Star Citizen: Death of a Space Thread?

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Lack of Gravitas: Oct 11, 2012; Grimey Drawer

trucutru posted:

These guys never fail to crack me up.

Tonight, on I dream of SC:

The background economy is so detailed that you could blockade a station, and as the siege becomes prolonged the procedural generator will actually begin to change what meals are available in the cafeteria, as rationing takes ahold. This also gives more profit opportunities for smugglers and black marketeers who can supply the beseiged station with the supplies it needs.

# ? May 16, 2017 08:29

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# ? May 30, 2024 20:58

AbstractNapper: Jun 5, 2011; I can help

What the hell is a golden ticket holder?

I like one comment that writes

quote:

This is what happens when you become more emotionally invested in the whole ship buying meta than the actual game itself

And ideally they'd be right. Except CIG's sole focus was and arguably still is the marketing (with ship sales and concept ships) and milking of backers without any serious thought (or progress) about the final game.

There is no game, and being "emotionally invested in SC" at this point means being delirious, dreaming up features that you (must) know won't ever appear in the game.

# ? May 16, 2017 08:33

phosdex: Dec 16, 2005

no_recall posted:

Sure.

e: by Ryan Archer.

Not a Hot Dog

# ? May 16, 2017 08:33

trucutru: Jul 9, 2003; by Fluffdaddy

no_recall posted:

Sure.

e: by Ryan Archer.

That's not procedurally generated you silly goon cuntifas!

Sometimes there is also very sad stuff in that subreddit:

And now that :pgabz:

is not posting videos anymore they have nobody to give them some views. Think of these poor people your :argh:

cat.

# ? May 16, 2017 08:33

Lack of Gravitas: Oct 11, 2012; Grimey Drawer

This won't quite be ready for 3.0, though, but hopefully we'll see it in 3.1

# ? May 16, 2017 08:33

Tokamak: Dec 22, 2004

Mu77ley posted:

You can also tell he's a complete amateur because he takes his hands off the keyboard and uses the mouse to select something...

Oh, you are one of those people... :getout:

# ? May 16, 2017 09:01

Tippis: Mar 21, 2008; It's yet another day in the wasteland.

thatguy posted:

Really though, how do you gently caress up playing audio files?

Let Chris code his own rather than use existing drop-in code.

# ? May 16, 2017 09:02

Tijuana Bibliophile: Dec 30, 2008; Scratchmo

Hello janssendalt I know you're reading this

I'm happy to hear you came to your senses and that your final drop fell before the bank run

o7

# ? May 16, 2017 09:37

MeLKoR: Dec 23, 2004; by FactsAreUseless

Dementropy posted:

CIG has $150 million, maybe they should hire someone to direct their marketing so they wouldn't be dependent on advice from their customers on how run their business.

# ? May 16, 2017 09:40

MeLKoR: Dec 23, 2004; by FactsAreUseless

BTW, did everyone forget about the scanning mechanics? We've never heard anything about it again other than "of course the final implementation won't be a golfswing, that would be stupid" and then crickets and tumbleweeds. What was it? A year ago? Surely it's finished and will be included in 3.0. It's still coming next month, right?

# ? May 16, 2017 09:58

AbstractNapper: Jun 5, 2011; I can help

I had this question around last year's GamesCom, but maybe it was too early for a proper answer.

Has any third party played the early secret 3.0 demo, or had a hands-on with the other one with the glitchy sandworm, even if it had been with someone from CIG present in the same room controlling and explaining what the player can and can't do?

Isn't it typical for playable demos (even if they don't represent the final state) to, you know, be actually played by others ("gaming press" people usually) rather than only by the thumb-person that clearly faked playing them on stage?

# ? May 16, 2017 10:24

Xaerael: Aug 25, 2010; Marching Powder is objectively the worst poster known. He also needs to learn how a keyboard works.

AbstractNapper posted:

I had this question around last year's GamesCom, but maybe it was too early for a proper answer.

Has any third party played the early secret 3.0 demo, or had a hands-on with the other one with the glitchy sandworm, even if it had been with someone from CIG present in the same room controlling and explaining what the player can and can't do?

Isn't it typical for playable demos (even if they don't represent the final state) to, you know, be actually played by others ("gaming press" people usually) rather than only by the thumb-person that clearly faked playing them on stage?

Ben Lesnick, Developer, has played the game start to finish and unlocked all the sex scenes.

# ? May 16, 2017 11:12

Sillybones: Aug 10, 2013; go away,
spooky skeleton,
go away

I literally cried when I play tested SQ42. I know a lot of it has changed since then, but it is still an experience that I will have with me for the rest of my life.

3.0 made me poo poo my pants. In a good way.

# ? May 16, 2017 11:40

vyst: Aug 25, 2009

I bet Croberts still has a soundblaster 16 card

# ? May 16, 2017 12:35

mrchinchin25: Apr 14, 2012; Dat BDSSE

It would be interesting if someone with more patience and time on their hands took the standard "long game development time graph" and mapped out the first point the gaming press were shown or played the game, to compare to this travesty of a AAAA game we haven't even seen a trailer for.

Or even when the first vertical slice was shown of a few of the long running ones.

Although vertical slice to me is a kind of cake, now I'm hungry.

# ? May 16, 2017 12:52

notoriousman: Nov 18, 2007; I'M AWARE I'M
AN IDIOT

phosdex posted:

Not a Hot Dog

oobie
tar itize

# ? May 16, 2017 13:02

Dementropy: Aug 23, 2010

# ? May 16, 2017 13:30

Tijuana Bibliophile: Dec 30, 2008; Scratchmo

mrchinchin25 posted:

It would be interesting if someone with more patience and time on their hands took the standard "long game development time graph" and mapped out the first point the gaming press were shown or played the game, to compare to this travesty of a AAAA game we haven't even seen a trailer for.

Or even when the first vertical slice was shown of a few of the long running ones.

Although vertical slice to me is a kind of cake, now I'm hungry.

I'll get right on that, oh and then I'll get on reddit to hear which fallacy Mothman's wikipedia'd and wishes to accuse me of, and why I might just read every issue of Jump Point after that, just to make sure I don't drown in that 'will to live' thing

# ? May 16, 2017 13:30

Hav: Dec 11, 2009; Fun Shoe

Jonny Nox posted:

Game was supposed to support ASIO drivers at one point for

Reasons.

Lag.

Seriously. They were worried that the normal API was going to add tens of milliseconds of lag to Star Marine and this wouldn't make it viable for esports.

Reminder that the 'physics' model has a top speed.

# ? May 16, 2017 13:34

Hav: Dec 11, 2009; Fun Shoe

MeLKoR posted:

It's still coming next month, right?

Next month-ish, Commando.

# ? May 16, 2017 13:35

thatguy: Feb 5, 2003

jassen is one of the original spergs. It will be exciting to see how his refund goes.

# ? May 16, 2017 13:36

In One Ear: Apr 25, 2017

thatguy posted:

jassen is one of the original spergs. It will be exciting to see how his refund goes.

CIG seem to just be pushing them through as usual, based on recent convos I've had with friends who exited.

Wasn't much of a hassle, but they weren't as deep as Jassen

# ? May 16, 2017 13:37

Virtual Captain: Feb 20, 2017; Archive Priest of the Stimperial Order

Star Citizen Good, in all things forevermore. Amen.

notoriousman posted:

Dementropy posted:

Update:

Reminds me of this beauty.

quote:

It's a lot of fun to read these forums and see people crack. For some it's almost instantaneous, some people takes weeks or months, and some people can hang on for years. However, there comes a time when they simply run out of patience. The voices in their head start telling them, "You've waiting long enough...It's past the time when you should have gotten what you're entitled to."

For what seems like a long time they've ignored them. They'd pushed back saying, "No, it's Alpha. No, the are working on the back-end processes. No, games take a very long time to build. No, CiG is innovating and bringing something completely new to the table." However, these self-reassurances lose their potency, and the negative voices start becoming stronger and stronger.

Finally it's too much. The click the "New Discussion" they post the words the voices are telling them. While they are typing they think they have figured it out. They think, "Now that I'm no longer blinded by hope, I've got to tell the rest of the forum to abandon theirs." They think they finally have the timing and the message that the forum has been ignoring for all this time.

And then this is what we get. A pathetic cry for help by someone who's patience has finally run out. Someone who has lost their 'vision.' "It's taken too long." they shout, "We have no progress." "I should already be playing the game."

The stoic just watch, sadly, as they see one of their ranks fall. They make some feeble attempts to reclaim their lost brother, but they know it's futile. Soon they turn back to their vigil. They keep their eyes locked on the goal that seems distant, but HAS to be inching ever closer. They trod the daily content with their feet hoping to squeeze out evidence of progress and glimmers of what's to come.

# ? May 16, 2017 13:39

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

Can't wait to get my refund as an original golden ticket backer...

# ? May 16, 2017 13:39

Sunswipe: Feb 5, 2016; by Fluffdaddy

AP posted:

https://twitter.com/discolando/status/859587333418606592

The caption for this should surely be something like "As you can see, the hostages are alive and well. How long this remains true depends on how... reasonable you are prepared to be."

# ? May 16, 2017 13:53

big nipples big life: May 12, 2014

notoriousman posted:

oobie
tar itize

# ? May 16, 2017 14:06

Berious: Nov 13, 2005

notoriousman posted:

oobie
tar itize

I can't laugh about 0 REMAINING now the Doghouse is gone IRL :cry:

# ? May 16, 2017 14:08

Berious: Nov 13, 2005

AP posted:

https://twitter.com/discolando/status/859587333418606592

"after hours"

# ? May 16, 2017 14:09

Berious: Nov 13, 2005

Dementropy posted:

Update:

Uncle Derek forgives your sins. Refund in peace, citizen

# ? May 16, 2017 14:12

Berious: Nov 13, 2005

Yeah I just quad posted pure white noise :whatup:

# ? May 16, 2017 14:13

A Neurotic Corncob: Nov 12, 2016; A light wind swept over the corn, and all nature laughed in the sunshine.

Dementropy posted:

Update:

https://forums.somethingawful.com/showthread.php?threadid=3748466&userid=214917

:cawg:

# ? May 16, 2017 14:26

Mr Fronts: Jan 31, 2016; Yo! The Mafia supports you. But don't tell no one. Spread the word.

Virtual Captain posted:

Reminds me of this beauty.

Also the one that went like:

...and we'll look down and whisper, "no".

e: Catte doxxe

Mr Fronts fucked around with this message at 14:36 on May 16, 2017

# ? May 16, 2017 14:27

Virtual Captain: Feb 20, 2017; Archive Priest of the Stimperial Order

Star Citizen Good, in all things forevermore. Amen.

A Neurotic Corncob posted:

https://forums.somethingawful.com/showthread.php?threadid=3748466&userid=214917

lol

# ? May 16, 2017 14:27

Hav: Dec 11, 2009; Fun Shoe

Berious posted:

Yeah I just quad posted pure white noise

Always never not be not posting.

# ? May 16, 2017 14:36

chochmah: Sep 27, 2015

tak posted:

Neither of those use uninitialized variables though. The first one initializes them twice

Winter Stormer posted:

Tell me more.

Edit: If you mean that neither one attempts to read uninitialized variables, then yeah, okay.

For clarification I'm talking about C/C++ not C# etc.

Check: http://en.cppreference.com/w/cpp/language/default_initialization

quote:

The effects of default initialization [of an object type T] are:

if T is a non-POD (until C++11) class type, the constructors are considered and subjected to overload resolution against the empty argument list. The constructor selected (which is one of the default constructors) is called to provide the initial value for the new object;

if T is an array type, every element of the array is default-initialized;

otherwise, nothing is done: the objects with automatic storage duration (and their subobjects) are initialized to indeterminate values.

Can also be found in http://www.open-std.org/jtc1/sc22/wg21/docs/papers/2013/n3690.pdf

Edit: I verified that with the debugger and had a look at the assembly so I'm reasonably certain (VC++).

chochmah fucked around with this message at 14:40 on May 16, 2017

# ? May 16, 2017 14:36

MilesK: Nov 5, 2015

The Titanic posted:

This guy knows how to write a bug report CIG will take care of asap! Expect at least 4 paragraphs about this fix in the next 30gb patch.

Also probably a YouTube video with green screen developers "investigating" this huge bug for like 12 weeks. It's gonna delay 3.0 and bump some expected features, but it's worth it.