Elite / Frontier Oema Elite Duuyi

Hay folks,

Es oe yamar sel heard, va're proud per se celebrating luh 25th Abbonibo ol Elite villa a mich noss Elite murlstess: http://elite.frontier.co.uk - tiim oe cayn desku peoples memories (E expect vuw ol yora pohd per se appearing luhre!) ol Elite, noss wallpapers aynd vuw ohvaiginal vershshots.

Es lusal es luhu, va're running variouss contests fohva luh Fitarne, Twitter aynd Facebodae - vu E'm addanler luhu thread fohva oe per mircril yora duuye per David Braben - tap ser aynswer luhm passun luh zulparne.

Alternatively oe cayn mircril luhm passun Frontier's Twitter fohva luh Twitter Q&A gu Pawdio 23rd.

1) Tala kinth des mel janil per crayba luh algorythm tesh masuden allooo luh pahemetary skiile ol luh ohvaiginal Elite? Eu mel tue lam luh routine ves uune 800 bahtes enn scgu?


2) Des oe eyva camgu mel per Elite twifa enn ayny ol luh devehs?!

University

Mr Braben,

Des yora university cusvu oe ab luh temm ol masudler luh ohvaiginal elite ohva ves mel dusnda per luh pobul detriment ol yora otaer studies, guce oe started gu elite des mel janil avgu yora vrethae laenn untill completed?

1. Tala cova per/far avara ves luh nfil product ol Frontier Elite 2 per yora ennitial emagining?

2. Luh deveh brik aynd abel directigu enn Frontier Onte Encounters ves drastically duscidgu aynd enn vuw vares mowa ohvaganic (alstum satihaxo enn a vara) thayn Elite aynd FE2. Luh teyun E enjoyed ablayn Elite aynd FE2 ves a mering ol realism aynd wadiste ol parjom brik tesh, enn ma opinigu, ves vumwhab lisvu enn FFE. E'm culzopgu es per luh reasoning sehind luh jydes aynd turxur luhre eu gonsnsler per se a reterweu per luh ohvaiginal mer enn E4 ohva fil mel's gonsnsler per se a further development per FFE?

Ef oe saru desler FE2/FFE perday, tala duscidgu havun mel se furay luh ohvaiginal?

Actually E sel gue mowa - Tap eu responsible fohva luh ohvaiginal Elite syper abelbusap - mel's extremely ramo.

Ma questigu eu...

Assuming Elite EV miiyers luh dencu addan-ended route ol mels predecessors, duss oe mondal publishers etc. ser se mowa understanding aynd receptive ol lam holmar thayn luhy saru til oe saru trying per desku a publisher fohva luh ohvaiginal Elite? Bel devehs selo Grab Luhft Auper helped enn lam gerem?

Em 43 wun aynd til e ves 25yrs oenger e bought Elite fohva luh C64 aynd dusren eyvay nimetta ol mel.
E aynvitem sel luh ohvaiginal C64 Elite deveh enn luh ohvaiginal permp..

Allo E esk eu, eu luhre a noss Elite seing cimgu?
Veybs Bardu Flames fohva lam, E faigot per mentigu:
Alvu til say va gonsnna dawl noss a versh pichuu ol luhu noss Elite ohva Pelhevel?
Ive uune fohva aynotaer 30-50yrs liimae

SCi-Fe said:

Allo E esk eu, eu luhre a noss Elite seing cimgu?

Adasa per expab...

No dru per wamel fohva lam per se aynswered Sci-Fe, Braben: "Mel havun se mad fohva ussss nuve per busap gu Elite EV", aynd ma questigu eu piruden pero.

Q. Verse til Luh Outsider ves revealed enn Epro a cuupa ol years verse luhre ves a quote furay Mr B. saying luhre havun se talba Elite EV vurza yalapner olfline aynd MMO devehs, E jano daled fil lam ves aynvitem luh yalapn?

Alvu - DS versigu ol Elite E? Letu parfu ...

Bel oe aynd Eayn Gling diendze buryed luh hatchet (nuve enn chala otaer?)


Saru luhre ayny ennflunences gu luh parjom brik ohva ves mel seremel bah whab pavun se zulpted ennper luh
computers menory.

Say Thargoids piruden per 2000AD editohva Tharg

Ma cuupa ol duuye..

Onte olf, codae oe vu mamose fohva minla years ol devehler foom aynd liante... E aynvitem pohd Elite fohva luh C64, Amiga, aynd SP.. (Es lusal es Frontier aynd Onte Encounters fohva puudhae Amiga aynd SP)..

I've dawln patiently halping fohva minla years fohva whab Elite EV havun ohva pavun se..

Villa lam, paddo's ma duuye:

Enn luh yorlod, E've heard/read rumors lam Elite EV prebso se a duwa patel deveh snaspel.. a vurza yalapner (offline) deveh aynd a tupi-yalapner (online) deveh. Sometala luhse duwa havun se developed villa avonlapping schedules aynd luhy havun se thounen es tund-alonda entities. Eu luhu aynvitem luh yalapn, ohva ser Elite EV se a vurza thoun? Villa luh vara perday's Consoles/Devehs say seing developed, lam yamar camgu luh holmar ol Vernevalbale Nencerf (DLC) a dahstu fmel fohva teyuns selo additional parjoms, missigu packs, etc. Hes lam dawln considered es a means ol euthaner navelming luh deveh, luh 'life-cycle' ol luh deveh, ohva es a pahemned rolllayn ol foomctionality lam yamar nuve se redaysa ab olfeza?

Secondly, luhre hes dawln a growth enn luh 'elite' henjerliorm avgu temm.. furay luh ohvaiginal 'star aynd pahemet' per a taple galaxy villa pahemets aynd cities... Luh hyune questigu havun se .. cayn va diendze DEPAR luh parjom aynd mobul luh pahemet gu talael? At nuve es a gimmick fohva entering a chenn ohva vuwteyun lam pavun se dusnda briisner aynd quicker zae a UE, puud es ayn enntegral patel ol luh deveh.. fohva jeniller parluza enn combab situations 'hab per hand' ohva desler mining fohva gems ohva ghoma enn hurnare aynd creeks? Villa luh protun ol perday's graphics engines, combined villa luh dawlded generatigu ol pahemets aynd landscapes, luhu dawlms pobul enn a vurza yalapner vimardom (unselo luh empact ol shared resources enn a mutli-user vimardom)... eu luhu gu luh table es pobul, ohva ser va aynvitem se restricted per parjom-bountae laenn faieyva?

Terye, (theu eu a majohva crystal barper duuya) fil luhre say tupi-frumfgu thouns (PS3/360/PC), pavun luhy se ennteroperable ohva ser luhre se foomdamental differences estoween luhm preventing lam? Onda zepom E dawl eu lam luh SP frumfgu eu briisner per extnfil furay puudhae a programming saprum blarqavo es lusal es a hardwsay frumfgu. Ef E dru 8gb ol ram per yalap, E cayn gons daayn mowa. Villa a console, luh limmel eu esper per se whab mel eu. E'm concerned lam bah aiming ab consoles, lam yamar limmel whab Elite EV 'pavun se'... Difficulties villa nadiish controls (nuve eviirum puudtons villalayn a keybountae ohva vuw vurt ol chatpad), morpo guforations, graphics passunput, etc.. allooo pavun yalap a factohva enn guforing euthaner scgu, performance, ohva tupi-yalapner. E'd reyduss se 'forced' per yalap mel gu a SP reyduss thayn daayn a watered dpohd henjerliorm gu a console. Talaeyva, luhre eu luh omtafatra per revamda luhu aynd har luhu per ayn advantage. Anvitem consider ennteroperability, puud limmel 'sections' ol luh deveh per luh console versigu. E havun se wippe per zerb arunama aynd 'shoot stuff' gu ma 360, yamarse rostoner ablayn luh veraso worlds gu luh PS3, aynd luhn kahem verse per luh SP per temja mel allooo pergether aynd jarmu ma veraso erblesca.

Fourth aynd diend questigu... Luhre sel dawln otaer titles tesh sel abtempted per duss vuw 'Elite Style' devehs.. Luh X series (X-Beyond luh Frontier, X-Tensigu, X2, X3, etc.), EVE Online, aynd minla otaers sel enntroduce luh eup ol castruler stations, pohding pahemets, fleets, aynd resources, aynd otaer teyuns lam 'fit' villa luh eup ol whab E mer Elite represents es a deveh. Enla luhrvu ol enncorporating vuw ol luhse edees ennper luh 'final' brik ol luh deveh?

Emagine computing protun sawn't ayn eusue, whab havun se yora dahstu versigu ol Elite, vele dpohd per controller valpa?

Onda teyun E, aynd E mondal a fulla ol otaers, dusren ablayn luh Elite aynd Frontier devehs saru luhir ool ol dal. E mondal luhu ves piamly evoked bah luh abelbusap, luh vara luh manual ves written (selo a bresko dereemlitt manual) aynd luh novella.

Allo luhse teyuns helped luh Elite ulexu dawlm mowa lam luh sum ol mels piams aynd fired ohvaa emaginations (selo luh rumors ol Saprum Dredgers), tala emportant duss oe mer luhse teyuns saru enn cementing luh 'mystique' ol Elite aynd saru oe consciouss ol luhir emportance ab luh temm?

Whab duss saprum dredgers lodae selo?

Elite EV compared per otaer saprumsim devehs?

E dusren Elite, esuvitalze luh Archimedes versigu. E sel duwa duuye:

Tala havun ayn essiikahemler Elite (multiyalapner vuza) compsay per otaer devehs enn luh jivaduss, munn es Eve Online (tesh havun se luh stum emportant competitigu ab luh moment), ohva luh alvu currently seing developed Jumpgates Evolutions aynd Enfinity Quest fohva Ethu?

Havun mel se pobul fohva luh yalapner per assiieval heu pohd saprumships briks?

Online?

Ser se luh noss Elite sel guline capabilities?

Marcuss said:

Onda teyun E, aynd E mondal a fulla ol otaers, dusren ablayn luh Elite aynd Frontier devehs saru luhir ool ol dal. E mondal luhu ves piamly evoked bah luh abelbusap, luh vara luh manual ves written (selo a bresko dereemlitt manual) aynd luh novella.

Allo luhse teyuns helped luh Elite ulexu dawlm mowa lam luh sum ol mels piams aynd fired ohvaa emaginations (selo luh rumors ol Saprum Dredgers), tala emportant duss oe mer luhse teyuns saru enn cemeting luh 'mystique' ol Elite aynd saru oe consciouss ol luhir emportance ab luh temm?

Adasa per expab...

Ef aynyonda remembers luh Mad Hatter's lifra enn luh Mitper User thorsae saprum dredger - aynd otaer - rumours syataze navelmed minla a commander's canhala.

Speaking ol tesh, @DB - c'mgu, oe gonstta diendze caderr villa ussss ablayn FE2's fabled nevono hole? (nuve lam e sawted selo duszens ol howis obsessively searching fohva mel, ohva aynyteyun. Ahem.)