EVE Online: Fanfest Ambulation Info

Stradden · November 2007

Today, MMORPG.com's News Manager Keith Cross lets us in on what was being said at this year's EVE Fan Fest about Ambulation. For those of you who might not be aware, EVE's Ambulation project will see players able to move around outside of their ships for this first time in the game's history.

Back when I was in my teens, some of my favorite games were space combat games such as the Wing Commander series. Of that series I was particularly fond of Privateer, a game set in the Wing Commander universe, but instead of playing a military pilot you are cast in the roll of a space vagabond, going from system to system looking for work as a cargo hauler, a bounty hunter, or a pirate, or whatever else pays the bills. What I

loved about the game was that you could fly around to any system that you pleased. The universe was as open as the gameplay. It was fun. But I’ve always said that the mark of a truly great game is to be able to play a game, and love it, and yet still be able to sit there and come up with a hundred ways to make this game better. When I was playing Privateer I would be in the middle of a particularly hairy dogfight and wish I had some friends on my wing. Or I’d blast a pirate to space dust without breaking a sweat, and wish that there was a real person behind the controls, not just the predictable AI. The point is, back then my ideal of the perfect game was a space fighter game with a big open universe, where I could play in the style of my choosing, and I could play cooperatively or competitively with real people. Some years later, CCP gave us all of that and more when they created EVE.

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Mors.Magne · November 2007

Excellent article. I am also really looking forward to ambulation!

Khebeln · November 2007

So do we all

Personaly i cant wait. Its the only thing i was realy mising in Eve

Ozmodan · November 2007

They were initially talking about a February/March release, but I think it will be more like a June/July timeframe.

uhhh · November 2007

good article

Grifin · November 2007

Dam,I drooled.Gotta clean the keyboard.

nakuma · November 2007

lol grifin me too man me too, aww man im so looking forward to this.

Atoh · November 2007

In-freaking-credible. I can't wait to see how well the procedural animation system works out; it looks killer in Spore, in a more realistic setting, well, bye bye goofy running animations (humans in WoW, anyone?)

Kudos CCP, even if it is a summer launch, well, it'll be worth it.

Aristea · November 2007

Paired with the previous EVE article, I think this shows that EVE is one of the few games with DEV's that make the right choices, instead of turning a large part of their own population against them. They had issues of course, but most of the drama comes from players with a grudge :P

spatuluk · November 2007

I'm looking forward to this, as being able to party was the only thing that I missed from other games.

I'd be surprised if they put as much into ambulation as they're hoping.. all those face and clothing customizations sound great, but imagine the lag of downloading all those minute details while you're on a busy station! I'm sure there'll be an LOD, but I wouldn't like to see how the game holds out when you walk into a bar in Jita..

Goparu · November 2007

Originally posted by Ozmodan

They were initially talking about a February/March release, but I think it will be more like a June/July timeframe.

I´d say more like November/December if not 2009. We have only seen 1 video showing ambulation. Do not expect it to be released so soon.

Goparu · November 2007

Originally posted by spatuluk

I'm looking forward to this, as being able to party was the only thing that I missed from other games.
I'd be surprised if they put as much into ambulation as they're hoping.. all those face and clothing customizations sound great, but imagine the lag of downloading all those minute details while you're on a busy station! I'm sure there'll be an LOD, but I wouldn't like to see how the game holds out when you walk into a bar in Jita..

I think there will be plenty of bars in Jita, if only 60 people allowed per room. Jita can turn out to be a real pub area with dozens of bars. If that can happen it will be really fun.

Imagine all the freightes full of beer kegs to hold up the demand.

Walakea · November 2007

I admit, I haven't been paying much attention to Ambulation until now but I could have sworn I heard the devs discussed the possibility of letting players round around inside their ships as well. Does anyone know about this or is my brain making stuff up?

Mark701 · November 2007

I play eve and I'm all for ambulation. The problem is they have trouble with lag as it is. Just guessing here but I'm guessing that instituting ambulation is going to be a challenging technical issue from a hardware perspective. Jita is a pain the ass as is, how will it be with ambulation? Regardless I hope they can pull it off.

Khebeln · November 2007

Originally posted by Walakea

I admit, I haven't been paying much attention to Ambulation until now but I could have sworn I heard the devs discussed the possibility of letting players round around inside their ships as well. Does anyone know about this or is my brain making stuff up?

You will have officer quaters inside your ship, you will be able to store your items, cloths etc inside

Walakea · November 2007

Originally posted by Khebeln

Originally posted by Walakea

I admit, I haven't been paying much attention to Ambulation until now but I could have sworn I heard the devs discussed the possibility of letting players round around inside their ships as well. Does anyone know about this or is my brain making stuff up?

You will have officer quaters inside your ship, you will be able to store your items, cloths etc inside

Ah, I assumed they meant walk around the ship and have your own quarters. Well that's still cool.

Thanks

Minsc · November 2007

Originally posted by Mark701

I play eve and I'm all for ambulation. The problem is they have trouble with lag as it is. Just guessing here but I'm guessing that instituting ambulation is going to be a challenging technical issue from a hardware perspective. Jita is a pain the ass as is, how will it be with ambulation? Regardless I hope they can pull it off.

Actually it'll take load off systems like jita because the ambulation content will be on different servers. So it should actually speed up jita somewhat as 90% of the people in that system are station jockeys anyways.

Flute · November 2007

Actually I thought they were toying with allowing you to walk on your bridge. Likely only while in port though, if you're not in your pod while undocked well ...

Khebeln · November 2007

Originally posted by Walakea

Originally posted by Khebeln

Originally posted by Walakea

I admit, I haven't been paying much attention to Ambulation until now but I could have sworn I heard the devs discussed the possibility of letting players round around inside their ships as well. Does anyone know about this or is my brain making stuff up?

You will have officer quaters inside your ship, you will be able to store your items, cloths etc inside

Ah, I assumed they meant walk around the ship and have your own quarters. Well that's still cool.

Thanks

Well as for now its hard to say about details like that, but if you ask me i doubt that ccp will leave nice things like more detail ship walking. It might not be available right away but it will be available in time

MR-Bubbles · November 2007

Originally posted by Flute

Actually I thought they were toying with allowing you to walk on your bridge. Likely only while in port though, if you're not in your pod while undocked well ...

Bear in mind the current 2008 ambulation release is basically a 'Bare Bones' system just like eve was when it was released. Over time as people use Ambulation more will get added to it as and when its needed or requested.

Also some points that are confirmed concerning ambulation.

- Its on a seperate server so as not to lag space based EvE.

- It is confirmed for 2008 as most of it is done now apparently its mainly just the textures that need finalising.

- Yes i can open my Bar - Casino in jita [YAYYYY]

- Yes weare getting a ships cabin that we can tool out with funiture and alternate clothing etc.

- And yes im hoping for other rooms in my ship as well.

URMAKER · November 2007

wow thats great news. i'll be giving eve another go when ever this goes in effect.

MR-Bubbles · November 2007

Originally posted by URMAKER

wow thats great news. i'll be giving eve another go when ever this goes in effect.

Dont expect too much in content when it begins its a bare bones thing at first.

Grifin · November 2007

It seems were comming out of are shells,so to speak.

Matt3D · November 2007

I've always wanted to play EVE, but always felt something was missing. This is it. Once this thing goes live, I'll give this game a try.

RevanKader · November 2007

it has been a while since they talked of this new project CCP is setting out to do. i just never thought it would reach the point where they would actually get to it. i hope they release some screenshots of what it will all look like soon. i will definetely get back to EVE and try this new feature when its released.

Minsc · November 2007

You can view one of the two ambulation related lectures here: http://www.eve-online.tv/fanfest.aspx

There are also other lectures there you can watch if you want as well. They're pretty interesting.

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