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Scruffpuff: Dec 23, 2015; Fidelity. Wait, was I'm working on again?

Dementropy posted:

https://twitter.com/RobertsSpaceInd/status/1167196222521655296

Everything but a game with these loving people.

"Legacy offerings" for a game that isn't designed yet. I can't believe how much of a piece of poo poo Chris Roberts is.

# ? Aug 30, 2019 00:07

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# ? May 30, 2024 19:09

Sarsapariller: Aug 14, 2015; Occasional vampire queen

Inside Star Citizen

Watching a 12 minute show so you don't have to!

This week's synopsis:
* You might not have heard about this but there's a MINELAYER NOW ONLY 800 DOLLARS NOW GO BUY IT BUY IT BUY IT
* Devs are placed in front of the camera to straight up lie about the state of the combat in the game and how this will add a "Defensive element" to it, instead of "Another broken element"
* The cheapest way to make a video every week is to take the concept art you already revealed, and then do slow panning shots over it while people endlessly dream about how cool it will all be. The fact that you're doing dreams-over-concept-art at the 7 year mark shouldn't be at all concerning to anyone. Nope.
* This ship has the biggest gun in the game mounted on it even thought it's a minelayer because somebody finally realized that the only thing that really sells is direct P2W upgrades. Nobody loving cares about the mines, unless they can be used to P2W. They want the invincible giant ship with the biggest gun.
* Okay enough sales pitches. Time to review.... some more art asset work! They really don't have anyone in the company who makes games anymore, do they. Oh good they streamlined the diffuse textures and normal maps! Nobody will ever care.
* More skins for spaceships in a game where there is no skin system
* HOLY poo poo HE SAID THE WORD GAMEPLAY- oh nevermind they added new text colors to the chat display. loving :lol:

* Oh good they're adding suppressor attachments. Now I can... sneak up on the enemies that don't react to gunfire in any way already? Eliminate the sound of my weapons firing in space? Really glad they're getting to the good stuff.
* More audio updates- systemic foley systems. Sounds very complicated! It can detect your falling speed to make crashes sound more crunchy! This sounds like the kind of thing that happens when you have nothing productive to add.
* NEW MERCH ALL OUR CHINA poo poo GOT TARRIFFED HOLY poo poo BUY IT BUY IT BUY IT
* "The challenge of working with Aegis ships... is that they're very grey and militaristic." LOL you don't say.
* Now some actual content, UI team interviews. Zane Bien, the UI person, still exists despite being an abject failure at basically every aspect of the UI he has designed.
* They are still switching away from Flash- this was a problem like 5 years ago.
* They have basically reinvented HTML and css flexbox for their UI screens.
* He keeps talking about foundations for buildiing the UI. Reminder: it is the 7th year of development. Almost started!
* That's it. Still nothing about 3.7 which is now due in 4 weeks.

# ? Aug 30, 2019 00:10

Dementropy: Aug 23, 2010

Scruffpuff posted:

Everything but a game with these loving people.

"Legacy offerings" for a game that isn't designed yet. I can't believe how much of a piece of poo poo Chris Roberts is.

Just wait until CR has "expanded universe" offerings.

# ? Aug 30, 2019 00:10

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

Dementropy posted:

Just wait until CR has "expanded universe" offerings.

�Until�? Erin seems to be providing this quite well, and they could always bring Ben back.

# ? Aug 30, 2019 00:23

Pixelate: Jan 6, 2018; "You win by having fun"

Sarsapariller posted:

* They are still switching away from Flash- this was a problem like 5 years ago.
* He keeps talking about foundations for buildiing the UI. Reminder: it is the 7th year of development. Almost started!

Yay, it's called 'Building Blocks'

Good thing they're getting rid of Scaleform just before discovery too. One less thing to worry about.

quote:

...the past several months we've been
working on some new tech that we're
calling building blocks internally but
really what it is it's a replacement for
our current UI tools. Before what we had
was a very difficult to use system that
uses flash and scaleform...

# ? Aug 30, 2019 00:35

Mirificus: Oct 29, 2004; Kings need not raise their voices to be heard

# ? Aug 30, 2019 00:37

DarkDobe: Jul 11, 2008; Things are looking up...

Kosumo posted:

I thought CIG was smashing Crytek into oblivion but I hearing that washed up, bank rump Crytek is releasing a new game, Hunt:Showdown?

They are indeed...

And for some reason have decided to throw out everything that made the game enjoyable and unique (clunky, satisfying, hard to handle weapons and purposeful combat) - for favour of what I at my most generous have to call 'console appeal', or at least some misguided attempt to snag CoD fanboys. Weapon sway that made aiming meticulous and rewarding? Gone. Atrocious new 'console optimized' UI? You bet! Microtransactions? Got 'em! It feels like a dumbed down milquetoast backpedal on what had been a unique and enjoyable wild-west horror shooter.

But yes, they're releasing it.

# ? Aug 30, 2019 00:52

Mirificus: Oct 29, 2004; Kings need not raise their voices to be heard

# ? Aug 30, 2019 00:54

trucutru: Jul 9, 2003; by Fluffdaddy

Mirificus posted:

Ah, so you play in the past but are part of the present living breathing universe. Makes sense!

# ? Aug 30, 2019 00:54

rePool: Apr 18, 2019; Undercover Goon.

So long and thanks for all the fish

Mirificus posted:

THAT Kazan doesn't hesitate to mention 'as a software engineer' on almost every post as if it's some form of authority or credence.

# ? Aug 30, 2019 01:37

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

Dementropy posted:

https://twitter.com/RobertsSpaceInd/status/1167196222521655296

Artificial scarcity to scare dumb nerds into buying bullshit? Say it ain't so!

# ? Aug 30, 2019 01:50

trucutru: Jul 9, 2003; by Fluffdaddy

Jobbo_Fett posted:

Artificial scarcity to scare dumb nerds into buying bullshit? Say it ain't so!

Please FUDster, that is actual scarcity, those items are not JPEGs, they exist and there is a limit to them.

# ? Aug 30, 2019 02:17

Dogeh: Aug 30, 2017; ShitMeter: -------------|- 99%

trucutru posted:

Please FUDster, that is actual scarcity, those items are not JPEGs, they exist and there is a limit to them.

I guess a lot of their friends are getting SC Christmas gifts this year.

# ? Aug 30, 2019 02:31

no_recall: Aug 17, 2015; Lipstick Apathy

Nice they built HTML5 / Javascript into Cryengine?

# ? Aug 30, 2019 02:37

Scruffpuff: Dec 23, 2015; Fidelity. Wait, was I'm working on again?

Dogeh posted:

I guess a lot of their friends are getting SC Christmas gifts this year.

Imagine what that must feel like - getting some kind of SC bullshit as a Christmas gift from a friend or family member, as a constant reminder that they're still in a cult long past its expiration date. It's almost too depressing to think about.

# ? Aug 30, 2019 02:39

Sarsapariller: Aug 14, 2015; Occasional vampire queen

no_recall posted:

Nice they built HTML5 / Javascript into Cryengine?

No not really, it just looks very similar to modern flexbox web UI's. They probably spent 2 years rediscovering it behind the scenes in c++ or something.

# ? Aug 30, 2019 02:51

no_recall: Aug 17, 2015; Lipstick Apathy

Space Court dates when?

:munch:

# ? Aug 30, 2019 03:12

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

trucutru posted:

Please FUDster, that is actual scarcity, those items are not JPEGs, they exist and there is a limit to them.

Yeah there's no way to create key rings, that tech is being lost on the human race in 5 minutes from now.

# ? Aug 30, 2019 03:58

Quavers: Feb 26, 2016; You clearly don't understand game development

no_recall posted:

Space Court dates when?

90 days tops

# ? Aug 30, 2019 04:12

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

Mirificus posted:

Software devs.
Love: Writing tasks.
Hate: Hitting 'done' on tasks.

This is reality.

# ? Aug 30, 2019 04:36

Thoatse: Feb 29, 2016; Lol said the scorpion, lmao

A shitpost with artistic potential

# ? Aug 30, 2019 04:52

MedicineHut: Feb 25, 2016

his nibs posted:

yes gently caress the game Jared, what I really need is a mousepad

Swag

# ? Aug 30, 2019 05:25

AlbieQuirky: Oct 9, 2012; Just me and my 🌊dragon🐉 hanging out

Thoatse posted:

A shitpost with artistic potential

Well, there�s a product I am never ever ever ever buying now.

Much like Star Citizen :crobear:

# ? Aug 30, 2019 05:29

MedicineHut: Feb 25, 2016

Sarsapariller posted:

Inside Star Citizen

Watching a 12 minute show so you don't have to!

This week's synopsis:
* You might not have heard about this but there's a MINELAYER NOW ONLY 800 DOLLARS NOW GO BUY IT BUY IT BUY IT
* Devs are placed in front of the camera to straight up lie about the state of the combat in the game and how this will add a "Defensive element" to it, instead of "Another broken element"
* The cheapest way to make a video every week is to take the concept art you already revealed, and then do slow panning shots over it while people endlessly dream about how cool it will all be. The fact that you're doing dreams-over-concept-art at the 7 year mark shouldn't be at all concerning to anyone. Nope.
* This ship has the biggest gun in the game mounted on it even thought it's a minelayer because somebody finally realized that the only thing that really sells is direct P2W upgrades. Nobody loving cares about the mines, unless they can be used to P2W. They want the invincible giant ship with the biggest gun.
* Okay enough sales pitches. Time to review.... some more art asset work! They really don't have anyone in the company who makes games anymore, do they. Oh good they streamlined the diffuse textures and normal maps! Nobody will ever care.
* More skins for spaceships in a game where there is no skin system
* HOLY poo poo HE SAID THE WORD GAMEPLAY- oh nevermind they added new text colors to the chat display. loving
* Oh good they're adding suppressor attachments. Now I can... sneak up on the enemies that don't react to gunfire in any way already? Eliminate the sound of my weapons firing in space? Really glad they're getting to the good stuff.
* More audio updates- systemic foley systems. Sounds very complicated! It can detect your falling speed to make crashes sound more crunchy! This sounds like the kind of thing that happens when you have nothing productive to add.
* NEW MERCH ALL OUR CHINA poo poo GOT TARRIFFED HOLY poo poo BUY IT BUY IT BUY IT
* "The challenge of working with Aegis ships... is that they're very grey and militaristic." LOL you don't say.
* Now some actual content, UI team interviews. Zane Bien, the UI person, still exists despite being an abject failure at basically every aspect of the UI he has designed.
* They are still switching away from Flash- this was a problem like 5 years ago.
* They have basically reinvented HTML and css flexbox for their UI screens.
* He keeps talking about foundations for buildiing the UI. Reminder: it is the 7th year of development. Almost started!
* That's it. Still nothing about 3.7 which is now due in 4 weeks.

You�re doing god�s work. Keep doing what you�re doing.

On the last comment, and the recent private dinner comments, I presume today�s Pillage Talk with Chris himself should be doing some fine damage control. He maybe even attempts to play his own game again! Can�t wait!

# ? Aug 30, 2019 05:34

Canine Blues Arooo: Jan 7, 2008; when you think about it...i'm the first girl you ever spent the night with; Grimey Drawer

Star Citizen: Flyre Festival

# ? Aug 30, 2019 05:45

Regrettable: Jan 5, 2010

Sarsapariller posted:

Inside Star Citizen

Oh good they streamlined the diffuse textures and normal maps! Nobody will ever care.

What the gently caress does this even mean? How do you streamline a diffuse map? Yell at your artists to work faster? Also, normal maps are automatically generated. You just take a low poly mesh and a high poly mesh and bake the normal. :psyboom:

# ? Aug 30, 2019 05:49

Tokamak: Dec 22, 2004

They streamlined the diffuse map into a condensed map :v:

# ? Aug 30, 2019 05:53

SPERMCUBE.ORG: Nov 3, 2011; Space commies are th' biggest threat t' red-blooded American Freedom we got in th' future. So me and my boys got to talking over a few hot dogs the other day and this is what we came up with...

Canine Blues Arooo posted:

Star Citizen: Flyre Festival

Star Citizen: Buyer Festival

# ? Aug 30, 2019 05:58

Bofast: Feb 21, 2011; Grimey Drawer

Dogeh posted:

Star Citizer: gently caress you, got potatoe

Is that the Aegis motto?

# ? Aug 30, 2019 06:22

Bofast: Feb 21, 2011; Grimey Drawer

Kosumo posted:

I thought CIG was smashing Crytek into oblivion but I hearing that washed up, bank rump Crytek is releasing a new game, Hunt:Showdown?

Crytek just had to make an Oblivion NPC named Crytek and flag it as Essential, then get it installed on Chris's computer, so it keeps getting up whenever Chris knocks it down. Two years later, he still hasn't noticed, even though it could all fit into one crater in Star Citizen.

rePool posted:

THAT Kazan doesn't hesitate to mention 'as a software engineer' on almost every post as if it's some form of authority or credence.

I would hate to be the person trying to keep track of a project that Kazan is working on. Wouldn't surprise me if he commits code without ever commenting on what it does, all because he's too busy writing his little bit and doesn't care about cooperation. Application crashes all of a sudden? Better read through all of Kazan's recent code commits to see if anything might be relevant.

Bofast fucked around with this message at 07:23 on Aug 30, 2019

# ? Aug 30, 2019 06:29

Bofast: Feb 21, 2011; Grimey Drawer

Looks like CIG has made some new little minigame on their website for the minelayer JPEG?
https://twitter.com/RobertsSpaceInd/status/1167180835516084224

# ? Aug 30, 2019 07:24

Mirificus: Oct 29, 2004; Kings need not raise their voices to be heard

# ? Aug 30, 2019 07:35

One in the Bum: Apr 25, 2014; Hair Elf

Mirificus posted:

That poster hit a little too close to home :ohdear:

# ? Aug 30, 2019 07:58

Bofast: Feb 21, 2011; Grimey Drawer

Mirificus posted:

That Kazan has to be one of the most insecure Reddit posters I have ever seen.

# ? Aug 30, 2019 08:06

Agony Aunt: Apr 17, 2018; by LITERALLY AN ADMIN

Bofast posted:

Looks like CIG has made some new little minigame on their website for the minelayer JPEG?
https://twitter.com/RobertsSpaceInd/status/1167180835516084224

Woo hoo! A second system*

* system might not be in game yet

# ? Aug 30, 2019 08:45

jarlywarly: Aug 31, 2018

Agony Aunt posted:

Woo hoo! A second system*

* system might not be in game yet

tier 0

# ? Aug 30, 2019 09:22

Bofast: Feb 21, 2011; Grimey Drawer

Agony Aunt posted:

Woo hoo! A second system*

* system might not be in game yet

I would not be the least bit surprised if one of the regular Reddit morons start using this as a sign that a second system is mostly done (it's in the minigame already, right?!?) and that CIG just needs to enable it in the PU

# ? Aug 30, 2019 09:33

Alan Smithee: Jan 4, 2005; A man becomes preeminent, he's expected to have enthusiasms.

Enthusiasms, enthusiasms...

Enchanted Hat posted:

Are the Star Citizen human empire really supposed to be the good guys? All I remember about Star Citizen lore is that they're a militaristic autocracy that at some point genocided an entire race of sapient bird men. I just kind of naturally assumed that I was supposed to think that the empire was evil