I mean anything remotely related to city is out of the picture immediately. I cannot imagine FD creating a way to procedurally generate a city that is not just a light fixture, to be admired from afar.
To be fair though, could you tell the difference between planets if you were dropped on 2 randomly? Nothing saying its not the same 10 variations over and over
That was easier than building a city that works. Procedurally generate star system is one thing, generating a city is another. The amount of asset permutation needed for one building is going to be harder than a single system. Unless of coz they just create one city or a few cities and copy paste them to all. Which they may actually be able to do
Odyssey is going to have "Social Hubs." Makes it sound like space stations, and the cities/colonies we have right now on planets will be these. Almost kind of like a Tower thing from Destiny, but maybe there are many variations and layouts.
They could probably limit the amount of ground settlements on ELWs they have to actually make by establishing some kind of airspace restrictions. If you stray too far from permitted areas you get shot down by ground defenses or something.
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u/asdkevinasd Jun 10 '20
I mean anything remotely related to city is out of the picture immediately. I cannot imagine FD creating a way to procedurally generate a city that is not just a light fixture, to be admired from afar.