can something please be changed about the hologram scout, why do you have to walk around at the slowest speed and not be able to jump or fly? i was excited about this tool but i find it useless

My scout got attacked by carnivores. He got surrounded and couldn't move.

Pretty darn useless, as far as I can tell.

If I'm missing something, please tell me!

It is useless. It also can't enter cities or walk on water.

Your technologically advanced hologram invented after conquering an arm of the galaxy which can't be hurt or killed has less maneuverability than your barely evolved creature fresh out of water, lacking tools or even hands to hold them.

Non sequitur.

What the hell is the point of a game about space exploration if you can't get out of your UFO?

I can stare up at my Moon like man on Earth and think "One day I will walk on the Moon.", evolve, develope technology, build a spacecraft, arrive at the Moon, but I can't friggin' walk on it.

I don't understand why they didn't include the ability to get out of your UFO. The hologram takes more effort to develope. They actually went out of their way to make something less useful than actually just letting us get out of our ship.

dhandi wrote:What the hell is the point of a game about space exploration if you can't get out of your UFO?

Regulation 12, chapter 4, specifically prohibits the captain of a starship from going on away missions. We wouldn't want your creature getting stranded inside a dead planet, arrested during an alleged plot to overthrow an alien empire, locked behind a force field on a barren planet, or interfering with less advanced peaceful species, now would we?

In all seriousness, this is one of those missed opportunities that will hopefully be added in the future to increase the depth of the game. My experience in space stage, although limited, was that I never even got a chance to look around with all the stuff going on at the same time. I think any opportunity to expand exploration and get the player back into using their creature (and possibly other of their creations) is a good idea.

Regulation 12, chapter 4, specifically prohibits the captain of a starship from going on away missions. We wouldn't want your creature getting stranded inside a dead planet, arrested during an alleged plot to overthrow an alien empire, locked behind a force field on a barren planet, or interfering with less advanced peaceful species, now would we?

Well, apparently that doesn't matter because of the "miracle of cloning". Happens every time you die

getting out of the ship is a must! it was due before release but they took it out, allegedly because they couldn´t make it as interesting as they hoped it to be....


well... we find it interesting!! may we have it back?

Umm afaik "getting out" was never actually in the game. At least not in the sense you are thinking. It has always been tied to the hologram. Granted said hologram could actually do things before.

I just think its sad that one of the "high level" technologies aka hologram scout is as useless as it is. I mean you have to max out badges to get it and its useless wtf.

So you want to be able to get out on a planet with a different or no atmosphere? It would kill you!

rockethotdog wrote:why do you have to walk around at the slowest speed

Funny thing happened today: Pre-patch, my hologram from my original space game moved really slowly. Post-patch, I popped open my new space game and the hologram is as fast it would normally be if I were in the creature stage still.

I don't know whether this actually has anything to do with the patch or simply the leg choice or something else entirely. I've also noticed that the hologram seems a lot smaller.

rockethotdog wrote:can something please be changed about the hologram scout, why do you have to walk around at the slowest speed and not be able to jump or fly? i was excited about this tool but i find it useless

I haven't gotten there yet, taking my time, but it looked interesting to me.

I hope they implement this in a future patch or even an expac. You could get out of your helicopter in SimCopter and walk around and this was a game that ran in DOS for pity sakes. So why can't this be done in Spore? I am sure it is more complicated in an actual 3D graphics game but it should be doable.

Rant mode off......

MrRogersHasAGun wrote:So you want to be able to get out on a planet with a different or no atmosphere? It would kill you!

Yes, MrRogers, that's exactly what I want. Mwa ha ha ha!!!

But seriously, How can I be the captain of a respectable empire if I can't leave my ship to start... uhhh.. egg-dancing with the beautiful inhabitants of other planets? How's THAT for cross-breeding?

So you want to be able to get out on a planet with a different or no atmosphere? It would kill you!

They could include a space suit editor.

And even if they didn't, and you got out and it killed you, it would be the same as your ship blowing up while exploring. They just "clone" you at home and you're back to business.

or they could just make the hologram into a robot... that you can custome make and give it certain things to protect itself i mean come on your just gona kill the creatures anyways...did i say that outloud opps. or take them off the planet for use somewhere else.or just make the hologram untouchable i mean seriosly even the doctor from voyager couldnt be touched outside of the holomatrix of the medical bay well least till he made his holo devise that made him solid and able to leave the medical bay... meh.

How do you get holoscout?