On Foot: Difference between revisions

To carry out On Foot activities, players have access to a selection of weapons, devices, and other personal gear. While On Foot, players also use a specialised [[HUD/Odyssey|HUD]] and the multifunctional InSight Hub personal info interface, which can be used to check the player's inventory, summon an [[Apex Interstellar Transport]] shuttle, activate [[Emotes]], and more. [[Handheld Weapon]]s and [[suits]] can be upgraded using [[Components]], [[Goods]], and [[Data]], and they can also be [[Engineers|Engineered]].

*Consumables

**[[Energy Cell]]

**[[Frag Grenade]]

**[[Shield Disruptor]]

**[[Shield Projector]]

*Suits

**[[Artemis Suit]]

**[[Maverick Suit]]

There are different types of NPC personnel that can be encountered at settlements or points of interest. Their role determines which weapons and tools they are carrying, and what level of security authorisation they have at the settlement where they are stationed.

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Most NPC personnel belong to a particular faction, though some may be representatives of [[Omnipol]], a special interstellar law enforcement agency that is independent of the Galactic Superpowers. Omnipol personnel wear distinct white-and-blue outfits with 'OMNIPOL' emblazoned across the chestpiece, as opposed to whichever faction livery they would normally sport.

Disembarking from a ship for On Foot activities is only possible on planets that fall within certain parameters. Ships cannot land on planets that have an atmosphere denser than 0.1 atm, and players cannot disembark onto planetary surfaces if the planet's gravity is 2.7 G or greater, or if the player's ship has a broken [[Ship Canopy|canopy]].

A planet that has a surface temperature greater than 800 K where it is lit by a star is hazardous to pilots, but it is still permitted to disembark on the planet's light side if desired. Be aware that pilots will suffer damage continuously while On Foot in hazardous temperatures until they board their ship, enter an SRV, or walk to the cooler dark side of the planet if the threshold is close enough to do so.

[[File:Elite-4-Character-Concept-Art-Edge-95-2001.png|thumb|200px|Character concept art, Edge Issue 95 (2001)]]  

[[File:Elite Dangerous Atmospheric Escape.png|thumb|250px|EVA atmospheric escape]]

It has always been a core vision of [[David Braben]] that the player is a person in a real futuristic setting, not just a ship.<ref name=":0" /> In the [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EM0Gcl7iUM8 Elite Dangerous Development Plan] video (December 14, 2012), Braben talks about walking on [[planets]], in [[ships]], other people's ships, [[Station|stations]], [[vehicles]] and being a big game hunter with animals. The [[ships]] have been designed with [[Ship Interiors|interiors]] in mind.<ref name=":4">[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EM0Gcl7iUM8 YouTube: Elite: Dangerous Development Plan]</ref> [[Multicrew]] and [[Holo-Me]] are the foundation for On Foot functionality.

[[File:Anaconda-Walking-Pilot-Scale.png|thumb|250px|A walking pilot in a hangar with an Anaconda]]

* Combat and other interactions with other players and AIs in the internal areas of star ports

Antonaci responded, ''"Thanks Wolvie, I hope you enjoy the [[Elite Dangerous: Odyssey|next leg of the journey]]."''<ref>[https://forums.frontier.co.uk/threads/important-community-update.444800/page-5#post-6966216 Frontier Forums: Important Community Update, post #98]</ref>

On 26 June 2018, Frontier released the cinematic video [[Commander Chronicles]]: Lift-Off. This was the first demonstration of [[pilot]] walking animations using the ''Elite Dangerous'' engine. A Commander is shown walking across a [[station]] [[Landing Pad]], then using a lift to enter a [[Krait MkII]]. He enters the cockpit, where two other Commanders are waiting, sits in the primary pilot seat, and then controls the ship as it lifts off, departs the station, and jumps into [[hyperspace]].<ref>[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4M8ZeHZSZ3o YouTube: Commander Chronicles: Lift-Off]</ref>

In October 2018, a few mission pack videos with standing and talking NPCs were discovered in the public test server movies folder.<ref name=":3">[https://www.reddit.com/r/EliteDangerous/comments/9ssavw/videos_in_the_beta_files/ reddit: Videos in the Beta Files]</ref>

There is one video with sound, which has an apparent mission-giver swaying back and forth, offering you an assignment you may be interested in, saying you should make your way to their command ship. There are also several silent videos of the same mission-giver seated talking to a camera briefly.<ref name=":3" />

On 3 June 2020, Frontier Developments announced the game's second expansion, ''[[Elite Dangerous: Odyssey]]'', would release in Q1 2021. Among other key features, ''Odyssey'' included On Foot functionality, at the time referred to by the community and unofficially by the developers as "Space Legs", a name coined over the years for the highly-anticipated feature. The pre-alpha trailer for ''Odyssey'' showed three Commanders in armoured space suits with weapons walking on foot across an arid terrestrial world with a presumably non-breathable atmosphere. The Commanders arrive at a small surface structure just as an [[Anaconda]] touches down in an adjacent landing zone.<ref name="Odyssey">[https://forums.frontier.co.uk/threads/elite-dangerous-odyssey-announcement.546389/ Frontier Forums: Elite Dangerous: Odyssey Announcement]</ref> ''Odyssey'' was released on PC on 19 May 2021.<ref>[https://forums.frontier.co.uk/threads/elite-dangerous-odyssey-pc-launch-date.572921/ Frontier Forums: Elite Dangerous: Odyssey PC Launch Date]</ref>

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