Topic: The Official One and Only Star Citizen Thread: the Road to 3.0
Anonymous A started this discussion 9 years ago #65,225
This thread is made to be a catch-all for all Star Citizen conversation and news.
I'll update this thread when there are new releases or anything related to Star Citizen that might be of interest to people here. If you're thinking of making your own Star Citizen thread, consider posting your thoughts here instead of making a new topic. (part 1 - part 2 - part 3)https://www.twitch.tv/starcitizen - Gamescom Stream 8/25 @ 7pm UTC
Gamescom is going on right now and CIG is doing a presentation in about an hour and a half. they have a booth this year showcasing a cut down 3.0 build giving players access to one of the new procedural moons. many features are cut out for a variety of reasons, the least of which is some of them aren't finished. it's cool seeing what it all looks like, but we've all seen this stuff before, just haven't gotten to see this much of it.
the presentation boasts to once again have a new "game changing" surprise (procedural cities would be my guess, vast unlocked urban areas) but we know we're not going to be seeing anything from Squadron 42. probably they are holding back some content to be showcased at Citizen Con next month. we will be getting a first look at probably several new ships/vehicles at today's presentation, and we're already seeing some of the redesigned early ships like the Aurora (pictured) and the new Cutlass.
it's also sounding like a release for 3.0 is firming up around early september, there are still several items to work through on the schedule but they're pretty close. we hear that performance is way up since engineers put a heavy focus on client/server performance and are including quite a lot of early optimizations to improve the player experience. we'll see about that. but the stream coming out of gamescom does look promising, they are running everything on the cloud and it's very smooth. monster hardware though, i7-7700k's and 1080ti's with 32gb ram :)
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Anonymous B joined in and replied with this 9 years ago, 1 minute later[^] [v] #807,245
Look man if I can't start smuggling shit for other people then idgaf
squeegee (OP) replied with this 9 years ago, 2 minutes later, 3 minutes after the original post[^] [v] #807,246
taking the MISC prospector into space
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Vk8h50w7njg
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Vk8h50w7njg
squeegee (OP) double-posted this 9 years ago, 2 minutes later, 6 minutes after the original post[^] [v] #807,248
@807,245 (B)
the redesigned aurora. tonight we'll be seeing a new ship, the 600i, a long anticipated ship that'll likely be a luxury mid sized smuggling ship or something. and there are other ships in the game with secret cargo storage areas for smuggling cargo. and there's drug labs cause we can make drugs and smuggle drugs around.
the redesigned aurora. tonight we'll be seeing a new ship, the 600i, a long anticipated ship that'll likely be a luxury mid sized smuggling ship or something. and there are other ships in the game with secret cargo storage areas for smuggling cargo. and there's drug labs cause we can make drugs and smuggle drugs around.
squeegee (OP) triple-posted this 9 years ago, 50 seconds later, 7 minutes after the original post[^] [v] #807,249
the Ursa Rover
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=t6qh1mjaPAU
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=t6qh1mjaPAU
squeegee (OP) quadruple-posted this 9 years ago, 2 minutes later, 9 minutes after the original post[^] [v] #807,250
Shoulder Mounted Electromagnetic Railgun vs Marine in Heavy Armor
https://gfycat.com/GivingPoliticalBunting
:)
https://gfycat.com/GivingPoliticalBunting
:)
squeegee (OP) quintuple-posted this 9 years ago, 7 minutes later, 16 minutes after the original post[^] [v] #807,253
there've also been a couple of interviews and it sounds like CIG has decided to expand on the survival aspect a bit, early on they didn't want stuff to feel grindy so they didn't think requiring people to eat/drink would be fun gameplay, that maybe food and drink would just buff you, but now it sounds like they're going for soft survival. you need to eat, but, if you don't eat it'll take a long time to die. more like real life, and food won't restore health it doesn't sound like, more like eating keeps your vitality up and if you don't eat you'll eventually starve after weeks (think stranding yourself on a moon) but to regain health after being shot you'd use medical stuff/hospitals.
so it doesn't sound like we'll be needing to be constantly carrying a bunch of food around with us all the time, but maybe we'll want a ship with a kitchen/bathroom to make survival easier.
i like it, i think it helps establish progression from a low to higher tier ship with better facilities. also, i hope that AI crew respond to ships with better facilities too, maybe AI that would mutiny if you refused to provide them with on board food.
so it doesn't sound like we'll be needing to be constantly carrying a bunch of food around with us all the time, but maybe we'll want a ship with a kitchen/bathroom to make survival easier.
i like it, i think it helps establish progression from a low to higher tier ship with better facilities. also, i hope that AI crew respond to ships with better facilities too, maybe AI that would mutiny if you refused to provide them with on board food.
squeegee (OP) sextuple-posted this 9 years ago, 13 minutes later, 30 minutes after the original post[^] [v] #807,254
hmm, okay, it's not going to be any procedural cities tech. we've heard they were doing r&d on that, but i guess it's not that. i guess we'll just have to wait and see what the "game changer" is.squeegee (OP) septuple-posted this 9 years ago, 2 minutes later, 32 minutes after the original post[^] [v] #807,256
twitch chat assures me it's going to be a "love making" minigame. if it offers up as granular gameplay as mixing drinks for passengers on cruise ships then it's going to be disgusting.Meta joined in and replied with this 9 years ago, 11 minutes later, 44 minutes after the original post[^] [v] #807,259
It's interesting how games are now. When I was a kid game companies would release a game and it was done. Maybe they'd release a patch or a version 1.1 if there was a problem or bug or something but the game was pretty much in its final state at launch.
Now these new games may never be completed. There isn't any more concept of a game being done. It's like asking when the universe is going to be "finished" it doesn't mean anything.
Now these new games may never be completed. There isn't any more concept of a game being done. It's like asking when the universe is going to be "finished" it doesn't mean anything.
squeegee (OP) replied with this 9 years ago, 17 minutes later, 1 hour after the original post[^] [v] #807,262
@previous (Meta)
there's still traditional games being made with the old publisher model, but you're right more and more early access are becoming the norm. i dislike the early access model for the most part, they'll burn through most of their player base while under development and have little financial reason towards the end to complete much. publisher tend to not get too experimental with mechanics they don't see as "driving sales" and so games end up feeling cookie cutter and repetitive, but early access games which do tend to use more experimental mechanics don't tend to finish them since novelty drives their sales and that wears off pretty quick. in my mind early access has as many problems as the standard publisher model.
and i think you're right, some games are never done. World of Warcraft is one that is pretty much never done but they have pretty hard edges between expansions. but, those edges are muddied with new content updates every 2-3 months or so. that game has constantly evolved and never quit changing or adding content, but, at times people would have called things "released" or something like that i guess. i can see the kind of world/universe game like an MMO as being one that has fuzzy edges between new content updates that never makes it fully "complete" in the sense that Mario Bros. was a "finished" game, but yeah others just drag on the bug fixes and don't do much but occasionally patch in new outfits or something lame and maybe release new maps and those games never leave early access and there's no reason for it except they'll be held to a higher standard as soon as they do. and why bother if sales are languishing because the novelty wore off?
a great example is the new Player Unknown's battlefield. it's early access and they sold like 600k copies last i read. at 30 bucks a pop plus people buying loot boxes they've made something like 20 million plus dollars. we'll see if the game actually gets the kind of development that a 20 million dollar budget can bring, or, if they'll bug fix until it's "stable" and then add maps until it's "done" and then call it done and roll their profit into some other endeavor. personally i believe they have a responsibility to their players to expand their dev team and turn pubg into a true AAA experience and with 20 million bucks they could get loans out the ass and inflate their budget to a true AAA title budget and really deliver a bad ass and worthwhile game experience.
but, i kinda expect it'll languish in early access for 2 years while bug fixes roll in from time to time and the game breaking hacking issues will never be addressed.
there's still traditional games being made with the old publisher model, but you're right more and more early access are becoming the norm. i dislike the early access model for the most part, they'll burn through most of their player base while under development and have little financial reason towards the end to complete much. publisher tend to not get too experimental with mechanics they don't see as "driving sales" and so games end up feeling cookie cutter and repetitive, but early access games which do tend to use more experimental mechanics don't tend to finish them since novelty drives their sales and that wears off pretty quick. in my mind early access has as many problems as the standard publisher model.
and i think you're right, some games are never done. World of Warcraft is one that is pretty much never done but they have pretty hard edges between expansions. but, those edges are muddied with new content updates every 2-3 months or so. that game has constantly evolved and never quit changing or adding content, but, at times people would have called things "released" or something like that i guess. i can see the kind of world/universe game like an MMO as being one that has fuzzy edges between new content updates that never makes it fully "complete" in the sense that Mario Bros. was a "finished" game, but yeah others just drag on the bug fixes and don't do much but occasionally patch in new outfits or something lame and maybe release new maps and those games never leave early access and there's no reason for it except they'll be held to a higher standard as soon as they do. and why bother if sales are languishing because the novelty wore off?
a great example is the new Player Unknown's battlefield. it's early access and they sold like 600k copies last i read. at 30 bucks a pop plus people buying loot boxes they've made something like 20 million plus dollars. we'll see if the game actually gets the kind of development that a 20 million dollar budget can bring, or, if they'll bug fix until it's "stable" and then add maps until it's "done" and then call it done and roll their profit into some other endeavor. personally i believe they have a responsibility to their players to expand their dev team and turn pubg into a true AAA experience and with 20 million bucks they could get loans out the ass and inflate their budget to a true AAA title budget and really deliver a bad ass and worthwhile game experience.
but, i kinda expect it'll languish in early access for 2 years while bug fixes roll in from time to time and the game breaking hacking issues will never be addressed.
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squeegee (OP) double-posted this 9 years ago, 10 minutes later, 1 hour after the original post[^] [v] #807,264
Gamescom presentation should be starting any time now.
https://www.twitch.tv/starcitizen
https://www.twitch.tv/starcitizen
Meta replied with this 9 years ago, 12 minutes later, 1 hour after the original post[^] [v] #807,267
@807,262 (squeegee)
Also games are getting like exponentially more complex. Thinking about GTA there was only one year between GTA III and Vice City, only two years between Vice City and San Andreas, but four years between SA and IV, and five years between IV and V.
Back in the like Atari 2600 days a "AAA" game like Pitfall could be made entirely by one guy in a few months. Now video games have hundreds of people working for like years and using tools written by hundreds of other people. It's amazing games can get made at all, trying to coordinate all that.
Also games are getting like exponentially more complex. Thinking about GTA there was only one year between GTA III and Vice City, only two years between Vice City and San Andreas, but four years between SA and IV, and five years between IV and V.
Back in the like Atari 2600 days a "AAA" game like Pitfall could be made entirely by one guy in a few months. Now video games have hundreds of people working for like years and using tools written by hundreds of other people. It's amazing games can get made at all, trying to coordinate all that.
Anonymous B replied with this 9 years ago, 10 minutes later, 1 hour after the original post[^] [v] #807,270
Meta replied with this 9 years ago, 7 minutes later, 1 hour after the original post[^] [v] #807,274
squeegee (OP) replied with this 9 years ago, 41 seconds later, 1 hour after the original post[^] [v] #807,276
@807,267 (Meta)
that's why i've liked watching star citizen development, it's really transparent and you get the impression how difficult logistics and organizing is especially since they develop 24 hours a day across several studios across the world. it's way more than just coding, they built a whole production company. and i think that's the transition small teams of coders have a hard time making.
that's why i've liked watching star citizen development, it's really transparent and you get the impression how difficult logistics and organizing is especially since they develop 24 hours a day across several studios across the world. it's way more than just coding, they built a whole production company. and i think that's the transition small teams of coders have a hard time making.
squeegee (OP) double-posted this 9 years ago, 3 minutes later, 1 hour after the original post[^] [v] #807,277
oooooo
600i leak from gamescom
https://cdn.discordapp.com/attachments/251737757716709376/350724886676897802/21100283_528070667535695_2146757164_n.jpg
bridge:
https://cdn.discordapp.com/attachments/211960470213623818/350723423934087169/unknown.png
600i leak from gamescom
https://cdn.discordapp.com/attachments/251737757716709376/350724886676897802/21100283_528070667535695_2146757164_n.jpg
bridge:
https://cdn.discordapp.com/attachments/211960470213623818/350723423934087169/unknown.png
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squeegee (OP) triple-posted this 9 years ago, 6 minutes later, 1 hour after the original post[^] [v] #807,280
MORDOR !6uqY/xWyg2 joined in and replied with this 9 years ago, 1 minute later, 1 hour after the original post[^] [v] #807,281
Meta replied with this 9 years ago, 7 minutes later, 2 hours after the original post[^] [v] #807,285
squeegee (OP) replied with this 9 years ago, 1 minute later, 2 hours after the original post[^] [v] #807,286
@807,281 (MORDOR !6uqY/xWyg2)
idk, there's been a lot of speculation about the term "game changer." we'll just have to see. the last game changer was procedural planets and that was a big one.
idk, there's been a lot of speculation about the term "game changer." we'll just have to see. the last game changer was procedural planets and that was a big one.
squeegee (OP) double-posted this 9 years ago, 52 seconds later, 2 hours after the original post[^] [v] #807,287
pre-show ends in a few minutes, presentation will be starting
squeegee (OP) triple-posted this 9 years ago, 1 minute later, 2 hours after the original post[^] [v] #807,288
starting now
MORDOR !6uqY/xWyg2 replied with this 9 years ago, 47 seconds later, 2 hours after the original post[^] [v] #807,289
squeegee (OP) replied with this 9 years ago, 31 minutes later, 2 hours after the original post[^] [v] #807,293
oh holy shit. the game changer is game changing wow. that's nuts. are they fucking for real?
squeegee (OP) double-posted this 9 years ago, 1 minute later, 2 hours after the original post[^] [v] #807,294
real time facial and head tracking to drive the character rig's head and face... and dynamic proximity based voice over ip... that's fucking nuts dude.
MORDOR !6uqY/xWyg2 replied with this 9 years ago, 9 minutes later, 2 hours after the original post[^] [v] #807,296
everybody is complaining In there I hate gamers
squeegee (OP) replied with this 9 years ago, 21 minutes later, 3 hours after the original post[^] [v] #807,302
ouch, this is pretty rough. if you're not watching they are doing a live demo and had a client crash and they're trying to get the demo restarted. technical difficulties have brought things to a standstill. they've cut to commercials while they sort this out i guess.
squeegee (OP) double-posted this 9 years ago, 20 seconds later, 3 hours after the original post[^] [v] #807,303
the demo is back up and they are speed running it to get back to the top
MORDOR !6uqY/xWyg2 replied with this 9 years ago, 1 minute later, 3 hours after the original post[^] [v] #807,304
brie !iFDoautiSM joined in and replied with this 9 years ago, 3 minutes later, 3 hours after the original post[^] [v] #807,306
@807,303 (squeegee)
the facial tracking sounds cool, will i have to have a camera pointed at my face? What about VR?
the facial tracking sounds cool, will i have to have a camera pointed at my face? What about VR?
squeegee (OP) replied with this 9 years ago, 47 seconds later, 3 hours after the original post[^] [v] #807,308
@807,304 (MORDOR !6uqY/xWyg2)
that was cringy the way it was handled. and they're going to get raked over the coals for this whole "face over ip thing" given the number of bugs and jankiness we're still seeing. that's a pretty out there and wild feature to be adding, but when they're in the ship talking to each other and leaning to look at each other it looked pretty fucking impressive.
at times it looks really impressive, other times it looks terrible. long way to go
that was cringy the way it was handled. and they're going to get raked over the coals for this whole "face over ip thing" given the number of bugs and jankiness we're still seeing. that's a pretty out there and wild feature to be adding, but when they're in the ship talking to each other and leaning to look at each other it looked pretty fucking impressive.
at times it looks really impressive, other times it looks terrible. long way to go
squeegee (OP) double-posted this 9 years ago, 2 minutes later, 3 hours after the original post[^] [v] #807,310
@807,306 (brie !iFDoautiSM)
they said webcam, yeah. the better one you got the better the tracking they said. it's 3rd party software they're integrating in they said, so idk. it looks very much like it does in game what Track-IR does for head tracking in games. i guess with vr goggles it'll just see your mouth. maybe put some googlie eyes on the headset, idk.
this is all pretty out there isn't it.
they said webcam, yeah. the better one you got the better the tracking they said. it's 3rd party software they're integrating in they said, so idk. it looks very much like it does in game what Track-IR does for head tracking in games. i guess with vr goggles it'll just see your mouth. maybe put some googlie eyes on the headset, idk.
this is all pretty out there isn't it.
brie !iFDoautiSM replied with this 9 years ago, 1 minute later, 3 hours after the original post[^] [v] #807,311
@previous (squeegee)
yes it's very cool seeing this for the first time right now!
Let's rock and roll!
yes it's very cool seeing this for the first time right now!
Let's rock and roll!
squeegee (OP) replied with this 9 years ago, 6 seconds later, 3 hours after the original post[^] [v] #807,312
but look at the way they turn and look at each other and talk! and the fucking hologram coms... wow. that looks pretty good. but it's spooky how they're looking around and talking while they're driving this car thing.
squeegee (OP) double-posted this 9 years ago, 7 minutes later, 3 hours after the original post[^] [v] #807,315
it worked!
brie !iFDoautiSM replied with this 9 years ago, 1 minute later, 3 hours after the original post[^] [v] #807,316
brie !iFDoautiSM double-posted this 9 years ago, 17 minutes later, 3 hours after the original post[^] [v] #807,318
squeegee (OP) replied with this 9 years ago, 25 seconds later, 3 hours after the original post[^] [v] #807,319
okay, that idris landing was neat
brie !iFDoautiSM replied with this 9 years ago, 14 minutes later, 4 hours after the original post[^] [v] #807,321
squeegee (OP) replied with this 9 years ago, 24 minutes later, 4 hours after the original post[^] [v] #807,323
@807,316 (brie !iFDoautiSM)
the face stuff? idk, they said eventually. 3.0, idk, few weeks hopefully :/
@previous (brie !iFDoautiSM)
i'm sure a cheap webcam will work just as well.
i wouldn't spend anymore money on stuff until this game is released
the face stuff? idk, they said eventually. 3.0, idk, few weeks hopefully :/
@previous (brie !iFDoautiSM)
i'm sure a cheap webcam will work just as well.
i wouldn't spend anymore money on stuff until this game is released
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MORDOR !6uqY/xWyg2 replied with this 9 years ago, 13 minutes later, 4 hours after the original post[^] [v] #807,328
edit
this draad made me remember that I had a dream last night about my ship in this game but I haven't played in like a year
this draad made me remember that I had a dream last night about my ship in this game but I haven't played in like a year
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brie !iFDoautiSM replied with this 9 years ago, 1 minute later, 4 hours after the original post[^] [v] #807,329
@previous (MORDOR !6uqY/xWyg2)
I've played it a couple times but flying scares me and I was kind of waiting for this big update. Sounds like it's coming soon.
I've played it a couple times but flying scares me and I was kind of waiting for this big update. Sounds like it's coming soon.
squeegee (OP) replied with this 9 years ago, 8 minutes later, 4 hours after the original post[^] [v] #807,330
squeegee (OP) double-posted this 9 years ago, 1 minute later, 4 hours after the original post[^] [v] #807,331
brie !iFDoautiSM replied with this 9 years ago, 1 minute later, 4 hours after the original post[^] [v] #807,332
squeegee (OP) replied with this 9 years ago, 9 minutes later, 5 hours after the original post[^] [v] #807,333
@previous (brie !iFDoautiSM)
no. i wouldn't. let's see 3.0.
@807,329 (brie !iFDoautiSM)
> Sounds like it's coming soon.
we shall see. i've thought things were coming soon before. i think at best we're weeks away, but at worst they'll have to refactor everything, ditch 3.0 and decide to release a different build called 4.0 sometime next year. so we'll see. i quit being optimistic about 3.0s timely release back in april
no. i wouldn't. let's see 3.0.
@807,329 (brie !iFDoautiSM)
> Sounds like it's coming soon.
we shall see. i've thought things were coming soon before. i think at best we're weeks away, but at worst they'll have to refactor everything, ditch 3.0 and decide to release a different build called 4.0 sometime next year. so we'll see. i quit being optimistic about 3.0s timely release back in april
brie !iFDoautiSM replied with this 9 years ago, 5 minutes later, 5 hours after the original post[^] [v] #807,335
capt. squeegee joined in and replied with this 9 years ago, 20 minutes later, 5 hours after the original post[^] [v] #807,337
squeegee (OP) replied with this 9 years ago, 35 minutes later, 6 hours after the original post[^] [v] #807,343
http://www.pcgamer.com/star-citizen-expressive-faces-space-fashion-and-boldly-going-beyond-30/
pc gamer says sept 4-8 it may drop, but i don't know when they wrote the article, info might be weeks old, maybe it's recent. i haven't read it.
pc gamer says sept 4-8 it may drop, but i don't know when they wrote the article, info might be weeks old, maybe it's recent. i haven't read it.
brie !iFDoautiSM replied with this 9 years ago, 5 minutes later, 6 hours after the original post[^] [v] #807,344
brie !iFDoautiSM double-posted this 9 years ago, 15 minutes later, 6 hours after the original post[^] [v] #807,350
@807,343 (squeegee)
Do you maybe wanna get on star citizen later? Show me the ropes some more? We could talk in a discord voice channel
Do you maybe wanna get on star citizen later? Show me the ropes some more? We could talk in a discord voice channel
brie !iFDoautiSM triple-posted this 9 years ago, 2 hours later, 9 hours after the original post[^] [v] #807,374
brie !iFDoautiSM quadruple-posted this 9 years ago, 8 minutes later, 9 hours after the original post[^] [v] #807,376
I noticed that not all of the people were Kimmo in the presentation, does this mean they are finally adding character customization?
brie !iFDoautiSM quintuple-posted this 9 years ago, 44 minutes later, 9 hours after the original post[^] [v] #807,390
I look forward to playing Star Citizen with my teenage sons. They aren't born yet but I'm sure we will have a blast.
squeegee (OP) replied with this 9 years ago, 1 hour later, 11 hours after the original post[^] [v] #807,400
@807,350 (brie !iFDoautiSM)
i think we should wait for 3.0, it's still a pain in the ass to group up
@807,376 (brie !iFDoautiSM)
yup. not sure hot limited it'll be but there'll be some options for that.
@previous (brie !iFDoautiSM)
yeah. we'll see about that.
i think we should wait for 3.0, it's still a pain in the ass to group up
@807,376 (brie !iFDoautiSM)
yup. not sure hot limited it'll be but there'll be some options for that.
@previous (brie !iFDoautiSM)
yeah. we'll see about that.
brie !iFDoautiSM replied with this 9 years ago, 14 hours later, 1 day after the original post[^] [v] #807,523
Is there any news about Derek Smart?
capt. squeegee replied with this 9 years ago, 23 minutes later, 1 day after the original post[^] [v] #807,528
@previous (brie !iFDoautiSM)
probably. after every patch or presentation the derek smart goons roll out new FUD. always some variation of "this proves it's all fake," and "feature creep why don't they work on the game," and, "(X) new game was announced and it'll be the real SC killer."
the game build was a fake dev branch, the FOIP is feature creep, and there's another new single player space game that supposedly will kill this mmo... i haven't read dereks twitter in a while but i guarantee it's all there with fake burn down projections 2 years out for 3.0 and fake claims cig is running out of money and will be bankrupt in 90 days, tops.
probably. after every patch or presentation the derek smart goons roll out new FUD. always some variation of "this proves it's all fake," and "feature creep why don't they work on the game," and, "(X) new game was announced and it'll be the real SC killer."
the game build was a fake dev branch, the FOIP is feature creep, and there's another new single player space game that supposedly will kill this mmo... i haven't read dereks twitter in a while but i guarantee it's all there with fake burn down projections 2 years out for 3.0 and fake claims cig is running out of money and will be bankrupt in 90 days, tops.
brie !iFDoautiSM replied with this 9 years ago, 30 minutes later, 1 day after the original post[^] [v] #807,537
@previous (capt. squeegee)I just took a look at his twitter and you are 100% correct about all of that...
capt. squeegee replied with this 9 years ago, 14 minutes later, 1 day after the original post[^] [v] #807,538
brie !iFDoautiSM replied with this 9 years ago, 14 minutes later, 1 day after the original post[^] [v] #807,541
So I'm hopping on Star Citizen in a minute to try to get some money from missions before 3.0 comes.
Earlier i flew around Port Olisar for a while and crashed my ship into someone, exploding his ship.
I bet i get killed by pirates instead of making any money but imma try.
Earlier i flew around Port Olisar for a while and crashed my ship into someone, exploding his ship.
I bet i get killed by pirates instead of making any money but imma try.
capt. squeegee replied with this 9 years ago, 15 minutes later, 1 day after the original post[^] [v] #807,543
@previous (brie !iFDoautiSM)
the best mission to farm is the covalex PI mission. it's PvP but there's rarely anyone there and there's no ai to fight. you can also go turn on arrays and avoid pirates by flying to the satellite and just getting out of your ship. the pirates won't attack you out of your ship and i think they leave your ship alone when you get out. if they blow up your ship then suicide and respawn.
you can repeat the covalex mission on a new server.
the best mission to farm is the covalex PI mission. it's PvP but there's rarely anyone there and there's no ai to fight. you can also go turn on arrays and avoid pirates by flying to the satellite and just getting out of your ship. the pirates won't attack you out of your ship and i think they leave your ship alone when you get out. if they blow up your ship then suicide and respawn.
you can repeat the covalex mission on a new server.
brie !iFDoautiSM replied with this 9 years ago, 9 minutes later, 1 day after the original post[^] [v] #807,545
capt. squeegee replied with this 9 years ago, 6 minutes later, 1 day after the original post[^] [v] #807,546
@previous (brie !iFDoautiSM)
i forgot the name of that mission but the one where you investigate coords pays best. it's multiple missions in a row but there's pirates each step of the way.
i forgot the name of that mission but the one where you investigate coords pays best. it's multiple missions in a row but there's pirates each step of the way.
brie !iFDoautiSM replied with this 9 years ago, 24 minutes later, 1 day after the original post[^] [v] #807,555
@previous (capt. squeegee)
The PI mission went well, except some fuckhead blew up my ship while it was illegally parked.
So I just killed myself.
You say this PI mission can be repeated?
The PI mission went well, except some fuckhead blew up my ship while it was illegally parked.
So I just killed myself.
You say this PI mission can be repeated?
squeegee (OP) replied with this 9 years ago, 46 minutes later, 1 day after the original post[^] [v] #807,562
squeegee (OP) double-posted this 9 years ago, 2 months later, 2 months after the original post[^] [v] #826,421
citizencon is happening today. they're doing tech presentations atm. the main presentation will be after while.
https://go.twitch.tv/starcitizen
they just got done with presentations on character animations and improvements, and then they did one on rendering and did a pretty detailed walk through on what the GPU was doing frame by frame to render a scene. pretty cool stuff. right now they're on the show floor talking to developers in between presentations. pretty cool so far.
https://go.twitch.tv/starcitizen
they just got done with presentations on character animations and improvements, and then they did one on rendering and did a pretty detailed walk through on what the GPU was doing frame by frame to render a scene. pretty cool stuff. right now they're on the show floor talking to developers in between presentations. pretty cool so far.
squeegee (OP) triple-posted this 9 years ago, 4 minutes later, 2 months after the original post[^] [v] #826,423
squadron 42 is going to be nuts, they went over earlier a new tech they're finishing up that gives the ai characters a very natural looking way of looking at you as they talk. some games do this, where the npc looks at you and can follow you as you walk around so they talk to you, but lots of games still lock you in place so the NPC can turn and look at you and not have to follow you. think skyrim or fallout 4. star citizen will be different, and so the npcs have eye tracking and head tracking and body tracking and it looks pretty neat. so you can walk with them as they talk and they'll turn to look at you as they talk and stuff. hard to describe, but looks great in the demo we saw.
squeegee (OP) quadruple-posted this 9 years ago, 1 minute later, 2 months after the original post[^] [v] #826,424
intel had a raven model commissioned to celebrate a partnership with CIG to market their newest SSDs for gaming.(Edited 1 minute later.)
squeegee (OP) quintuple-posted this 9 years ago, 3 minutes later, 2 months after the original post[^] [v] #826,426
alien civilizations are being discussed nowsqueegee (OP) sextuple-posted this 9 years ago, 19 minutes later, 2 months after the original post[^] [v] #826,430
xi'ansqueegee (OP) septuple-posted this 9 years ago, 46 minutes later, 2 months after the original post[^] [v] #826,439
next up is a panel on the artwork of the Stanton systemsqueegee (OP) octuple-posted this 9 years ago, 55 minutes later, 2 months after the original post[^] [v] #826,459
next up, showing a new ship, the Consolidated Outland Pioneer, which is a base building ship. so yeah. homesteads will be a thing.
then i think the main presentation is after that
then i think the main presentation is after that
squeegee (OP) nonuple-posted this 9 years ago, 1 minute later, 2 months after the original post[^] [v] #826,460
squeegee (OP) decuple-posted this 9 years ago, 58 minutes later, 2 months after the original post[^] [v] #826,492
panels are over, keynote in half an hourish. the pioneer sounds pretty bad ass. it is a base building ship, and you can claim plots of land on planets and moons. you'll also be able to build outposts outside of uee space without a claim and do illegal stuff. it kinda sounds like a lot of micromanagement though, like you'll have to buy specific materials and add-on parts in specific quantities or you'll be making extra trips to collect or deliver materials. but, that's not really the problem of the people having outposts built, just the builders. minichanopolis can be a drug manufacturing settlement on some obscure moon in the backwaters of the galaxy. bwahahaha
squeegee (OP) undecuple-posted this 9 years ago, 16 minutes later, 2 months after the original post[^] [v] #826,501
oh holy shit, check this fucker out. i didn't even see this, i guess it was from this morning? hot damn. that's god damned amazing.
https://clips.twitch.tv/ArborealUglyChimpanzeeKappaRoss
https://clips.twitch.tv/ArborealUglyChimpanzeeKappaRoss
squeegee (OP) duodecuple-posted this 9 years ago, 3 minutes later, 2 months after the original post[^] [v] #826,503
yeah, that was the into which i totally missed. this is the pioneer
squeegee (OP) tridecuple-posted this 9 years ago, 1 minute later, 2 months after the original post[^] [v] #826,504
the intel sponsored Sabre Raven model. apparently there's 600 man hours in it.
https://clips.twitch.tv/CarelessRelentlessEggnogOptimizePrime
https://clips.twitch.tv/CarelessRelentlessEggnogOptimizePrime
squeegee (OP) quattuodecuple-posted this 9 years ago, 1 minute later, 2 months after the original post[^] [v] #826,505
oh, and there was a commercial made for it. kinda bad ass little fighter it looks like
https://youtu.be/ZnMdQXl0vyg
https://youtu.be/ZnMdQXl0vyg
squeegee (OP) sexadecuple-posted this 9 years ago, 3 minutes later, 2 months after the original post[^] [v] #826,506
oooh, there was even more to the intro video. it's even better with the extra context.
https://go.twitch.tv/videos/185493179?t=31m33s
edit: so evidently i missed the first like 20 minutes
https://go.twitch.tv/videos/185493179?t=31m33s
edit: so evidently i missed the first like 20 minutes
(Edited 55 seconds later.)
squeegee (OP) sedecuple-posted this 9 years ago, 1 minute later, 2 months after the original post[^] [v] #826,508
squeegee replied with this 9 years ago, 21 minutes later, 2 months after the original post[^] [v] #826,510
oh mty god. my mind is fucking blown.
squeegee double-posted this 9 years ago, 1 minute later, 2 months after the original post[^] [v] #826,511
a planet sized city, fully flyable, with - holy shit - major cities and suburbs and landing zones all over. jesus. i am imfuckingpressed.
squeegee triple-posted this 9 years ago, 42 seconds later, 2 months after the original post[^] [v] #826,512
it's fucking corsucant from star wars.
squeegee quadruple-posted this 9 years ago, 1 minute later, 2 months after the original post[^] [v] #826,513
i mean fuck. 5 years ago cig themselves called this impossible. and it looks good too.
squeegee (OP) replied with this 9 years ago, 2 minutes later, 2 months after the original post[^] [v] #826,514
squeegee joined in and replied with this 9 years ago, 19 minutes later, 2 months after the original post[^] [v] #826,525
squeegee (OP) replied with this 9 years ago, 6 hours later, 2 months after the original post[^] [v] #826,597
arc corp from space. you can fly down anywhere. below is area 17.(Edited 2 minutes later.)
squeegee (OP) double-posted this 9 years ago, 2 minutes later, 2 months after the original post[^] [v] #826,598
arc corp from within the atmosphere. this is taken just above Area 17, one of the metropolitan centers. the tech shown off for the procedural cities was amazing, the tool they use lets them "sim city" the entire thing and define areas very granularly all the way down the the kinds of businesses in the area. the system then takes the inputs and uses a seed to procedurally draw the entire city as designed.squeegee (OP) triple-posted this 9 years ago, 3 minutes later, 2 months after the original post[^] [v] #826,599
flying around area 17. most interesting is that the buildings have interiors. there are landing pads all over the place, and each building can be walked. they do this procedurally as well, the interiors are all from a huge modular kit of assets the game puts together to create unique locations. the locations are also populated with shops and NPCs.squeegee (OP) quadruple-posted this 9 years ago, 35 seconds later, 2 months after the original post[^] [v] #826,600
squeegee (OP) quintuple-posted this 9 years ago, 1 minute later, 2 months after the original post[^] [v] #826,601
walking around area 18squeegee (OP) sextuple-posted this 9 years ago, 1 minute later, 2 months after the original post[^] [v] #826,602
squeegee (OP) septuple-posted this 9 years ago, 4 minutes later, 2 months after the original post[^] [v] #826,603
the planet Hurston. this is another megacorp headquarters similar to Arc Corp. the company owns the entire planet, and this one is now a wasteland because of it. Hurston is a very old corporation, going back to the Messer era of imperial expansion. through the centuries the planet hurston has been strip mined and polluted and is covered with massive trash dumps from manufacturing.edit: on the stream it took them 8 minutes to fly from Arc Corp to Hurston, they actually brought out a speaker and did a mini presentation on the technology behind procedural cities while in route to Hurston.
(Edited 1 minute later.)
squeegee (OP) octuple-posted this 9 years ago, 2 minutes later, 2 months after the original post[^] [v] #826,604
hurston with a hazy smoggy atmospheresqueegee (OP) nonuple-posted this 9 years ago, 1 minute later, 2 months after the original post[^] [v] #826,605
not a very pretty place. but slightly more hospitable than Microtech will be, it's a frozen Hoth type world due to a terraforming accident that permanently froze the world.brie !iFDoautiSM replied with this 9 years ago, 56 seconds later, 2 months after the original post[^] [v] #826,606
is it still on?
squeegee (OP) replied with this 9 years ago, 18 seconds later, 2 months after the original post[^] [v] #826,607
taking a speeder bike into the outskirts of a citysqueegee (OP) double-posted this 9 years ago, 1 minute later, 2 months after the original post[^] [v] #826,608
@826,606 (brie !iFDoautiSM)
no, it ended a few hours ago, i'm finding these on reddit. the VOD is up on twitch somewhere, but there'll be an HD version uploaded here soon
no, it ended a few hours ago, i'm finding these on reddit. the VOD is up on twitch somewhere, but there'll be an HD version uploaded here soon
squeegee (OP) triple-posted this 9 years ago, 8 minutes later, 2 months after the original post[^] [v] #826,609
there's a monorail. the city zones are all interconnected, and they plan for people to be able to get from place to place by using other transportation. you can go from the arc crop landing zone in area 18 and hop on a monorail and take that into the suburbs or into an industrial zone or whatnot. the stuff they just kinda casually mentioned here and there -buildings with internal spaces, interconnected cities with public transportation, flora and fauna all over a realistically rotating planet with surface velocities of a thousand miles an hour that you walk across- there was a lot to take in from the whole 6 hours of panels and presentations.edit: this was the best citizen con they've done yet
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brie !iFDoautiSM replied with this 9 years ago, 9 minutes later, 2 months after the original post[^] [v] #826,612
100 posts!
now where is 3.0?
now where is 3.0?
squeegee (OP) replied with this 9 years ago, 10 minutes later, 2 months after the original post[^] [v] #826,614
@previous (brie !iFDoautiSM)
idk. they didn't really update on that. just said very soon. i've heard conflicting Evocati opinions on release. chris roberts did mention they are changing how they do releases and are moving back to a more date centric rather than content centric cycle after 3.0. it's been 10 months since the last big patch and longer even since 2.0 came out. we should start getting big quarterly patches and will just bump unfinished content from the release. i think they can do this because they have finished so much of the underlying tech work and won't be waiting 10 months for key pieces of very difficult tech to be finished by engineers. we'll see how that goes, but they're aiming for more reliable releases than they've given us over the last year. which will be nice.
idk. they didn't really update on that. just said very soon. i've heard conflicting Evocati opinions on release. chris roberts did mention they are changing how they do releases and are moving back to a more date centric rather than content centric cycle after 3.0. it's been 10 months since the last big patch and longer even since 2.0 came out. we should start getting big quarterly patches and will just bump unfinished content from the release. i think they can do this because they have finished so much of the underlying tech work and won't be waiting 10 months for key pieces of very difficult tech to be finished by engineers. we'll see how that goes, but they're aiming for more reliable releases than they've given us over the last year. which will be nice.
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Anonymous H joined in and replied with this 9 years ago, 1 day later, 2 months after the original post[^] [v] #826,940
is it playable yet
squeegee (OP) replied with this 9 years ago, 6 hours later, 2 months after the original post[^] [v] #826,974
@previous (H)
yup. just lacks bunches of content, so don't expect more than about 10 hours of unique gameplay before you're repeating things.
yup. just lacks bunches of content, so don't expect more than about 10 hours of unique gameplay before you're repeating things.