NEWS: Screenshots of the Week - [no new Screenshots]

Kofa · Post by **Kofa** » Mon, 14. May 12, 23:27

I love the small "trucks" in the screen shot. Very 5th element. I'm guessing ships like that is what while make up most of the traffic seen in game. I wonder if they are cap'able or if they will just relinquish their cargo when they are pirated. I also wonder if they are only for inter-station traffic or if they will travel between stations as well.

InFlamesForEver · Post by **InFlamesForEver** » Mon, 14. May 12, 23:34

All those ships!
My computer is shuddering at their sight

EmperorJon · Post by **EmperorJon** » Mon, 14. May 12, 23:38

I've said before there always seems to be more than meets the eye. In this picture:

Collector drone in the middle?
Space-truck over to the right (not the furthest one) has no cargo container on it... oooh...!

the-danzorz · Post by **the-danzorz** » Mon, 14. May 12, 23:40

Do i see 3 highways and 1 super-highway in this picture? or do i see 1 highway that is splitting into 3+ highways in the distance?

Chobittsu · Post by **Chobittsu** » Tue, 15. May 12, 00:50

http://www.egosoft.com/games/x_rebirth/ ... en_033.jpg
Right side, between the station parts: See the purple ship? MOBILE ADVERTISEMENTS!!!

Noahdilweed · Post by **Noahdilweed** » Tue, 15. May 12, 01:03

The spotlights that are coming off the top of the station illuminate only certain parts of the surface of the asteroid so there is decent shading going on in this pic.

edit:err..lighting. whatever.

bluenog143 · Post by **bluenog143** » Tue, 15. May 12, 02:00

But it was me that decided to make a cut here and give Egosoft the opportunity to make new screenshots in a better quality to show the actual development progress of X Rebirth.

So does this kind of mean that we have been getting old screens or something?

ZSedlacek · Post by **ZSedlacek** » Tue, 15. May 12, 02:09

No more screenshots? That means the only thing tying me and probably hundreds others to this forum is gone... I doubt we'll be getting any other form of development update in the near future so I guess I'll leave now.

sirtyguy · Post by **sirtyguy** » Tue, 15. May 12, 02:24

http://www.egosoft.com/games/x_rebirth/ ... en_033.jpg

is it just me or in the very middle do i see the skunk???....its sorta flying backwards and towards the station

EDIT: when i say backwards i mean flying against the flow of traffic

A5PECT · Post by **A5PECT** » Tue, 15. May 12, 02:52

I think I see it. Kind of like X3's third person camera zoomed all the way out.

sirtyguy · Post by **sirtyguy** » Tue, 15. May 12, 03:08

KloHunt3r wrote:I think I see it. Kind of like X3's third person camera zoomed all the way out.

Yeah exactly!, if it can zoom that far out that'll be awesome

ThommoHawk · Post by **ThommoHawk** » Tue, 15. May 12, 03:33

InFlamesForEver wrote:All those ships!
My computer is shuddering at their sight

most of them look like flying B-Doubles (Australian term for dual carriage semi-trailers / Big Rigs / prime movers etc). The only thing missing are the wheels. Wait on - i just had another look and some of them even look as if they still have their wheels on.

(road rigs in space ... ever see the movie called 'space truckers?) Seem to be mainly these type - Freight Transport Class no doubt.

What really boggles my brain a bit is the scale shown here; those asteroids in the background behind that space installation (and way beyond those transorbital/gate things), are absolutely enormous.

nap_rz · Post by **nap_rz** » Tue, 15. May 12, 04:24

can't we see some real ships? I'll be disappointed if all we going to have are drones

ThommoHawk · Post by **ThommoHawk** » Tue, 15. May 12, 05:54

nap_rz wrote:can't we see some real ships? I'll be disappointed if all we going to have are drones

I have to keep reminding myself we only have one player ship... and on that basis i tend to find it hard to get enthusiastic about other ships ... though the ones shown in detail to date are nice of course...

about the 'torpedo drone' ... Although ive seen the torpedo drone already, i've just noticed it seems to have a ships bridge / or cabin toward the back at the top. clearly visible windows, like theyre meant to be manned. confusing if it is a 'drone' and not a 'ship'. I think the drones are ships, but just not manned. It looks like quite a big hefty sort of thing for a drone.... front reminds me a bit of a Q... flat round front end..

nap_rz · Post by **nap_rz** » Tue, 15. May 12, 09:27

I know we can only fly one ship, but they said we can own capital ships so I assume we can own other ships too, that's why I want to see other ships...

Dr2i · Post by **Dr2i** » Tue, 15. May 12, 09:47

You won't see any new ships cause there won't be any new screenshots anymore.

Skeeter · Post by **Skeeter** » Tue, 15. May 12, 10:37

Them ships in pic 33 looks like there small ships attached to cargo sections to make it a ship hauling cargo like a truck would. I wonder if they detach and drop the cargo section when in a fight in x rebirth. Maybe if that happens your ship or a drone you have can attach itself to the dropped cargo section and haul the goods away and let the original ship pullling the cargo get away with his life.

If true that sounds cool. Unless im reading too much into the ships looking like trucks being attached to cargo containers which look like they could be detached.

ConCorDian · Post by **ConCorDian** » Tue, 15. May 12, 12:39

nice pics. disappointed to hear that these will be the last for a while.

ships: i like the idea of the cargo container idea. im writing up a sort of "my vision of" the x universe. and thats one of the things i have in mine. infact im starting to get the impression many of the concepts i have in my vision are starting to look possibly in rebirth.

if these transports are more like container transports then certain things i would like to see:
1. being able to individually target, scan and destroy the containers.
2. some sort of drone transport of these containers to larger capital ships/stations

Scale: im starting to be very impressed... if the stations, and asteroids are starting to take that sheer scale, and be properly 3D to fly around and not just a backdrop that youll never reach. the size of those asteroids (and the badlands mining colony makes it seem possible as well) that we could find some where we could fly into or possibly completely through (kinda a short cut at times).
nice big drone carrier hiding in one and tons of combat drones pour out to jump ships...

ConCorDian · Post by **ConCorDian** » Tue, 15. May 12, 12:45

ThommoHawk wrote:about the 'torpedo drone' ... Although ive seen the torpedo drone already, i've just noticed it seems to have a ships bridge / or cabin toward the back at the top. clearly visible windows, like theyre meant to be manned. confusing if it is a 'drone' and not a 'ship'.

why confusing? these things obviously need to be built... chances are that means they need to be tested... repaired, overhauled like what we have now, that could very well be a "bridge" of some sort ment for an engineer to gain access to in order to carry out these kind of procedures.. doesn't mean the "bridge" has to control the ship.

Dr2i · Post by **Dr2i** » Tue, 15. May 12, 12:53

ConCorDian wrote:
ThommoHawk wrote:about the 'torpedo drone' ... Although ive seen the torpedo drone already, i've just noticed it seems to have a ships bridge / or cabin toward the back at the top. clearly visible windows, like theyre meant to be manned. confusing if it is a 'drone' and not a 'ship'.
why confusing? these things obviously need to be built... chances are that means they need to be tested... repaired, overhauled like what we have now, that could very well be a "bridge" of some sort ment for an engineer to gain access to in order to carry out these kind of procedures.. doesn't mean the "bridge" has to control the ship.

Unless it's a flyable ship, it's pretty stupid to put windows on a drone, it only makes it more vulnerable for nothing.
There is no need for a "bridge" on a drone. Even if it is to give access to an engineer, important parts should be accessed by a small isolated, hidden cabin where no missiles/fire can reach it. Otherwise it'll just make the drone even more vulnerable.
So yea it is confusing, ThommoHawk does have a point.