Star Citizen: $48,000 is only $334/month for 12 years

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The Titanic: Sep 15, 2016; Unsinkable

Fidelitious posted:

There are so many broken promises it's really impossible to remember all of them.

Incredible that missing custom paint schemes is what gets them and not...I dunno, something like the entirety of Sataball missing and definitely never coming back. Or that they sold land claims that do literally nothing over 4 years ago, together with the Pioneer which also doesn't exist.

But no. Paint.

I bet there was a player vote that asked "do we need to deliver this promise we said or would you pay out the nose for a texture? Vote yes with your credit card!" And a thousand backers swiped their cards and posted how much in debt they are to star citizen and... it was done!

Sorry it's not CIGs fault, it's our fault for voting for it.

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The Titanic: Sep 15, 2016; Unsinkable

I hope y'all have a happy thanksgiving if you celebrate it at this time/at all!

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TheDeadlyShoe: Feb 14, 2014

l m a o

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I feel it just reveals the thought process at CIG:

Chris, 2016: Free paint jobs for everyone!
Turbulent, 2017: Hey, uh, this game doesn't have subscription fees, right?
Chris: Right...
Turbulent: So how are you going to make money post launch?
Chris: Cosmetics...? Oh. Hmm.
Chris, 2017: Free paint job (for my yacht!)

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Elerion: May 31, 2011

Can't wait for September 2022 when their Weapons Feature Team will tackle the momentous task of reloadable magazines.

# ? Nov 24, 2021 15:12

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

The Titanic posted:

Spoken like a true man who's never received unsolicited dick pics like it's penis Christmas.

It this one of those new fancy holidays the kids have these days that I've been excluded from?

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trucutru: Jul 9, 2003; by Fluffdaddy

Elerion posted:

My revolutionary space game that is 7 years late on delivering 50 probably impossible technical innovations hasn't implemented the paint job system from a GTA game released in 2013. This is the straw that breaks my camel's back!

Cousin Crows (great name CIG!) is a shop in-game where, supposedly, you'll be able to buy cosmetic poo poo for your ship

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Cousin Crows was put in game as the place to upgrade/paint your ship. Its not online but its one step closer to the whole paint thing. Just hope they aren't pressured into putting it in early then have it push salvage and repair back because skin A isn't compatible with the repair/hull stripping/salvaging mechanic so gotta rework it all again so people can still paint their ships. +2 more quarters for the thing they had to put in early to make people happy. That kind of thing. I want to paint my Mole bright pink but I want other things worse. Like gameplay.

Guys, I just hope painting your ship doesn't break the gameplay.

# ? Nov 24, 2021 15:20

Gejnor: Mar 14, 2005; Fun Shoe

Fidelitious posted:

There are so many broken promises it's really impossible to remember all of them.

Incredible that missing custom paint schemes is what gets them and not...I dunno, something like the entirety of Sataball missing and definitely never coming back. Or that they sold land claims that do literally nothing over 4 years ago, together with the Pioneer which also doesn't exist.

But no. Paint.

Man been a while since i posted here but..

Didn't somebody mention this before? Their Youtube channel(s?) is basically constantly filling out white noise with so many promises that stretches back for years that it is literally impossible to sort out promises, and that it was made purposely that way?

# ? Nov 24, 2021 15:20

trucutru: Jul 9, 2003; by Fluffdaddy

I remember that time Nintendo broke Zelda when they repainted a blue octorok red.

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If you want in-game ship colour customization, you are asking for CIG to

- Write game code handling the actual colour changes within the game engine itself
- Write database/etc. code to make these changes persistent and have them synchronize over the servers so other players will actually see your customized paint selections
- Create UI elements for the colour picker/hexcode editor so players can actually interface with the coded-in customization system

That last one is key. CIG's UI team was bottlenecked for years until Building Blocks UI came online, and they've been working their way through priorities that have been piling up since 2015. They've spent all of 2021 recreating the mobiGlas interface so it doesn't suck, including the starmap.

Which is more important to you, replacing the broken-rear end old starmap or being able to paint your ship pink? Which do you want first?

I don't have a source because I don't remember exactly where the forum post by Zyloh was but around a year or two back he said they intend on skin customization as originally shown in the screenshot in the OP. But they also clearly have bigger priorities.

CIG is just a small indie developer, how could you expect them to offer something as complicated as changing colors?

trucutru fucked around with this message at 15:33 on Nov 24, 2021

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Dwesa: Jul 19, 2016; Maybe I'll go where I can see stars

Elerion posted:

Can't wait for September 2022 when their Weapons Feature Team will tackle the momentous task of reloadable magazines.

90 weeks

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commando in tophat: Sep 5, 2019

trucutru posted:

Cousin Crows (great name CIG!) is a shop in-game where, supposedly, you'll be able to buy cosmetic poo poo for your ship

Guys, I just hope painting your ship doesn't break the gameplay.

They know CIG better than anyone. They know changing a texture in star citizer can break the game

Dwesa posted:

90 weeks

fidelity

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

Early days.

You content locusts need to get a grip.

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Hizawk: Jun 18, 2004; High on the Lions.

Starmap?

Isn't there just two systems?

# ? Nov 24, 2021 17:17

History Comes Inside!: Nov 20, 2004

I thought there was only one system with everything awkwardly shoved into it for testing, and they faked some wormhole travel thing a while back to say they�d have a second system to go to soon?

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cirus: Apr 5, 2011

The Titanic posted:

Spoken like a true man who's never received unsolicited dick pics like it's penis Christmas.

I'm just a sexually healthy hetero man, who appreciates penis Christmas.

# ? Nov 24, 2021 17:33

Elerion: May 31, 2011

trucutru posted:

quote:
They've spent all of 2021 recreating the mobiGlas interface so it doesn't suck, including the starmap.

Which is more important to you, replacing the broken-rear end old starmap or being able to paint your ship pink? Which do you want first?

Listen here you whippersnapper: The developers of my groundbreaking space game have spent the entirety of the 10th development year remaking the menu so it doesn't suck. I am still confident that this game will be release ready at some point.

# ? Nov 24, 2021 17:36

trucutru: Jul 9, 2003; by Fluffdaddy

Hizawk posted:

Starmap?

Isn't there just two systems?

Here, educate the mind

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4eAD0liNeis

There is also an even shittier in-game version

2015, lol

History Comes Inside! posted:

I thought there was only one system with everything awkwardly shoved into it for testing, and they faked some wormhole travel thing a while back to say they�d have a second system to go to soon?

It's basically a map to the fireworks factory. Which is reaaaaall cloooose, almost there, any time now. Just because you have a map doesn't mean you can get anywhere, there be dragons.

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marumaru: May 20, 2013

History Comes Inside! posted:

I thought there was only one system with everything awkwardly shoved into it for testing, and they faked some wormhole travel thing a while back to say they�d have a second system to go to soon?

correct

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marumaru: May 20, 2013

trucutru posted:

Here, educate the mind

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4eAD0liNeis

There is also an even shittier in-game version

2015, lol

the starmap was a brilliant move from them though. it's the fuel behind dreams.txt, "this is what i'm spending my child's college fund for" material

# ? Nov 24, 2021 17:57

The Titanic: Sep 15, 2016; Unsinkable

cirus posted:

I'm just a sexually healthy hetero man, who appreciates penis Christmas.

Say you're not a star citizen without actually saying you're not a star citizen.

The jig is up, imposter! We all know only real men and women play star citizen who are only allowed to follow the sexual norm as dictated by the heavens and any deviation is an abomination of Roberts that must be purged and blocked and banned henceforth.

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cmdrk: Jun 10, 2013

The Titanic posted:

I hope y'all have a happy thanksgiving if you celebrate it at this time/at all!

I saw an $80 Amish turkey at the store.

I had to decide between that and a Nomad IAE 2951 Starter Package.

I'll let you guess which bird I picked :smuggo:

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

https://thumbs.gfycat.com/GlisteningAchingHedgehog-mobile.mp4

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

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Has anyone here ever owned a power tool calendar from 80-90s or had a car freshener with a nude lady on it ?

I get these days lady boys are the thing. But come on, isn�t anyone at CIG a grown man who�s got big balls ?

What the gently caress happened to American guys who where alive back then, have the tech to make a kick rear end game today but then Barney it up?

Even today, people don�t like the idea of sex robots which could have funded the leading into better robotic technologies. But some ppl don�t see the big picture, they disagree and feel the need to prevent others from sharing a dream and making it in life. Limiting others expansion so they remain comfortable in a box. Bringing no fruition to ones life contribution to the world if cut in their prime while developing new technology.

Not to offend anyone who�s a lady boy. Just saying, people may not like some ideas being out in the the game but some do and would like someone to be creative and be able to express those things freely on game as cool as SC. It has the potential to cater to people who like some things more than others. We shouldn�t all be placed on the same boundaries and limitations because some are not comfortable with it.

Someone who�s been repressed can relate to what it means to limit what others can have.

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DaysBefore: Jan 24, 2019

Star Citizen: isn't anyone at CIG a grown man who's got big balls?

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Bronze Fonz: Feb 14, 2019

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cmdrk: Jun 10, 2013

Mirificus posted:

there are so many gems in this post. i know we just changed the thread title but i'll just throw some more out here for the future:

Star Citizer: Ppl who don't like the idea of sex robots don't see the big picture

Star Citizen: Bringing no fruition to ones life contribution

Store Citizen: Isn't anyone at CIG a grown man who's got big balls ?

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BumbleOne: Jul 1, 2018; by Fluffdaddy

I'm just a sexually healthy hetero man, who appreciates ramen.

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cirus: Apr 5, 2011

Mirificus posted:

Someone who’s been repressed can relate to what it means to limit what others can have.

I actually feel bad for these guys, almost every post is screaming to come out of the closet.

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commando in tophat: Sep 5, 2019

In case of some of these commandos, it is sexually filthy, but maybe I just don't understand inevitable consequences of citizenry

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marumaru: May 20, 2013

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Incitatus: Dec 16, 2005; The Meat Man was out of wings, Mr. William Ash More!

Jonestown drank Flavor-Ade.

You are dismissed.

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Happy Noodle Boy: Jul 3, 2002

Lol im not reading any of that.

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

Happy Noodle Boy posted:

Lol im not reading any of that.

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sebmojo: Oct 23, 2010; Legit Cyberpunk

the first working gas giant in gaming

I want to individually italicise each of the words in that sentence, in sequence

# ? Nov 24, 2021 20:36

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

I don't know�
CRobber certainly was full of hot air, to the brim and then some, even back in the late 80s, but I'm not convinced he was the first one.

# ? Nov 24, 2021 20:42

The Titanic: Sep 15, 2016; Unsinkable

Mirificus posted:

You got big balls? I got big balls! Nude calendars!

Somebody needs to tell this guy that their deepest darkest sexual issues will not be resolved by star citizen, which is very much aiming at the T crowd.

However, thank you for your millions in donations so that they could build the children's game of their dreams and slowly build a terrible version of crippled fortnight.

:discourse: