How will the new engineer role impact your ship and crew? Join us for a fresh look at upcoming Engineering gameplay, introducing dedicated engineer tasks, re...

Guests:

  • Bastien Cruette, Systems Designer II
  • Thorsten Leimann, Lead Systems Designer
  • Guilleremo Bilbao, Gameplay Programmer III

TL;DW:

  • Resource Network will be used everywhere its possible (ships, land vehicles, outposts and space stations).
  • Resource Network is a replacement for the old Pipe System.
  • New system will allow for things like new types of Hydrogen fuel which affect thrusters in different ways.
  • New components coming with engineering:
    • Fuses
    • Life Support Generator
  • Engineering will be a start of moving away from ship HP pool and towards physicalized component HP.
  • Life Support system consists of:
    • Temperature
    • Atmosphere composition
    • Pressure inside a room
  • Components misfires might cause additional damage, make them stop working (temporarily of permanently), starting a fire or blowing up the whole ship (generators).
  • Initial release will have a limited number of misfires.
  • Damage penetration will be a temporary, simplified version of what will come with the physicalized damage. Certain types of weapons will penetrate the hull of a ship and damage components inside.
  • Damage penetration depends on weapon and ship armor.
  • We’ll be able to repair fully destroyed components but not to 100% HP - that will require repairing the ship at LZ.
  • Only size 1-2 components can be replaced with a tractor beam.
  • Engineering screen shows:
    • Location of each component.
    • Connection between them.
    • Component status (HP).
    • Life support and Cooling status.
    • Component temperature.
    • Notifications about issues.
  • Fuel displayed on the engineering screen “will be relevant in the future”.
  • You can lock the engineering UI to prevent changes from any other MFDs besides the engineering station.
  • Power Management presets will be a thing. They are locally stored and can be loaded on someone else’s ship (the same type).
  • Doctor Benny (TARDIS) montage at the end.

This is the last ISC until Citizen Con.

  • cybervseas@lemmy.worldEnglish
    5·
    2 months ago

    You can lock the engineering UI to prevent changes from any other MFDs besides the engineering station.

    Makes a lot of sense. You don’t want Captain Kirk to mess with your engines because it’ll “go faster”.

  • AGD4@lemmy.world
    3·
    2 months ago

    A CIG Dev in Salte Mike’s React stream says Size 3+ components can still be repaired, even though they can’t be removed yet.

    • Essence_of_Meh@lemmy.worldOP
      3·
      2 months ago

      I think we’ll be able to repair all accessible components, we just won’t be able to take them (size 3+) out and switch to a new one by hand. That’s how I understood that anyway.