cross-posted from: https://lemmy.world/post/19696130

Guests:

  • John Crewe, Vehicle Director
  • Ben Curtis, Vehicle Art Director
  • Nathan Lange, Senior Vehicle Artist
  • Falko Poiker, Vehicle Designer Principal
  • Kevin Turenne, Vehicle Artist Senior I
  • Alexander Palmer, UI UX Designer III
  • Gabriel Hector, Systems Designer III
  • Joe Dines, UI UX Designer II

TL;DW:

  • RSI Zeus MKII:
    • There’s a front entrance (ladder).
    • “Zeus is an evolution on RSI style.”
    • “It’s a stepping stone ship.”
    • ES (exploration) and CL (cargo) variants will release together.
    • It took a year to create.
  • MFDs:
    • Initial release of new ship MFDs will bring 5 styles (AEGIS, ANVIL, DRAKE, ARGO, generic).
    • Self status info will depend on active operator mode, there’s a unique version for turrets.
    • Weapon status view is completely new.
    • Scanning and comms are moved to MFDs.
    • New diagnostics view with component health, errors and critical issues.
    • Bunch of settings will be adjustable from MFDs now (stuff like coupled mode toggle, g-safe, lag pips, casting to HUD etc).
    • Some visual changes to in-cockpit radars.

Lots of visuals so watch the episode for a full experience.