Star Citizen: Death of a Space Thread?

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starkebn: May 18, 2004; "Oooh, got a little too serious. You okay there, little buddy?"

Is there any indication that SQ42 has had any work done on the actual game part of it? Is all that's ever been released some mo-cap shots, Morrow tour and the canteen / hangar poo poo?

# ? Jul 12, 2017 14:12

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# ? Jun 6, 2024 00:57

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

ModernSociety posted:

Not much to tell tbh.

Just remember that the forums is the wild west and the frontiers are unexplored. Visit other (sub)forums and enjoy such riveting discussions such as "Is this a sandwich?"

# ? Jul 12, 2017 14:13

Colostomy Bag: Jan 11, 2016; C-Bangin' it

ModernSociety posted:

I actually ended up here after briefly sticking my head in the SC subreddit for the first time in months (I was directed there form the SC thread on the Frontier forums.). All the talk of how folk here were all literally Hitler who burned rainbows and kittens for fun, got me curious...

*glances about*

Seems alright to me. And If it's alright with you I'd like to join as you warm your cockles next to the roaring parpferno that is 'Star Citizen: Chris Robert's Ego through Time.'

Pretty easy going place. Just don't bring up pizza. What are your thoughts on the Wing Commander movie?

# ? Jul 12, 2017 14:13

TheAgent: Feb 16, 2002; The call is coming from inside Dr. House; Grimey Drawer

imagine being so pathetic that derek smart is the foil to your success

# ? Jul 12, 2017 14:15

it dont matter: Aug 29, 2008

starkebn posted:

Is there any indication that SQ42 has had any work done on the actual game part of it? Is all that's ever been released some mo-cap shots, Morrow tour and the canteen / hangar poo poo?

Nope, there's sweet fa been shown aside from those two.

I think Ben or someone claimed it was playable but they didn't want to spoil it for themselves so hadn't tried it...

# ? Jul 12, 2017 14:17

Communist Thoughts: Jan 7, 2008; Our war against free speech cannot end until we silence this bronze beast!

JugbandDude posted:

I for one, am very excited for this ELE.

I expect ground breaking news regarding Star Citizen in a reasonably estimated time frame: about two weeks, give or take.

I pop back into this thread every 3 months or so and literally every single time Derek Smart is hyping his next ELE

# ? Jul 12, 2017 14:22

ModernSociety: Jul 12, 2017

Colostomy Bag posted:

What are your thoughts on the Wing Commander movie?

I got stupid drunk and tried to watch it once. I vomited and passed out, I'm fairly sure the alcohol had very little to do with that.

# ? Jul 12, 2017 14:22

it dont matter: Aug 29, 2008

Also didn't they say last year that they were still working on the tools for building AI and missions in SQ42?

# ? Jul 12, 2017 14:23

starkebn: May 18, 2004; "Oooh, got a little too serious. You okay there, little buddy?"

alphabettitouretti posted:

Nope, there's sweet fa been shown aside from those two.

I think Ben or someone claimed it was playable but they didn't want to spoil it for themselves so hadn't tried it...

yeah, I remember Ben claiming he'd played a complete greybox version of SQ42 or something similar. Lying turd.

# ? Jul 12, 2017 14:24

Harold Stassen: Jan 24, 2016

TheAgent posted:

imagine being so pathetic that derek smart is the foil to your success

# ? Jul 12, 2017 14:28

xXAdmiralBekHarXx: Jul 11, 2017; by zen death robot

starkebn posted:

Is there any indication that SQ42 has had any work done on the actual game part of it? Is all that's ever been released some mo-cap shots, Morrow tour and the canteen / hangar poo poo?

All bias aside:
Its mid 2017 and no one outside of CIG can say empirically that any game actually exists for SQ42.

Normally you could say Morrow tour but they've explicitly said its been scrapped and completely redone. You could say bishop speech but they've said they scrapped and reworked that as well.

So at this point the only concrete evidence that a game called SQ42 is in development is the purchase/apparent use of shitloads of mocap and CIG's say so.

I guess mess hall animations could be considered SQ42.

xXAdmiralBekHarXx fucked around with this message at 14:37 on Jul 12, 2017

# ? Jul 12, 2017 14:35

Eldragon: Feb 22, 2003

Mirificus posted:

Nice to see that logicsol still cannot tell the difference between information and bullshit. I'm sure he thinks the sandworm demo is totally in game and playable; much like how "all of sq42 is greyboxed and playable and just needs polish".

# ? Jul 12, 2017 14:47

JugbandDude: Jul 19, 2016; Remember when you were young, you shone like the sun

Shine on you crazy diamond!

nopantsjack posted:

I pop back into this thread every 3 months or so and literally every single time Derek Smart is hyping his next ELE

Welcome back, friend. A few guidelines:

Don't forget to donate and buy a JPEG.

# ? Jul 12, 2017 14:50

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

Quavers posted:

How many will melt down when 3.0 is released live and it's only playable at 15FPS?

It's called 3.0 because it's 3 FPS.

# ? Jul 12, 2017 14:55

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

https://twitter.com/CliffordakaMiku/status/885129846875140097

# ? Jul 12, 2017 14:58

BeigeJacket: Jul 21, 2005

starkebn posted:

Is there any indication that SQ42 has had any work done on the actual game part of it? Is all that's ever been released some mo-cap shots, Morrow tour and the canteen / hangar poo poo?

I'm legit puzzled at this. They could easily produce a sizzle vid or two with a scrap of the
mo cap and animation intercut with some ships flying around going WHHHIISSSH and ZOOOM.

Either they have done, literally, no work at all on the game or Croberto is saving it up for a big reveal at one of big conventions.

# ? Jul 12, 2017 15:00

Sillybones: Aug 10, 2013; go away,
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Toblakai posted:

Well, pal, you can say that I'm kinda an outsider to the whole Star Citizen thing. I never played wing commander and I had no idea who croberts was until 2013 I think. Then I saw the July blog (yeah, Derek called it) and since then I cannot explain myself how people can give 150$ millions to a guy, who is apparently a one trick pony and bears a striking resemblance to a used car reseller.

Moreover this fiasco is almost identical to the Daikatana - you have a (seemingly) big name, a big sum of money, ~~design~~ croberts' vision is the law and a lovely product, which underwent engine change and is barely playable. Well, at least Romero didn't wait 15 years for his next game.

So for me, it's a win-win situation - if the off-chance happens and this game is released and not an utter garbage, then I have something to play. If not - well, the fallout from the disaster is going to be hilarious.

Just to be clear - I do not wish CIG to fail. I just think it is inevitable.

Maybe I don't get the joke, but he actually was a used car salesman (just?) before doing the Kickstarter.

# ? Jul 12, 2017 15:06

AbstractNapper: Jun 5, 2011; I can help

BeigeJacket posted:

I'm legit puzzled at this. They could easily produce a sizzle vid or two with a scrap of the
mo cap and animation intercut with some ships flying around going WHHHIISSSH and ZOOOM.

Either they have done, literally, no work at all on the game or Croberto is saving it up for a big reveal at one of big conventions.

Any SQ42 work (including custscenes, and fake gameplay) seems to be mostly re-purposed to be as part for the demos in their 'Cons or ship promos.

Does anyone remember that animation video they showed in the last CitCon, with commentary about a war and resistance and poo poo, which almost everyone thought it was a trailer for SQ42, until it was revealed to be a concept ship promo at its end?

# ? Jul 12, 2017 15:07

Ayn Marx: Dec 21, 2012

Wow that Clifford gif is making me feel genuinely uneasy

# ? Jul 12, 2017 15:08

xXAdmiralBekHarXx: Jul 11, 2017; by zen death robot

AbstractNapper posted:

Any SQ42 work (including custscenes, and fake gameplay) seems to be mostly re-purposed to be as part for the demos in their 'Cons or ship promos.

Does anyone remember that animation video they showed in the last CitCon, with commentary about a war and resistance and poo poo, which almost everyone thought it was a trailer for SQ42, until it was revealed to be a concept ship promo at its end?

Imagine how good SQ42 is if that is what they consider B roll stuff.

# ? Jul 12, 2017 15:10

Eldragon: Feb 22, 2003

BeigeJacket posted:

I'm legit puzzled at this. They could easily produce a sizzle vid or two with a scrap of the
mo cap and animation intercut with some ships flying around going WHHHIISSSH and ZOOOM.

Either they have done, literally, no work at all on the game or Croberto is saving it up for a big reveal at one of big conventions.

Croberts loves big reveals. Its his excuse to get on stage and have people tell him how wonderful he is. Of course this doesn't explain why they couldn't manage a sizzle reel at Gamescom or Citizencon last year.

So they probably don't have anything show able that doesn't have obvious problems. Like the Morrow Tour. So instead they craft a fake "totally in game" demo that lets them hand-wave away bugs.

# ? Jul 12, 2017 15:11

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

AbstractNapper posted:

Any SQ42 work (including custscenes, and fake gameplay) seems to be mostly re-purposed to be as part for the demos in their 'Cons or ship promos.

Does anyone remember that animation video they showed in the last CitCon, with commentary about a war and resistance and poo poo, which almost everyone thought it was a trailer for SQ42, until it was revealed to be a concept ship promo at its end?

The twitch chat reaction was loving priceless.

# ? Jul 12, 2017 15:11

Tijuana Bibliophile: Dec 30, 2008; Scratchmo

BeigeJacket posted:

I'm legit puzzled at this. They could easily produce a sizzle vid or two with a scrap of the
mo cap and animation intercut with some ships flying around going WHHHIISSSH and ZOOOM.

Either they have done, literally, no work at all on the game or Croberto is saving it up for a big reveal at one of big conventions.

It's kind of almost impressive but yeah, I think SQ42 is much further from completion now than it was in say 2013. They don't even claim to be working on it anymore

# ? Jul 12, 2017 15:12

Beet Wagon: Oct 19, 2015

oops

# ? Jul 12, 2017 15:12

BeigeJacket: Jul 21, 2005

Eldragon posted:

Croberts loves big reveals. Its his excuse to get on stage and have people tell him how wonderful he is. Of course this doesn't explain why they couldn't manage a sizzle reel at Gamescom or Citizencon last year.

So they probably don't have anything show able that doesn't have obvious problems. Like the Morrow Tour. So instead they craft a fake "totally in game" demo that lets them hand-wave away bugs.

Didn't they surprise release their FPS after one of last years CrobertFest, or am I getting mixed up?

Prob my fave thing about SC is the couldn't-be-more-declarative 'This game is not an MMO' on the Kickstarter. That seemed to have got handwaved away fairly quickly.

# ? Jul 12, 2017 15:18

Colostomy Bag: Jan 11, 2016; C-Bangin' it

Beet Wagon posted:

oops

lol

# ? Jul 12, 2017 15:20

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

Why would an ore hauler "punch above its weight"? If its trying to be discreet, shouldn't it have less punch and more concealment? Why would an ore hauler have offensive capabilities other than some mining drill or weak turrets?

# ? Jul 12, 2017 15:21

starkebn: May 18, 2004; "Oooh, got a little too serious. You okay there, little buddy?"

welp, all signs point to SQ42 being ready for release by the end of the year then

:moonrio:

# ? Jul 12, 2017 15:21

Eldragon: Feb 22, 2003

So there really is yet another concept ship going up for sale? I'm not at all surprised, but I can't help but laugh.

Jobbo_Fett posted:

Why would an ore hauler "punch above its weight"? If its trying to be discreet, shouldn't it have less punch and more concealment? Why would an ore hauler have offensive capabilities other than some mining drill or weak turrets?

Or why would you want/need a vehicle for transporting goods across the surface of a planet when a player can use their drat spaceship and land from orbit.

# ? Jul 12, 2017 15:26

starkebn: May 18, 2004; "Oooh, got a little too serious. You okay there, little buddy?"

Beet Wagon a deep cover Surface Detail alt all along

# ? Jul 12, 2017 15:32

Beet Wagon: Oct 19, 2015

Jobbo_Fett posted:

Why would an ore hauler "punch above its weight"? If its trying to be discreet, shouldn't it have less punch and more concealment? Why would an ore hauler have offensive capabilities other than some mining drill or weak turrets?

the last 10 concept sales have all mentioned that the ship "punches above its weight" (which has turned out to be true in exactly 0 of them, after CIG refactors them before release) so I thought I should include it. It seemed an obvious nod that it was satire.

# ? Jul 12, 2017 15:32

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

Eldragon posted:

So there really is yet another concept ship going up for sale? I'm not at all surprised, but I can't help but laugh.

Or why would you want/need a vehicle for transporting goods across the surface of a planet when a player can use their drat spaceship and land from orbit.

Its surface only?! I thought it was another space ship.

# ? Jul 12, 2017 15:32

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

Beet Wagon posted:

the last 10 concept sales have all mentioned that the ship "punches above its weight" (which has turned out to be true in exactly 0 of them, after CIG refactors them before release) so I thought I should include it. It seemed an obvious nod that it was satire.

We all know you're an actual employee, an a method to ensure fairness in our online forum. Unlike those IDIOTS at Frontier!

# ? Jul 12, 2017 15:34

Beet Wagon: Oct 19, 2015

Eldragon posted:

So there really is yet another concept ship going up for sale? I'm not at all surprised, but I can't help but laugh.

Or why would you want/need a vehicle for transporting goods across the surface of a planet when a player can use their drat spaceship and land from orbit.

(it's something I made up entirely to gently caress with nerds on spectrum)

# ? Jul 12, 2017 15:34

boviscopophobic: Feb 5, 2016

Beet Wagon posted:

the last 10 concept sales have all mentioned that the ship "punches above its weight" (which has turned out to be true in exactly 0 of them, after CIG refactors them before release) so I thought I should include it. It seemed an obvious nod that it was satire.

Well, they all have 0 mass, so...

# ? Jul 12, 2017 15:34

Beet Wagon: Oct 19, 2015

Jobbo_Fett posted:

We all know you're an actual employee, an a method to ensure fairness in our online forum. Unlike those IDIOTS at Frontier!

You can't imagine my horror when I drew the short straw on the "Go undercover on SA to see what mean things Beer4theBeerGod is writing about us" assignment.

# ? Jul 12, 2017 15:35

Eldragon: Feb 22, 2003

Beet Wagon posted:

(it's something I made up entirely to gently caress with nerds on spectrum)

I believed it, because at this point CIG will put anything up for sale.

# ? Jul 12, 2017 15:36

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

Star Citizen Good, in all things forevermore. Amen.

TheAgent posted:

imagine being so pathetic that derek smart is the foil to your success

https://twitter.com/dsmart/status/885140878108577793

:munch:

# ? Jul 12, 2017 15:38

Colostomy Bag: Jan 11, 2016; C-Bangin' it

Beet Wagon posted:

You can't imagine my horror when I drew the short straw on the "Go undercover on SA to see what mean things Beer4theBeerGod is writing about us" assignment.

Imagine if Roberts appeared in "Undercover Boss". What goofy hair-do would they give him?

# ? Jul 12, 2017 15:38

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# ? Jun 6, 2024 00:57

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

Beet Wagon posted:

You can't imagine my horror when I drew the short straw on the "Go undercover on SA to see what mean things Beer4theBeerGod is writing about us" assignment.

Seems like a pretty cushy job, and you're doing a much better job than Toast. You at least provided us with great doggo material and you seem willing to talk with people who aren't named Derek Smart about various topics.

Oh, and you aren't an insufferable oval office.

# ? Jul 12, 2017 15:41

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