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peter gabriel
Nov 8, 2011

Hello Commandos

I.N.R.I posted:

It's christmas soon so it has christmas decorations on it

Very festive, Merry Christmas :)

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AP
Jul 12, 2004

One Ring to fool them all
One Ring to find them
One Ring to milk them all
and pockets fully line them
Grimey Drawer

ManofManyAliases posted:

I mean, other companies have done this for pre-alpha and alpha testing.

A system to mess with patch notes to product a unique sample for each tester for tracing purposes would actually be more complicated to put together than their current patcher which just downloads a new version of everything.

Oleyo
Mar 28, 2016

alf_pogs posted:



derek does not like pizza

one of the mods has a dog

sometimes, they post cats

Derek's car... *looks at notes* ...is grey.

e: Wow, just realized how far behind I am... this scene just makes me laugh. Back to the past, Doc, to pick up hot Jennifer 1, not lame Elisabeth Shue Jenifer 2...

Rad Russian
Aug 15, 2007

Soviet Power Supreme!

Ol Cactus Dick posted:

TESO randomly flashed your email address all over the screen to catch people leaking screenshots during the alpha.

Did TESO advertise "most open development ever" and was it funded by the players themselves? I would find it preposterous if any kickstarters or early-access games that I take part in tried to out testers somehow. Or run super secret backer club tests that are not accessible to other people who PAID MONEY TO BE IN THE ALPHA. Like wtf?

big nipples big life
May 12, 2014

Rad Russian posted:

Did TESO advertise "most open development ever" and was it funded by the players themselves? I would find it preposterous if any kickstarters or early-access games that I take part in tried to out testers somehow. Or run super secret backer club tests that are not accessible to other people who PAID MONEY TO BE IN THE ALPHA. Like wtf?



I don't think CIG is competent enough to pull anything like that off, I was just saying that companies will do stuff to catch specific people breaking NDA. Something else I was a tester for did something similar but I don't remember what game it was.

Blue On Blue
Nov 14, 2012

Lots of games do stuff across the screen. Battlefield closed betas always is a good example

But they don't modify each individual persons copy the lol

That's just ridiculous

Eldragon
Feb 22, 2003

ManofManyAliases posted:

I mean, other companies have done this for pre-alpha and alpha testing.

But I thought CIG wasn't like other companies and would be the most open development ever? "Warts and all"?

Instead they have decided to have three layers of alpha to prevent the general public from knowing what is going on.

I see nothing wrong with slowly rolling each version out to a select group of backers; if for no other reason to keep the bug reporting from turning into a tidal wave, but putting some testers under NDA is the most hilariously stupid move for an open development game. The only thing sadder is the fact that SC superfans are so desperate to kiss CIG's rear end they help crack down on the leaks.

Tokyo Sexwale
Jul 30, 2003

it's always a healthy sign when a company treats information access like the Stasi while touting 'open development'

DapperDon
Sep 7, 2016

That is some real MVP poo poo right there.

AP
Jul 12, 2004

One Ring to fool them all
One Ring to find them
One Ring to milk them all
and pockets fully line them
Grimey Drawer
Star Marine screenshot, spoiler warning.

Malachite_Dragon
Mar 31, 2010

Weaving Merry Christmas magic

Ol Cactus Dick posted:

are christmas decorations invisible where you come from?

As is the possibility that some people, while you might share DNA with them, don't deserve to be called 'family'.

orcinus
Feb 25, 2016

Fun Shoe

I.N.R.I posted:

Hi everyone, hope you're all having a light hearted and emotionally balanced day. Just a quick reminder to call or visit your parents wherever possible, because they love and care about you and would love to hear from you

What's with the broken avatar?

A Neurotic Corncob
Nov 12, 2016

A light wind swept over the corn, and all nature laughed in the sunshine.

AP posted:

Star Marine screenshot, spoiler warning.



:eyepop:

orcinus
Feb 25, 2016

Fun Shoe

ManofManyAliases posted:

Also, StarMarine is technically in the build:

"Data/Levels/FPSModule/FPS_Demien/level.pak",
"Data/Levels/FPSModule/FPS_Echo11/level.pak",
"Data/Levels/FPSModule/FPS_Loadout/level.pak",
"Data/Levels/FPSModule/FPS_Loadout/terraintexture.pak",

However, the actualy FPS StarMarine is not ready for testing in this first evocati build. It'll come though.

StarMarine is also technically in Library of Babel.

nawledgelambo
Nov 8, 2016

Immersion chariot

DapperDon posted:

Nothing cracks me up more than when these broken twats have to parse every sentence out like this in their attempt to dissect it to get their pedantic narrative shoehorned in. I like to read these as if I am watching an actual conversation and wonder just how long that would take before someone just slapped one of these spergs with an open hand right across their mouth.

He was actually trying to e-fight me. I defeated him on the reddit battlefield by simple word attrition. It's exhausting putting myself through the mental strain of arguing with the equivalent of a Scientologist.

With that being said, hey MoMA, how's the Caterpillar?

Beet Wagon
Oct 19, 2015





lol someone is mad at /r/starcitizen_leaks

Tokyo Sexwale
Jul 30, 2003

Star Citizen: is also mostly buzllshit

DapperDon
Sep 7, 2016

nawledgelambo posted:

He was actually trying to e-fight me. I defeated him on the reddit battlefield by simple word attrition. It's exhausting putting myself through the mental strain of arguing with the equivalent of a Scientologist.

With that being said, hey MoMA, how's the Caterpillar?

You're doing God's Derek's work son.

Harold Stassen
Jan 24, 2016

ManofManyAliases posted:

The patch notes are tailored to different people involved in the evocati. There are minuscule changes in the text, copy and content designed to lead to those who leak the notes. Same goes for evocati test builds.
There is also a red dye in the PU that is activated by leaks. Heh, wrap it up leakers :dukedog:

Maw
Feb 18, 2013

Mere minutes after discovering the new technology, it was used to send me a crude ASCII dong.


I.N.R.I posted:

It's christmas soon so it has christmas decorations on it

This is good and cool imo merry Christmas to you and your family

DapperDon
Sep 7, 2016

Beet Wagon posted:

lol someone is mad at /r/starcitizen_leaks



Harold Stassen
Jan 24, 2016

AbstractNapper posted:

Weren't they supposed to release a new patcher or launcher or update tool whatever, to allow people to download only the needed data for the patch instead of 30 GBs or so every time?

Is this happening for 2.6 or...?

This is already in the game. Clearly you are like a child who wants his candy and wants it now. I'll spare you the embarrassment of calling you out for not knowing anything about game development.

Also, why is this an issue?

ManofManyAliases
Mar 21, 2016
ToastOfManySmarts


Can't post for 3 hours!

nawledgelambo posted:

He was actually trying to e-fight me. I defeated him on the reddit battlefield by simple word attrition. It's exhausting putting myself through the mental strain of arguing with the equivalent of a Scientologist.

With that being said, hey MoMA, how's the Caterpillar?

Broken

Winter Stormer
Oct 17, 2012
Like, I knew that CryENGINE was an FPS engine, but I hadn't realized that the CryENGINE 3 SDK literally had tutorials for how to set up and run multiplayer deathmatches with 32 players right out of the box

I thought I couldn't be any more underwhelmed by CIG's almost achievement with Star Marine, but here we are

Colostomy Bag
Jan 11, 2016

:lesnick: C-Bangin' it :lesnick:

God darn filthy leakers.

Tijuana Bibliophile
Dec 30, 2008

Scratchmo

AP posted:

Star Marine screenshot, spoiler warning.



I can't wait for Data/Levels/SQ42/SQ42_Cutscenes/Pusher_Romance.pak

D_Smart
May 11, 2010

by FactsAreUseless
College Slice

Tokamak posted:

Strange that no one has posted the patch notes, or there has been much chatter about the FPS stuff (or really any other part of the patch). Citizens love to feel like insiders, and having special access to stuff (even MOMA does it). So you'd think one of them would be only too happy to let us know how much fun they are having and what we are missing out on. Even if it's only to gloat over the Derek and the doubters. I guess we will see in two weeks, if we are any closer to release. It will be quite a test of faith.

That's because i) it's shite ii) there is no Star Marine - like at all

For a $137 million project that likes to tout "openness", it's interesting that since 2.6 was released to Evocati yesterday, backers have no clue what's in it. Particularly it doesn't contain Star Marine; and CIG never even mentioned it.

Meanwhile, some backers are spreading false rumors that it is released.....just because they claim to have seen some file assets in the download. :D

CrazyLoon
Aug 10, 2015

"..."

okay, I give up, where's this from?

Oleyo
Mar 28, 2016

Paramemetic posted:

CHORUS:
PC Gaming was in trouble
What a sad, sad story
Needed an old hero to restore
It's former glory
Where, oh where was he?
Who could that man be?
We looked back and then we found
The whiz kid from the nineties

LEAD TENOR KICKSTARTER:
And now it's
Springtime for Roberts and CIG!
Backers are happy and gay!
We're coding at a faster pace!
To save the PC master race!
Springtime for Roberts and CIG!
Spacegames are ace games once more!
Springtime for Roberts and CIG!
Watch out, consoles!
We're not doing a port!
Springtime for Roberts and CIG!

CHORUS:
Look! It's springtime!

LEAD TENOR KICKSTARTER:
Winter for Frontier's Elite!

CHORUS AND KICKSTARTER:
Springtime for Roberts and CIG!

CHORUS:
Springtime! Springtime!
Springtime! Springtime!
Springtime! Springtime!
Springtime! Springtime!

KICKSTARTER:
Come on backers! Go into your dance!

KICKSTARTER "KARL":
I account in Rhineland-Pfalz and that is why they call me Karl!

KICKSTARTER "LETHALITY":
Don't be stupid like a Smarty! My spaceship's worth a Ferrari!

SANDI:
The Director is coming! The Director is coming! The Director is coming!

KICKSTARTER 1:
Hail Chairman!

KICKSTARTER 2:
Hail Chairman!

LEAD TENOR KICKSTARTER:
Hail Chairman!
Springtime for Roberts and Germany!

ALL:
Hail Chairman!

ROBERTS:
Hail myself!
Hail to me!
I'm the guy
Who's out to change PC gaming!
Hail myself!
Raise your hand!
There's no greater director in the land!
Everything I do, I do for you!

CHORUS:
Yes, you do!

ROBERTS:
If you're looking for mocapture, here's a janitor or two!
Hail myself!
Raise your wallet!

CHORUS:
Jawohl!

ROBERTS:
Every cash-packed stacked whale backer stand and pledge!

CHORUS:
We're in!
Every cash-packed stacked whale backer!

ROBERTS:
Hail myself!

CHORUS:
Every cash-packed stacked whale backer!

ROBERTS:
Stand and pledge!

THE WHALE-LOs:
The Chairman is causing a hubbub!
He's got those JPEGs all for sale!
You gotta love that potato one!
The Chairman is causing a hubbub!
They can't say "no" to what's on offer!
They're pouring cash into his coffers!
He's got demos to silence scoffers!
The Chairman is causing a hubbub!

ROBERTS:
I just made a Wing Commander
Then didn't deliver Freelancer
Got a phone call from Kickstarter
Told me I was Chairman!
PC Gamers were blue
What, oh what to do?
Called up ol' Ortwin
And raised a few million
Now backers are smiling through!

SANDI:
Challenge Tap! Challenge Tap!
Chris Roberts digs a challenge tap!
Bring out Braben to hear the news!
The fact is Squadron 42 cannot lose!
Cos' Mr. R

ROBERTS:
Who is that?

SANDI:
Mr. R.

ROBERTS:
That's me!

SANDI:
Is wearing his turtleneck!

BRABEN:
I am Braben!
Soon you'll be laden!

HICKMAN:
I am Hickman!
Mass Effect's here to stay!

ROBERTS:
It ain't no myst'ry
If it's politics or hist'ry
The thing you gotta know is
All I do is showbiz!
Hail myself!
Watch my movie!
I'm the gaming Stanley Kubrik!
Don'tcha know
We're crossing genres
Full motion video is here!
Make a great big smile
'Cause these cutscenes take a while!
Hail to me!
And now it's. . .

CHORUS:
Springtime for Roberts and CIG!
T-pose' the new pose today!

ROBERTS:
Springtime! Motion capture!

CHORUS MEN:
Procedural birds in the skies again!

CHORUS:
CIG's on the rise again!

ROBERTS & CHORUS:
Springtime for Roberts and CIG!
U-boat-like spaceships once more!
Springtime for Roberts and CIG!

ROBERTS:
Means that!

CHORUS:
Soon we'll be going!

ROBERTS:
We've got to be going!

CHORUS:
You know we'll be going!

ROBERTS:
Two weeks we'll be going!

ROBERTS:
To Monaco!

CHORUS:
WHAT!?

Edit for music

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YlQfW9oK1G4

This is wonderful.

Cao Ni Ma
May 25, 2010



Lol so SM isn't ready for testing yet and the cat is also horribly broken. What's left for 2.6 then that isn't ui poo poo? The flight rework which they are still working on.

Good job cig after like a month after the 2.5x test you were able to push out some ui maybe.

D1E
Nov 25, 2001


D_Smart posted:

That's because i) it's shite ii) there is no devastating blog - like at all

orcinus
Feb 25, 2016

Fun Shoe

I.N.R.I posted:

It's christmas soon so it has christmas decorations on it

Weird, was a broken link for me.

Colostomy Bag
Jan 11, 2016

:lesnick: C-Bangin' it :lesnick:

D_Smart posted:

That's because i) it's shite ii) there is no Star Marine - like at all

For a $137 million project that likes to tout "openness", it's interesting that since 2.6 was released to Evocati yesterday, backers have no clue what's in it. Particularly it doesn't contain Star Marine; and CIG never even mentioned it.

Meanwhile, some backers are spreading false rumors that it is released.....just because they claim to have seen some file assets in the download. :D

Some of it sounds legit, like that part where they made the <USE> button more obnoxious than before. That sounds real.

Truga
May 4, 2014
Lipstick Apathy

Tijuana Bibliophile posted:

I can't wait for Data/Levels/SQ42/SQ42_Cutscenes/Pusher_Romance.pak

Already in the game.

Harold Stassen
Jan 24, 2016

Beet Wagon posted:

lol someone is mad at /r/starcitizen_leaks



Emidiantly

I'm ded, jim

orcinus
Feb 25, 2016

Fun Shoe

Beet Wagon posted:

lol someone is mad at /r/starcitizen_leaks



Star Citizen: is also mostly buzllshit

e: poo poo, ninja'd

Beet Wagon
Oct 19, 2015





Star Citizen: Remove it emidiantly !

D_Smart
May 11, 2010

by FactsAreUseless
College Slice

Fatkraken posted:

are more people getting refunds because CIG is getting huge cash injections from new suckers?

Yes. Pyramid scheme pretty much.

nawledgelambo
Nov 8, 2016

Immersion chariot

Imagine that

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Mirificus
Oct 29, 2004

Kings need not raise their voices to be heard

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