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Hav
Dec 11, 2009

Fun Shoe

TheAgent posted:

I mean the only reason they are doing this is because sq42 has a ton of bar scenes, just like every roberts game

How big is the pilot's bar on say, a Nimitz class Aircraft carrier?

Taxxe:

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Rotten Red Rod
Mar 5, 2002

Can't wait to see the bartender doing mocapped juggling tricks with his mixer in the background during tense story scenes in a seedy space bar. It'll be on par with Johnny making GBS threads his pants and flopping around like a baby in your peripheral vision during serious cutscene moments in MSG4.

Fuck You And Diebold
Sep 15, 2004

by Athanatos
Every time you want to buy a drink it'll be a minute and a half of mocap moves for fidelity

Strangler 42
Jan 8, 2007

SHAVE IT ALL OFF
ALL OF IT

Hav posted:

How big is the pilot's bar on say, a Nimitz class Aircraft carrier?

Taxxe:


Does anyone have the gif of the launcher guy doing the launch dance instead of I dunno having some kind of automatic launch sequence in the future?

Rotten Red Rod
Mar 5, 2002

gently caress You And Diebold posted:

Every time you want to buy a drink it'll be a minute and a half of mocap moves for fidelity

And the reason you'd ever want to order a drink and get drunk in a space sim video game is [SCENE MISSING]

Fuck You And Diebold
Sep 15, 2004

by Athanatos
never go to the primary port bars they always overcharge and underpour

JugbandDude
Jul 19, 2016

Remember when you were young, you shone like the sun

Shine on you crazy diamond!

Hav posted:

It didn't click for me until I moved to a controller. I bounced _hard_ off Witcher 3 until I bought it on the PS4, then mainlined the thing with a controller.

Same with me. Combat with a game pad on the PC became actually enjoyable for me.

Reverend, you should give it a try again.

Agony Aunt
Apr 17, 2018

by LITERALLY AN ADMIN

SoftNum posted:

The truly terrifying thing about Subverse is that the top level $whale level pledge lets you design one of the sex scenes.


I do not want to see what people willing to pay that kind of money make into a sex scene.

I can imagine it would be more than what they could pay to actually take part in an actual sex scene of their choosing.

Gamers can be strange people.

Agony Aunt
Apr 17, 2018

by LITERALLY AN ADMIN

Sarsapariller posted:

* We're redoing all the space stations because oops we made a bunch of ships that are too big for the original designs

No... loving... way....

So, just another case of CIG not actually thinking things through, especially if they can make a quick buck out of selling something.

Gort
Aug 18, 2003

Good day what ho cup of tea
Nothing more fun than a bar with no drinkable booze.

Snazzy Frocks
Mar 31, 2003

Scratchmo
the key is to sell the giant expensive spaceships first and worry about the details later

Agony Aunt
Apr 17, 2018

by LITERALLY AN ADMIN

Sarsapariller posted:

* But this time we're making them procedural so we can build a bunch automatically, just like every other space game

The more this project goes on, and the more they actually have to implement for real and not just talk about doing stuff, the more they seem to be resorting to the same techniques used by FD with ED.

Ah, remember when everything was going to be so lovingly handcrafted? Then they went proc gen on planets, now stations, and missions of course.

I think CIG are slowly waking up to the fact that to handcraft everything to a level CR is happy with will take them the rest of eternity. Of course, CR also needs to be happy with the proc gen as well, but suppose they can simply keep rolling the dice and show him a dozen different versions, let him pick one, and store the seed.

Dementropy
Aug 23, 2010



Cocktail scene re-enactment was announced in May:

https://twitter.com/CaptainZyloh/status/1129117578843033607

Popete
Oct 6, 2009

This will make sure you don't suggest to the KDz
That he should grow greens instead of crushing on MCs

Grimey Drawer
lol get ready for a bunch of over acting bar tender animations from people who have never mixed a drink in their lives.

Sarsapariller
Aug 14, 2015

Occasional vampire queen

Agony Aunt posted:

No... loving... way....

So, just another case of CIG not actually thinking things through, especially if they can make a quick buck out of selling something.

I mean they won't admit it but yeah this was inevitable ever since they sold the cargo ship. That thing completely cannot land on any pad in the game when it has cargo and it's supposed to be the main economic vehicle? Whoops!

Jonny Shiloh
Mar 7, 2019
You 'orrible little man

Popete posted:

lol get ready for a bunch of over acting bar tender animations from people who have never mixed a drink in their lives.

Double lol, what's with all this fancy cocktail mixing poo poo anyway? What's wrong with just walking into a space bar and ordering a space beer or a space whisky after a hard day's space working?

I mean, after I've done a hard day's work (rare), I go to the pub and have a couple of pints with my mate - I don't head to the nearest hipster bar for a cocktail and a beard wax or whatever.

Sarsapariller
Aug 14, 2015

Occasional vampire queen

TheAgent posted:

reminder that anything you see coming to the PU is because its desperately needed for a scene in sq42

You say that but I don't see any functioning AI coming to the PU, checkmate goonie

TheAgent
Feb 16, 2002

The call is coming from inside Dr. House
Grimey Drawer

Sarsapariller posted:

You say that but I don't see any functioning AI coming to the PU, checkmate goonie
the wonderful thing about single player games is that you can 100% script every combat encounter

which is exactly what they are doing

Enchanted Hat
Aug 18, 2013

Defeated in Diplomacy under suspicious circumstances

Strangler 42 posted:

Does anyone have the gif of the launcher guy doing the launch dance instead of I dunno having some kind of automatic launch sequence in the future?

https://i.imgur.com/dMpz5sn.gifv

Sarsapariller
Aug 14, 2015

Occasional vampire queen

TheAgent posted:

the wonderful thing about single player games is that you can 100% script every combat encounter

which is exactly what they are doing

Game of the year every year forever

Replayability through the roof!

Lladre
Jun 28, 2011


Soiled Meat
I for one welcome our new motion captured bartender.

hobbesmaster
Jan 28, 2008

Hav posted:

How big is the pilot's bar on say, a Nimitz class Aircraft carrier?

Taxxe:


Alcohol is not allowed on USN ships so there’s no bar.

The Charles de Gaulle has 4 bars and is in general very confusing to USN personnel: https://www.militarytimes.com/2015/12/28/beer-beards-and-fresh-baked-bread-aboard-the-french-carrier-charles-de-gaulle/

Couldn’t find any pictures of the bars themselves though.

Pixelate
Jan 6, 2018

"You win by having fun"

Wow they're actually using Citcon footage for outreach.

trucutru
Jul 9, 2003

by Fluffdaddy

SoftNum posted:

The truly terrifying thing about Subverse is that the top level $whale level pledge lets you design one of the sex scenes.


I do not want to see what people willing to pay that kind of money make into a sex scene.

15 years ago goons would be the ones in charge of doing that scene. :metis: style

trucutru
Jul 9, 2003

by Fluffdaddy
How to make a martini in the 31th century: Press the martini button.


Although I doubt you would have to do something as crass as pressing a dirty button. It's more likely that you just drink some water and then then implants in your brain would use that bar's custom recipe to make you think you're drinking whatever the gently caress it is that people find good in the 31th century.

Fuck You And Diebold
Sep 15, 2004

by Athanatos

SoftNum posted:

The truly terrifying thing about Subverse is that the top level $whale level pledge lets you design one of the sex scenes.


I do not want to see what people willing to pay that kind of money make into a sex scene.

Goon project set it up as a findom scene of a star citizen whale

Beet Wagon
Oct 19, 2015





Sarsapariller posted:

:siren:BREAKING STANDBY:siren:

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

This week on "As The World Churns":

* We're redoing all the space stations because oops we made a bunch of ships that are too big for the original designs
* But this time we're making them procedural so we can build a bunch automatically, just like every other space game
* Oh, you thought it was taking so long because we were handcrafting all the stations one by one? Nope sorry we just weren't actually working on them at all.
* Oh sorry we're only going to make the "Secondary Locations" procedural so don't you worry, your favorite space station will still be full of hand-placed garbage cans or whatever
* (All of the locations are secondary locations)

* Bartenders! We are seriously putting time and effort into the animations of single-action background NPC's in our game where the flight doesn't work
* Here's some more of that mocap you loving love. God it's so good, mocapping mixed drinks. None of this will ever be in the game!

* We reworked another fighter because we made it look cool in the concept art, and then it looked like a turd when it came out, and you got mad!
* The changes are barely noticeable but you better believe we will do six episodes of our youtube series, a magazine issue, and a ship sale over them- tacking on at least 3 months of overhead to our schedule.
* That keeps happening for some reason but definitely give us the benefit of the doubt this time, and also more of your money please!

I still maintain they're going to sell these at some point

Rugganovich
Apr 29, 2017

Pixelate posted:





Twerk should just come here and agree with us.

God knows what he'd call himself though.

For all things holy, do not, I repeat DO NOT google Mike Rod.
after jokingly saying that the name sounded like a porn name, I ggogled it and some things can never be unseen.

DigitalPenny
Sep 3, 2018

Sarsapariller posted:

BIG NEWS
https://robertsspaceindustries.com/pledge/Standalone-Ships/Anvil-Aerospace-Valkyrie-Subscribers

The Valkyrie Dropship is on sale again, for subscribers only!

Couple small disclaimers on this one:
* It's 375 loving dollars
* Yes you read that right
* It doesn't actually do anything
* You cannot ferry NPC's in this game
* You'll never find 5 players to man these turrets
* There isn't a single thing in the game that requires a dropship to accomplish
* You are paying 375 dollars because Chris saw this ship in the Aliens movie
* You have to be a subscriber just to look at the link I posted
* No there's no real benefit to subscribing except you get to buy more stuff
* 375 dollars

GET SOME

(but not really)

Chris must feel like a fine art dealer, calling up his best clients to offer them a special rare piece of art that he knows they would appreciate. He only offers this service to his top tear clients.

"This particular jpeg will afford you the great status you deserve, right now it's a very limited addition. You will always know how special it was..... even after I smash out replicas as fast as sales entries can be copied into a data base you will still know.... this one is special"

DigitalPenny
Sep 3, 2018

Beet Wagon posted:

I still maintain they're going to sell these at some point

If only they had enough systems to proceduarlly generate them into ....

DigitalPenny
Sep 3, 2018

Popete posted:

lol get ready for a bunch of over acting bar tender animations from people who have never mixed a drink in their lives.

I don't get bars without out actually booze... I mean what a the point, why would you want to hang out in a bar setting in game when you have discord?

What's he point of a discord channel if you have to be digitally present to the point you can't play games ....

I think chris missed out drinking and having fun or something when he was younger he seams very fixed on bars .... Maybe he should have been a bar keep over a developer.

Rugganovich
Apr 29, 2017

TheAgent posted:

where the gently caress are the women that do that poo poo because every single one I know would wear a pair of louboutins until they had to be held together with duct tape

My partner has a rather extensive collection of shoes.
I once asked her , "Why do you have so many pairs of shoes? Should I start calling you Imelda?"
She took umbrage to that.

As to what people spend on Star Citizen.
I don't have a problem with people who threw a ton of cash at it in the beginning.
But people who throw a ton of cash at it now?

Mirificus
Oct 29, 2004

Kings need not raise their voices to be heard


Rugganovich
Apr 29, 2017

MarcusSA posted:

Absolutely not worse because the shoes are an actual real item that exists.

Shoe whore spotted.

Rugganovich
Apr 29, 2017

SoftNum posted:

There's no real need to preorder it now. You can do so like a week before hand and still get all the goodies and be good to go on launch day.

I used to preorder games to ensure that I got a copy on release, but there's no real reason to do that now what with digital distribution.

I really think the mods should jump onto this bullshit and stamp it out.

If there is no real reason to pre-order because of digital blah blah blah, then please explain how you can miss out on a ship, when it goes on sale for Star Citizen?
Hmm?
There is such a thing as a limited edition you know.

Rugganovich
Apr 29, 2017

Hav posted:

You need a good long hug.

So we've moved on from rubbing to hugging.
Seems arse backwards, but if that's what the new OP orders say.....

Elderbean
Jun 10, 2013



I love that this is clearly a Second Life avatar and that some sex pervert stuff is probably involved.

Rugganovich
Apr 29, 2017

Sarsapariller posted:

................
CIG? Well, it seems like there's lots of evidence that Chris and Lando and Sandi and Ortwin and Ben are all awful, terrible grifters. I'd even go so far as to say that whoever is actually doing their sales and marketing is probably committing some actual fraud. But a lot of the people directly involved in working on the game seem pretty sincere, if mismanaged into terminal incompetence. I can't really fault them for wanting to make a spaceship game except when they directly lie about what they've actually made on camera.

See, one persons Scammer is another persons Capitalist.
Wall Street is not a joke.

monkeytek
Jun 8, 2010

It wasn't an ELE that wiped out the backer funds. It was Tristan Timothy Taylor.

Rugganovich posted:

For all things holy, do not, I repeat DO NOT google Mike Rod.
after jokingly saying that the name sounded like a porn name, I ggogled it and some things can never be unseen.

Does this mean when you google "bears" from now on you might not get the 4 legged kind that hibernates during the winter?

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Orcs and Ostriches
Aug 26, 2010


The Great Twist

Elderbean posted:

I love that this is clearly a Second Life avatar and that some sex pervert stuff is probably involved.

Can't he just remake this dead-eyed sexdoll in Star Citizen's amazing character editor so he can have a high fidelity avatar?

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