity.

[d[-_-]b]

Originally posted by JoseyWales:

Originally posted by Crash Test Dummy:

We don't know that yet. I'm sure that will change if they ever implemented interiors.

The two videos are also a great contrast in military vs exploration/luxury design.

I don't know, I doubt they would change a pretty major part of elite lore like no artificial gravity just so people can walk around their ships.

Magnetic boots maybe, but magical artificial gravity would basically crap all over the need for all the existing stations and megaships that use rotational gravity.

Not really. That's easily solved by this thing called science (aka R&D). Discoveries get made all the time, technology changes. The future is no different. Look at the history of flight and aircraft/space, or ships/subs, or vehicles. We're undergoing a huge shift now over the next 10+ years with AI and vehicles.

It would be easy to implement in ships first (ie: only one way up) and installations get rebuilt/redesigned gradually over time.

[Agony_Aunt]

Interiors will be normal. CMDRs wear magnetic boots.

But anyway, we need to wait for space legs before we can even see any interiors, so a bit of a moot point.

[Josey Wales]

Originally posted by Crash Test Dummy:

Not really. That's easily solved by this thing called science (aka R&D). Discoveries get made all the time, technology changes.

Sure, but I really hope they don't do something like that. Not to say that the game as-is is completely realistic, but at least it has a fairly consistent lore and game science. Introducing magic gravity would be a cheap copout IMO, even if the lore described some amazing new leap in tech.

If space legs ever were to materialize I'd rather they have us float around our ships like in Adrift, or even make us stay in our seats until we're docked.

That said, I'm not personally in a hurry for legs in a game about piloting space ships anyways.

[Urm the Mad]

You guys honestly need a new way to take screenshots that badly? Space Legs is literally just a slower way of getting around than the SRV. I dont think ots an important development for Elite as a game about flying spaceships.

[Laurreth]

Originally posted by Edelweiss ✿:

Not sure it fully applies, ED has no artifical gravity, SC does have that luxury. This can greatly affect layout.

Many activities that require moving around a ship would probably be done under gravity inside a station or planetside. You can always float around in a structure made for walking, but the other way around is much harder.

[d[-_-]b]

It's a boredom breaker.

[malorob]

i just need a cup holder and a mircowave or something that makes buger's

[Josey Wales]

Originally posted by malorob:

i just need ... something that makes buger's

So you're waiting with anticipation for the release of space-noses...

[Dolphin Bottlenose]

Originally posted by malorob:

i just need a cup holder and a mircowave or something that makes buger's

You can find a neutron star - it will microwave you nicely. I can hold your cup meanwhile. :)