Posted - 2011.03.31 01:44:00 - [2]

 

Originally by: Mors Sanctitatis

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The technology for it is dead simple.

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how about you code it, also http://www.ccpgames.com/en/jobs.aspx as it is so simple you might want to work for them

Posted - 2011.03.31 02:39:00 - [4]

 

wouldn't this require your client to render both the in station incarna graphics as well as the out of station graphics as well? sounds like that would cause most peoples systems to run way slower then normal. unless of course you are suggesting these camera feeds be rendered server side.... i really hope not, many of the nodes are at or near capacity due to limitations of both hardware and the server code, making the server render live video feeds for thousands of stations throughout the game doesn't sound like its a smart use of remaining resources.

dont get me wrong i think its a great idea.. just seem to me like there are some hurdles as far as implementation.
i believe there was something similar mentioned on a CSM panel once were CCP was thinking about making it so warp scramblers prevented docking in order to make high sec wars less of station games, it was decided that if it were done there would have to be a way to load up the overview from inside the station to check and see if it was safe outside and such a video feed would certainly be a great addition for this purpose once both hardware and software were ready for it.

Posted - 2011.03.31 07:14:00 - [6]

 

Originally by: Mors Sanctitatis

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We need to have real time video of the undock area available to us when we're sitting in our captain's quarters so we can see who's outside. There are all sorts of other display panels in the CQ, why can't we have a camera feed composited on one of the video screens for the undock? The technology for it is dead simple.

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they've already answered that question, the answer is NO.

Posted - 2011.03.31 08:31:00 - [8]

 

Originally by: Juil

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What gets me is the amount of ppl who keep thinking that Incarna is a completely seperate 3D engine..

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maybe its because CCP said so themselves

Posted - 2011.03.31 08:57:00 - [10]

 

Originally by: kriot Thellere

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wouldn't this require your client to render both the in station incarna graphics as well as the out of station graphics as well? sounds like that would cause most peoples systems to run way slower then normal. unless of course you are suggesting these camera feeds be rendered server side.... i really hope not, many of the nodes are at or near capacity due to limitations of both hardware and the server code, making the server render live video feeds for thousands of stations throughout the game doesn't sound like its a smart use of remaining resources.

dont get me wrong i think its a great idea.. just seem to me like there are some hurdles as far as implementation.
i believe there was something similar mentioned on a CSM panel once were CCP was thinking about making it so warp scramblers prevented docking in order to make high sec wars less of station games, it was decided that if it were done there would have to be a way to load up the overview from inside the station to check and see if it was safe outside and such a video feed would certainly be a great addition for this purpose once both hardware and software were ready for it.

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Disclaimer: this reply is very simplified.

To accomplish what is proposed in my original post would indeed require the client to render both the station interior and the exterior system at the same time, in parallel. But that doesn't mean that it's hard. There aren't two rendering engines. What's more is that because the image is so small on the in-game screen the exterior LOD can be very light weight so as to reduce the number of polys used, as well as the texture sizes loaded in memory.

What's more- it doesn't need to be real time, or even 30 or 15FPS. A snapshot every 5-10 seconds would be sufficient. Have a little disclaimer at the corner: "Video Feed Delayed Five Seconds". Everyone who has responded negatively in this thread is either stupid, small minded or is simply being negative to be negative (which is pretty much covered by my first two affirmations).

Think about how it could be done, not why it can't be done. It's simple to build pre-rendered video into a texture that is displayed in game. Such a thing already exists with the billboards. Now all we have to do is convert live video on the fly to something that can be applied as a texture in real time. Not that complicated. Particularly if you don't have to do it at 15-30 FPS.

Posted - 2011.03.31 10:01:00 - [12]

 

Originally by: Mors Sanctitatis

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Disclaimer: this reply is very simplified.

To accomplish what is proposed in my original post would indeed require the client to render both the station interior and the exterior system at the same time, in parallel. But that doesn't mean that it's hard. There aren't two rendering engines. What's more is that because the image is so small on the in-game screen the exterior LOD can be very light weight so as to reduce the number of polys used, as well as the texture sizes loaded in memory.

What's more- it doesn't need to be real time, or even 30 or 15FPS. A snapshot every 5-10 seconds would be sufficient. Have a little disclaimer at the corner: "Video Feed Delayed Five Seconds".

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they could also tone down the level of detail, they really only need to display the basic model of a ship, without all the fancy textures. alternatively, they could also us to access our overview on a screen, which could be more informative than a video feed and would require much less system resources to render. personally id prefer ot have access to my overview rather than a video feed.

also, to the person who said ccp already said no on the matter, they never said no, just that it might not be fesible, if i remember correctly. there was a thread, last year i think it was, about changing docking and undocking machanics to get rid of station games and the idea of a feed of the exterior of the station was brought up. dont have a link but the thread is probably still there if you want to look for it

Originally by: Mors Sanctitatis

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Everyone who has responded negatively in this thread is either stupid, small minded or is simply being negative to be negative (which is pretty much covered by my first two affirmations).

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you're asking the eve playerbase not to be negative or jerks on the forums? have you been playing this game long? because you really dont know this games playerbase that well, especially the forum whoring portion of it

Posted - 2011.03.31 11:37:00 - [14]

 

Originally by: CCP Dropbear

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A d-scan/overview option while docked could work too. Not saying it is or isn't happening (it's not my area, for one), but yeah, there are simpler options than a live video feed.

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More to the point: an overview would contain useful information — a live feed would just be pretty.

Posted - 2011.03.31 11:42:00 - [16]

 

CCP developed the fitting screen and ship preview picture-in-picture dual rendering technology just for this kind of thing. Originally they were promising we'd be able to watch alliance tournament rendered in client in proxy instead of just the video stream we have today. The code is in place, they just don't want to give you it.

Posted - 2011.03.31 12:08:00 - [18]

 

Originally by: CCP Dropbear

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A d-scan/overview option while docked could work too, there are simpler options than a live video feed.

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Would be a nice addition to the CQ~!

Posted - 2011.03.31 13:16:00 - [20]

 

Originally by: Pandadora

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Edited by: Pandadora on 31/03/2011 13:04:56

Originally by: CCP Dropbear

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A d-scan/overview option while docked could work too. Not saying it is or isn't happening (it's not my area, for one), but yeah, there are simpler options than a live video feed.

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Maybe so, but it would not add to the 'one world' feeling. CQ would just a different (seperated) area of the game rather than part of a big universe.

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it is a separate part of the game, it'll be client side. stop adding lag to the game.

Posted - 2011.03.31 13:30:00 - [22]

 

One of the CSM minutes suggested if players had a way to see what's going on in the grid of the undock, that docking games could be fixed due to the fact that being warp scrambled would stop you from docking.

I was p. excited about that when I read it, shame it was in the CSM minutes and can be safely filed under /ignore and "Never going to happen"

Posted - 2011.03.31 19:16:00 - [24]

 

Have an alt run the equivalent of Jita Cam while outside and pipe the feed over the IGB eh?

Yeah, windows would be nice. I'm all about the eye candy.

Posted - 2011.03.31 20:39:00 - [26]

 

If we fall into one of the station toilets, will we be sucked out into space?

Posted - 2011.03.31 21:28:00 - [28]

 

Originally by: Rubix Khamsi

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Originally by: Patient 2428190

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One of the CSM minutes suggested if players had a way to see what's going on in the grid of the undock, that docking games could be fixed due to the fact that being warp scrambled would stop you from docking.

I was p. excited about that when I read it, shame it was in the CSM minutes and can be safely filed under /ignore and "Never going to happen"

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This would suck tbh. I'm training straight for arazu and rapier. Cloak up and they see I'm not outside and they undock and I uncloak and scramble them and they can't dock = stupid

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I like that idea very much.
It gets boring shooting someone then they dock...undock, you shoot them more while trying to bump them off station then they dock...rinse, repeat...