wheels?

[vectorbased]

Wheels would make a fantastic edition to the game and with the motorcycle already in the game im curious if there are any plans to add wheel blocks?

[martingolding96]

Highly unlikely.

[Tryst49]

They have already made it clear that wheels and tracks won't be added.

[vectorbased]

Originally posted by Tryst49:

They have already made it clear that wheels and tracks won't be added.

bummer, I wonder what the logic is behind that

[kDM]

Quick answer: we have hover tech, wheels and tracks are obsolete.

Long answer (assumption): probably too much work for such a small Dev team (~10 people) to rewrite all the scripts and physics engine to allow for moving parts that interact with other objects, like the ground, deco (trees/rocks) etc.

From what I understand, the motorbike will also eventually be removed/replaced with a hover version (come on Starwars style Speeder!) anyway, removing the last and only remnant of the wheel.

[The Big Brzezinski]

Wheels do not play nice with procedurally generated terrain.

[XLjedi]

Originally posted by kDM:

Quick answer: we have hover tech, wheels and tracks are obsolete.

Not entirely obsolete if the intent was to roam the floor of an ocean planet with a tracked vehicle. Seems the HV/SV options we have do not allow submersion. So would be nice to have something like a tracked vehicle that "sticks" to the terrain.

Of course, the challenge to this is the devs disallow flying/hover vehicles from submerging because it seems they (or the game engine) can't deal with water clipping issues. Same reason we don't get to build submerged bases.

[mathaniel]

Motorcycles have long been relegated to mere placeholders I think it is called? Not very functional with all the new tech transportation. Can get a low level hover bike in a hot minute, with new hover tech and far too much trouble to upgrade, change, or even remove placeholder? Just guessing ;-)

[Stellar Remnant]

The motorcycle lets you exit while moving. Hover vessels do not. This is the single most infuriating thing about Empyrion for me.

[mathaniel]

May be because I`m 72 yo but all these years I`ve played this game this topic has been the most talked lol. What is it about the motorcycle, and the insistence that they be "fixed". No offence of course. It`s like the energizer bunny this motorcycle topic, it just won`t die, lol. Again, no offence, but why in the world would you disembark a moving vehicle? Honest question? Maybe If bad guys are shooting your ride?

[Tarc Novar]

Originally posted by Unreality:

The motorcycle lets you exit while moving. Hover vessels do not. This is the single most infuriating thing about Empyrion for me.

Wait, how is this infuriating? There are many other mechanics that are frustrating and this is what bothers you?

[VulcanTourist]

Originally posted by Unreality:

The motorcycle lets you exit while moving. Hover vessels do not. This is the single most infuriating thing about Empyrion for me.

I wish the game would let you exit a moving HV also. Then I could watch your HV slide uncontrolled down the slope and off the cliff and BOOM! and then savor the sad look on your face.

[Kuroodo]

Originally posted by The Big Brzezinski:

Wheels do not play nice with procedurally generated terrain.

No Man's Sky, Space Engineers, Star Citizen, and I bet even Minecraft (mods) would beg to differ.

[ZanyScum]

You guys REALLY want the devs to waste their time with wheels? WHEELS? Really?
I'll be polite and ask you to go and play "Age of Empires", there you can research the wheel.

Really? Wheels? Are you guys trying to be funny?

[hydrogenmissle]

Originally posted by ZanyScum:

You guys REALLY want the devs to waste their time with wheels? WHEELS? Really?
I'll be polite and ask you to go and play "Age of Empires", there you can research the wheel.

Really? Wheels? Are you guys trying to be funny?

...................no?!?!??... we arnt trying to be funny?..... what do u have against us building our own cars from scratch and then driving them off a starship how would that not be badass??

[Tarc Novar]

Originally posted by hydrogenmissle:

Originally posted by ZanyScum:

You guys REALLY want the devs to waste their time with wheels? WHEELS? Really?
I'll be polite and ask you to go and play "Age of Empires", there you can research the wheel.

Really? Wheels? Are you guys trying to be funny?

...................no?!?!??... we arnt trying to be funny?..... what do u have against us building our own cars from scratch and then driving them off a starship how would that not be badass??

Simple answer: wheels will not be implemented. So saith the developers.