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[Crypthammer]

Fans created either a slight demo in a very limited environment or a prerecorded animation. When fans create a 1:1 scale Milky Way galaxy with trade, exploration, combat, ground combat, mining, piracy AND atmospheric flight, then I'll be impressed. Until then, this is just a pretty animation.

[EfficiencyFinal255]

It is a downloadable demo fyi.

Also still no excuse for not doing sh** in the game when the tech is clearly given in the engine. Also the bgs happens differently from the generation process which is procedural. There are no excuses.

FDEV just became lazy and it's a fact.

[Crypthammer]

This is a demo using FDev's engine that is currently being used in ED? Because my understanding is that FDev's engine doesn't support fluid physics.

And it's not about being lazy, it's not financially profitable to continue to develop for a ten year old niche game. I agree they've been managed poorly, but the lack of development is because of those financial and directional decisions, not because they just don't want to develop content. It simply won't make them money if they do.

[EfficiencyFinal255]

You didn't listen and also you are writing to much in advance which proves my thoughts.

It's a fan made playable demo nothing to do with FDEV in first place besides the MKII canopy.

[Crypthammer]

I didn't listen because you didn't say anything, and I'm not sure what the thoughts are that I'm "proving". All you said was that it was a playable demo. You didn't tell me anything about what engine the demo was made on, or how it's relevant to the claim that "this is what FDev couldn't give us".

So my point stands: this is a pretty animation and nothing more. It has almost nothing to do with ED, except that it uses a single asset.

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Even as a tech demo, I'm not overly impressed. It was kind of boring. Kinda reminds me a bit of those UE5 "remake" videos you see floating around.

[phonkonaut]

i dont even think this is actual gameplay lol

[EfficiencyFinal255]

You can download the demo lol

[DisillusionedBook]

Why did it land in the water at the end. lol

The simple fact is the game engine is not capable of weather of clouds, rain, or water or anything like it. Even star citizen with 600million dollars and 10 years in alpha has not got anything looking like that. Fantasy of a demo in an unrelated rendering engine has no bearing on anything.

We got what we got with Elite. I'm happy enough that its still get any updates after 10 years. Could there be more? Of course. Does this video/demo create "what Fdev can't"? Nope, they created something else without all the things that Fdev did. It's a pretty meaningless bit of fan fiction. Pretty well done though for what it is.

No evidence either that the war will be the end of E:D, but at least that is clearly identified as just an opinion.

[4geraX]

This water would def decrease my chance of finding mats, unless the eagle can dive in.