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colonelwest posted:I really think they’re just playing to the super fans with this. No developer is going to “license Star Engine” not least because of the legal issues and because they all know that CIG is a joke and they’d just get a pile of spaghetti code dumped onto their laps. It’s just another case of CIG adopting the cult’s talking points and reflecting them back at the community to create a false sense of validation.
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At least the comments are very funny. It sounds like CIG has successfully fueled the ride for years to come, based on what the faithful are saying.
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And remember that CI~G settled with Crytek to end the lawsuit. So it’s speculated that everybody realized the lawsuit was much more expensive than a lovely engine nobody wants. So the settlement consisted of CI~G buying the engine full rights, including the ability to re-license their modified version.
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Nov 23, 2023 03:52
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What would someone licensing this engine even make with it besides an even shittier version of Star Citizen?
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https://packaged-media.redd.it/o1fs...ccfd9e12c7b#t=0
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Blue On Blue posted:
Just because you can make a youtube video doesn't mean you can make the game. It seems very clear to me that CIG is very good at making (lovely) videos and very bad at making (any) games so they're playing to their strengths.
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colonelwest posted:I really think they’re just playing to the super fans with this. No developer is going to “license Star Engine” not least because of the legal issues and because they all know that CIG is a joke and they’d just get a pile of spaghetti code dumped onto their laps. It’s just another case of CIG adopting the cult’s talking points and reflecting them back at the community to create a false sense of validation. It's this. CIG is really good at never out right saying or agreeing to backer theories but they sure love to subtlety keep those rumors going to keep the money coming in.
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Tippis posted:And the “switch” to Lumberyard wasn't actually an engine change, but a license change — they were still working on the same CryEngine version, only (they thought) they didn't have to fulfil any obligations to Crytek because they got access to that version by paying Amazon. Never forget the official documentation released by CIG 
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JugbandDude posted:So it’s speculated that everybody realized the lawsuit was much more expensive than a lovely engine nobody wants. So the settlement consisted of CI~G buying the engine full rights, including the ability to re-license their modified version. Is this actually a thing? Like it'd be so very crobbler to purchase (via settlement or not) the full rights to an ancient fps game engine. It'd be funny as hell to see them try to flog it to an industry that has long since moved past it. It just seems weird that anyone would outright sell the rights to the engine itself even if it's old and not worth much.
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Mailer posted:Is this actually a thing? Like it'd be so very crobbler to purchase (via settlement or not) the full rights to an ancient fps game engine. It'd be funny as hell to see them try to flog it to an industry that has long since moved past it. It just seems weird that anyone would outright sell the rights to the engine itself even if it's old and not worth much. Yeah I don't think so. Just a licence that lets them use the Cryengine. 
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Nov 23, 2023 16:50
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underlying--underwater same difference.
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shrach posted:Yeah I don't think so. Just a licence that lets them use the Cryengine. looks like crytek got the upper hand in that deal, Chris will keep using their engine for the next 20 years on this perpetual license, probably the last developer in history to pay for the cryengine lol
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I feel like it would be embarrassing to modify an existing engine and then sell it as your own new ground breaking engine. Especially if your engine had people swimming in space recently.
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lobsterminator posted:I feel like it would be embarrassing to modify an existing engine and then sell it as your own new ground breaking engine. Especially if your engine had people swimming in space recently. I mean if anyone involved in this project felt shame you'd be right
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lobsterminator posted:I feel like it would be embarrassing to modify an existing engine and then sell it as your own new ground breaking engine. Especially if your engine had people swimming in space recently. The game is being made by a human thumb that doesn't have a single shame receptor in his body who literally believed people could swim in space
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lobsterminator posted:I feel like it would be embarrassing to modify an existing engine and then sell it as your own new ground breaking engine. Especially if your engine had people swimming in space recently. Valve just put out a really neat documentary on the 25th anniversary of the release of Half Life where they interviewed a bunch of the original devs. Lots of great moments where you can see the choices that Valve had to make to actually release a game instead of screwing around making neat but disconnected demos. CIG after 12 years is still stuck in the making demos stage, at this point I have no idea how they'd even begin to tie it all together since they unfortunately sold it as an everything project. Half Life's original engine GoldSrc was a heavily modified version of Quake Engine from Id which later was modified further to become the Source Engine. Gabe Newell timestamped quote https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TbZ3HzvFEto&t=940s Popete fucked around with this message at 18:50 on Nov 23, 2023 |
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Wanted to try this thing for the 'free fly' but I think by the time it's installed it'll have run out. Why is it taking so long? shrach posted:Never forget the official documentation released by CIG But when does the Zybourne clock go back in time to the kickstarter?
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pisshead posted:Wanted to try this thing for the 'free fly' but I think by the time it's installed it'll have run out. Why is it taking so long? Imagine four jpegs on the edge of a kickstarter
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pisshead posted:Wanted to try this thing for the 'free fly' but I think by the time it's installed it'll have run out. Why is it taking so long? Wait until you try to load it up once it’s installed lol
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pisshead posted:Wanted to try this thing for the 'free fly' but I think by the time it's installed it'll have run out. Why is it taking so long? You made a restore point before downloading this game, right? right?
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Drakkel posted:What would someone licensing this engine even make with it besides an even shittier version of Star Citizen?
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XeeD posted:Should start a gofundme to license it to that one guy that was making Solar Plebian a bunch of years ago so he can finish it. Support our Toops!
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The game doesn't have an uninstaller? It's just one for the launcher and you have to track down everything else in appdata and program files yourself? This can't be right I must be missing something
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The Chad Jihad posted:The game doesn't have an uninstaller? It's just one for the launcher and you have to track down everything else in appdata and program files yourself? This can't be right I must be missing something you don't uninstall star citizen my friend the game lives on your system and connects to the AI system they are building, it will bring untold happiness to other citizens you see if you destroy it you end lives
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We haven’t heard from our favorite monocled cat in a while. I hope he’s okay 
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Sandweed posted:Who was the goon that got a refund for like 2500$ then bought in again? That was pretty funny. Street... something? Streetroller? Based on the other comments it's happened more than a few times before, so you might be thinking of someone else.
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The Chad Jihad posted:The game doesn't have an uninstaller? It's just one for the launcher and you have to track down everything else in appdata and program files yourself? This can't be right I must be missing something The launcher isn't actually a proper game launcher either. For years a 500 MB change made you download the whole game every time until CIG "discovered" delta patching. It's still not actually doing what it says it is, and no, the uninstaller won't remove that either. So be ready to hit up Program Files, Program Files (x86), %appdata%, %localappdata%, locallow, ProgramData, any and all possible locations under your profile folder, and don't forget the registry keys that they forgot to name, so you'll have to find them by investigating mysterious GUIDs. Also make sure not to follow any tech support instructions from the CIG site or you will be reinstalling your OS to recover.
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The Chad Jihad posted:The game doesn't have an uninstaller? It's just one for the launcher and you have to track down everything else in appdata and program files yourself? This can't be right I must be missing something Is there something wrong with you friend? Why would you want to uninstall the GOAT space life simulator? Wake up in your space wank pod, take your space train to the space station and enter your spaceship. Work your space job to earn space credits so that you can eat futuristic foods like a "burrito", and drink futuristic space drinks like "coffee". Then return to your space dock, take the space train home and take a gigantic space poo poo in your space toilet from the space coffee and burrito you consumed earlier. Return to your wankpod and dream about giant space worms. Then repeat the next day. What's not to love about this?
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This is probably a little late but why do they call it a wank pod?
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Thoatse posted:You made a restore point before downloading this game, right? right? Er, no, have I just destroyed my computer? Lammasu posted:This is probably a little late but why do they call it a wank pod? Because you wank in it. Why else?
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The original “waking up in Crobworld” location was on a space station and it was a tiny pod with a bed and what appeared to be crusty tissues scattered on the floor - which gave the impression your commando had had a quick tug before bed
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pisshead posted:Er, no, have I just destroyed my computer? It will probably be fine and if it's not just rip the copper plumbing out of your house to see if that fixes it
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I've just had a heat pump installed with mini-split heads which entailed a lot of copper pipes being put in walls. I did this without even thinking of the ramifications on Star Citizen, what have I done?
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I’m sorry to hear you will never be a captain of the finest sailing space ship in the verse o7
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Welcome, Neo. I have two pixels. If you take the blue pixel, your computer is safe and you never have to pledge. If you take the green one, you empty your bank account to the sound of reddit cheering and I show you how deep the cult goes...
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pisshead posted:Er, no, have I just destroyed my computer? Nah. It's just one of those things that even after you think you eradicated everything in the above listed folders...a year from now if you find yourself needing to snoop around some other arcane place deep in your profile or registry to fix another issue you will find remnants of CIG/RSI/CI/whatever else that will remind you of the travesty.
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Honey! I crobbed the computer!
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smellmycheese posted:
Popete posted:Yes please do so that we can laugh at your pain as you experience Chris Roberts dream game. FishMcCool posted:And so we can laugh at you afterwards as you realise "uninstalling" the magnum opus involves reformatting the drive. Scruffpuff posted:As funny as this sounds, it isn't even wrong. Especially after you take CIG's top-tier tech support's advice and fundamentally break Windows' entire security architecture so their "game" will run. (Not sure why MS lets you do that in the first place. Windows always was willing to give users enough rope to hang themselves.) [... 7 days later ...] The Chad Jihad posted:The game doesn't have an uninstaller? It's just one for the launcher and you have to track down everything else in appdata and program files yourself? This can't be right I must be missing something 
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THE FREE FLY INTO CHRISTOPHER CROBBINS MAGNIFICENT UNIVERSE STARTS TODAY. IF YOU READ THIS THREAD AND HAVENT EXPERIENCED THE MAJESTY OF HIS VISION NOW IS THE TIME TO DOWNLOAD HIS GARBAGE TO YOUR PC AND POST A VIDEO AND YOUR THOUGHTS!!!
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Colostomy Bag posted:Nah. Unless he follows the instructions here: https://support.robertsspaceindustries.com/hc/en-us/articles/360002284834-Windows-Set-Folder-Permissions IMPORTANT: Do not follow those instructions.
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I mean, hell...life is short. Installing SC is like giving it Herpes. Mostly harmless, but occasionally a cold sore will pop up.
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