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Runa: Feb 13, 2011

I caught up and will now finally start playing XCOM2, like I should've been doing

# ? Feb 6, 2016 07:34

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# ? May 9, 2024 20:11

Mirificus: Oct 29, 2004; Kings need not raise their voices to be heard

Suffering from Star Marine thread trauma

# ? Feb 6, 2016 07:34

grimcreaper: Jan 7, 2012

fuzzknot posted:

That bird has seen some poo poo.

# ? Feb 6, 2016 07:37

Lime Tonics: Nov 7, 2015; by FactsAreUseless

"We came up with a good solution in which we all believe in and have started to implement. The idea is to design a system which knows your local data, knows what data should be in the build, and then selectively downloads and updates your local data set to match the one of the build."

It took them how long to figure this out?

Star Citizen : Beautifying offices everywhere

paaarppp.

# ? Feb 6, 2016 07:37

Sperglord: Feb 6, 2016

Wait, is Star Citizen working on a patcher now?

As for the rest, tons of rework. Nothing finished ever.

# ? Feb 6, 2016 07:42

Mirificus: Oct 29, 2004; Kings need not raise their voices to be heard

https://forums.robertsspaceindustries.com/discussion/comment/6324920/#Comment_6324920

https://forums.robertsspaceindustries.com/discussion/comment/6331495/#Comment_6331495

# ? Feb 6, 2016 07:42

The Saddest Robot: Apr 17, 2007

This Month at CIG

"Maybe we should like... plan some of this stuff out?"

"Oh gently caress, Chris is coming down to the artist cells. Rob you've been working on an escape pod or something, right? Sorry but you've been nominated as the Chrisbait. Show it to him so the rest of us don't have to delete everything we've accomplished this month to start over with more fidelity."

# ? Feb 6, 2016 07:49

Scruffpuff: Dec 23, 2015; Fidelity. Wait, was I'm working on again?

quote:

We came up with a good solution in which we all believe in and have started to implement. The idea is to design a system which knows your local data, knows what data should be in the build, and then selectively downloads and updates your local data set to match the one of the build.

Holy poo poo. An industry standard patcher, and they use phrases like "we came up with" and the obligatory "we believe in it." Keep your eyes to the stars, Star Citizen. Backers, your godlike company just caught up with one of the earliest concepts in PC software.

# ? Feb 6, 2016 07:53

Sperglord: Feb 6, 2016

Scruffpuff posted:

Holy poo poo. An industry standard patcher, and they use phrases like "we came up with" and the obligatory "we believe in it." Keep your eyes to the stars, Star Citizen. Backers, your godlike company just caught up with one of the earliest concepts in PC software.

You don't know anything about game development. If you look here, at this noobish game being produced for 1 / 6th of CIG's monthly take, you see all the work on servers and patching? Waste of time

https://forums.inovaestudios.com/t/quick-progress-reports-inovaeflavien/1926/5

Really, game development is all about the :yarg:

s, and jpegs, lots of jpegs.

# ? Feb 6, 2016 07:59

SelenicMartian: Sep 14, 2013; Sometimes it's not the bomb that's retarded.

Um... What happened here?

# ? Feb 6, 2016 08:06

phosdex: Dec 16, 2005

so has anyone else been using this fly free weekend to create a fake account and then just downloading the game, deleting the files and repeating over and over? well I have. gigabit fiber, no bandwidth cap, and a vsphere server to do this over and over again. they may have denied my refund so I'll make them pay in bandwidth eventually.

# ? Feb 6, 2016 08:12

Kakarot: Jul 20, 2013; by zen death robot; Buglord

The camera guy cut the video when they were supposed to do interpretive dance. He did it on purpose.

e:

VVV DONT WATCH THAT VVV

Kakarot fucked around with this message at 08:18 on Feb 6, 2016

# ? Feb 6, 2016 08:14

Goobs: Jan 30, 2016; Doxcat is watching you PU.

This is how I figure all Shitizens shower.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0CmET95mR3U

Fun starts at 1:25 ish. Enjoy.

# ? Feb 6, 2016 08:15

Kakarot: Jul 20, 2013; by zen death robot; Buglord

^^^ DONT WATCH THAT ^^^

phosdex posted:

so has anyone else been using this fly free weekend to create a fake account and then just downloading the game, deleting the files and repeating over and over? well I have. gigabit fiber, no bandwidth cap, and a vsphere server to do this over and over again. they may have denied my refund so I'll make them pay in bandwidth eventually.

Nice idea!!

Im going to try doing this with about 2-5 accounts on about 3 machines.

Maybe someone can set up a bot to do it automatically, sort of like our CS spammers

Kakarot fucked around with this message at 08:19 on Feb 6, 2016

# ? Feb 6, 2016 08:15

gamey: May 17, 2009

Hello world!

Loooong time lurker, first time poster.

Dreams. Dreams happened.

# ? Feb 6, 2016 08:19

trucutru: Jul 9, 2003; by Fluffdaddy

Man trolling these idiots in reddit with my "slowing losing faith in SC" persona is getting harder. More and more often I think a have a good bite and, yeah, it is another goon doing his own trolling. gently caress you! I was there first. I bet you don't even get paid for it.

# ? Feb 6, 2016 08:19

SelenicMartian: Sep 14, 2013; Sometimes it's not the bomb that's retarded.

Kakarot posted:

The camera guy cut the video when they were supposed to do interpretive dance. He did it on purpose.

Right. How do we interpret Ben's dancing?

# ? Feb 6, 2016 08:20

Romes128: Dec 28, 2008; Fun Shoe

Goobs posted:

This is how I figure all Shitizens shower.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0CmET95mR3U

Fun starts at 1:25 ish. Enjoy.

Bruh

Why

# ? Feb 6, 2016 08:25

Romes128: Dec 28, 2008; Fun Shoe

SelenicMartian posted:

Right. How do we interpret Ben's dancing?

That his heart is still beating and he's still alive

# ? Feb 6, 2016 08:26

Kramjacks: Jul 5, 2007

Why the hell do you need a "handle", a "community moniker", and a login-id?

Why does the launcher look like a keygen for a pirated game.

Kramjacks fucked around with this message at 08:32 on Feb 6, 2016

# ? Feb 6, 2016 08:27

trucutru: Jul 9, 2003; by Fluffdaddy

Post package split: $45 for either Star Citizen or Squadron 42; can add-on the other for $15

quote:

[�]Rumpullpus 6 points 11 hours ago
that's more than fair IMO. $60 for two AAA games? that's a steal.

[�]124Peter124 9 points 8 hours ago
Well, it's really only one game, I think of it as GTA V singleplayer and Gta v online, sure, that's a terrible comparison but I think that's the idea

[�]kenpachi1Bounty Hunter 3 points 7 hours ago
I think it is more like 2 different games. It's like ESO and Skyrim (with much more depth). There is a huge open world MMO universe worth full price on one hand, and a huge, high budget, high fidelity universe for a single player on the other hand. With amazing voice actors and story, made by its own dev team in Manchester. I feel like it is actually 2 separate games

[�]xdownpourx 1 point 3 hours ago
Thats a lot to say before it is actually released. Sure if they follow up on all those things you just said it would be worth it, but for all we know the story could suck and the mmo could having boring quest design or something.

[�]Bribase 2 points 5 hours ago
I don't think that's the case at all. We're talking about 100+ systems in the PU and dozens of ships, mechanics and characters not featured in the campaign. In contrast, both game modes of GTA V takes place in a single city.

I think that theres good reasons to consider them distinct games despite the core mechanics of the FPS and space combat being the same.

# ? Feb 6, 2016 08:28

Mr.Tophat: Apr 7, 2007; You clearly don't understand joke development

They deserve everything that happens to them. The half-blind leading the blind leading the blind.

# ? Feb 6, 2016 08:35

1500: Nov 3, 2015; Give me all your crackers

FrankieGoes posted:

For those that haven't been following along on the CIG forums, Logical Chimp is a total retard with severe cognitive problems that is incapable of doing anything other than licking CIGs balls.

True story,

# ? Feb 6, 2016 08:37

NVB: Jan 23, 2010; Grimey Drawer

Starting to get harder & harder to keep catching up on the thread.

# ? Feb 6, 2016 08:42

Scruffpuff: Dec 23, 2015; Fidelity. Wait, was I'm working on again?

Star Citizen is a good way to become un-jaded about other PC games. During this continuing saga, I got bored and grabbed what many would consider to be a mediocre game: Dead Space 3. Let's see how it stacked up, and how comparing it to SC made an otherwise forgettable game enjoyable.

- Origin. In the past, I would not have considered installing that on my system. However, recent iterations have made it far more lightweight and unobtrusive. It has a very fast download and patching system as well, which makes it superior to SC's launcher. Suddenly it seemed the lesser of 2 evils. Point: EA

- Cutscenes. Fairly generic. Voice acting not particularly bad, story rather generic, no plot twists to speak of. A couple of gripping moments with side-characters. Nothing made me actively wince, which places it light-years ahead of anything Chris is capable of. Point: EA

- Stability. Game is a rock. I could play for hours straight. Zero crashes or lockups. Very low system requirements, was able to play with multiple other programs open at the same time, and alt-tabbing out constantly, which never compromised the stability of the game. In fact alt-tab auto-pauses as well. This is not even in the same pack with SC. Point: EA

- Gameplay. Same as the previous 2 games. Crafting your own weapons was a very nice touch - didn't realize how important it would be until doggedly sticking to my early weapons almost placed me in a state where I could not progress. The ability to choose everything about your guns is something I haven't seen before in a game, would be nice to see more games do this. Totally personalizes your FPS experience. Shotgun weapons do not crash the server. Point: EA

- EVA. The ability to attach magboots to surfaces lets you seamlessly toggle between free-floating in zero-g, and walking on a flat surface. Limited oxygen reserves add tension. EVA may be the only part of SC that feels right, but this does it better. You don't have to walk off a ledge to engage it. So close, but sorry SC... Point: EA

- Music. I liked some of it - brooding opening credits theme reminiscent of something I could not place. In contrast: the only music SC had crashed the launcher, so it was removed. Point: EA

- Graphics. Honestly they were about the same. Dead Space 3 was a bit blurrier overall, and far too dark in many places, despite that being the design. Just as many immersion animations. Star Citizen is sharper overall and makes for better screenshots. However, no head bob or motion blur in Dead Space, so point goes to EA.

I guess Chris Roberts is going to save PC gaming after all, by making us better appreciate everything else we already have.

Scruffpuff fucked around with this message at 08:48 on Feb 6, 2016

# ? Feb 6, 2016 08:45

1500: Nov 3, 2015; Give me all your crackers

phosdex posted:

so has anyone else been using this fly free weekend to create a fake account and then just downloading the game, deleting the files and repeating over and over? well I have. gigabit fiber, no bandwidth cap, and a vsphere server to do this over and over again. they may have denied my refund so I'll make them pay in bandwidth eventually.

# ? Feb 6, 2016 08:46

zecumbe: Oct 20, 2013; eat that dirt

Kakarot posted:

^^^ DONT WATCH THAT ^^^

Nice idea!!

Im going to try doing this with about 2-5 accounts on about 3 machines.

Maybe someone can set up a bot to do it automatically, sort of like our CS spammers

Nice, Im gonna get in on this too

Lets see what those shitizens do when CIG runs out of bandwidth

# ? Feb 6, 2016 08:50

grimcreaper: Jan 7, 2012

Goobs posted:

This is how I figure all Shitizens shower.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0CmET95mR3U

Fun starts at 1:25 ish. Enjoy.

Oh hell.. Maybe he just wants to save some time.. ...... ...

...

Welp, now she knows why poo poo smells come from the drain.

# ? Feb 6, 2016 08:50

Variable 5: Apr 17, 2007; We do these things not because they are easy, but because we thought they would be easy.; Grimey Drawer

phosdex posted:

so has anyone else been using this fly free weekend to create a fake account and then just downloading the game, deleting the files and repeating over and over? well I have. gigabit fiber, no bandwidth cap, and a vsphere server to do this over and over again. they may have denied my refund so I'll make them pay in bandwidth eventually.

I thought I was the only one doing this. I'm up to about 7TB a month (counting a bit of light Netflix usage) on my hidden still-unbanned alt.

# ? Feb 6, 2016 08:51

Sperglord: Feb 6, 2016

It would be beyond imagination if SA trolling was the cause of CIG building a patcher.

But it's probably true :yarg:

# ? Feb 6, 2016 08:55

Variable 5: Apr 17, 2007; We do these things not because they are easy, but because we thought they would be easy.; Grimey Drawer

Sperglord posted:

It would be beyond imagination if SA trolling was the cause of CIG building a patcher.

But it's probably true

Patcher won't help if there's a script that deletes the files as they're being downloaded.

Edit: I bet I can find a DD-WRT plugin that will corrupt certain data and force the patcher to retry incessantly.

Variable 5 fucked around with this message at 09:00 on Feb 6, 2016

# ? Feb 6, 2016 08:57

A Neurotic Jew: Feb 17, 2012; by exmarx

zecumbe posted:

Nice, Im gonna get in on this too

Lets see what those shitizens do when CIG runs out of bandwidth

# ? Feb 6, 2016 09:02

Jobbo_Fett: Mar 7, 2014; Slava Ukrayini; Clapping Larry

Vire posted:

These are the same people who cheered when C Roberts said gently caress giving dates anymore at his convention.

I remember one of the blizcons before SC2 dropped when they asked the audience if they should split the game into episodes and everyone cheered in reply.

Such enlightened times we live in

# ? Feb 6, 2016 09:02

Mr.Tophat: Apr 7, 2007; You clearly don't understand joke development

I'm tellin' y'all it's sabotage

Gotta scupper all those jpegs

# ? Feb 6, 2016 09:06

A Neurotic Jew: Feb 17, 2012; by exmarx

zecumbe what do you think about dolvak

# ? Feb 6, 2016 09:14

Mendrian: Jan 6, 2013

phosdex posted:

so has anyone else been using this fly free weekend to create a fake account and then just downloading the game, deleting the files and repeating over and over? well I have. gigabit fiber, no bandwidth cap, and a vsphere server to do this over and over again. they may have denied my refund so I'll make them pay in bandwidth eventually.

EDIT: I rescind my comment on the grounds that it might give stupid people ideas.

Mendrian fucked around with this message at 09:18 on Feb 6, 2016

# ? Feb 6, 2016 09:14

zecumbe: Oct 20, 2013; eat that dirt

A Neurotic Jew posted:

zecumbe what do you think about dolvak

Cant believe such fucksticks exist. Prime suicide material once this thing goes tits up. We really need to get more control of the subreddit, those fuckers are really insane.

# ? Feb 6, 2016 09:27