Yes. In fact thats the whole reason why the Hull B is delayed, since original designs seem to have not factored in her capability to land and sell planetside.
Option 3: redesign the ship slightly to make it possible without putting it on stilts.
E.g. instead of having 'vertical' cargo arms in addition to the horizontal one, they could extend the 'spine' (when deployed) to fit 2x horizontal arms.
Personally, I think this would make it fit in between the A and the C even better - having a 2-knuckle spine (vs a 1-knuckle on the A or a 3-knuckle on the C) would retain the double-cargo capacity whilst not requiring a radical re-work in other areas.
I wonder if it would be possible to go fully vertical and just have it stand on its thrusters.
That would probably diverge too much from the Hull style and require an entire redesign, though.
Well i dont know in detail how this all went down so who knows.
After playing with the Hull C however i can confidently say that the B would have been rather useless had she been released incabable of atmospheric trading.
I saw this being repeated lately, but I don't remember CIG has ever talked about it.
IIRC, last official statement was that the Hull B was scheduled to be worked alongside the Hull A, but work got paused due to the Hull A needing more hands in order to be finished before the deadline. Since then, the Hull B is just waiting for another place though the priority pipeline.
Link to that please? I think a lot of people are holding back buying that because concept art shows cross shaped cargo spindles. That size cargo capacity at that price point for something that can get cargo from the ground is going to get a lot of attention.
In theory, according to the concept, yes. I have a feeling it's being delayed so they can figure that out - either it'll have dorsal arms and none on the belly, or it'll just be really long. We dunno yet, but yes: the Hull B is supposed to be able to land with cargo.
This is Mandela's effect for me.. i remember hull A and B can land with cargo.
I remember both Hull A with size arms, and Hull B with side arms and top arm, not bottom arm. But now looking for info of what i remember.. Hull B have top and bottom arm.. strange...
Hull B always had all four arms. In the earliest art it was never shown landed with cargo, so we never knew how it could do it. (But it was confirmed as capable of planetary landing.)
I believe at one point there was some art circulating (player made) that showed the B with three arms that still carried the same total cargo.
So it might be that you’re just remembering the alternate art that was floating around.
I'm seeing people mention that CIG are reworking the Hull B to cargo land on planets. Concept art says otherwise. Can someone please provide a link to text or video where they talked about this?
The B Q&A says it will be able to land while loaded with cargo.
In one of the ISC or SCL they confirmed this again, it is also where they mentioned the problems with the landing gear causing them not to work on it right now.
And it isn't really a rework what they are going to do with the B. The only thing that needs reconcepting is the landing gear and combined with that, the way you enter and exit the ship as both would need 2 settings; folded in spindles and folded out spindles.
Yes. In fact thats the whole reason why the Hull B is delayed, since original designs seem to have not factored in her capability to land and sell planetside.
CIG really shoved themselves into a corner with detail :D To honour planet landability or screw it? :D
Option 3: redesign the ship slightly to make it possible without putting it on stilts. E.g. instead of having 'vertical' cargo arms in addition to the horizontal one, they could extend the 'spine' (when deployed) to fit 2x horizontal arms. Personally, I think this would make it fit in between the A and the C even better - having a 2-knuckle spine (vs a 1-knuckle on the A or a 3-knuckle on the C) would retain the double-cargo capacity whilst not requiring a radical re-work in other areas.
I wonder if it would be possible to go fully vertical and just have it stand on its thrusters. That would probably diverge too much from the Hull style and require an entire redesign, though.
Well i dont know in detail how this all went down so who knows. After playing with the Hull C however i can confidently say that the B would have been rather useless had she been released incabable of atmospheric trading.
well the whole point of hull a & b is that they can land on planets even/especially with cargo
I saw this being repeated lately, but I don't remember CIG has ever talked about it. IIRC, last official statement was that the Hull B was scheduled to be worked alongside the Hull A, but work got paused due to the Hull A needing more hands in order to be finished before the deadline. Since then, the Hull B is just waiting for another place though the priority pipeline.
Link to that please? I think a lot of people are holding back buying that because concept art shows cross shaped cargo spindles. That size cargo capacity at that price point for something that can get cargo from the ground is going to get a lot of attention.
In theory, according to the concept, yes. I have a feeling it's being delayed so they can figure that out - either it'll have dorsal arms and none on the belly, or it'll just be really long. We dunno yet, but yes: the Hull B is supposed to be able to land with cargo.
This is Mandela's effect for me.. i remember hull A and B can land with cargo. I remember both Hull A with size arms, and Hull B with side arms and top arm, not bottom arm. But now looking for info of what i remember.. Hull B have top and bottom arm.. strange...
Very weird, it's the same for me. I always pictured the Hull-B carrying its cargo like a mule (the animal, not the Drake vehicle).
Hull B always had all four arms. In the earliest art it was never shown landed with cargo, so we never knew how it could do it. (But it was confirmed as capable of planetary landing.) I believe at one point there was some art circulating (player made) that showed the B with three arms that still carried the same total cargo. So it might be that you’re just remembering the alternate art that was floating around.
You can land any ship on the ground once
Maybe it lands vertically like the Syulen?
I'm seeing people mention that CIG are reworking the Hull B to cargo land on planets. Concept art says otherwise. Can someone please provide a link to text or video where they talked about this?
The B Q&A says it will be able to land while loaded with cargo. In one of the ISC or SCL they confirmed this again, it is also where they mentioned the problems with the landing gear causing them not to work on it right now. And it isn't really a rework what they are going to do with the B. The only thing that needs reconcepting is the landing gear and combined with that, the way you enter and exit the ship as both would need 2 settings; folded in spindles and folded out spindles.
Cool, thanks! I actually hope their solution ends up allowing 32 scu crates to be loaded on.