NEWS: DevNet Ideas forum reopens

Post by **CBJ** » Tue, 4. Apr 06, 11:06

Egosoft are pleased to announce the reopening of the DevNet Ideas Forum. This forum is where you, the players, can make suggestions for the future of the X Universe. To post in the ideas forum you will need to be a member of DevNet; if you have not already joined DevNet then you will need to sign up in your Forum Profile.

Important Note: Developers read the ideas posted. To make this possible, given the huge number of ideas that are posted, the DevNet Ideas Forum operates extremely strict posting rules. Before posting, make sure that you read the special Forum Rules that apply there and use the Search List to find any existing threads. Failure to follow these rules may result in your post simply being deleted.

Player. · Post by **Player.** » Tue, 4. Apr 06, 12:11

Post by **Xenon_Slayer** » Tue, 4. Apr 06, 13:53

Remember guys. Myself and my band of Merry Mod guys will be watching you!

ugly_duckling · Post by **ugly_duckling** » Wed, 5. Apr 06, 04:04

good news even though quite late but hey better late than never.

thats the best thing about this game and developer is that it is open and welcome player input.. so lets make use of it

ugly

dgrot · Post by **dgrot** » Wed, 5. Apr 06, 08:06

The forum you selected does not exist.

Is the forum now closed?

pjknibbs · Post by **pjknibbs** » Wed, 5. Apr 06, 08:10

No, it isn't.

Post by **Graphil** » Wed, 5. Apr 06, 08:48

You need to be level 3 to access it and you are level 1.

shadowfang2 · Post by **shadowfang2** » Wed, 5. Apr 06, 08:50

how can we tell our lvl / up it

Post by **Graphil** » Wed, 5. Apr 06, 09:12

Read the first paragraph of the news article which gives you a link on how to sign up to DevNet.

shadowfang2 · Post by **shadowfang2** » Wed, 5. Apr 06, 09:27

ah i have to register 3 differnt games ?

Post by **Graphil** » Wed, 5. Apr 06, 09:30

No you need to fill in the bit at the bottom. FAQ entry.

Skeeter · Post by **Skeeter** » Wed, 5. Apr 06, 11:15

I used to like posting at devnet. But after the fiasco of x3 i doubt any ideas will be used for future games. As they probably rush their next game and probably exp pack as well so not many ideas we post would be used I think.

Besides they have more than enough stuff there now to make a decent space trading based simulator game now i think..

Player. · Post by **Player.** » Wed, 5. Apr 06, 11:26

I hope you mean "they" as Deepsilver

Gavrusik · Post by **Gavrusik** » Wed, 5. Apr 06, 11:35

Skeeter wrote:I used to like posting at devnet. But after the fiasco of x3 i doubt any ideas will be used for future games. As they probably rush their next game and probably exp pack as well so not many ideas we post would be used I think.

Besides they have more than enough stuff there now to make a decent space trading based simulator game now i think..

That is a point... X3 hardly seems representative of what people asked for or wanted BUT thats not to say X3 is not a superb game, I think some of the concepts like a better economy were dealt with, but not necessarily the specifics.. Not that I can remember what the specifics were.

dgrot · Post by **dgrot** » Wed, 5. Apr 06, 17:55

Having served in both development and management positions for software projects, the term I like to use is, "least decent denominator".

You're forced to cherry pick incremental goals to get something that is most likely to be accomplished--within a specified time frame--given the resources and time available. Collecting suggestions is an essential part of putting together the wish list.

You can't always get what you want. Sounds like a good name for a song ...

meldenslick · Post by **meldenslick** » Fri, 12. May 06, 15:31

hi,

a few things that i thought might be good.

a bank. a method of taking loans during your lean days. this _might_ get you jump-started faster.

...but, one would be subject to the unescapable interest rates, plus possible loss of ship if you can't make your payments.

interest on deposited money would be neat, too.

the second involves something seen in MMORPGs - the ability to construct unique things from items. "items" can be crates with unique cargo, or rare items found at trading stations or loot.

the things that are "constructed" would not be for sale anywhere, giving you unique capabilities.

the "construction" process could be one of discovery - where outcomes are unknown until attempts at construction are made.

ALSO (and this one is dear to my heart) - monitors and dialogs in external windows (child processes). this way, people with multi-monitor setups could move information away from the external view into a more appropriate place.

i run X3 in a 2-seat simulator, and the last suggestion would be GOLD.

i'll photoshop an example of external windows if there is enough interest.

thanks,

Elden

Post by **Cycrow** » Fri, 12. May 06, 15:34

if you want ideas seen, you need to post them in the devnet forums

Widow Maker · Post by **Widow Maker** » Wed, 26. Jul 06, 13:44

What i really want to see is player owned shipyards from all races. Then the player could access the command controls and purchase plans for ships and stations (NO BUILDING WITHOUT THE PLANS) so that the player could build factories themselves. Also, I wanna it to use a hell of a lotta resources so that people don't just shove factories everywhere

.

This would also count as a HQ that i know loads of people want.

ALSO WAIT TILL THE GAME WORKS BEFORE RELEASE. I hated the game before the 1.4 patch as couldn't run it without crashes.

Post by **CBJ** » Wed, 26. Jul 06, 14:04

As has been pointed out, this is the announcement thread for the re-opening of the ideas forums, not a place to post your ideas.

While I'm here, I've removed your avatar which was approximately 20x the size allowed by the forum rules.

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NEWS: DevNet Ideas forum reopens

NEWS: DevNet Ideas forum reopens