• Chris is back from Europe after doing some 3.0 mocap and meetings.
  
• Super Hornet Freeflight ended and was successful
  
• Star Marine is being tested daily with QA
  

  code:

  - Making adjustments as feedback comes in.
  - Working on network synchronization to reduce lag and smooth client remote animation.
  - Helmet 2.0 has been implemented with the new HUD and widgets
  - Combat emotes are hooked up to allow signally to friends to taunting enemies.
  

• Another pass to Arena Commander will be happen after going through the latest feedback from Evocati along with missiles being included in that pass.
  

• Star Marine is going to be a more tactical FPS.
  
• Lighting won’t be designed to contrast the player, instead to be more realistic.
  

  code:

  - When lighting maps, thought went out to how it would have been lit - ie. how would the pirates have lit this?
  - There will be lots of very moody and flickering lighting.
  - Players will have to be cautious, cover teammates and be tactical in how they approach situations.
  - Echo 11 has lots of rooms connected by tight intricate corridors.
  - Each room has it’s own unique feel so it’s easy to call them out.
  

  - 2.6 brings refactored lobby system, new missions, GrimHex additions, Vanguard Hoplite and Drake Herald.
  - Testing ship model changes including balance pass to shields, weapons and missiles.
  - Every day there is a release sync discussing current build, blockers and issues.
  - Dedicated FPS specialists have been testing Star Marine.
  

  code:

  - They utilize checklists, ad-hoc testing and cross-studio playtests.
  

• Evocati are testing flight model changes.
  

  code:

  - Evocati is 800 strong, from 20 countries, speaking 18 languages, and from 5 continents.
  - Evocati are selected by an algorithm and manual checks.
  - Lots of feedback provided to make sure bugs are found and fixed before public release.
  

• Iain in Backend Services has been working on service recovery platform and now admin/customer support tooling.
  
• Tom Sawyer has been working on leaderboard and matchmaking modifications.
  
• Jason Ely has been working on the hub system rewrite.
  
• Hub system rewrite simplified the threading model to use new architecture, removed some state and moved state into a single thread.
  
• Arena Commander and Star Marine UI is getting a big update, Tom Sawyer is working on the backend code for this.
  
• Ensuring that information like game modes, maps and loadouts are synced between players.
  
• Matchmaking is more similar to Overwatch/HotS where you group up then search for a game than Battlefield/CoD where you go into larger lobbies with timers.
  

• Shoutout to Kinshadow and RedFang87 for their SC themed Pumpkin Carvings
  
• Esperia Prowler art contest is still running through till Nov 11th. Winners will be announced on Nov 18th during the anniversary livestream.
  
• Star Citizen has been nominated for most wanted game for the Golden Joystick awards. One day left to vote.
  
• This weeks MVP is Lundfoci for his creation of Starship42.com which allows folks to view all the ships in SC in 3D.
  
• Tomorrows Reverse the Verse will be at 10am Pacific Daylight time @ twitch.tv/cigcommunity
  

• Brian Brewer, David Peng and Vanessa Landeros talk about getting animations in game
  
• The team must always keep metrics in mind when shooting motion capture or creating something for the PU
  
• Whenever they create a new object, like a mess hall table, it becomes the standard for objects of that type
  
• When shooting mocap the actors are given specific instructions on how to approach an object and these also becomes part of the metrics
  
• Proper metrics allow parts of cinematic performances to be reused even when it wasn't originally intended for the PU
  
• Mocap data is analyzed and cleaned up and then broken into at least three segments: an enter, a cycle, and an exit
  
• These segments are called animations sets and are essential for AI to properly use objects *Animations sets can be extended, for example, there can be multiple cycle animations and these can be played randomly to add variation
  
• The team is providing lots of little details to ensure the Star Citizen is really believable, e.g. characters tossing and turning in their sleep or a janitor mopping up after players
  
• Design place "useable" objects in game: these have entry and attach nodes and allow AI to use the object or know that an object is being used
  
• Sometimes the team has to hand key animations if they can't shoot mocap for any reason, e.g. the PAW tool animations or viewing a weapons
  
• Most challenging aspect is consistency and ensuring that when new animations are done everyone is aware of them and nobody asks for them to be recreated
  

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