Blue On Blue posted:

I hope this doesn’t sound too strange to point out

But did anyone else notice that’s the same room they posted the “proof of life” video from , when Chris was still living in LA ?

I thought he moved to the UK to finish SQ42

Or maybe he’s just commuting every weekend on private jets

The backers will never know

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Aww c'mon... really? How many times have people predicted doom and gloom because of a mechanic or bug they don't like, poor frame rates, or because things are not progressing as fast as they would like? It's never happened.

CIG are already into their second highest year ever of funding, they could make this patch sheer dogshit and they would still be ahead. They will easily break $60 Million this month, they are at $56.5 million now. We will definitely break $400 million before the month is out - Guinness Book of Records for the 9th year running. They made $17 million last November and this IAE has more ships to show off, we also have a significant number of new social media influencers than last year, many of whom had established viewers already. Look at the extras for referral bonuses this month. Sit Tony Z in front a camera and have another Xenothreat in December and they are laughing especially if this time it includes ground combat, throw in a couple of teaser S42 screen grabs, it's major bank... again.

We haven't even had the IAE yet or any holiday sales, 3 new ships coming to the Alpha at least one of which will be a Xenothreat crowd pleaser... and probably more 'unannounced' - Wooo shinies! $70+ Million this year is extremely likely. While there is a possibility of server meshing, whale watching tours, microTech bear hunting, the Aaron Halo, Pyro, Nyx and Squadron 42 Episode One release late next year in time for the 10th anniversary it will break all records and smash it. Do you think they are planning on putting the Hull C into the game in time for New Year to do milk runs around Stanton?

I'm betting on no slow down, no matter what the doomsayers think. 3.16 is coming, and next year is going to be absolutely crazy.

"90 days tops!"

Blue On Blue posted:

I hope this doesn’t sound too strange to point out

But did anyone else notice that’s the same room they posted the “proof of life” video from , when Chris was still living in LA ?

I thought he moved to the UK to finish SQ42

Or maybe he’s just commuting every weekend on private jets

The backers will never know

Fidelitious posted:

They've gotten all tangled up with what 'emergent gameplay' even means.

Drakkel posted:

"The company is making a lot of money, therefore the game will be fine!"

Thoatse posted:

https://i.imgur.com/yGuy4gW.mp4

Thoatse posted:

https://i.imgur.com/yGuy4gW.mp4

FishMcCool posted:

That came from a self-confessed Elite Dangerous player. That's the crowd which considers that using Fuel Limpets to refuel other players is emergent gameplay. When that is the only thing you can do with fuel limpets, since they have no other function and NPCs have infinite fuel.

I mean, maybe if they didn't blow up when you bump into them, you could use a fuel limpet as a football and make some sort of zero-g rocket league, which would actually fall into the emergent category.

But no. Using stuff to do what it was designed to do, in the only way it can be used, that's the epitome of emergent gameplay for the ED crowd. No wonder the dude feels that it would be emergent gameplay to be stranded in a lift if the developers intentionally designed the lift so that players could be stranded inside it.

Jobbo_Fett posted:

This man's posture is the purest imitation of Hans Moleman I've ever seen.

no_recall posted:

That's what happens when you carry the weight of a $400M(?) project.

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What you are describing is how we rationalize how games are made today - that doesn't make it right.

I'd argue, having gamed since PC gaming was first a thing (I'm old), that technology doesn't evolve nearly as fast as it used to, yet when technology improved by magnitudes, it used to be that key developers would release passion projects that pushed all the envelopes - and not just tech, but story telling and gameplay fun and system depth and overall fidelity.

Then consolification happened; design games to run on powerhouse PCs .... and (albeit powerful, though static, so less powerful relatively by the minute) gaming appliances. This was the death knell for the golden age of innovative PC gaming. Games had to be dumbed down to support a controller, rather than have 15 pages of natively supported keybinds. Just one example.

Give me the dreamer, and then give that dreamer the time they need to do with modern technology what they used to do when the technology challenges weren't as dense. Don't do it because it's easy - do it precisely because it is hard.

I'll throw ridiculous money and support at that. I'm not alone.

And as I play 3.15, my hope flares like a volcano in the night. They aren't just SAYING they are doing it; they are DELIVERING IT to my hands so I can validate directly that they are indeed doing it. But I get that it isn't everyone's cup of tea. That's OK. For me? God drat, nothing hits like SC right now, and it's just getting started! There's hope for our gaming future!

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Depends - I can't think of many games that would required everything SC is producing, simply because part of the point of SC is to blow existing scope limits out the water...

However, I think a lot of what CIG are doing is relevant, yes. E.g. imagine an MMO Skyrim style game (well, I guess that would be Elder Scrolls Online :p) with no loading screens, proper-sized buildings, and the Unified Animation System (coupled with actually spending time on the animations)?

You could probably throw the 64bit Coords and PG Planet tech in there too - even if it plays out in just a single country, supporting a larger map (to accomodate the larger buildings too) would both help emphasise the scale, and avoid the 'walking across the country in 20 mins' scenarios, etc (and provide more benefit / purpose to actually using mounts)

And if you wanted to get wild, you could also use the Multiple Physics Grids for some really cool locations and/or magic spells, etc.

Mirificus posted:

However, I think a lot of what CIG are doing is relevant, yes. E.g. imagine an MMO Skyrim style game (well, I guess that would be Elder Scrolls Online :p) with no loading screens, proper-sized buildings, and the Unified Animation System (coupled with actually spending time on the animations)?

You could probably throw the 64bit Coords and PG Planet tech in there too - even if it plays out in just a single country, supporting a larger map (to accomodate the larger buildings too) would both help emphasise the scale, and avoid the 'walking across the country in 20 mins' scenarios, etc (and provide more benefit / purpose to actually using mounts)

Dr. Honked posted:

There is an English voice in the clip saying "Wot yer doin'?"

(he doesn't know wot e's doin)

Mirificus posted:

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We will definitely break $400 million before the month is out - Guinness Book of Records for the 9th year running.

Scruffpuff posted:

It's fine for words to change over time I guess, but when you do that, what do you call the original thing when it's done properly? If "emergent gameplay" now means anything at all, what do you call actual emergent gameplay? There's a watering down going on over time in entertainment with terminology and tropes and I think it's negatively affecting how developers conceptualize what they're making.

Mirificus posted:

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You could probably throw the 64bit Coords and PG Planet tech in there too - even if it plays out in just a single country

Dwesa posted:

just wtf

commando in tophat posted:

"Largest flyable ship in star citizer" is sure some world record. It is like "fastest car in GTA 4" or "monster with most HP in Doom". If this was a game where you build spaceships then okay maybe

jarlywarly posted:

"Largest number assigned to a integer variable"

Mirificus posted:

Games had to be dumbed down to support a controller, rather than have 15 pages of natively supported keybind

Shazback posted:

Shazback posted:

commando in tophat posted:

"Largest flyable ship in star citizer" is sure some world record. It is like "fastest car in GTA 4" or "monster with most HP in Doom". If this was a game where you build spaceships then okay maybe

chadbear posted:

Some Citizens have started creating NFTs of their screenshots. There's a few cOlLeCtiOnS on opensea.io. Sadly noone has bid for any of the screenshots yet

https://opensea.io/collection/star-citizen-universe-captures
https://opensea.io/collection/star-citizen-screenshots-4k
https://opensea.io/collection/star-citizen-game-screenshots

I wonder why who wouldn't want to own a link to this screenshot for example

lobsterminator posted:

These days games don't even provide keyboard overlays!

BiggestOrangeTree posted:

I once made a cube in Blender that I declared to be a million gillion bazillion miles long, and then I imagined what it would be like in star citizen, where's my world record

commando in tophat posted:

This keyboard is amazing, I have so many questions, I want to try all the buttons. There is a button for PI? Something that looks like layout on each letter key? Colors as alt on numbers? Too bad the keyboard is older than me, it looks super good

Is it a flyable cube? How many millions of polygons? How many bathrooms? Does it have kitchen?

commando in tophat posted:

How many millions of polygons?

commando in tophat posted:

This keyboard is amazing, I have so many questions, I want to try all the buttons. There is a button for PI? Something that looks like layout on each letter key? Colors as alt on numbers? Too bad the keyboard is older than me, it looks super good

chadbear posted:

Some Citizens have started creating NFTs of their screenshots. There's a few cOlLeCtiOnS on opensea.io. Sadly noone has bid for any of the screenshots yet

https://opensea.io/collection/star-citizen-universe-captures
https://opensea.io/collection/star-citizen-screenshots-4k
https://opensea.io/collection/star-citizen-game-screenshots

I wonder why who wouldn't want to own a link to this screenshot for example

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I still remember when they slowed it way the gently caress down. Would get into qt, go take a poo poo, get some coffee, smoke a cig, rethink my life and when i came back was still in qt. I don't think its about realism. It's about game mechanics. Imagine if fleets could bop in and out that fast. Problematic me thinks.

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They're still short in their "test" mode, so they'll be longer at release again.

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[–]Lethality_ 13 hours ago
This is what bothers me when they decrease things to "test" them - it gets players used to an unrealistic way of playing.

This is not a game where you switch planets like you switch WoW zones... this is not hopping on a mount. There should be cost, risk, logistics and time involved in even the "simplest" form of space travel.

You won't be sitting doing nothing for 30 minutes, but you will take 30 minutes (or more) to travel sometimes.

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Okay just to have an alternate opinion, I work, I have school, if I’m playing a game I’d prefer not to spend 20 minutes doing nothing or doing something else. I don’t have a lot of free time. As more star systems come out the issue resolves itself, you can travel real fast in between planets, but going between systems is when you can smoke your cig.

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I think you may want to look into other games, then. That or adjust your playstyle in this one to reduce the amount of quantum jumps you need to make. SC has a pretty particular vision and, while I'm not saying you're trying to force this (you're just stating your opinion, that's fine, and so am I), I do think it's wrong to try to force the vision of a game to change because of obligations making it more inconvenient/less enjoyable for you.

commando in tophat posted:

This keyboard is amazing, I have so many questions, I want to try all the buttons. There is a button for PI? Something that looks like layout on each letter key? Colors as alt on numbers? Too bad the keyboard is older than me, it looks super good

lobsterminator posted:

The symbols under the letters are known as PETSCII.

It was used to make stuff similar to ANSI art but the variety of blocks allowed for more interesting text mode art:

http://text-mode.org/?tag=petscii