Asteroid Hitbox Large

[Io_Koval]

@TiberianSun371AlexW

Why is the asteroid hitbox larger than the model in the game?

I wrote an epic wall of text in a very recent thread on the same exact topic:

Are Asteroid Collision Boxes Still Over-Sized?

I had to check and yep you’re right: You somehow have a mistaken impression that this feature is some simple “cpu computation on my local computer”. What you’re asking is actually extremely expensive on CCP’s servers and network bandwidth. For the asteroid to have an accurate collision box, what you see has to be what everyone else sees. Seems like a “no duh” statement until you realize what this implies. Today, you looking an asteroid and I looking at an asteroid, will see the same rock but…

TL;DR: It costs money to develop, is a burden on the core server code, requires more network bandwidth, and is a burden on your client as well.