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How long until Amazon fires chris, I give it 6 months. The game will come out, but it won't be Star Citizen, it'll be a mobile generic fps or something like that I bet. edit : nah, grand theft auto in space, with add-ons, to really gouge the whales. Now that I think about it.
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Hi, hope you're all enjoying screaming at the computer game and the people who bought it. This post is just a quiet reminder for you to call or visit your parents, especially now that christmas is near. they love and care about you and would love to hear from their sons and daughters about how life is going, hobbies, friends etc.
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Dec 24, 2016 05:21
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Crash course in game development, specifically relating to Lumberyard for those interested in never falling foul of "you don't understand game development".  http://docs.aws.amazon.com/lumberyard/latest/developerguide/Lumberyard-intro.html I know Kung Fu. :matrix: I.N.R.I posted:hope you're all enjoying screaming at the computer game and the people who bought it. Very much so, thanks. Sabreseven fucked around with this message at 05:29 on Dec 24, 2016 |
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Dec 24, 2016 05:26
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Decrepus posted:I turned on the top SC stream and this happened immediately Physics.
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Dec 24, 2016 05:27
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Chrissy Misstmas everybody, and to all a Happy New Engine! I hope you will all join me in a cheering round of Silent Crash and Ding Dong Chris Is High. Lovely Joe Stalin fucked around with this message at 05:33 on Dec 24, 2016 |
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Dec 24, 2016 05:29
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God Rest You Merry, Starengine.
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Dec 24, 2016 05:34
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Goobs posted:That 70% who voted no will change their votes to yes once they read the newsletter of course. As a matter of fact the yes it is a good idea ratio is slowly climbing. I can't help but wonder why?
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Dec 24, 2016 05:35
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I Saw Three Ships (Come Glitching In). We could do a charity album.
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Dec 24, 2016 05:36
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Lovely Joe Stalin posted:Chrissy Misstmas everybody, and to all a Happy New Engine! *Sings* Crobbler yells, Lesnick smells, Starengine's gone away, Oh what fun it doesn't have, When it breaks every bloody day, Crashing through the code, With mushmouth being gay, Over the delayed dates we go, Failing all the way, It goes on, etc
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Dec 24, 2016 05:43
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A Neurotic Corncob posted:CIG dropping exclusives to German magazines again. These screenshots look great. I know they're about as real as any other photoshop, but it's the story they're trying to tell with them. I see these, and it looks like Mass Effect. Right down to the Archered not-mako crawler. Maybe that's who they see as the big target now? But if you see these, and I told you this was a space ship game, would you believe me? So... yeah. I guess it's just product confusion. I know none of those pictures will ever be realized, but they're trying to milk every avenue. I guess the new target is people excited for the new Mass Effect game. 
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Dec 24, 2016 05:45
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Bushmaori posted:As a matter of fact the yes it is a good idea ratio is slowly climbing. I can't help but wonder why? No poo poo... Mirificus posted:RSI Forum - February 16, 2016: Should CIG move to Lumberyard game engine? Now.. 
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Dec 24, 2016 05:48
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it's the gift that keeps on giving.
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Dec 24, 2016 05:51
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O Starcitizen of wonder, star of night Star with JPEG beauty bright Backer misleading, release receding Guide us to thy Buggy Shite
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Dec 24, 2016 05:53
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I.N.R.I posted:Hi, hope you're all enjoying screaming at the computer game and the people who bought it. This post is just a quiet reminder for you to call or visit your parents, especially now that christmas is near. they love and care about you and would love to hear from their sons and daughters about how life is going, hobbies, friends etc. Hi I.N.R.I., it is already Christmas Eve here in Australia, and I am over at my mum's place helping her make the pavlova for the family get together today.  As you can see, it's coming along quite nicely, and if you're careful you can just catch her reflection next to me. I hope that you take some time off from screaming at a thread on a comedy forum devoted to laughing at stupid poo poo on the Internet, because they are laughing at stupid poo poo on the Internet in a manner that you do not approve of, and give your mum and dad a big hug for me.
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Dec 24, 2016 05:57
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Breetai posted:Hi I.N.R.I., it is already Christmas Eve here in Australia
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Dec 24, 2016 06:01
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CrazyTolradi posted:I wouldn't be surprised if there was a deal with Amazon where they are essentially now the publishers of the game. Watch Shitizens try to adopt that into their narrative. I honestly cannot see an upside for Amazon in this other than an outright licence for the engine. There's no way I can believe Amazon would put money into this, given the history.
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Dec 24, 2016 06:03
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Jingle Bells Chris' story smells His hair is a toupee The project has lost its wheels The funds did they mislay
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Dec 24, 2016 06:06
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The engine switch finally did it. My co-worker who's in for at least 2k (that he'll admit to) asked me how to start the refund process. He's lost all faith in CIG.
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Dec 24, 2016 06:08
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CrazyTolradi posted:Don't melt tomorrow, commando. Pfft, it's only 35.7C/96F here in Adelaide (known for its wine region, churches, and essentially being the world's largest country town) and tomorrow's going to be a balmy, stimpirial 40C/104F, so as long as I remember to bring a bottle of water while I doxx my parents and send death threats to my other relatives (it's an Australian thing) it'll be fine.
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Dec 24, 2016 06:10
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Breetai posted:Pfft, it's only 35.7C/96F here in Adelaide (known for its wine region, churches, and essentially being the world's largest country town) and tomorrow's going to be a balmy, stimpirial 40C/104F, so as long as I remember to bring a bottle of water while I doxx my parents and send death threats to my other relatives (it's an Australian thing) it'll be fine.
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Dec 24, 2016 06:14
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So wow. Engine switch. They just entered development hell again, not that they ever left. I suppose this may be due to a few things: 1: StarEngine was a complete mess, and the only people smart enough to work with it jumped ship a long time ago. 1a: Chris thinks Amazon agents will do all the hard parts now. 2: With crytech going under, nobody on the CIG team was smart enough to further develop their engine. 2a: Amazon will be smart enough to pull CryEngine together again. 3: Bought by Amazon, keeps it secret for now. 3a: Chris can't finish a game without somebody good coming in to save it from him. In any case, I think it's funny that they changed engines from one flavor of CryEngine to another flavor of CryEngine instead of do something smart like switch to Unreal Engine. But I'm guessing the guys at Epic actually expect developers to do their own work, and since CIG can't handle anything more than basic modding, Amazon suggested they'd be happy to help with engine issues if they use Lumberyard. I think this move is bad, and I think it's happening primarily because CIG lost all relevant skill, so has no choice but to rely on outside help to save them from themselves. I'm curious how long Amazon will allow their guys to be treated like bitches before they either abort or just buy CIG out and finish the project. I'm surprised Amazon is willing to do this for CIG.
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Dec 24, 2016 06:15
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So, if the transition was ongoing during the year (or the last few months), it could be that their jesus 3.0 promised build was always intented to be worked on Lumberyard. Of course the GamesCom demo was fake, but the plans were to develop it on the new engine, hence all the gaming-is-saved features. And maybe the transition for SQ4 is still ongoing (and introducing hard to overcome difficulties as the leaked unusable motion capture data), which is why they show nothing of it. Because they don't want to show stuff with their old engine anymore. At this point they are resetting most of their custom work or else they have broken stuff on the new engine. And the broken, half baked 2.6 is supposedly running on Lumberyard, which is probably why 2.5 broke the minute they released 2.6 builds to PTU... There is ofcourse NO WAY the two engines are as compatible as the claim to be. That is the common bullshit they feed you in this type of situation, while their offices are actually on fire. Yes, it is a smart move to switch to a better engine (with console support and VR support... no idea about the 64bit fidelity dreams). Early in development. Not this late. This has written development hell and disaster all over it. However, if Citizens manage to justify the ongoing press shitstorm and be ok with it, it will buy time for CIG. I see no positive logical outcome, but this is a proper cult we are talking about, so it could always go that way...
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Dec 24, 2016 06:16
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AP posted:A possible reason for this could be that breaking a NDA might not concern you that much if you think CIG won't be around long. But leaking something that pisses both CIG & Amazon off might be a bit more risky. I can agree with this. CIG may be a lol, but I would not toy around with Amazon even a little tiny bit.
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Dec 24, 2016 06:17
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The Titanic posted:So wow. Engine switch. They just entered development hell again, not that they ever left. How long until they make Chris Roberts do a promo commercial for Lumberyard where he talks about fidelity.
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Dec 24, 2016 06:20
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Lime Tonics posted:How long until Amazon fires chris, I give it 6 months. turning derek into the jealous ex-girlfriend
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Dec 24, 2016 06:22
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Decrepus posted:I turned on the top SC stream and this happened immediately It's moments like these that remind me how disappointed I am that we won't ever get to experience backers feeling grief with their javelins and idrises exploding (because this piece of poo poo will never come out).
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Dec 24, 2016 06:24
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Sappo569 posted:Straight from the new privacy policy This is hilarious. The backers are going to get overrun by targeted Amazon ads without even knowing it's happening probably.
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DigitalMocking posted:The engine switch finally did it. My co-worker who's in for at least 2k (that he'll admit to) asked me how to start the refund process. He's lost all faith in CIG. Yessssss.
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DigitalMocking posted:The engine switch finally did it. My co-worker who's in for at least 2k (that he'll admit to) asked me how to start the refund process. He's lost all faith in CIG. 
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Dec 24, 2016 06:35
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I bet some mark in Amazon's Game Department fell for the same bullshit tricks that Chris has been using since the Wing Commander days. Meanwhile CIG will use this to justify further delays as they slowly reveal new problems that they now get to blame on Amazon.
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Dec 24, 2016 06:41
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LOL my friend's defense is "any engine can be shaped into a game, we did it with Vega Strike...I know because I worked on it and understand game development". Keep in mind he didn't actually program anything major, that was done by a whole bunch of other people in a project that got abandoned ten years ago. But according to him it just needs some love to magically upgrade it into the latest OpenGL and they'll have everything Star Citizen has and more!
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I guess those 3.0 screenshots may make more sense now. Assuming they knew about lumberyard, I'm pretty certain it lacks the extreme level of bullshit CIG built into it that basically destroyed it. So... out of the box CryEngine. You got your FPS and your jeep car again. 3.0 features FPS action and a mako car on a planet. Not far fetched at all, and it'll look pretty with 300 artists. All the coding should be back to reading CryEngine tutorials again. Unfortunately the dream of Star Citizen is totally hosed. I hope the backers like their dreams with tons of targeted ads. 
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Breetai posted:Hi I.N.R.I., it is already Christmas Eve here in Australia, and I am over at my mum's place helping her make the pavlova for the family get together today. Doxing your own mother on Christmas eve. This thread has really hit a new low.
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Dec 24, 2016 06:47
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Wait, I just skipped a bunch of pages. Am I really reading this right. CIG got scooped up by Bezos somehow and theres an engine switch involved? Whats this lumberyard?
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Decrepus posted:How long until they make Chris Roberts do a promo commercial for Lumberyard where he talks about fidelity. Knowing how much Chris loves videos, I'm willing to bet they already have one ready to go, or at least in finalizing stages. I hope everybody who was so defending StarEngine feels like a tool now.
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Dec 24, 2016 06:49
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Beer4TheBeerGod posted:I bet some mark in Amazon's Game Department fell for the same bullshit tricks that Chris has been using since the Wing Commander days. Meanwhile CIG will use this to justify further delays as they slowly reveal new problems that they now get to blame on Amazon. Amazon gets an amazing sucker list plus an army of social media shills, along with CIG's AWS fees. Amazon gives CIG nothing but access to a thing they've explicitly set up as a "free with purchase" way of getting AWS customers in the door. The only downside I see for Amazon is the embarrassment of being associated with this clowncar.
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Hobold posted:Wait, I just skipped a bunch of pages. Am I really reading this right. CIG got scooped up by Bezos somehow and theres an engine switch involved? Whats this lumberyard? It's where the corpse of StarEngine has been buried.
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https://twitter.com/DavidSwofford/status/812333624561385476 https://twitter.com/DavidSwofford/status/812453055228772352 https://twitter.com/DavidSwofford/status/812461327402864640
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Marketing hitting it hard. Starting to wonder how much Amazon owns now. Is this stage 1 of Star Citizen eventually coming out as a lovely arena shooter with Chris neutered from the project?
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The Titanic posted:I guess those 3.0 screenshots may make more sense now. Assuming they knew about lumberyard, I'm pretty certain it lacks the extreme level of bullshit CIG built into it that basically destroyed it. and of course arena commander, star marine, and the pu will be "disabled to focus on testing planets 2.0"
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