The location markers on planets do not display in a different color (orange) when they are on the other side of the planet. What are the technical challenges preventing this?
TL;DRThe developers know that all location markers show when near a planet, are pursuing a not-yet-finalised fix such as a hierarchy of what is shown, and say it won't specifically be turning them orange.
Are they supposed to appear in orange or is this person just...
Not to my knowledge they're not supposed to be changing a different color, but we do have a fun issue of where when you get into the planet we tend to show everything. And that's just an unfortunate side effect. We do have some plans to alleviate that with some sort of hierarchy of what should be shown when and where. Can't get too much into detail on that because the design is still getting fleshed out on that. But I know I saw, I think it was on Reddit, they're talking about some kind of planetary grid to show different points. And it's kind of a similar thing, but as we get closer, we'll show you more of what that is. As for what the color is, yeah, I think the community is trying to add a little backdoor suggestion.
Yeah, I think it's very safe to say we're aware. We're aware that when you approach a planet or when you're in the vicinity of a planet that all the points are showing up and it's very difficult to tell which ones are actually on the side that you're facing, which ones are on the other side. We're aware of that. I've talked to a couple people, not just you. We do have a couple ideas that we're pursuing. Basically, it's like an American Gladiators game. We throw a couple ideas into the pot and they all fight each other, and the one that we think will work best is the one that we pursue. You will hear more about this almost certainly in an ATV segment, either in a project update or a studio update segment on ATV when we have more. But we are aware of it. We have plans to work on it. We are pursuing a solution. It's just not specifically turning them orange. Although we say this now and six months from now, if they do turn orange, we could be like, hey, that was a good idea. Good job, person.