CCP Choloepus has been working on a truly immersion enhancing feature and he'd like to tell you about it.

Read all about it here, and make sure to leave your feedback and questions for us.

Almost like the good old days in 2006, its like meeting a old friend :) Now wtb the same old engine trails. They were 'im going thi----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------s fast'. Or is that yet to be finalized?

Would it really add that much to include a single bit (hit/miss) to the information your client receives about shots around you that are not directed at you?

I mean, the client must already receive information about all the gunfire because it can render it... and server must be the one deciding what hits and what misses (if it weren't, EVE would already be hacked to bits) so... there must be a steady flow of packets during fleet fights to every participant about every shot being fired on grid as it happens according to the server simulation.

We. Are. Talking. About. A. Single. Bit. Some Pro coding will embed it nicely into the current data (just steal one bit off some value that is being sent about each shot and use it for this), so the added amount of data would be zero.

0/1. Miss/Hit. The rest can be made up by the local (client side) rendering code.

It's not just a single bit... You are mistaken in your assumption that the client receives information about every shot, rather than just when it starts/stops and the rate of fire.

There will be a dev blog on trails next week! :)

Would it really add that much to include a single bit (hit/miss) to the information your client receives about shots around you that are not directed at you?

I mean, the client must already receive information about all the gunfire because it can render it...

It's actually more like the client gets information when someone else starts to fire, and when they stop, but nothing inbetween. Individual damage or hit information packets aren't sent to you unless you're directly involved, your client just renders the pew-pew every few seconds until the other guy stops shooting.

It's not the single bit added to the payload that's the problem, it's that currently we don't send a packet at all unless absolutely necessary.

edit: beaten, thanks Rakshasa Taisab

I love this feature, it's quite possibly my favourite element of Crucible.

I don't want to sound negative or ungrateful, but I was a little disappointed to read that my client will only render missed shots at or from my ship. I was looking forward to observing some spectacular dogfights between third parties.

Is there any possibility that the feature could be amended to provide inaccurate fire animation for whichever ship is the focus of the camera (and the target thereof)? This wouldn't generate any additional traffic, but would just shift the focus to allow convincing spectator immersion.

Really nice update. Once you guys manage to extend it to any ship for a client, you could make those "stray shots" into hitting other targets then the orginal one like what could happen in a real space combat.

Of course it in the hope you won't get shot into the sun like you seem to fear atm

Would it really add that much to include a single bit (hit/miss) to the information your client receives about shots around you that are not directed at you?

I mean, the client must already receive information about all the gunfire because it can render it... and server must be the one deciding what hits and what misses (if it weren't, EVE would already be hacked to bits) so... there must be a steady flow of packets during fleet fights to every participant about every shot being fired on grid as it happens according to the server simulation.

We. Are. Talking. About. A. Single. Bit. Some Pro coding will embed it nicely into the current data (just steal one bit off some value that is being sent about each shot and use it for this), so the added amount of data would be zero.

0/1. Miss/Hit. The rest can be made up by the local (client side) rendering code.